Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2016, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (3): 513.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20150742

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Theoretical Studies on the Reaction Mechanism of Criegee Intermediates CH3CHOO with OH Radicals

GAO Zhifang, WANG Weina, MA Qian, LIU Fengyi, WANG Wenliang*   

  1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Xi’an 710119, China
  • Received:2015-09-22 Online:2016-03-10 Published:2016-01-24
  • Contact: WANG Wenliang
  • Supported by:
    † Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21473108, 21473107) and the Innovative Team of Key Science and Technology of Shaanxi Province, China(No.2013KCT-17)

Abstract:

The reaction mechanism of CH3CHOO with OH was studied at the CCSD(T)//B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p) level. The results show that the detailed mechanism mainly includes hydrogen abstraction, addition-decomposition and oxidation reactions. The calculations show that β-H abstraction reaction is favoured in the syn-CH3CHOO reaction with OH with a apparent activation energy(Eapp) of -4.88 kJ/mol, whereas the addition-decomposition channel is advantaged in the reaction of anti-CH3CHOO with OH in combination with a Eapp of -13.25 kJ/mol. The barriers of anti-CH3CHOO are lower than that of the syn-CH3CHOO in addition-decomposition and oxidation reactions, while the syn-CH3CHOO is lower than anti-CH3CHOO in the β-H abstraction pathway. The rate constant of addition-decomposition in the reaction of anti-CH3CHOO satisfies a strong negative temperature dependent, while oxidation channels of syn-/anti-CH3CHOO obey a positive temperature effect. The temperature dependent of three kind of reactions are different, which makes their relative rate can be controlled by adjusting the temperature.

Key words: Criegee intermediate, CH3CHOO radical, OH radical, Reaction mechanism, Rate constant

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