Atmospheric Chemistry of CH3CH2OCH3: Kinetics and Mechanism of Reactions with Cl Atoms and OH Radicals

The atmospheric chemistry of methyl ethyl ether, CH₃CH₂OCH₃, was examined using FT‐IR/relative‐rate methods. Hydroxyl radical and chlorine atom rate coefficients of k (CH₃CH₂OCH₃+OH) = (7.53 ± 2.86) × 10⁻¹² cm³ molecule⁻¹ s⁻¹ and k (CH₃CH₂OCH₃+Cl) = (2.35 ± 0.43) × 10⁻¹⁰ cm³ molecule⁻¹ s⁻¹ were determined (297 ± 2 K). The Cl rate coefficient determined here is 30% lower than the previous literature value. The atmospheric lifetime for CH₃CH₂OCH₃ is approximately 2 days. The chlorine atom–initiated oxidation of CH₃CH₂OCH₃ gives CH₃C(O)H (9 ± 2%), CH₃CH₂OC(O)H (29 ± 7%), CH₃OC(O)H (19 ± 7%), and CH₃C(O)OCH₃ (17 ± 7%). The IR absorption cross section for CH₃CH₂OCH₃ is (7.97 ± 0.40) × 10⁻¹⁷ cm molecule⁻¹ (1000–3100 cm⁻¹). CH₃CH₂OCH₃ has a negligible impact on the radiative forcing of climate.     

Kinetic study of the reactions of Cl atoms with CF3CH2CH2OH, CF3CF2CH2OH, CHF2CF2CH2OH, and CF3CHFCF2CH2OH

The reaction kinetics of chlorine atoms with a series of partially fluorinated straight-chain alcohols, CF(3)CH(2)CH(2)OH (1), CF(3)CF(2)CH(2)OH (2), CHF(2)CF(2)CH(2)OH (3), and CF(3)CHFCF(2)CH(2)OH (4), were studied in the gas phase over the temperature range of 273-363 K by using very low-pressure reactor mass spectrometry. The absolute rate coefficients were given by the expressions (in cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1)): k(1) = (4.42 +/- 0.48) x 10(-11) exp(-255 +/- 20/T); k(1)(303) = (1.90 +/- 0.17) x 10(-11), k(2) = (2.23 +/- 0.31) x 10(-11) exp(-1065 +/- 106/ T); k(2)(303) = (6.78 +/- 0.63) x 10(-13), k(3) = (8.51 +/- 0.62) x 10(-12) exp(-681 +/- 72/T); k(3)(303) = (9.00 +/- 0.82) x 10(-13) and k(4) = (6.18 +/- 0.84) x 10(-12) exp(-736 +/- 42/T); k(4)(303) = (5.36 +/- 0.51) x 10(-13). The quoted 2sigma uncertainties include the systematic errors. All title reactions proceed via a hydrogen atom metathesis mechanism leading to HCl. Moreover, the oxidation of the primarily produced radicals was investigated, and the end products were the corresponding aldehydes (R(F)-CHO; R(F) = -CH(2)CF(3), -CF(2)CF(3), -CF(2)CHF(2), and -CF(2)CHFCF(3)), providing a strong experimental indication that the primary reactions proceed mainly via the abstraction of a methylenic hydrogen adjacent to a hydroxyl group. Finally, the bond strengths and ionization potentials for the title compounds were determined by density functional theory calculations, which also suggest that the alpha-methylenic hydrogen is mainly under abstraction by Cl atoms. The correlation of room-temperature rate coefficients with ionization potentials for a set of 27 molecules, comprising fluorinated C2-C5 ethers and C2-C4 alcohols, is good with an average deviation of a factor of 2, and is given by the expression log(k) (in cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1)) = (5.8 +/- 1.4) - (1.56 +/- 0.13) x (ionization potential (in eV)).     

Parity‐Violating Potentials for the Torsional Motion of Methanol (CH3OH) and Its Isotopomers (CD3OH, 13CH3OH,CH3OD,CH3OT,CHD2OH,and CHDTOH)

We present calculations on the parity‐conserving and the parity‐violating potentials in several MeOH isotopomers for the torsional motion by the newly developed methods of electroweak quantum chemistry from our group. The absolute magnitudes of the parity‐violating potentials for MeOH are small compared to H₂O₂ and C₂H₄, but similar to C₂H₆, which is explained by the high (threefold) symmetry of the torsional top in MeOH and C₂H₆. ‘Chiral’ and ‘achiral’ isotopic substitutions in MeOH lead to small changes only, but vibrational averaging is discussed to be important in all these cases. Simple isotopic sum rules are derived to explain and predict the relationships between parity‐violating potentials in various conformations and configurations of the several isotopomers investigated. The parity‐violating energy difference Δ_pvE=E_pv(R)?E_pv(S) between the enantiomers of chiral CHDTOH, first synthesized by Arigoni and co‐workers, is for two conformers ca. ?3.66?10^?17 and for the third one +7.32?10^?17 hc cm^?1. Thus, for Δ_pvE, the conformation is more important than the configuration (at the equilibrium geometries, without vibrational averaging). Averaging over torsional tunneling may lead to further cancellation and even smaller values.     

Criegee中间体CH_3CHOO与OH自由基反应机理的理论研究

采用CCSD(T)//B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p)方法研究了Criegee中间体CH_3CHOO与OH自由基反应的微观机理.结果表明,上述反应存在抽氢、加成-分解和氧化3类反应通道,其中,syn-CH3CHOO+OH以抽β-H为优势通道,表观活化能为-4.88 k J/mol;anti-CH_3CHOO+OH则以加成-分解反应为优势通道,表观活化能为-13.25 k J/mol.在加成-分解和氧化反应通道中,anti-构象的能垒均低于syn-构象,而抽氢反应则是syn-(β-H)的能垒低于anti-构象.速率常数计算表明,anti-构象的加成-分解反应通道具有显著的负温度效应;syn-和anti-构象的氧化通道具有显著的正温度效应.3类反应具有显著不同的温度效应,说明通过改变温度可显著调节3类反应的相对速率.     

High-temperature rate constants for CH3OH + Kr --> products, OH + CH3OH --> products, OH + (CH3)(2)CO --> CH2COCH3 + H2O, and OH + CH3 --> CH) + H2O

The reflected shock tube technique with multipass absorption spectrometric detection of OH radicals at 308 nm (corresponding to a total path length of approximately 4.9 m) has been used to study the dissociation of methanol between 1591 and 2865 K. Rate constants for two product channels [CH3OH + Kr --> CH3 + OH + Kr (1) and CH3OH + Kr --> 1CH2 + H2O + Kr (2)] were determined. During the course of the study, it was necessary to determine several other rate constants that contributed to the profile fits. These include OH + CH3OH --> products, OH + (CH3)2CO --> CH2COCH3 + H2O, and OH + CH3 --> 1,3CH2 + H2O. The derived expressions, in units of cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1), are k(1) = 9.33 x 10(-9) exp(-30857 K/T) for 1591-2287 K, k(2) = 3.27 x 10(-10) exp(-25946 K/T) for 1734-2287 K, kOH+CH3OH = 2.96 x 10-16T1.4434 exp(-57 K/T) for 210-1710 K, k(OH+(CH3)(2)CO) = (7.3 +/- 0.7) x 10(-12) for 1178-1299 K and k(OH+CH3) = (1.3 +/- 0.2) x 10(-11) for 1000-1200 K. With these values along with other well-established rate constants, a mechanism was used to obtain profile fits that agreed with experiment to within <+/-10%. The values obtained for reactions 1 and 2 are compared with earlier determinations and also with new theoretical calculations that are presented in the preceding article in this issue. These new calculations are in good agreement with the present data for both (1) and (2) and also for OH + CH3 --> products.     

Theoretical studies on the reactions CH3SCH3 with OH,CF3, and CH3 radicals

The multiple‐channel reactions OH + CH₃SCH₃ → products, CF₃ + CH₃SCH₃ → products, and CH₃ + CH₃SCH₃ → products are investigated by direct dynamics method. The optimized geometries, frequencies, and minimum energy path are all obtained at the MP2/6‐31+G(d,p) level, and energetic information is further refined by the MC‐QCISD (single‐point) method. The rate constants for eight reaction channels are calculated by the improved canonical variational transition state theory with small‐curvature tunneling contribution over the temperature range 200–3000 K. The total rate constants are in good agreement with the available experimental data and the three‐parameter expressions k₁ = 4.73 × 10^?16T^1.89 exp(?662.45/T), k₂ = 1.02 × 10^?32T^6.04 exp(933.36/T), k₃ = 3.98 × 10^?35T^6.60 exp(660.58/T) (in unit of cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1) over the temperature range of 200–3000 K are given. Our calculations indicate that hydrogen abstraction channels are the major channels and the others are minor channels over the whole temperature range. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comput Chem, 2010     

Ar、NO和CHBr_3对电子激发态CH的淬灭

由于若干应用背景，人们对CH自由基及其它含氢R原子自由基有着特别的兴趣．＊H自由基是碳氢化合物火焰中的反应中间体＊，它们还存在于星际空间的星云和慧星的大气中卜和．此外，由于其简单，它是用来考察碳氢化合物中CH键的极好的模型分子问，所以研究它的动力学具有重要的基础意义．基态cHK’…自由基的动力学研究进行较为广泛，对C贝A’凸）的动力学研究较少，主要报导了它被若干分子种灭的总述申常数（包括化学反应和能量转移），少数报导了速车常数与温度关系．普遍认为，CH（助种灭这率常数与A态的转动态有关，但这种依赖关系的…     

Secondary kinetics of methanol decomposition: theoretical rate coefficients for 3CH2 + OH, 3CH2 + 3CH2, and 3CH2 + CH3

Direct variable reaction coordinate transition state theory (VRC-TST) rate coefficients are reported for the (3)CH(2) + OH, (3)CH(2) + (3)CH(2), and (3)CH(2) + CH(3) barrierless association reactions. The predicted rate coefficient for the (3)CH(2) + OH reaction (approximately 1.2 x 10(-10) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1) for 300-2500 K) is 4-5 times larger than previous estimates, indicating that this reaction may be an important sink for OH in many combustion systems. The predicted rate coefficients for the (3)CH(2) + CH(3) and (3)CH(2) + (3)CH(2) reactions are found to be in good agreement with the range of available experimental measurements. Product branching in the self-reaction of methylene is discussed, and the C(2)H(2) + 2H and C(2)H(2) + H2 products are predicted in a ratio of 4:1. The effect of the present set of rate coefficients on modeling the secondary kinetics of methanol decomposition is briefly considered. Finally, the present set of rate coefficients, along with previous VRC-TST determinations of the rate coefficients for the self-reactions of CH(3) and OH and for the CH(3) + OH reaction, are used to test the geometric mean rule for the CH(3), (3)CH(2), and OH fragments. The geometric mean rule is found to predict the cross-combination rate coefficients for the (3)CH(2) + OH and (3)CH(2) + CH(3) reactions to better than 20%, with a larger (up to 50%) error for the CH(3) + OH reaction.     

Dissociative photoionization mechanism of methanol isotopologues (CH3OH, CD3OH, CH3OD and CD3OD) by iPEPICO: energetics, statistical and non-statistical kinetics and isotope effects

The dissociative photoionization of energy selected methanol isotopologue (CH(3)OH, CD(3)OH, CH(3)OD and CD(3)OD) cations was investigated using imaging Photoelectron Photoion Coincidence (iPEPICO) spectroscopy. The first dissociation is an H/D-atom loss from the carbon, also confirmed by partial deuteration. Somewhat above 12 eV, a parallel H(2)-loss channel weakly asserts itself. At photon energies above 15 eV, in a consecutive hydrogen molecule loss to the first H-atom loss, the formation of CHO(+)/CDO(+) dominates as opposed to COH(+)/COD(+) formation. We see little evidence for H-atom scrambling in these processes. In the photon energy range corresponding to the B[combining tilde] and C[combining tilde] ion states, a hydroxyl radical loss appears yielding CH(3)(+)/CD(3)(+). Based on the branching ratios, statistical considerations and ab initio calculations, this process is confirmed to take place on the first electronically excited ?(2)A' ion state. Uncharacteristically, internal conversion is outcompeted by unimolecular dissociation due to the apparently weak Renner-Teller-like coupling between the X[combining tilde] and the ? ion states. The experimental 0 K appearance energies of the ions CH(2)OH(+), CD(2)OH(+), CH(2)OD(+) and CD(2)OD(+) are measured to be 11.646 ± 0.003 eV, 11.739 ± 0.003 eV, 11.642 ± 0.003 eV and 11.737 ± 0.003 eV, respectively. The E(0)(CH(2)OH(+)) = 11.6454 ± 0.0017 eV was obtained based on the independently measured isotopologue results and calculated zero point effects. The 0 K heat of formation of CH(2)OH(+), protonated formaldehyde, was determined to be 717.7 ± 0.7 kJ mol(-1). This yields a 0 K heat of formation of CH(2)OH of -11.1 ± 0.9 kJ mol(-1) and an experimental 298 K proton affinity of formaldehyde of 711.6 ± 0.8 kJ mol(-1). The reverse barrier to homonuclear H(2)-loss from CH(3)OH(+) is determined to be 36 kJ mol(-1), whereas for heteronuclear H(2)-loss from CH(2)OH(+) it is found to be 210 kJ mol(-1).     

Product pair correlation in CH3OH photodissociation at 157 nm: the OH + CH3 channel

The OH + CH(3) product channel for the photodissociation of CH(3)OH at 157 nm was investigated using the velocity map imaging technique with the detection of CH(3) radical products via (2+1) resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI). Images were measured for the CH(3) formed in the ground and excited states (v(2) = 0, 1, 2, and 3) of the umbrella vibrational mode and correlated OH vibrational state distributions were also determined. We find that the vibrational distribution of the OH fragment in the OH + CH(3) channel is clearly inverted. Anisotropic distributions for the CH(3) (v(2) = 0, 1, 2, and 3) products were also determined, which is indicative of a fast dissociation process for the C-O bond cleavage. A slower CH(3) product channel was also observed, that is assigned to a two-step photodissociation process, in which the first step is the production of a CH(3)O(X (2)E) radical via the cleavage of the O-H bond in CH(3)OH, followed by probe laser photodissociation of the nascent CH(3)O radicals yielding CH(3)(X (2)A(1), v = 0) products.     

A comprehensive kinetic mechanism for CO,CH2O,and CH3OH combustion

New experimental profiles of stable species concentrations are reported for formaldehyde oxidation in a variable pressure flow reactor at initial temperatures of 850–950 K and at constant pressures ranging from 1.5 to 6.0 atm. These data, along with other data published in the literature and a previous comprehensive chemical kinetic model for methanol oxidation, are used to hierarchically develop an updated mechanism for CO/H₂O/H₂/O₂, CH₂O, and CH₃OH oxidation. Important modifications include recent revisions for the hydrogen–oxygen submechanism (Li et al., Int J Chem Kinet 2004, 36, 565), an updated submechanism for methanol reactions, and kinetic and thermochemical parameter modifications based upon recently published information. New rate constant correlations are recommended for CO + OH = CO₂ + H ( R23 ) and HCO + M = H + CO + M ( R24 ), motivated by a new identification of the temperatures over which these rate constants most affect laminar flame speed predictions (Zhao et al., Int J Chem Kinet 2005, 37, 282). The new weighted least‐squares fit of literature experimental data for ( R23 ) yields k₂₃ = 2.23 × 10⁵T^1.89exp(583/T) cm³/mol/s and reflects significantly lower rate constant values at low and intermediate temperatures in comparison to another recently recommended correlation and theoretical predictions. The weighted least‐squares fit of literature results for ( R24 ) yields k₂₄ = 4.75 × 10¹¹T^0.66exp(?7485/T) cm³/mol/s, which predicts values within uncertainties of both prior and new (Friedrichs et al., Phys Chem Chem Phys 2002, 4, 5778; DeSain et al., Chem Phys Lett 2001, 347, 79) measurements. Use of either of the data correlations reported in Friedrichs et al. (2002) and DeSain et al. (2001) for this reaction significantly degrades laminar flame speed predictions for oxygenated fuels as well as for other hydrocarbons. The present C₁/O₂ mechanism compares favorably against a wide range of experimental conditions for laminar premixed flame speed, shock tube ignition delay, and flow reactor species time history data at each level of hierarchical development. Very good agreement of the model predictions with all of the experimental measurements is demonstrated. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 39: 109–136, 2007     

Decomposition Mechanism of Fluorinated Compounds in Water Plasmas Generated Under Atmospheric Pressure

Decomposition mechanism of HFC-134a, HFC-32, and CF₄ in water plasmas at atmospheric pressure has been investigated. The decomposition efficiency of 99.9% can be obtained up to 3.17 mol kWh⁻¹ of the ratio of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) feed rate to the arc power and 1.89 mol kWh⁻¹ of the ratio of perfluorocarbon (PFC) feed rate to the arc power. The species such as H₂, CO, CO₂, CH₄, and CF₄ were detected from the effluent gas of both PFC and HFC decomposition. However, CH₂F₂ and CHF₃ were observed only in the case of HFC decomposition. The HFC and PFC decomposition generate CH₂F, CHF_{x (x:1–2)}, and CF_{y (y:1–3)} radicals, then those radicals were subsequently oxidized by oxygen, leading to CO and CO₂ generation in the excess oxygen condition. However, when there is insufficient oxygen available, those radicals were easily recombined with fluorine to form by-product such as CH₂F₂, CHF₃, and CF₄.     

CH3OH electrooxidation by nanosized Pd loaded on porous LaMnO3

Generating the multifunctional influence by adding a promoter or employing a support for electrocatalytic particles is a remarkable approach to advance the efficiency and stability of anode electrode in the non-reforming methanol fuel cell. So, the coprecipitation assisted with ultrasonic is selected to fabricate porous LaMnO₃; and the nanosized Pd is loaded on LaMnO₃ via wetness incorporation. The samples are characterized through scanning electron microscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), vibrating sample magnetometry, Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller and X-ray diffraction analysis. The electrochemical studies are carried out to identify the behavior and efficiency of electrocatalysts toward CH₃OH electrooxidation. Based on adsorption/desorption of hydrogen, the electrochemical surface area presented an ascending performance as nanosized Pd (76.63 m² g^?1) < Pd/LaMnO₃ (93.35 m² g^?1). The Pd/LaMnO₃ has higher electrocatalytic activity, stability, and CO-tolerance ability for the CH₃OH electrooxidation of as compared with nanosized Pd as non-supported Pd. The functions of current vs. time were determined by fitting and simulating of the experimental data. The transferred charge throughout CH₃OH electrooxidation vs. time was computed using the lower Riemann sum of plots, corresponding to experimental results and the integration of obtained functions. The introduced nanocomposite was used as anodic material in a single CH₃OH fuel cell.     

CF_2ClC(O)OCH_2CH_3+OH的反应机理及动力学性质的理论研究

利用双水平直接动力学方法,在MCG3-MPWB//M06-2X/aug-cc-pVDZ水平上研究了CF_2ClC(0)OCH_2CH_3+OH的微观反应机理.得到了反应物CF_2ClC(O)OCH_2CH_3的5种稳定构象(RCl~RC5),并对每一构象考察了发生在-CH_3-和-CH_2-基团上的所有可能氢提取反应通道.利用改进的变分过渡态理论(ICVT)结合小曲率隧道效应校正(SCT)计算了各反应通道的速率常数,分析了各构象反应位点选择性.结果表明,对于构象RCl和RC2,低温时氢提取反应主要发生在-CH_2-基团上;而对于构象RC3RC4和RC5,发生在-CH_3基团上的氢提取反应通道在整个温度区间内占绝对优势.根据Boltzmann配分函数计算总包反应速率常数,在298 K温度下计算的体系总包反应速率常数与实验值相符,进而给出200~1000 K温度范围内拟合了速率常数的三参数Arrhenius表达式:k_(overall)=5.45×10~(25)T~(4.54)exp(-685/T).     

IR and FTMW-IR spectroscopy and vibrational relaxation pathways in the CH stretch region of CH3OH and CH3OD

Infrared spectra of jet-cooled CH(3)OD and CH(3)OH in the CH stretch region are observed by coherence-converted population transfer Fourier transform microwave-infrared (CCPT-FTMW-IR) spectroscopy (E torsional species only) and by slit-jet single resonance spectroscopy (both A and E torsional species, CH(3)OH only). Twagirayezu et al. reported the analysis of ν(3) symmetric CH stretch region (2750-2900 cm(-1); Twagirayezu et al. J. Phys. Chem. A 2010, 114, 6818), and the present work addresses the more complicated higher frequency region (2900-3020 cm(-1)) containing the two asymmetric CH stretches (ν(2) and ν(9)). The additional complications include a higher density of coupled states, more extensive mixing, and evidence for Coriolis as well as anharmonic coupling. The overall observed spectra contain 17 interacting vibrational bands for CH(3)OD and 28 for CH(3)OH. The sign and magnitude of the torsional tunneling splittings are deduced for three CH stretch fundamentals (ν(3), ν(2), ν(9)) of both molecules and are compared to a model calculation and to ab initio theory. The number and distribution of observed vibrational bands indicate that the CH stretch bright states couple first to doorway states that are binary combinations of bending modes. In the parts of the spectrum where doorway states are present, the observed density of coupled states is comparable to the total density of vibrational states in the molecule, but where there are no doorway states, only the CH stretch fundamentals are observed. Above 2900 cm(-1), the available doorway states are CH bending states, but below, the doorway states also involve OH bending. A time-dependent interpretation of the present FTMW-IR spectra indicates a fast (～200 fs) initial decay of the bright state followed by a second, slower redistribution (about 1-3 ps). The qualitative agreement of the present data with the time-dependent experiments of Iwaki and Dlott provides further support for the similarity of the fastest vibrational relaxation processes in the liquid and gas phases.     

Water Vapor Does Not Catalyze the Reaction between Methanol and OH Radicals

Recent reports [Jara‐Toro et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017 , 56, 2166 and PCCP 2018 , 20, 27885] suggest that the rate coefficient of OH reactions with alcohols would increase by up to two times in going from dry to high humidity. This finding would have an impact on the budget of alcohols in the atmosphere and it may explain differences in measured and modeled methanol concentrations. The results were based on a relative technique carried out in a small Teflon bag, which might suffer from wall reactions. The effect was reinvestigated using a direct fluorescence probe of OH radicals, and no catalytic effect of H₂O could be found. Experiments in a Teflon bag were also carried out, but the results of Jara‐Toro et al. were not reproducible. Further theoretical calculations show that the water‐mediated reactions have negligible rates compared to the bare reaction and that even though water molecules can lower the barriers of reactions, they cannot make up for the entropy cost.     

Direct dynamics studies on hydrogen abstraction reactions of CH3CHFCH3 and CH3CH2CH2F with OH radicals

The hydrogen abstraction reactions of CH3CHFCH3 and CH3CH2CH2F with the OH radicals have been studied theoretically by a dual-level direct dynamics method. The geometries and frequencies of all the stationary points are optimized by means of the DFT calculation. There are complexes at the reactant side or exit route, indicating these reactions may proceed via indirect mechanisms. To improve the reaction enthalpy and potential barrier of each reaction channel, the single point energy calculation is performed by the MC-QCISD/3 method. The rate constants are evaluated by canonical variational transition state theory (CVT) with the small-curvature tunneling correction method (SCT) over a wide temperature range 200-2000 K. The canculated CVT/SCT rate constants are consistent with available experimental data. The results show that both the variation effect and the SCT contribution play an important role in the calculation of the rate constants. For reactions CH3CHFCH3 and CH3CH2CH2F with OH radicals, the channels of H-abstraction from -CHF- and -CH2- groups are the major reaction channels, respectively, at lower temperature. Furthermore, to further reveal the thermodynamics properties, the enthalpies of formation of reactants CH3CHFCH3, CH3CH2CH2F, and the product radicals CH3CFCH3, CH3CHFCH2, CH3CH2CHF, CH3CHCH2F, and CH2CH2CH2F are studied using isodesmic reactions.     

Dynamics of the CH3 + OH reaction

We study dynamics of the CH₃ + OH reaction over the temperature range of 300–2500 K using a quasiclassical method for the potential energy composed of explicit forms of short‐range and long‐range interactions. The explicit potential energy used in the study gives minimum energy paths on potential energy surfaces showing barrier heights, channel energies, and van der Waals well, which are consistent with ab initio calculations. Approximately, 20% of CH₃ + OH collisions undergo OH dissociation in a direct‐mode mechanism on a subpicosecond scale (<50 fs) with the rate coefficient as high as ～10^?10 cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1. Less than 10% leads to the formation of excited intermediates CH₃OH? with excess vibrational energies in CO and OH bonds. CH₃OH? stabilizes to CH₃OH, redissociates back to reactants, or forms one of various products after intramolecular energy redistribution via bond dissociation and formation on the time scale of 50–200 fs. The principal product is ¹CH₂ (k being ～10^?11), whereas ks for CH₂OH, CH₂O, and CH₃O are ～10^?12. The minor products are HCOH and CH₄ (k～10^?13). The total rate coefficient for CH₃ + OH → CH₃OH? → products is ～10^?11 and is weakly dependent on temperature. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 43: 455–466, 2011     

State-to-state dynamics of the Cl + CH3OH --> HCl + CH2OH reaction

Molecular chlorine, methanol, and helium are co-expanded into a vacuum chamber using a custom designed "late-mixing" nozzle. The title reaction is initiated by photolysis of Cl2 at 355 nm, which generates monoenergetic Cl atoms that react with CH3OH at a collision energy of 1960 +/- 170 cm(-1) (0.24 +/- 0.02 eV). Rovibrational state distributions of the nascent HCl products are obtained via 2 + 1 resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization, center-of-mass scattering distributions are measured by the core-extraction technique, and the average internal energy of the CH3OH co-products is deduced by measuring the spatial anisotropy of the HCl products. The majority (84 +/- 7%) of the HCl reaction products are formed in HCl(v = 0) with an average rotational energy of [Erot] = 390 +/- 70 cm(-1). The remaining 16 +/- 7% are formed in HCl(v = 1) and have an average rotational energy of [Erot] = 190 +/- 30 cm(-1). The HCl(v = 1) products are primarily forward scattered, and they are formed in coincidence with CH2OH products that have little internal energy. In contrast, the HCl(v = 0) products are formed in coincidence with CH2OH products that have significant internal energy. These results indicate that two or more different mechanisms are responsible for the dynamics in the Cl + CH3OH reaction. We suggest that (1) the HCl(v = 1) products are formed primarily from collisions at high impact parameter via a stripping mechanism in which the CH2OH co-products act as spectators, and (2) the HCl(v = 0) products are formed from collisions over a wide range of impact parameters, resulting in both a stripping mechanism and a rebound mechanism in which the CH2OH co-products are active participants. In all cases, the reaction of fast Cl atoms with CH3OH is with the hydrogen atoms on the methyl group, not the hydrogen on the hydroxyl group.     

OH Radicals as Oxidizing Agent for the Abatement of Organic Pollutants in Gas Flows by Dielectric Barrier Discharges

OH radicals play an essential role in various plasma-chemical processes aimed at the abatement of organic and inorganic pollutants from off-air flows. We report about the oxidation of carbon monoxide in nonthermal air and nitrogen plasmas in dependence on CO inlet concentration and flow humidity. Thereby the reaction CO + OH CO₂ + H served as a diagnostic tool for OH radical determination in the dielectric barrier discharge at atmospheric pressure. The results were numerically fitted to the equations of a kinetic model allowing the determination of the average OH production efficiency (G_OH-value) and OH lifetime (T_OH) in dependence on flow humidity. Finally,results on ethyl acetate abatement obtained under similar experimental conditions were modeled by OH radical decomposition.