Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2001, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (5): 800.

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Studies on Thermodynamics and Kinetics about Pyrolysis Mechanism of Carbon Matrix Precursor CH3ArCH2NH2

WANG Hui1,4, ZHAI Gao-Hong2, YANG Hai-Feng1, WEN Zhen-Yi2, SHI Qi-Zhen1, RAN Xin-Quan1, LUO Rui-Ying3, YANG Yan-Qing4   

  1. 1. Chemistry Department, Northwest University;
    2. Modern Physics Institute, Xi'an 710069, China;
    3. Beijing University of Aeronauticsand Astronautics, Beijing 100083, China;
    4. Department of Material Science, Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi'an 710072, China
  • Received:2000-02-21 Online:2001-05-24 Published:2001-05-24

Abstract: Based on the experiment, the pyrolysis mechanism of carbon matrix precursor CH3ArCH2NH2 was further studied by quantum chemistry computation. Using the AM1 and DFT UB3LYP/321G * method in Gaussian98 program package, thermodynamic and kinetic data were calculated for 5 designed pyrolysis paths of the compound. The calculation result shows that the reaction producing CH3ArCH2·and NH2·is the main pyrolysis reaction path and the calculated activation energy is Ea=230.78 kJ/mol by AM1 method and is Ea=321.18 kJ/mol by DFTmethod, which could be understood by analyzing the geometry parameters, spin densities and charges of some atoms in reactants and free radicals produced. Compared with experimental data of bond enthalpy, the calculated results by DFTcoincide well. The geometry parameters of the produced free radicals also shows that, after the compound CH3ArCH2NH2 as carbon matrix compound are pyrolyzed, the plane orientation of the produced free radicals will benefit the formation of a fused aromatic ring structure.

Key words: Carbon matrix precursor, Pyrolysis mechanism, AM1 and DFT method, Thermodynamics, Kinetics

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