Influence of Vibrational Excitation on Stereodynamics for O(3P)+D2→OD+D Reaction

Theoretical investigations on the stereodynamics of the O(³P)+D₂ reaction have been calcu-lated by means of the quasi-classical trajectory to study the product rotational polarization at collision energy of 104.5 kJ/mol on the potential energy surface of the ground ³A" triplet state. The vector properties including angular momentum alignment distributions and four polarization dependent generalized differential cross-sections of product have been presented. Furthermore, the influence of reagent vibrational excitation on the product vector properties has also been studied. The results indicate that the vector properties are sensitively affected by reagent vibrational excitation.     

State-to-State Quantum Dynamical Study of H+Br2→HBr+Br Reaction

The time-dependent wave packet method has been employed to calculate the state-to-state integral cross sections and differential cross sections (DCSs) for three initial states of the title reaction on the recently constructed neural network potential energy surface. It is found that the product HBr(\begin{document}$ v' $\end{document} = 2, 3, 4) states have the dominated population in the entire energy region considered here, indicating an inverted HBr vibrational state distribution. More than half of the available energy ends up as product internal motion, and most of which goes into the vibrational motion. Our calculations show that initial rotational excitation of Br\begin{document}$ _2 $\end{document} has little effect on the product ro-vibrational state distributions and DCSs of the reaction. While the initial vibrational excitation has some influences. The initial vibrational excitation to \begin{document}$ v_0 $\end{document} = 5 obviously enhance the product vibrational excitation in the low energy region. The DCSs for collision energy up to 0.5 eV at the ground and rotationally excited state are peaked in the backward direction, but the width of the angular distribution increases considerably with the increase of collision energy. For the vibrationally excited state, the DCSs are rather complicated with some strong forward scattering peaks for highly vibrationally excited products.     

Understanding Rotational Mode Speci city in the O(3P)+CHD3→OH+CD3 Reaction by Simple Reactant Alignment Pictures

The mode specificity plays an important role in understanding the fundamental reaction dynamics. This work reports a theoretical study of the rotational mode specificityof the reactant CHD₃(JK) in the prototypical hydrocarbon oxidation reaction O(³P)+CHD₃→OH+CD₃. The time-dependent quantum wave packet method combined with a seven-dimensional reduced model is employed to calculate the reaction probability on an accurate potential energy surface. The obtained reaction probability depends on the values of both K and Ktot with P_Ktot=K=0>P_Ktot=K=J>P_Ktot=J,K=0=P_Ktot=0,K=J. This observation can be well rationalized by the reactant alignment pictures. Rotational excitations of CHD₃ up to the angular momentum quantum number J=4 have a very weak enhancement effect on the reaction except for the state (J=4, K=0). In addition, the rotationally excited states of CHD₃ with K=0 promote the reaction more than those with K=J. The quantum dynamics calculations indicate that the K=0 enhancements are mainly caused by the contributions from the components with K=K_tot=0. The components correspond to the tumbling rotation of CHD₃, which enlarges the range of the reactive initial attack angles.     

Theoretical Study of the Scattering Resonance State, Reaction Mechanism and Partial Potential Energy Surface of the F＋CH4→HF ＋CH3 Reaction

Many reactions with fluorine atoms have the important applications in the areas of theatmosphere and the chemical lasers, such as the reaction of fluorine atoms with methane. F( 2 P) CH 4 (X1A1)→HF(X1 Σ ) CH 3 (X 2 A′′2) ?H0300k=-32.3 kcal mol ?1 It…     

Theoretical Study on Stereodynamics of Reactions of N(2D)+H2→NH+H and N(2D)+D2→ND+D

The vector correlations between products and reagents for the title reactions have been calculated by the quasi-classical trajectory method at a collision energy of 21.32 kJ/mol on an accurate potential energy surface of Ho et al. (J. Chem. Phys. 119, 3063 (2003)). The peaks of the product angular distribution are found to be in both backward and forward directions for the two title reactions. The product rotational angular momentum is not only aligned, but also oriented along the negative direction of y-axis. These theoretical results are in good agreement with recent experimental findings for the two title reactions. The isotopic effect is also revealed and primarily attributed to the difference of the mass factor in the two title reactions.     

Quantum Chemical Study of Potential Energy Surface in the Formation of Atmospheric Sulfuric Acid?

A new potential energy surface (PES) for the atmospheric formation of sulfuric acid from OH+SO₂ is investigated using density functional theory and high-level ab initio molecular orbital theory. A pathway focused on the new PES assumes the reaction to take place between the radical complex SO₃·HO₂ and H₂O. The unusual stability of SO₃·HO₂ is the principal basis of the new pathway, which has the same final outcome as the current reaction mechanism in the literature but it avoids the production and complete release of SO₃. The entire reaction pathway is composed of three consecutive elementary steps:(1) HOSO₂+O₂→SO₃·HO₂, (2) SO₃·HO₂+H₂O→SO₃·H₂O·HO₂, (3) SO₃·H₂O·HO₂→H₂SO₄+HO₂. All three steps have small energy barriers, under 10 kcal/mol, and are exothermic, and the new pathway is therefore favorable both kinetically and thermodynamically. As a key step of the reactions, step (3), HO₂ serves as a bridge molecule for low-barrier hydrogen transfer in the hydrolysis of SO₃. Two significant atmospheric implications are expected from the present study. First, SO₃ is not released from the oxidation of SO₂ by OH radical in the atmosphere. Second, the conversion of SO₂ into sulfuric acid is weakly dependent on the humidity of air.     

High Resolution Crossed Molecular Beams Study of the H+HD→H2+D Reaction

The H+H₂ reaction is the simplest chemical reaction system and has long been the prototype model in the study of reaction dynamics. Here we report a high resolution experimental investigation of the state-to-state reaction dynamics in the H+HD→H₂+D reaction by using the crossed molecular beams method and velocity map ion imaging technique at the collision energy of 1.17 eV. D atom products in this reaction were probed by the near threshold 1+1'(vacuum ultraviolet+ultraviolet) laser ionization scheme. The ion image with both high angular and energy resolution were acquired. State-to-state differential cross sections was accurately derived. Fast forward scattering oscillations, relating with interference effects in the scattering process, were clearly observed for H₂ products at H₂(v'=0,j'=1) and H₂(v'=0,j'=3) rovibrational levels. This study further demonstrates the importance of measuring high-resolution differential cross sections in the study of state-to-state reaction dynamics in the gas phase.     

The QCT calculation of the rate constants for the N(4S)+O2(X3Σ g ? ) →NO(X2Π)+O(3P) reaction

A quasi-classical trajectory (QCT) calculation with the fourth-order explicit symplectic algorithm for the N(⁴S) + O₂(X³Σ_g⁻) → NO(X²Π) + O(³P) reaction has been performed by employing the ground and first-excited potential energy surfaces (PESs). Since the translational temperature considered is up to 5000 K, the larger relative translational energy and the higher vibrational and rotational level of O₂ molecule have been taken into account. The affect of the relative translational energy, the vibrational and rotational level of O₂ molecule in the reaction cross-sections of the ground and first-excited PESs has been discussed in a extensive range. And we exhibit the dependence of microscopic rate constants on the vibrational and rotational level of O₂ molecule at T = 4000 K. The thermal rate constants at the translational temperature betweem 300 and 5000 K have been evaluated and the corresponding Arrhenius curve has been fitted for reaction (1). It is found by comparison that the thermal rate constants determined in this work have a better agreement with the experimental data and provide a more valid theoretical reference.     

Crossed Beam Study on the F+D2→DF+D Reaction at Hyperthermal Collision Energy of 23.84 kJ/mol

We presented an experimental apparatus combining the H-atom Rydberg tagging time-of-flight technique and the laser detonation source for studying crossed beam reactions athyperthermal collision energies. The preliminary study of the F+D₂→DF+D reaction at hyperthermal collision energy of 23.84 kJ/mol was performed. Two beam sources were used in this study: one is the hyperthermal F beam source produced by a laser detonation process, and the other is D₂ beam source generated by liquid-N₂ cooled pulsed valve. Vibrational state-resolved di erential cross sections (DCSs) of product for the title reaction were determined. From the product vibrational state-resolved DCS, it can be concluded that products DF(v'=0, 1, 2, 3) are predominantly distributed in the sideway and backward scattering directions at this collision energy. However, the highest vibrational excited product DF(v'=4), is clearly peaked in the forward direction. The probable dynamical origins for these forward scattering products were analyzed and discussed.     

Differential Cross Sections for the H+D2O→HD+OD Reaction: a Full Dimensional State-to-State Quantum Dynamics Study

The time-dependent wave-packet method was employed to calculate the first full-dimensional state-to-state differential cross sections (DCS) for the title reaction with D₂O in the ground and the first symmetric (100) and asymmetric stretching (001) excited states. The calculated DCSs for these three initial states are strongly backward peaked at low collision energies. With the increase of collision energy, these DCSs become increasingly broader with the peak position shifting gradually to a smaller angle, consistent with the fact that the title reaction is a direct reaction via an abstraction mechanism. It is found that the (100) and (001) states not only have roughly the same integral cross sections, but also have essentially identical DCS, which are very close to that for the ground state at the same total energy of reaction. The reaction produces a small fraction of OD in the v=1 state, with the population close to the relative reactivity between the ground and vibrationally excited states, therefore confirming the experimental result of Zare et al. and the local mode picture[J. Phys. Chem. 97 , 2204 (1993)]. Unexpectedly, the stretching excitation reduces the rotation excitation of product HD at the same total energy.     

Theoretical Studies of O(1D)+HD (v=0, j=0, 1, 2, 3)→OD(H)+H(D) Reaction

The quasi-classical trajectory calculation for the reaction O(¹D)+HD is carried out based on the Dobbyn and Knowles potential energy surface. In this work, the reaction cross section and product branching ratio are obtained. The product branching ratio OD/OH was discussed. The calculated results show that the cross-section decreases thoroughly with the increasing of the collision energy from 4.6 kJ/mol to 46.0 kJ/mol. The average branching ratio decrease with the increase of rotational quantum number of reactant HD.     

New supramolecular adducts of chloroaquacomplexes [M3(μ3-S)S3?xSexCly(H2O)9?y](4?y)+ (M = Mo, W) with cucurbit[6]uril

New supramolecular adducts of cucurbit[6]uril with triangular cluster chloroaquacomplexes of Mo and W with mixed sulfido-selenido bridging ligands, {[W₃S₃Se(H₂O)₇Cl₂]₂(C₃₆H₃₆N₂₄O₁₂)}Cl₂·15H₂O (1), {[W₃S_1.5Se_2.5Cl_1.5(H₂O)_7.5]₂(C₃₆H₃₆N₂₄O₁₂)}Cl₅·18.5H₂O (2), and {[Mo₃SSe₃(H₂O)_7.5Cl_1.5]₂× (C₃₆H₃₆N₂₄O₁₂)}C_l5·11H₂O (3) are obtained treating the mixture of products in Mo-S-Se-Br and W-S-Se-Br systems, isolated, and structurally characterized. In all compounds, the supramolecular structure is based on hydrogen bonded associates of cucurbit[6]uril molecule with two cluster cations.     

Chloroaqua Complexes [M3S4(H2O)9?xClx](4?x)+ (M = Mo, W; x = 4, 6, 7) and Their Supramolecular Compounds with Cucur[8]uril

Compounds of trigonal cluster chloroaqua complexes with cucurbit[8]uril were synthesized by slowly evaporating HCl solutions of chalcogenides heterometallic cubane cluster complexes of molybdenum and tungsten with cucurbit[8]uril in air; the complexes were characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis: (H₃O)₈[Mo₃S₄(H₂O)_2.5Cl_6.5]₂Cl(PdCl₄)·(C₄₈H₄₈N₃₂O₁₆)· 29H₂O (a = 13.3183(17) Å, b = 13.7104(18) Å, c = 18.225(3) Å; α = 80.263(3)°, β = 77. 958(3)°, γ = 87.149(4)°, V = 3207.4(7) ų, space group P , Z = 1, ρ(calc) = 1.900 g/cm³), (H₃O)₄ [Mo₃S₄(H₂O)₃Cl₆]₂·(C₄₈H₄₈N₃₂O₁₆)₃·68H₂O (a = 21.413(6) Å, c = 49.832(10) Å; γ = 120°, V = 19788(8) ų, space group R , Z = 3, ρ(calc) = 1.695 g/cm³), (H₃O)₆ [Mo₃S₄(H₂O)₃Cl₆]₂Cl₂·(C₄₈H₄₈N₃₂O₁₆)·12H₂O (a = 15.881(2) Å, b = 17.191(2) Å, c = 23.276(4) Å; β = 98.865(15)°, V = 6278.7(15) ų, space group P2₁/c, Z = 2, ρ(calc) = 1.638 g/cm³), [W₃S₄(H₂O)₅Cl₄]₂·(C₄₈H₄₈N₃₂O₁₆)₃·35H₂O (a = 21.038(3) Å; α = 61.20(1)°, V = 6762.0(14) ų, space group R , Z = 1, ρ(calc) = 1.582 g/cm³). The [Mo₃S₄(H₂O)₃Cl₆]²⁻ anion complex was isolated as three geometrical isomers.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by E. V. Chubarova, D. G. Samsonenko, H. G. Platas, F. M. Dolgushin, A. V. Gerasimenko, M. N. Sokolov, Z. A. Starikova, M. Yu. Antipin, and V. P. Fedin__________Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 45, No. 6, pp. 1049–1058, November–December, 2004.