Steady-state and unsteady-state kinetic approaches for studying reactions over three-way natural gas vehicle catalysts

Kinetics has been proven to be a powerful method to probe catalytic surfaces under reaction conditions in order to elucidate, at molecular level, complex chemical processes. Numerous techniques and methodologies have been already implemented (surface science approaches, TAP, SSITKA…) running in very different pressure ranges (pressure gap) which led to controversial statements regarding suggested mechanism schemes, especially for DeNO_x reactions. Two typical reactions taking place over NGV catalysts have been selected to illustrate which information can be tackled from kinetic measurements. Both reactions occur in different temperature ranges and are sensitive to the structure of the catalyst, to the surface composition of bimetallic particles, with possible surface enrichments, and to the participation of the support. Hence, it will be tentatively demonstrated that kinetic combined with spectroscopic or theoretical methods can be appropriate to establish relevant correlations between kinetic parameters and the topology of the catalyst surface.     

Systematic procedure for reduction of kinetic mechanisms of complex chemical processes and its software implementation

Feasibility of multidimensional hydrodynamic modeling depends critically on the availability of accurate reduced kinetic mechanisms of physical and chemical processes taking place in the system. Such mechanisms should describe the processes under consideration within a specified error tolerance in the range of initial conditions of interest while keeping the number of species and reactions as small as possible. We have developed an advanced tool for reduction of detailed kinetic mechanisms with a minimal human effort. The tool includes 10 reduction and 2 analysis methods which are based on the results of zero-dimensional modeling. The methods can be combined and applied in sequence. The reduction tool has been implemented as a part the Chemical Workbench computational package and has been tested for a number of large kinetic mechanisms of gas-phase processes. Using this tool, we reduced the mechanism of tar gasification from 177 species and 879 reversible reactions to only 83 species and 278 reactions, while the mechanism of methane combustion initially involving 127 species and 1,206 reactions was reduced to 42 species and 173 reactions.     

Kinetic study of the pyrolysis and combustion of tomato plant

A kinetic study of the thermal decomposition of tomato plant has been carried out under different conditions by TG and TG–MS. A total of 24 experiments were performed in a nitrogen atmosphere (pyrolysis runs) and also in an oxidative atmosphere with two different oxygen concentrations (10% and 20% oxygen in nitrogen). Dynamic runs and dynamic + isothermal runs have been carried out to obtain many data of decomposition under different operating conditions.A scheme of five independent reactions for pseudocomponents has been proposed for the pyrolysis process, although only three fractions have probed to be significant, comparing the weight fractions of volatiles evolved with the hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin content of the plant. For the combustion runs, four new reactions have been added: two competitive oxidation reactions for the cellulose and lignin, and two combustion reactions of the carbonaceous residue obtained from pyrolysis. The kinetic parametres have been calculated by integration of the differential equations and minimizing the differences between the experimental and calculated values. It is important to emphasize that the same set of parameters has been proposed for the pyrolysis and combustion runs, and which do not depend on either the heating rate in dynamic runs or whether the run is carried out in a dynamic or isothermal mode. The influence of the oxygen pressure has been also discussed.     

Comparative study of kinetic modeling for the oxidative coupling of methane by genetic and marquardt algorithms

Overall kinetic studies on the oxidative coupling of methane, OCM, have been conducted in a tubular fixed bed reactor, using perovskite titanate as the reaction catalyst. The appropriate operating conditions were found to be: temperature 750-775 ℃, total feed flow rate of 160 ml/min, CH4/O2 ratio of 2 and GHSV of 100 min-1. Under these conditions, C2 yield of 28% was achieved. Correlations of the kinetic data have been performed with lumped rate equations for C2 and COx formation as functions of temperature, O2 and CH4 partial pressures. Six models have been selected among the common lumped kinetic models. The selected models have been regressed with the experimental data which were obtained from the Catatest system by genetic algorithm in order to obtain optimized parameters. The kinetic coefficients in the overall reactions were optimized by different numerical optimization methods such as: the Levenberg-Marquardt and genetic algorithms and the results were compared with one another. It has been found that the Santamaria model is in good agreement with the experimental data. The Arrhenius parameters of this model have been obtained by linear regression. It should be noted that the Marquardt algorithm is sensitive to the first guesses and there is possibility to trap in the relative minimum.     

Simulation of organic reactions: from the degradation of chemicals to combinatorial synthesis

Organic reactions can be run under a variety of conditions, from laboratory experiments, through technical processes, to combinatorial chemistry. The scope is further extended when the metabolism of compounds and the reactions in the mass spectrometer are included. We present here several concepts: reactors, phases, and modes, which, together with a kinetic modeling, allow the treatment of such a broad scope of organic reactions. These concepts have been implemented in a knowledge-based system, EROS. Several applications of this system to the wide world of organic reactions are given.     

Communication between calorimetric experiment and continuous data evaluation during the incomplete reaction run

The kinetic control of exothermic reactions plays an important role in chemical safety technology. Predictions of thermal explosions by runaway, e.g. redox reactions, poly reactions, and decompositions, are required in case of simple as well as of complex reactions. Activation parameters of chemical reactions are often stressed by systematic errors which are caused by failures in accuracy of measurement and calibration. The influence of systematic errors for some selected reactions has been investigated by the software package TA-kin. The coupling between continuous data evaluation software and the precision calorimeter ACTRON 5.0, including a safety scenario equipment, was established to test the validity of calculated runaway predictions under practical conditions. Measured data are applied for kinetic evaluations by nonlinear optimization methods in real time. In this way, the experimental investigations of reaction systems become possible beyond the point of no return without any danger for the laboratory.     

Reaction and kinetics in system of rare earths with p-hippurochlorophosphonazo

The beta-type reactions, in which rare earth ions react with chlorophosphonazo, reagents, are extremely sensitive and have been applied widely to determination of rare earths. The reactions and kinetic behavior of the beta-type homo- and iso-nuclear chelates of rare earth with p-hippurochlorophosphonazo (CPA-pHA) have been investigated by a spectrophotometric method. Some kinetic parameters, such as the reaction rate constants, the half lives and the activation energies, were measured. The competing reactions between lanthanoid ions forming and non-forming beta-type chelates were also studied. The effects and trends of different organic solvents on the beta-type chelates have been discussed. A reaction mechanism of beta-type chelates has been proposed.     

Effect of inclusion complex on nitrous acid reaction with flavonoids

The kinetic of the nitrous acid reactions with quercetin and catechin has been studied using spectrophotometric method in aqueous solution. The results show that these antioxidants participate in oxidation reactions with nitrous acid which is derived from protonation of nitrite ion in mild acidic conditions. Corresponding o-quinones as relatively stable products were detected by spectrophotometric techniques. pH dependence of the reactions has been examined and the rate constants of reactions were obtained by non-linear fitting of kinetic profiles. The effect of β-cyclodextrin on the oxidation pathway was another object of this study. It is shown that β-cyclodextrin has an inhibitory effect on the oxidation reaction. The rate constants of oxidation reactions for complexed forms and their stability constants were obtained based on changes in the reaction rates as a function of β-cyclodextrin concentration.     

Three-dimensional free-radical polymerization of vinyl monomers in the presence of oxygen as a new method of preparing hyperbranched polymers: A theoretical calculation

Hyperbranched macromolecules have been first synthesized by the three-dimensional free-radical polymerization of vinyl monomers in the presence of oxygen, which is known to be a strong inhibitor of freeradical chain processes. The inhibition of free-radical polymerization by molecular oxygen results in the shortening of primary polymer chains with pendant double bonds. As a consequence, the formation of insoluble gel, which develops at conversions of less than 1%, when the crosslinking free-radical polymerization is carried out under ordinary conditions, may be avoided up to a conversion of 100%. In terms of the kinetic scheme, including nearly 100 elementary reactions, the effects of temperature and concentration of reagents on the kinetic parameters of the process and the structural parameters of hyperbranched polymers based on methacrylate and styrene-like monomers have been studied. Optimal conditions that make it possible to synthesize hyperbranched polymers of the desired architecture and functionality at a sufficiently high yield, which are specified by the occurrence of oxygen-containing groups in primary polymer chains and at its ends, have been estimated.     

Influence of substituents in vinyl groups on reactivity of parylene during polymerization process

The MCSCF calculations indicate that both triplet and singlet state of biradical di-para-xylylene can exist during polymerization of parylene in gas phase and both can potentially react with vinyl molecules. The singlet-state open-shell dimer turned out to exhibit multiconfigurational character. In the case of triplet state of the dimer two mechanisms of the reactions with various species containing vinyl groups have been examined at the B3LYP/6-31G level. The kinetic and thermodynamical barriers have been estimated for the reaction path involving the π-bond cleavage as well as for the route describing the hydrogen atom transfer. It was found that the overall reactions are thermodynamically favorable, whereas appropriate kinetic barriers for certain derivatives are very small (close to 0 kcal/mol) which in turn makes allowances for easy reactivity under accessible conditions. The calculated mechanisms indicate the influence of substituents in vinyl groups for reactivity of parylene during LPCVD process.     

催化反应中休眠期与诱导期之区别

许多化学反应中都存在一个被定义为"诱导期"的起始反应速率较低的阶段，例如一些自由基反应、放热反应和催化反应。与之相比，在极少数的催化反应中研究者观察到一个反应速率始终为零的特殊阶段，在这个阶段之后反应自发开始。这两种阶段形成的原因与反应的机理尤其是催化剂的活化和失活有关。然而，这两个具有明显不同特征的阶段往往被混淆。本文通过所选取的一些代表性的催化反应分别介绍了"诱导期"和"休眠期"的动力学特征，讨论了两者之间的区别。期待这些隐藏在稳态催化循环之前的阶段能够得到更多的关注，这将有利于研究人员深度理解有机化学反应中的前催化循环和详细的反应机理。     

Selective ortho and benzylic functionalization of secondary and tertiary p-tolylsulfonamides. Ipso-bromo desilylation and Suzuki cross-coupling reactions

Kinetic vs thermodynamic deprotonation studies on secondary and tertiary sulfonamides 1 and 2 using n-BuLi have been carried out. While both 1 and 2 show kinetic ortho-metalation, thermodynamic conditions lead to ortho and benzylic deprotonation, respectively (Figures 1 and 2). Metalation of 1 using the n-BuLi/KOtBu superbase led to regioselective benzylic metalation (Figure 4); LDA deprotonation was also briefly explored. Application of the developed conditions allows the synthesis of diverse sulfonamide products 5a-e, 6a-e, 7a,b, and 8a-e. Ipso-bromo desilylation reactions afford sulfonamides 9a,b while Suzuki cross-coupling reactions furnish biaryl sulfonamides 11a-c.     

Kinetic studies of the reactions between silicon nitride and carbon

The reactions between silicon nitride and carbon take place in two stages, the surface silica of silicon nitride powders reacts with carbon first followed by the decomposition of silicon nitride and the residual silicon reacting with carbon. The kinetics of the two stage reactions has been studied by isothermal thermogravimetric analysis. Physico-geometric models for both of the reaction stages have been proposed, and the kinetic parameters have been calculated. The implications of the kinetic models and parameters are discussed.     

Time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry for time‐resolved measurements: Some developments and applications

In this paper, the time resolution for kinetic studies of reactions with mass spectrometric detection is characterized in detail, and it is shown how this allows faster kinetic processes to be determined. The time‐resolved technique used pulsed laser photolysis to initiate reaction and a time‐of‐flight mass spectrometer (TOFMS) to monitor progress, where the reactant gas was sampled by a sampling orifice and photoionized using pulsed, laser vacuum ultraviolet light before being analyzed by the TOFMS. Characterization of this setup has been carried out to identify the parameters that affect the time for “sampling,” which limits the fastest reactions that can be measured. A simple mathematical equation has been developed to correct for “sampling” delays (k_sampling～25, 000 s^?1), which extends the range of rate coefficients to be measured in a kinetic mass spectrometry reactor to k′ < 7000 s^?1. This method could be applied to any other kinetic mass spectrometry system where k_sampling can be measured; an important advantage since it allows the study of reactions over a wider range of conditions (e.g., larger concentrations of reagents/products can be used to minimize the contribution from wall losses). The system can produce reliable kinetic data whether monitoring reactant decay or product growth even when the reaction and sampling processes are occurring on a similar timescale (k′ < 7000 s^?1). Reproducible and reliable kinetic data have been obtained for the following reactions: SO + NO₂ → products (R1), ClSO + NO₂ → products (R2), where SO and ClSO were monitored under pseudo‐first‐order conditions, and HCO + O₂ → CO + HO₂ (R3), where CO was monitored by a [1+1] resonance enhanced ionization multiphoton ionization (REMPI) scheme with HCO reacting under pseudo–first‐order conditions. The limitations and potential developments of this setup are described. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 44: 532–545, 2012     

Analysis of the informativity of kinetic measurements in solving inverse problems of chemical kinetics for multi-route reactions

Inverse problems of chemical kinetics that are solved in terms of a set of nonlinear ordinary differential, algebraic-differential, and algebraic equations corresponding to unsteady-state, steady-state, and equilibrium experimental conditions have been investigated. An algorithm has been devised for the analysis of the informativity of kinetic measurements in solving inverse problems of chemical kinetics for multi-route reactions.     

Biologically active thiosemicarbazone Fe chelators and their reactions with ferrioxamine B and ferric EDTA; a kinetic study

The Fe(III) abstraction from Fe(III)/DFO and Fe(III)/EDTA complex systems by thiosemicarbazone ligands derived from 2-acetylpyridine has been studied from a kinetico-mechanistic perspective at relevant pH conditions and at varying temperatures and buffer solutions. The reactions have been found to be extremely dependent on the dominant E/Z isomeric form of the TSC ligands present in the reaction medium. Consequently the isomerisation processes occurring on the free ligands have also been monitored under equivalent conditions. The isomerisation process is found to be acid dependent, despite the absence of protonation under the conditions used, and presumably proceeds via an azo-type tautomer of the ligand. In all cases the existence of outer-sphere interaction processes has been established, both promoting the reactions and producing dead-end complexes. The better oriented forms of the ligands (EZ thiolate) have been found to react faster with the [Fe(HDFO)](+) complex, although for mono-N(4) substituted thiosemicarbazones the process is retarded by the formation of a dead-end outer-sphere complex. A comparison with the abstraction of Fe(III) from [Fe(EDTA)(H(2)O)](-) has also been conducted with significant differences in the kinetic features that implicate keystone outer-sphere interactions which dominate reactivity, even with isomeric forms that are not the best suited for direct complexation.     

The hydroboration-oxidation of the isomeric trimethylsilylcyclo- hexenes and the isomeric trimethylsilylcyclopentenes.

The isomeric trimethylsilyl substituted cyclohexenes, 1-trimethylsilylcyclohexene, 3-trimethylsilylcyclohexene, and 4-trimethylsilylcyclohexene and the analogous trimethylsilyl substituted cyclopentenes, 1-trimethylsilylcyclopentene, 3-trimethylsilylcyclopentene and 4-trimethylsilylcyclopentene have been hydroborated and oxidized under kinetic and thermodynamic conditions. The hydroborating agents used were borane and thexylborane in THF. The products of these reactions show a dependence on temperature and the hydroborating agent used and are a result of a rather facile migration of the boron atom around the ring. Some synthetically useful reactions are discussed as are the structures of various trimethylsilyl substituted cyclohexanols and cyclopentanols.