Catalytic effect of water,water dimer,water trimer,HCOOH, H2SO4, CH3CH2COOH and HN(NO2)2 on the isomerisation of HN(NO2)2 to O2NNN(O)OH: a mechanism study |
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| Authors: | Rui Wang Zi-long Jia Yi-ming An Soumendra Roy |
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| Institution: | Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical and Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi, P.R. China |
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| Abstract: | In this article, the isomerisation mechanisms of HN(NO2)2 to O2NNN(O)OH without and with catalyst X (X = H2O, (H2O)2, (H2O)3, HCOOH, H2SO4, CH3CH2COOH and HN(NO2)2) have been investigated theoretically at the CBS-QB3 level of theory. Our results show that the catalyst X (X = H2O, (H2O)2, (H2O)3, HCOOH, H2SO4 and CH3CH2COOH) shows different positive catalytic effects on reducing the apparent activation energy of the isomerisation reaction processes. Such different catalytic effects are mainly related to the number of hydrogen bonds and the size of the ring structure in X (X = H2O, (H2O)2 and (H2O)3)-assisted transition states, as well as different values of pKa for H2SO4, HCOOH and CH3CH2COOH. Very interesting is also the fact that H2SO4-assisted reaction is the most favourable for the hydrogen transfer from HN(NO2)2 to O2NNN(O)OH, due to the smallest pKa (?3.0) value of H2SO4 than H2O, HCOOH, H2SO4 and CH3CH2COOH, and also because of the largest ∠X???H???Y (the angle between the hydrogen bond donor and acceptor) involved in H2SO4-assisted transition state. Compared to the self-catalysis of the isomerisation mechanisms of HN(NO2)2 to O2NNN(O)OH, the apparent activation energy of H2SO4-assisted channel also reduces by 9.6 kcal?mol?1, indicating that H2SO4 can affect the isomerisation of HN(NO2)2 to O2NNN(O)OH, most obvious among all the catalysts H2O, (H2O)2, (H2O)3, HCOOH, H2SO4, CH3CH2COOH and HN(NO2)2. |
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| Keywords: | HN(NO2)2 catalyst isomerisation mechanism positive catalytic effect |
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