A theoretical study of hydrogen—atom abstraction by methyl radical

The activation energies for the abstraction of a hydrogen atom from each of several hydrocarbons has been calculated using the AM1 molecular orbital method. The calculated barrier for the abstraction from methane is 15.5 kcal/mole, in good agreement with experiment. Calculated barriers for other abstractions are reasonably good. They are much improved when the calculated intrinsic barrier is used together with the experimental heats of reaction in a modified formulation of Marcus theory.     

Chemorheology and Curing Kinetics of a New RTM Benzoxazine Resin

The chemorheology and curing kinetics of a new high performance resin transfer molding benzoxazine resin was investigated. A chemorheological model based on a modified Arrhenius equation that describes the resin viscosity as a function of temperature and time was proposed. The model, which agreed well with the experimental data, can provide theoretical support for the mold-filling stage in the resin transfer molding process. The average activation energies of the polymerization reaction were obtained by means of gelation times at different temperatures based on the Arrhenius equation and from dynamic differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) results based on the Kissinger and Ozawa methods; the values were 96.0,84.0 and 87.8 KJ/mol, respectively. A plot of activation energy vs. conversion in the curing process was obtained using the Flynn-Wall-Ozawa model. The reaction orders were estimated from isothermal DSC based on a modified Kamal kinetics model which can describe both the autocatalytic and diffusion-controlled curing mechanism.     

热重分析法研究贝壳固硫反应动力学

采用热分析法研究了贝壳和石灰石固硫反应过程, 用等效粒子模型对固硫反应过程进行了表征, 计算分析了其固硫反应动力学参数. 结果表明, 贝壳比石灰石含有较多的碱金属盐, 其作用是提高了贝壳固硫反应速率常数和有效扩散系数. 贝壳固硫反应中存在补偿效应. 根据等动力学温度判别固硫剂活性适用于不同反应控制区的活性判断. 碱金属成分对钙基固硫剂活性有正负两个方面的影响, 含量过大或过小都会削弱固硫剂活性, 因而存在最适含量. 在1 073～1 273 K温区固硫时, 钙基固硫剂中碱金属离子与钙离子摩尔比为1∶50左右时固硫活性较高.     

Comprehensive DFT study of nitrous oxide decomposition over Fe-ZSM-5

The reaction mechanism for nitrous oxide decomposition has been studied on hydrated and dehydrated mononuclear iron sites in Fe-ZSM-5 using density functional theory. In total, 46 different surface species with different spin states (spin multiplicity M(S) = 4 or 6) and 63 elementary reactions were considered. Heats of adsorption, activation barriers, reaction rates, and minimum energy pathways were determined. The approximate minimum energy pathways and transition states were calculated using the "growing string method" and a modified "dimer method". Spin surface crossing (e.g., O(2) desorption) was considered. The minimum potential energy structure on the seam of two potential energy surfaces was determined with a multiplier penalty function algorithm by Powell and approximate rates of spin surface crossings were calculated. It was found that nitrous oxide decomposition is first order with respect to nitrous oxide concentration and zero order with respect to oxygen concentration. Water impurities in the gas stream have a strong inhibiting effect. In the concentration range of 1-100 ppb, the presence of water vapor influences the surface composition and the apparent rate coefficient. This is especially relevant in the temperature range of 600-700 K where most experimental kinetic studies are performed. Apparent activation barriers determined over this temperature range vary from 28.4 (1 ppb H(2)O) to 54.8 kcal/mol (100 ppb H(2)O). These results give an explanation why different research groups and different catalyst pretreatments often result in very different activation barriers and preexponential factors. Altogether perfect agreement with experimental results could be achieved.     

程序升温连续流动反应器技术及其应用

在运用连续流动反应(CFR)技术(尾气技术)的基础上提出了1种可筛选催化剂并能进行非均相催化动力学研究的实验原理和方法--程序升温连续流动反应器(TPCFR)技术。在用此法筛选过的Cu-Ni催化剂上对甲醇分解反应和甲醇水蒸汽重整反应进行了系统研究,证明这种方法合理、可信。利用1条TPCFR曲线可求出各个动力学参数。     

Electrocatalysis of Oxygen Evolution Reaction on Ti/SnO2+ RuO2+ MnO2/MnO2 Electrode in Sulfuric Acid Solution

The Ti-Supported MnO_2 electrode was modified by introducing SnO_2+RuO_2+MnO_2 as an intermediate layer into the Ti/MnO_2 interface. The anodic polarization curves were measured at various temperatures ranging from 30 to 80℃ and the activation energy for the oxygen evolution reaction was evaluated. The experimental activation energy increased linearly with increasing the overpotential. The activation energy at the equilibrium potential was linearly correlated with the difference between the crystal field stabilization energies of Mn~(4+) at initial state and Mn~(4+) at transition state. The electrocatalysis characteristics of the anode were discussed by means of the mechanism of the substitution reaction of the ligand(S_N1 and S_N2) and molecular orbital theory. The results show that the anode has better electrocatalystic characteristics.     

多孔物质气固反应动力学研究

利用自主研制的微型流化床反应分析仪（MFBRA）在等温条件下测试了高比表面活性炭氧化反应,并根据基于固体转化的热分析动力学方法及考虑气体在微孔内扩散与反应的应用化工动力学方法求算了动力学参数．在内外扩散抑制最小化的实验条件下,粒径小于5μm的活性炭在700-1000℃的燃烧反应动力学研究表明,根据微型流化床中实验数据,采用等温热分析动力学方法求算得内扩散控制区活化能约为95kJ／mol;弓l入化工动力学方法中的随机孔模型对低温区等温燃烧数据拟合,可得孔结构参数在0．17m^-3左右,反应活化能为178kJ／mol,约为内扩散反应活化能的两倍,最为接近本征的碳燃烧反应活化能．     

Modeling the curing kinetics for a modified bismaleimide resin

The kinetics of curing for a modified bismaleimide (BMI) has been investigated to ascertain a suitable cure model for the material. The experimental data for characterizing the curing kinetics for a modified bismaleimide resin were determined using a DSC isothermal scan method and indicated a curing mechanism involving multiple reactions. The reaction process was shown to be dominated by a different mechanism at different stages of the cure process, with an initial autocatalytic reaction shifting into an nth order reaction as the reaction proceeded. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 38: 907–913, 2000     

Molecular dynamics calculation of molecular volumes and volumes of activation

Experimentally, the effects of pressure on reaction rates are described by their pressure derivatives, known as volumes of activation. Transition state theory directly links activation volumes to partial molar volumes of reactants and transition states. We discuss a molecular dynamics method for the accurate calculation of molecular volumes, within which the volumes of molecular species are obtained as a difference between the volumes of pure solvent and solvent with a single molecule inserted. The volumes thus obtained depend on the molecular geometry, the strength and type of the solute-solvent interactions, as well as temperature and pressure. The partial molar volumes calculated using this approach agree well with experimental data. Since this method can also be applied to transition state species, it allows for quantitative analysis of experimental volumes of activation in terms of structural parameters of the corresponding transition states. The efficiency of the approach is illustrated by calculation of volumes of activation for three nonpolar reactions in nonpolar solvents. The results agree well with the experimental data.     

气相生长碳纤维对环氧树脂固化反应的影响及其复合物固化动力学研究

用示差扫描量热方法研究了气相生长碳纤维作为填料对4,4′-二氨基二苯甲烷四缩水甘油环氧树脂(TGDDM)/4,4′-二氨基二苯基砜(DDS)等温固化反应的影响.与纯环氧树脂一样,气相生长碳纤维复合物的固化反应也属于自催化反应类型.气相生长碳纤维对环氧树脂的固化反应动力学影响很小.固化反应的过程可以用一种修正过的自催化动力学模型来描述,在整个固化反应过程中纯TGDDM/DDS环氧树脂及其气相生长碳纤维复合物模型拟合得到的结果和实验数据相当一致.     

New incremental isoconversional method for kinetic analysis of solid thermal decomposition

A simple and precise incremental isoconversional integral method based on Li-Tang (LT) method is proposed for kinetic analysis of solid thermal decomposition, in order to evaluate the activation energy as a function of conversion degree. The new method overcomes the limitation of LT method in which the calculated activation energy is influenced by the lower limit of integration. By applying the new method to kinetic analysis of both the simulated nonisothermal case and experimental case of strontium carbonate thermal decomposition, it is shown that the dependence of activation energy on conversion degree evaluated by the new method is consistent with those obtained by Friedman (FR) method and the modified Vyazovkin method. As the new method is free from approximating the temperature integral and not sensitive to the noise of the kinetic data, it is believed to be more convenient in nonisothermal kinetic analysis of solid decompositions.     

Harnessing the chemical activation inherent to carrier protein-bound thioesters for the characterization of lipopeptide fatty acid tailoring enzymes

Here, we report a new experimental approach utilizing an amide ligation reaction for the characterization of acyl carrier protein (ACP)-bound reaction intermediates, which are otherwise difficult to analyze by traditional biochemical methods. To explore fatty acid tailoring enzymes of the calcium-dependent antibiotic (CDA) biosynthetic pathway, this strategy enabled the transformation of modified fatty acids, covalently bound as thioesters to an ACP, into amide ligation products that can be directly analyzed and compared to synthetic standards by HPLC-MS. The driving force of the amide formation is the thermodynamic activation inherent to thioester-bound compounds. Using this novel method, we were able to characterize the ACP-mediated biosynthesis of the unique 2,3-epoxyhexanoyl moiety of CDA, revealing a new type of FAD-dependent oxidase HxcO with intrinsic enoyl-ACP epoxidase activity, as well as a second enoyl-ACP epoxidase, HcmO. In general, our approach should be widely applicable for the in vitro characterization of other biosynthetic systems acting on carrier proteins, such as integrated enzymes from NRPS and PKS assembly lines or tailoring enzymes of fatty and amino acid precursor synthesis.     

Combined kinetic analysis of solid-state reactions: a powerful tool for the simultaneous determination of kinetic parameters and the kinetic model without previous assumptions on the reaction mechanism

The combined kinetic analysis implies a simultaneous analysis of experimental data representative of the forward solid-state reaction obtained under any experimental conditions. The analysis is based on the fact that when a solid-state reaction is described by a single activation energy, preexponetial factor and kinetic model, every experimental T-alpha-dalpha/dt triplet should fit the general differential equation independently of the experimental conditions used for recording such a triplet. Thus, only the correct kinetic model would fit all of the experimental data yielding a unique activation energy and preexponential factor. Nevertheless, a limitation of the method should be considered; thus, the proposed solid-state kinetic models have been derived by supposing ideal conditions, such as unique particle size and morphology. In real systems, deviations from such ideal conditions are expected, and therefore, experimental data might deviate from ideal equations. In this paper, we propose a modification in the combined kinetic analysis by using an empirical equation that fits every f(alpha) of the ideal kinetic models most extensively used in the literature and even their deviations produced by particle size distributions or heterogeneities in particle morphologies. The procedure here proposed allows the combined kinetic analysis of data obtained under any experimental conditions without any previous assumption about the kinetic model followed by the reaction. The procedure has been verified with simulated and experimental data.     

Guanine alkylation by ethylene oxide: calculation of chemical reactivity

In this paper we report on calculations of the activation free energy for a chemical reaction between ethylene oxide and guanine. Ethylene oxide is biologically relevant per se and is also a model compound for numerous ultimate carcinogens. Calculations were performed on the medium-high ab initio, DFT, and semiempirical MO levels. Effects of solvation were considered using the Langevine dipole method and solvent reaction field method of Tomasi and co-workers. The calculated activation free energies are in reasonable agreement with the experimental value.     

钇与2-(4'-氯-2'-膦酰基-苯偶氮)-7-(2',6'-二溴-4'-氯-苯偶氮)-1,8-二羟基-3,6-萘二磺酸配位反应驰豫动力学研究

用跳浓驰豫法测定不同温度下的驰豫时间τ.根据拟定的机理导出了1/τ的函数表达式为1/τ＝k[H₆R]₀/[H₃⁺O]-(6k/ε[H₃⁺O]₀)A_∞,获得表观速率常数k及摩尔吸光系数ε,表观活化能为52.82KJ/mol,活化焓为50.34kJ/mol,活化熵在278K～298K范围内为负值,配合物稳定常数lgK'.为13.84。与孤立变量法、比尔法、平衡移动法获得的结果吻合.     

立方体纳米氧化亚铜反应动力学的理论及实验研究

为了探究纳米多相反应过程的动力学行为,本文通过液相还原法可控合成了粒度为55 nm的立方体氧化亚铜（Cu₂O）。基于纳米与块体Cu₂O的区别,采用原位微量热技术获取Cu₂O体系与HNO₃反应过程的热动力学精细信息,结合热动力学原理及动力学过渡态理论计算得到Cu₂O反应动力学参数,并建立立方体动力学模型讨论并佐证动力学实验结果。结果表明,纳米Cu₂O的反应速率常数大于块体,而表观活化能、指前因子、活化焓、活化熵和活化Gibbs自由能均小于块体;随着温度的升高,纳米Cu₂O的反应速率常数和活化Gibbs自由能均增大。动力学模型表明影响反应动力学参数的主要因素为：偏摩尔表面焓影响表观活化能,偏摩尔表面熵影响指前因子,偏摩尔表面Gibbs自由能影响反应速率常数。本文为纳米材料多相反应动力学参数的获取和分析应用提供了一种普适的理论模型和实验方法。     

Kinetics of catalyzed esterification of acetic acid with n-butanol using carbonized agro-waste

The objective of this research work was to investigate the kinetics of esterification of acetic acid with n-butanol through the variation of experimental parameters. The reaction mixture was catalyzed heterogeneously by a sulfonated catalyst in batch mode of operation. The catalyst was prepared from abundantly available agro-waste, Cajanus cajan husk by chemical activation process, which produces a carbon-based solid catalyst with high surface area. The catalyst was characterized by a Brunauer-Emmet-Teller surface analyzer and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to know the surface morphology. Process parameters such as contact time, reaction temperature, and catalyst loading, which can influence the extent of conversion of reactants, were studied. Furthermore, the kinetic investigation was also carried out to estimate the kinetic parameters for uncatalyzed and catalyzed reaction using the second-order pseudo-homogeneous (P-H), Eley-Rideal (E-R), and Langmuir-Hinshelwood (LH) kinetic models for this research work. The kinetic parameters such as activation energy, preexponential factor, and the thermodynamic parameters such as enthalpy and entropy were estimated for uncatalyzed and catalyzed reactions using these three models. The process conditions were optimized for catalyzed and uncatalyzed reactions to obtain the maximum product yield by minimizing root mean square error of each experimental data using the MS-excel solver tool. Thus, this study reveals the high potential of an agro-waste, Cajanus cajan husk as raw material for the synthesis of catalyst. The results show that the E-R model is more appropriate for predicting the dynamic data of an esterification reaction, as the forward rate of reaction estimated using the E-R model are more modified than P-H and L-H models.     

Alternatively modified bingel reaction for efficient syntheses of C60 hexakis-adducts

It was found that the C60 hexakis-adduct (Th) bearing 12 electron-donating N,N-dimethylaniline moieties could not be synthesized by the Bingel-Hirsch method with either classical or deviated experimental parameters in a one-pot reaction. A different modification to the original Bingel reaction without the use of any templating agent was necessary for high-yield synthesis of the compound. The generalization of this alternatively modified Bingel method to the preparation of other C60 hexakis-adducts is demonstrated. [structure: see text].     

A computer method to determine the kinetic law of solid-state reactions from DSC curves

A computer program has been worked out to evaluate the activation energy, the Arrhenius pre-exponential factor and the mechanism of solid-state reactions from non-isothermal measurements. A univocal determination of the reaction mechanism is obtained by the simultaneous application of two selection criteria: (a) activation energy value by the Ozawa method; (b) degree of linearity in the <Satava method.A modification of the Rogers and Smith method was then used to obtain empirically complete agreement between kinetic expression and experimental results when the kinetic law has to be improved to account for a whole experimental curve.The accuracy of the computer method has been checked through a calibration of the program by means of 16 theoretical functions proposed by <Sesták.     

Application of prompt gamma activation analysis and neutron activation analysis to the use of samarium as an intestinal marker

The use of prompt gamma activation analysis (PGAA) as a method for detection of the intestinal rare earth marker, samarium, has been evaluated by comparison with thermal neutron activation analysis (NAA). PGAA detection has significant advantages with respect to its higher reaction cross section and possible rapid experimental turnaround time. Serious disadvantages are lower neutron fluxes available to the target and nonavailability of numerous PGAA facilities. Results of the technique comparisons are generally very good. Pony fecal concentrations of samarium in samples obtained at various times after administration of a marked meal were measured by both techniques. In only one sample did results of the methods differ by more than the experimental errors involved.