Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2001, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (7): 1181.

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Calculation of RRKM Microcanonical Dissociation Rate Constant of Small Linear Carbon Clusters Cn(n=7~10)(Ⅱ)

WANG Hai-Yan, HUANG Rong-Bin, CHEN Hong, ZHANG Qiang, ZHENG Lan-Sun    

  1. State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
  • Received:2000-06-09 Online:2001-07-24 Published:2001-07-24

Abstract: Ab initio calculation has been applied to calculating the dissociated pathways of small carbon clusters. Linear C7, C8, C9 and C10 and their transition states were optimized at MP2/6-31G* level, and their vibration frequencies were also calculated and analyzed. Based on the calculations, activation energies of the clusters were computed and their microcanoncial decomposition rates of different dissociation pathways were estimated by RRKMtheory. The calculation resultshows that the small carbon clusters tend to lose a C3 fragment during dissociation. It is also the main dissociation channel observed in the dissociation experiments of carbon cluster ions with a linear or ring configuration.

Key words: RRKM theory, Rate constant, Dissociation, Cn(n =710)

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