Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (10): 2191.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20140310

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Theoretical Studies on the Single Water Molecule’s Effect on the Main Channel of H2S+HO2 Reaction

XU Qiong1,*(), WANG Rui1, ZHANG Tianlei1, ZHANG Haolin1, WANG Zhiyin1, WANG Zhuqing2   

  1. 1. School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723001, China
    2. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ocean Environment Monitoring Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences Institute of Oceanographic Instrumentation, Qingdao 266001, China
  • Received:2014-04-04 Online:2014-10-10 Published:2014-09-30
  • Contact: XU Qiong E-mail:xuq@snut.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21207081), the Education Department of Shaanxi Provincial Government Research Project, China(No.12JK0625), the Funds of Research Programs of Shaanxi University of Technology, China(Nos SLGQD13(2)-3, SLGQD13(2)-4) and the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China(No.ZR2012DQ001)

Abstract:

The reaction mechanism and rate constant for the major channel between HO2 and H2S, without and with a water molecule, were investigated theoretically at the CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ// B3LYP/6-311+G(2df, 2p) level. The goal of the present investigation is to determine how the single water molecule can affect the reaction mechanisms and kinetics for the major channel of HO2+H2S reaction and estimate the importance of water effects on the major channel of HO2+H2S reaction. The calculated results show that the HO2+H2S reaction mainly occurs through the channel of H2O2+HS formation with the apparent activation energy of 14.94 kJ/mol. When one water molecule is added, the reaction mechanism of the major channel becomes quite complex yielding three different reaction channels of H2O…HO2+H2S(RW1), HO2…H2O+H2S(RW2) and H2O…H2S+HO2(RW2). For single water-catalyzed the major channel of HO2+H2S reaction, channel RW1 is dominant and path RW1 is the most favorable. Additionally, to estimate the importance of channel RW1 in the atmosphere, its rate constant is evaluated using the conventional transition state theory with Wigner tunneling correction. The calculated results show that the effective rate constant of path RW1 increases with the temperature increases. At 298 K, the value of k'RW1/ktotal is up to 54.2%, indicating that the single water molecule has a obvious effect on the major channel of atmospheric reaction of HO2+H2S. The present study provides further insight into water effects in the atmospheric chemistry.

Key words: HO2+H2S reaction, Water-catalyzed, Reaction mechanism, Transition state theory

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