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Kuwata KT. Computational Modeling of the Conformation-Dependent Atmospheric Reactivity of Criegee Intermediates. J Phys Chem A 2024. [PMID: 39172159 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c04517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/23/2024]
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The impacts of Criegee intermediates (CIs) on atmospheric chemistry depend significantly on the CI conformation. In this Perspective, I highlight examples of how electronic structure and statistical rate theory calculations, in conjunction with experiment, have revealed conformation-dependent details of both CI ground-state reactivity and electronic excitation. Calculations using single-reference electronic structure methods and conventional transition state theory have predicted that CIs with syn-alkyl or syn-vinyl substituents isomerize rapidly to vinyl hydroperoxides (VHPs) or dioxoles, both of which can decompose rapidly under atmospheric conditions. Ongoing computational research on hydroxyl radical (OH) roaming initiated by VHP dissociation requires the application of multireference electronic structure methods and variational transition state theory. CIs that lack both syn-alkyl and syn-vinyl substituents undergo either bimolecular reaction or π* ← π electronic excitation in the atmosphere. Accurate predictions of CI ultraviolet-visible spectra require multireference calculations with large active spaces and at least a second-order perturbative treatment of dynamic electron correlation. The extent to which electronic spectra can be diagnostic of the presence of specific CI conformers varies significantly with CI chemical identity.
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- Keith T Kuwata
- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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Rynjah S, Baro B, Sarkar B. Oxepin Derivatives Formation from Gas-Phase Catechol Ozonolysis. J Phys Chem A 2024; 128:251-260. [PMID: 38158557 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c04582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Quantum chemical calculations are performed to explore all of the possible pathways for primary ozonide (POZ) formation from gas-phase ozonolysis of catechol. Canonical transition state theory has been used to calculate the rate coefficients of individual steps for the formation of POZ. The calculated rate coefficients for 1,3-cycloaddition of ozone at the (i) unsaturated C(OH)═C(OH) bond and (ii) CH═C(OH) of catechol, respectively, are in good agreement with the experimental rate constant. In general, subsequent decomposition of POZ leads to well-known Criegee Intermediates. This work reveals a parallel pathway by which the endo-addition of ozone at CH═C(OH) of catechol proceeds through oxepin derivatives along with the paths leading to Criegee Intermediates and peroxy acids. The 7-membered heterocyclic oxepin derivatives have lower energies than Criegee Intermediates but similar relative energies with peroxy acids.
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- Shankupar Rynjah
- Department of Chemistry, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong 793022, India
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- Department of Chemistry, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong 793022, India
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- Department of Chemistry, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong 793022, India
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Hakala J, Donahue NM. Carbonyl Oxide Stabilization from Trans Alkene and Terpene Ozonolysis. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:8530-8543. [PMID: 37792960 PMCID: PMC10591513 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c03650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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The pressure dependence of carbonyl oxide (Criegee intermediate) stabilization can be measured via H2SO4 detection using chemical ionization mass spectrometry. By selectively scavenging OH radicals in a flow reactor containing an alkene, O3, and SO2, we measure an H2SO4 ratio related to the Criegee intermediate stabilization, and by performing experiments at multiple pressures, we constrain the pressure dependence of the stabilization. Here, we present results from a set of monoterpenes as well as isoprene, along with previously published results from tetramethylethylene and a sequence of symmetrical trans alkenes. We are able to reproduce the observations with a physically sensible set of parameters related to standard pressure falloff functions, providing both a consistent picture of the reaction dynamics and a method to describe the pressure stabilization following ozonolysis of all alkenes under a wide range of atmospheric conditions.
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- Jani Hakala
- Center
for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie
Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
- Institute
for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Center
for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie
Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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Lee HK, Chantanapongvanij P, Schmidt RR, Stephenson TA. Master Equation Studies of the Unimolecular Decay of Thermalized Methacrolein Oxide: The Impact of Atmospheric Conditions. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:4492-4502. [PMID: 37163697 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c00542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Master equation simulations of the unimolecular reaction dynamics of the Criegee intermediate methacrolein oxide (MACR oxide) have been performed under a variety of temperature and pressure conditions. These simulations provide insight into how the unimolecular kinetics vary across temperatures spanning the range 288-320 K. This work has incorporated a new potential energy surface and includes the anti-to-syn and cis-to-trans conformational dynamics of MACR oxide, as well as the unimolecular reactions to form dioxirane and dioxole species. The competition between the unimolecular reactivity of MACR oxide and previously documented bimolecular reactivity of MACR oxide with water vapor is explored, focusing on how this competition is affected by changes in atmospheric conditions. The impact on the role of MACR oxide as an atmospheric oxidant of SO2 is noted.
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- Hyun Kyung Lee
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Swarthmore College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Swarthmore College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Swarthmore College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Swarthmore College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081, United States
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Xia Y, Long B, Lin S, Teng C, Bao JL, Truhlar DG. Large Pressure Effects Caused by Internal Rotation in the s-cis-syn-Acrolein Stabilized Criegee Intermediate at Tropospheric Temperature and Pressure. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:4828-4838. [PMID: 35262353 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c12324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Criegee intermediates are important atmospheric oxidants, and quantitative kinetics for stabilized Criegee intermediates are key parameters for atmospheric modeling but are still limited. Here we report barriers and rate constants for unimolecular reactions of s-cis-syn-acrolein oxide (scsAO), in which the vinyl group makes it a prototype for Criegee intermediates produced in the ozonolysis of isoprene. We find that the MN15-L and M06-2X density functionals have CCSD(T)/CBS accuracy for the unimolecular cyclization and stereoisomerization of scsAO. We calculated high-pressure-limit rate constants by the dual-level strategy that combines (a) high-level wave function-based conventional transition-state theory (which includes coupled-cluster calculations with quasiperturbative inclusion of quadruple excitations because of the strongly multiconfigurational character of the electronic wave function) and (b) canonical variational transition-state theory with small-curvature tunneling based on a validated density functional. We calculated pressure-dependent rate constants both by system-specific quantum Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel theory and by solving the master equation. We report rate constants for unimolecular reactions of scsAO over the full range of atmospheric temperature and pressure. We found that the unimolecular reaction rates of this larger-than-previously studied Criegee intermediate depend significantly on pressure. Particularly, we found that falloff effects decrease the effective unimolecular cyclization rate constant of scsAO by about a factor of 3, but the unimolecular reaction is still the dominant atmospheric sink for scsAO at low altitudes. The large falloff caused by the inclusion of the stereoisomerization channel in the master equation calculations has broad implications for mechanistic analysis of reactions with competitive internal rotations that can produce stable rotamers.
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- Yu Xia
- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang 550025, China.,College of Materials Science and Engineering, Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang 550025, China.,College of Materials Science and Engineering, Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0431, United States
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Kuwata KT, DeVault MP, Claypool DJ. Improved Computational Modeling of the Kinetics of the Acetylperoxy + HO 2 Reaction. Faraday Discuss 2022; 238:589-618. [DOI: 10.1039/d2fd00030j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The acetylperoxy + HO2 reaction has multiple impacts on the troposphere, with a triplet pathway leading to peracetic acid + O2 (reaction 1a) competing with singlet pathways leading to acetic...
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Wang G, Liu T, Caracciolo A, Vansco MF, Trongsiriwat N, Walsh PJ, Marchetti B, Karsili TNV, Lester MI. Photodissociation dynamics of methyl vinyl ketone oxide: A four-carbon unsaturated Criegee intermediate from isoprene ozonolysis. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:174305. [PMID: 34742186 DOI: 10.1063/5.0068664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The electronic spectrum of methyl vinyl ketone oxide (MVK-oxide), a four-carbon Criegee intermediate derived from isoprene ozonolysis, is examined on its second π* ← π transition, involving primarily the vinyl group, at UV wavelengths (λ) below 300 nm. A broad and unstructured spectrum is obtained by a UV-induced ground state depletion method with photoionization detection on the parent mass (m/z 86). Electronic excitation of MVK-oxide results in dissociation to O (1D) products that are characterized using velocity map imaging. Electronic excitation of MVK-oxide on the first π* ← π transition associated primarily with the carbonyl oxide group at λ > 300 nm results in a prompt dissociation and yields broad total kinetic energy release (TKER) and anisotropic angular distributions for the O (1D) + methyl vinyl ketone products. By contrast, electronic excitation at λ ≤ 300 nm results in bimodal TKER and angular distributions, indicating two distinct dissociation pathways to O (1D) products. One pathway is analogous to that at λ > 300 nm, while the second pathway results in very low TKER and isotropic angular distributions indicative of internal conversion to the ground electronic state and statistical unimolecular dissociation.
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- Guanghan Wang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA
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Vansco MF, Zuraski K, Winiberg FAF, Au K, Trongsiriwat N, Walsh PJ, Osborn DL, Percival CJ, Klippenstein SJ, Taatjes CA, Lester MI, Caravan RL. Functionalized Hydroperoxide Formation from the Reaction of Methacrolein-Oxide, an Isoprene-Derived Criegee Intermediate, with Formic Acid: Experiment and Theory. Molecules 2021; 26:3058. [PMID: 34065491 PMCID: PMC8161369 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26103058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Methacrolein oxide (MACR-oxide) is a four-carbon, resonance-stabilized Criegee intermediate produced from isoprene ozonolysis, yet its reactivity is not well understood. This study identifies the functionalized hydroperoxide species, 1-hydroperoxy-2-methylallyl formate (HPMAF), generated from the reaction of MACR-oxide with formic acid using multiplexed photoionization mass spectrometry (MPIMS, 298 K = 25 °C, 10 torr = 13.3 hPa). Electronic structure calculations indicate the reaction proceeds via an energetically favorable 1,4-addition mechanism. The formation of HPMAF is observed by the rapid appearance of a fragment ion at m/z 99, consistent with the proposed mechanism and characteristic loss of HO2 upon photoionization of functional hydroperoxides. The identification of HPMAF is confirmed by comparison of the appearance energy of the fragment ion with theoretical predictions of its photoionization threshold. The results are compared to analogous studies on the reaction of formic acid with methyl vinyl ketone oxide (MVK-oxide), the other four-carbon Criegee intermediate in isoprene ozonolysis.
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- Michael F. Vansco
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA; (M.F.V.); (N.T.); (P.J.W.)
- Argonne National Laboratory, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Lemont, IL 60439, USA;
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- NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA;
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA; (F.A.F.W.); (C.J.P.)
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551, USA; (K.A.); (D.L.O.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA; (M.F.V.); (N.T.); (P.J.W.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA; (M.F.V.); (N.T.); (P.J.W.)
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551, USA; (K.A.); (D.L.O.)
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA; (F.A.F.W.); (C.J.P.)
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Lemont, IL 60439, USA;
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551, USA; (K.A.); (D.L.O.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA; (M.F.V.); (N.T.); (P.J.W.)
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Lemont, IL 60439, USA;
- NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA;
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Surprisingly long lifetime of methacrolein oxide, an isoprene derived Criegee intermediate, under humid conditions. Commun Chem 2021; 4:12. [PMID: 36697547 PMCID: PMC9814537 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-021-00451-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Ozonolysis of isoprene, the most abundant alkene, produces three distinct Criegee intermediates (CIs): CH2OO, methyl vinyl ketone oxide (MVKO) and methacrolein oxide (MACRO). The oxidation of SO2 by CIs is a potential source of H2SO4, an important precursor of aerosols. Here we investigated the UV-visible spectroscopy and reaction kinetics of thermalized MACRO. An extremely fast reaction of anti-MACRO with SO2 has been found, kSO2 = (1.5 ± 0.4) × 10-10 cm3 s-1 (±1σ, σ is the standard deviation of the data) at 298 K (150 - 500 Torr), which is ca. 4 times the value for syn-MVKO. However, the reaction of anti-MACRO with water vapor has been observed to be quite slow with an effective rate coefficient of (9 ± 5) × 10-17 cm3 s-1 (±1σ) at 298 K (300 to 500 Torr), which is smaller than current literature values by 1 or 2 orders of magnitude. Our results indicate that anti-MACRO has an atmospheric lifetime (best estimate ca. 18 ms at 298 K and RH = 70%) much longer than previously thought (ca. 0.3 or 3 ms), resulting in a much higher steady-state concentration. Owing to larger reaction rate coefficient, the impact of anti-MACRO on the oxidation of atmospheric SO2 would be substantial, even more than that of syn-MVKO.
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Li YZ, Yang JW, Makroni L, Wang WL, Liu FY. Photodynamics of methyl-vinyl Criegee intermediate: Different conical intersections govern the fates of syn/anti configurations. CHINESE J CHEM PHYS 2020. [DOI: 10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2006088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Ya-zhen Li
- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710062, China
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710062, China
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710062, China
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710062, China
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710062, China
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Mayorov AV, Krisyuk BE, Sokolova N. Kinetics and mechanisms of the first step of ozonolysis of trans-isoprene. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2020.112904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hansen AS, Liu Z, Chen S, Schumer MG, Walsh PJ, Lester MI. Unraveling Conformer-Specific Sources of Hydroxyl Radical Production from an Isoprene-Derived Criegee Intermediate by Deuteration. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:4929-4938. [PMID: 32449860 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c02867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Ozonolysis of isoprene, the most abundant volatile organic compounds emitted into the Earth's troposphere after methane, yields three distinct Criegee intermediates. Among these, methyl vinyl ketone oxide (MVK-oxide) is predicted to be the major source of atmospheric hydroxyl radicals (OH) from isoprene ozonolysis. Previously, Barber et al. [ J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, pp 10866-10880] demonstrated that syn-MVK-oxide conformers undergo unimolecular decay via 1,4-hydrogen (H) transfer from the methyl group to the adjacent terminal oxygen atom, followed by the prompt release of OH radical products. Here, we selectively deuterate the methyl group of MVK-oxide (d3-MVK-oxide) and record its IR action spectrum in the vinyl CH stretch overtone (2νCH) region. The resultant time-dependent appearance of OD radical products, detected by laser-induced fluorescence, demonstrates that a unimolecular decay of d3-MVK-oxide proceeds by an analogous 1,4-deuterium (D) atom transfer mechanism anticipated for syn conformers. The experimental spectral and temporal results are compared with the calculated IR absorption spectrum and unimolecular decay rates predicted by the Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus (RRKM) theory for syn-d3-MVK-oxide, as well as the prior study on syn-MVK-oxide. The d3-MVK-oxide IR action spectrum is similar to that for MVK-oxide, yet exhibits notable changes as the overtone and combination transitions involving CD stretch shift to a lower frequency. The unimolecular decay rate for d3-MVK-oxide is predicted to be a factor of 40 times slower than that for MVK-oxide in the 2νCH region. Experimentally, the temporal profile of the OD products reflects the slower unimolecular decay of d3-MVK-oxide compared to that for MVK-oxide to OH products as well as experimental factors. Both experiment and theory demonstrate that quantum mechanical tunneling plays a very important role in the 1,4-H/D-transfer processes at energies in the vicinity of the transition-state barrier. The similarities of the IR action spectra and changes in the unimolecular decay dynamics upon deuteration indicate that syn conformers make the main contribution to the IR action spectra of MVK-oxide and d3-MVK-oxide.
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- Anne S Hansen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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Vansco MF, Caravan RL, Zuraski K, Winiberg FAF, Au K, Trongsiriwat N, Walsh PJ, Osborn DL, Percival CJ, Khan MAH, Shallcross DE, Taatjes CA, Lester MI. Experimental Evidence of Dioxole Unimolecular Decay Pathway for Isoprene-Derived Criegee Intermediates. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:3542-3554. [PMID: 32255634 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c02138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Ozonolysis of isoprene, one of the most abundant volatile organic compounds emitted into the Earth's atmosphere, generates two four-carbon unsaturated Criegee intermediates, methyl vinyl ketone oxide (MVK-oxide) and methacrolein oxide (MACR-oxide). The extended conjugation between the vinyl substituent and carbonyl oxide groups of these Criegee intermediates facilitates rapid electrocyclic ring closures that form five-membered cyclic peroxides, known as dioxoles. This study reports the first experimental evidence of this novel decay pathway, which is predicted to be the dominant atmospheric sink for specific conformational forms of MVK-oxide (anti) and MACR-oxide (syn) with the vinyl substituent adjacent to the terminal O atom. The resulting dioxoles are predicted to undergo rapid unimolecular decay to oxygenated hydrocarbon radical products, including acetyl, vinoxy, formyl, and 2-methylvinoxy radicals. In the presence of O2, these radicals rapidly react to form peroxy radicals (ROO), which quickly decay via carbon-centered radical intermediates (QOOH) to stable carbonyl products that were identified in this work. The carbonyl products were detected under thermal conditions (298 K, 10 Torr He) using multiplexed photoionization mass spectrometry (MPIMS). The main products (and associated relative abundances) originating from unimolecular decay of anti-MVK-oxide and subsequent reaction with O2 are formaldehyde (88 ± 5%), ketene (9 ± 1%), and glyoxal (3 ± 1%). Those identified from the unimolecular decay of syn-MACR-oxide and subsequent reaction with O2 are acetaldehyde (37 ± 7%), vinyl alcohol (9 ± 1%), methylketene (2 ± 1%), and acrolein (52 ± 5%). In addition to the stable carbonyl products, the secondary peroxy chemistry also generates OH or HO2 radical coproducts.
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- Michael F Vansco
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- NASA Postdoctoral Program, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, United States.,Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Mailstop 9055, Livermore, California 94551, United States.,Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- NASA Postdoctoral Program, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, United States
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, United States.,California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Mailstop 9055, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Mailstop 9055, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, United States.,California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, U.K
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, U.K
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Mailstop 9055, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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Direct kinetic measurements and theoretical predictions of an isoprene-derived Criegee intermediate. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:9733-9740. [PMID: 32321826 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1916711117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Isoprene has the highest emission into Earth's atmosphere of any nonmethane hydrocarbon. Atmospheric processing of alkenes, including isoprene, via ozonolysis leads to the formation of zwitterionic reactive intermediates, known as Criegee intermediates (CIs). Direct studies have revealed that reactions involving simple CIs can significantly impact the tropospheric oxidizing capacity, enhance particulate formation, and degrade local air quality. Methyl vinyl ketone oxide (MVK-oxide) is a four-carbon, asymmetric, resonance-stabilized CI, produced with 21 to 23% yield from isoprene ozonolysis, yet its reactivity has not been directly studied. We present direct kinetic measurements of MVK-oxide reactions with key atmospheric species using absorption spectroscopy. Direct UV-Vis absorption spectra from two independent flow cell experiments overlap with the molecular beam UV-Vis-depletion spectra reported recently [M. F. Vansco, B. Marchetti, M. I. Lester, J. Chem. Phys. 149, 44309 (2018)] but suggest different conformer distributions under jet-cooled and thermal conditions. Comparison of the experimental lifetime herein with theory indicates only the syn-conformers are observed; anti-conformers are calculated to be removed much more rapidly via unimolecular decay. We observe experimentally and predict theoretically fast reaction of syn-MVK-oxide with SO2 and formic acid, similar to smaller alkyl-substituted CIs, and by contrast, slow removal in the presence of water. We determine products through complementary multiplexed photoionization mass spectrometry, observing SO3 and identifying organic hydroperoxide formation from reaction with SO2 and formic acid, respectively. The tropospheric implications of these reactions are evaluated using a global chemistry and transport model.
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Barber VP, Hansen AS, Georgievskii Y, Klippenstein SJ, Lester MI. Experimental and theoretical studies of the doubly substituted methyl-ethyl Criegee intermediate: Infrared action spectroscopy and unimolecular decay to OH radical products. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:094301. [PMID: 33480748 DOI: 10.1063/5.0002422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The infrared (IR) action spectrum of the doubly substituted methyl-ethyl Criegee intermediate (MECI) is observed in the CH stretch overtone region with detection of OH products. The MECI exhibits four conformers, all of which undergo unimolecular decay via a 1,4 H-atom transfer mechanism, followed by the rapid release of OH products. Conformers with different orientations of the carbonyl oxide group with respect to the methyl and ethyl substituents (i.e., anti and syn) decay via distinct transition state barriers (16.1 kcal mol-1 and 15.4 kcal mol-1, respectively). The observed IR action spectrum is in good agreement with the predicted anharmonic IR absorption spectrum, but exhibits significant congestion, which is attributed to couplings between spectroscopic bright states and nearby dark states. Energy-dependent OH appearance rates are measured upon IR excitation of the strongest features in the IR action spectrum and are found to be on the order of 106-107 s-1. The experimental rates are in good agreement with computed Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus rates for the unimolecular decay of MECI at these energies, which incorporate quantum mechanical tunneling and sophisticated hindered rotor treatments, as well as high-level theoretical calculations of the TS barrier heights, rovibrational properties, and torsional barriers associated with the MECI conformers. Master equation modeling is used to predict thermal rates for the unimolecular decay of anti- and syn-MECI of 473 s-1 and 660 s-1, respectively. Comparison with other previously studied Criegee intermediate systems provides insights into substituent effects on unimolecular decay under both energy-dependent and thermal conditions.
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- Victoria P Barber
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA
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Stephenson TA, Lester MI. Unimolecular decay dynamics of Criegee intermediates: Energy-resolved rates, thermal rates, and their atmospheric impact. INT REV PHYS CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/0144235x.2020.1688530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Thomas A. Stephenson
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Vansco MF, Marchetti B, Trongsiriwat N, Bhagde T, Wang G, Walsh PJ, Klippenstein SJ, Lester MI. Synthesis, Electronic Spectroscopy, and Photochemistry of Methacrolein Oxide: A Four-Carbon Unsaturated Criegee Intermediate from Isoprene Ozonolysis. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:15058-15069. [PMID: 31446755 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b05193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ozonolysis of isoprene, one of the most abundant volatile organic compounds in the earth's atmosphere, generates the four-carbon unsaturated methacrolein oxide (MACR-oxide) Criegee intermediate. The first laboratory synthesis and direct detection of MACR-oxide is achieved through reaction of photolytically generated, resonance-stabilized iodoalkene radicals with oxygen. MACR-oxide is characterized on its first π* ← π electronic transition using a ground-state depletion method. MACR-oxide exhibits a broad UV-visible spectrum peaked at 380 nm with weak oscillatory structure at long wavelengths ascribed to vibrational resonances. Complementary theory predicts two strong π* ← π transitions arising from extended conjugation across MACR-oxide with overlapping contributions from its four conformers. Electronic promotion to the 11ππ* state agrees well with experiment, and results in nonadiabatic coupling and prompt release of O 1D products observed as anisotropic velocity-map images. This UV-visible detection scheme will enable study of its unimolecular and bimolecular reactions under thermal conditions of relevance to the atmosphere.
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- Michael F Vansco
- Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division , Argonne National Laboratory , Lemont , Illinois 60439 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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Rapid unimolecular reaction of stabilized Criegee intermediates and implications for atmospheric chemistry. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2003. [PMID: 31043594 PMCID: PMC6494847 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09948-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Elucidating atmospheric oxidation mechanisms is necessary for estimating the lifetimes of atmospheric species and understanding secondary organic aerosol formation and atmospheric oxidation capacity. We report an unexpectedly fast mechanistic pathway for the unimolecular reactions of large stabilized Criegee intermediates, which involves the formation of bicyclic structures from large Criegee intermediates containing an aldehyde group. The barrier heights of the mechanistic pathways are unexpectedly low – about 2–3 kcal/mol – and are at least 10 kcal/mol lower than those of hydrogen shift processes in large syn Criegee intermediates; and the calculated rate constants show that the mechanistic pathways are 105-109 times faster than those of the corresponding hydrogen shift processes. The present findings indicate that analogous low-energy pathways can now also be expected in other large Criegee intermediates and that oxidative capacity of some Criegee intermediates is smaller than would be predicted by existing models. Criegee intermediates have received much attention in atmospheric chemistry because of their importance in ozonolysis mechanisms. Here, using quantum mechanical kinetics, the authors reveal an unexpectedly fast mechanistic pathway for unimolecular reactions of large stabilized Criegee intermediates.
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Porterfield JP, Westerfield JH, Satterthwaite L, Patterson D, Changala PB, Baraban JH, McCarthy MC. Rotational Characterization of the Elusive gauche-Isoprene. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:1981-1985. [PMID: 30897904 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Isoprene (2-methyl-1,3-butadiene) is highly abundant in the atmosphere, second only to methane in hydrocarbon emissions. In contrast to the most stable trans rotamer, structural characterization of gauche-isoprene has proven challenging: it is weakly polar, present at the level of only a few percent at room temperature, and structurally complex due to both torsional and methyl tunneling motions. gauche-Isoprene has been observed by two distinct but complementary experimental approaches: chirped-pulse Fourier transform microwave (CP-FTMW) spectroscopy coupled with cryogenic buffer gas cooling, and cavity-enhanced FTMW spectroscopy with a pulsed discharge source. Thermal enhancement of the gauche population (from 1.7% to 10.3%) was observed in the cryogenic buffer gas cell when the sample was preheated from 300 to 450 K, demonstrating that high-energy rotamers can be efficiently isolated under our experimental conditions. Rotational parameters for the inversion states (0+/0-) have been determined for the first time, aided by calculations at increasing levels of theoretical sophistication. From this combined analysis, the inversion splitting Δ E and the Fbc Coriolis coupling constant between the two inversion states have been derived.
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- Jessica P Porterfield
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02138 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , New College of Florida , Sarasota , Florida 34243 , United States
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- Department of Physics , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
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- Department of Physics , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
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- Department of Physics , University of Colorado , Boulder , Colorado 80302 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Ben-Gurion University of the Negev , Beersheva 84105 , Israel
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02138 , United States
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Vansco MF, Marchetti B, Lester MI. Electronic spectroscopy of methyl vinyl ketone oxide: A four-carbon unsaturated Criegee intermediate from isoprene ozonolysis. J Chem Phys 2019; 149:244309. [PMID: 30599734 DOI: 10.1063/1.5064716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ozonolysis of isoprene, one of the most abundant volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere, proceeds through methyl vinyl ketone oxide (MVK-oxide), methacrolein oxide, and formaldehyde oxide (CH2OO) Criegee intermediates. The present study focuses on MVK-oxide, a four-carbon unsaturated carbonyl oxide intermediate, using vacuum ultraviolet photoionization at 118 nm and UV-visible induced depletion of the m/z = 86 mass channel to characterize its first π* ← π electronic transition. The electronic spectrum is broad and unstructured with its peak at 388 nm (3.2 eV). The MVK-oxide spectrum is shifted to a significantly longer wavelength than CH2OO and alkyl-substituted Criegee intermediates studied previously due to extended conjugation across the vinyl and carbonyl oxide groups. Electronic excitation results in rapid dissociation at λ ≤ 430 nm to methyl vinyl ketone and O 1D products, the latter detected by 2 + 1 resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization using velocity map imaging. Complementary electronic structure calculations (CASPT2(12,10)/AVDZ) predict two π* ← π transitions with significant oscillator strength for each of the four conformers of MVK-oxide with vertical excitation energies (and corresponding wavelengths) in the 3.1-3.6 eV (350-400 nm) and 4.5-5.5 eV (220-280 nm) regions. The computed electronic absorption profile of MVK-oxide, based on a Wigner distribution of ground state configurations and summed over the four conformers, is predicted to peak at 397 nm. UV-visible spectroscopy on the first π* ← π transition is shown by a combination of experiment and theory to provide a sensitive method for detection of the MVK-oxide Criegee intermediate that will enable further studies of its photochemistry and unimolecular and bimolecular reaction dynamics.
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- Michael F Vansco
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA
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Barber VP, Pandit S, Green AM, Trongsiriwat N, Walsh PJ, Klippenstein SJ, Lester MI. Four-Carbon Criegee Intermediate from Isoprene Ozonolysis: Methyl Vinyl Ketone Oxide Synthesis, Infrared Spectrum, and OH Production. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:10866-10880. [PMID: 30074392 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b06010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The reaction of ozone with isoprene, one of the most abundant volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere, produces three distinct carbonyl oxide species (RR'COO) known as Criegee intermediates: formaldehyde oxide (CH2OO), methyl vinyl ketone oxide (MVK-OO), and methacrolein oxide (MACR-OO). The nature of the substituents (R,R' = H, CH3, CH═CH2) and conformations of the Criegee intermediates control their subsequent chemistry in the atmosphere. In particular, unimolecular decay of MVK-OO is predicted to be the major source of hydroxyl radicals (OH) in isoprene ozonolysis. This study reports the initial laboratory synthesis and direct detection of MVK-OO through reaction of a photolytically generated, resonance-stabilized monoiodoalkene radical with O2. MVK-OO is characterized utilizing infrared (IR) action spectroscopy, in which IR activation of MVK-OO with two quanta of CH stretch at ca. 6000 cm-1 is coupled with ultraviolet detection of the resultant OH products. MVK-OO is identified by comparison of the experimentally observed IR spectral features with theoretically predicted IR absorption spectra. For syn-MVK-OO, the rate of appearance of OH products agrees with the unimolecular decay rate predicted using statistical theory with tunneling. This validates the hydrogen atom transfer mechanism and computed transition-state barrier (18.0 kcal mol-1) leading to OH products. Theoretical calculations reveal an additional roaming pathway between the separating radical fragments, which results in other products. Master equation modeling yields a thermal unimolecular decay rate for syn-MVK-OO of 33 s-1 (298 K, 1 atm). For anti-MVK-OO, theoretical exploration of several unimolecular decay pathways predicts that isomerization to dioxole is the most likely initial step to products.
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- Victoria P Barber
- Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division , Argonne National Laboratory , Argonne , Illinois 60439 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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Porterfield JP, Eibenberger S, Patterson D, McCarthy MC. The ozonolysis of isoprene in a cryogenic buffer gas cell by high resolution microwave spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:16828-16834. [PMID: 29892741 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp02055h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We have developed a method to quantify reaction product ratios using high resolution microwave spectroscopy in a cryogenic buffer gas cell. We demonstrate the power of this method with the study of the ozonolysis of isoprene, CH2[double bond, length as m-dash]C(CH3)-CH[double bond, length as m-dash]CH2, the most abundant, non-methane hydrocarbon emitted into the atmosphere by vegetation. Isoprene is an asymmetric diene, and reacts with O3 at the 1,2 position to produce methyl vinyl ketone (MVK), formaldehyde, and a pair of carbonyl oxides: [CH3CO-CH[double bond, length as m-dash]CH2 + CH2[double bond, length as m-dash]OO] + [CH2[double bond, length as m-dash]O + CH3COO-CH[double bond, length as m-dash]CH2]. Alternatively, O3 could attack at the 3,4 position to produce methacrolein (MACR), formaldehyde, and two carbonyl oxides [CH2[double bond, length as m-dash]C(CH3)-CHO + CH2[double bond, length as m-dash]OO] + [CH2[double bond, length as m-dash]O + CH2[double bond, length as m-dash]C(CH3)-CHOO]. Purified O3 and isoprene were mixed for approximately 10 seconds under dilute (1.5-4% in argon) continuous flow conditions in an alumina tube held at 298 K and 5 Torr. Products exiting the tube were rapidly slowed and cooled within the buffer gas cell by collisions with cryogenic (4-7 K) He. High resolution chirped pulse microwave detection between 12 and 26 GHz was used to achieve highly sensitive (ppb scale), isomer-specific product quantification. We observed a ratio of MACR to MVK of 2.1 ± 0.4 under 1 : 1 ozone to isoprene conditions and 2.1 ± 0.2 under 2 : 1 ozone to isoprene conditions, a finding which is consistent with previous experimental results. Additionally, we discuss relative quantities of formic acid (HCOOH), an isomer of CH2[double bond, length as m-dash]OO, and formaldehyde (CH2[double bond, length as m-dash]O) under varying experimental conditions, and characterize the spectroscopic parameters of the singly-substituted 13C trans-isoprene and 13C anti-periplanar-methacrolein species. This work has the potential to be extended towards a complete branching ratio analysis, as well towards the ability to isolate, identify, and quantify new reactive intermediates in the ozonolysis of alkenes.
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- Jessica P Porterfield
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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Pfeifle M, Ma YT, Jasper AW, Harding LB, Hase WL, Klippenstein SJ. Nascent energy distribution of the Criegee intermediate CH2OO from direct dynamics calculations of primary ozonide dissociation. J Chem Phys 2018; 148:174306. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5028117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Mark Pfeifle
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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Kuwata KT, Luu L, Weberg AB, Huang K, Parsons AJ, Peebles LA, Rackstraw NB, Kim MJ. Quantum Chemical and Statistical Rate Theory Studies of the Vinyl Hydroperoxides Formed in trans-2-Butene and 2,3-Dimethyl-2-butene Ozonolysis. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:2485-2502. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b00287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Keith T. Kuwata
- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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Vereecken L, Novelli A, Taraborrelli D. Unimolecular decay strongly limits the atmospheric impact of Criegee intermediates. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 19:31599-31612. [PMID: 29182168 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp05541b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Stabilized Criegee intermediates (SCI) are reactive oxygenated species formed in the ozonolysis of hydrocarbons. Their chemistry could influence the oxidative capacity of the atmosphere by affecting the HOx and NOx cycles, or by the formation of low-volatility oxygenates enhancing atmospheric aerosols known to have an important impact on climate. The concentration of SCI in the atmosphere has hitherto not been determined reliably, and very little is known about their speciation. Here we show that the concentration of biogenic SCI is strongly limited by their unimolecular decay, based on extensive theory-based structure-activity relationships (SARs) for the reaction rates for decomposition. Reaction with water vapor, H2O and (H2O)2 molecules, is the second most important loss process; SARs are also proposed for these reactions. For SCI derived from the most common biogenic VOCs, we find that unimolecular decay is responsible for just over half of the loss, with reaction with water vapor the main remaining loss process. Reactions with SO2, NO2, or acids have negligible impact on the atmospheric SCI concentration. The ambient SCI concentrations are further characterized by analysis of field data with speciated hydrocarbon information, and by implementation of the chemistry in a global chemistry model. The results show a highly complex SCI speciation, with an atmospheric peak SCI concentrations below 1 × 105 molecule cm-3, and annual average SCI concentrations less than 7 × 103 molecule cm-3. We find that SCI have only a negligible impact on the global gas phase H2SO4 formation or removal of oxygenates, though some contribution around the equatorial belt, and in select regions, cannot be excluded.
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- L Vereecken
- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute for Energy and Climate, IEK-8 Troposphere, 52428 Jülich, Germany.
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Li M, Liu Y, Wang L. Gas-phase ozonolysis of furans, methylfurans, and dimethylfurans in the atmosphere. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:24735-24743. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp04947e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ozonolysis of methylfurans contributes significantly to their atmospheric degradation.
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- Mengke Li
- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
- South China University of Technology
- Guangzhou 510640
- China
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
- South China University of Technology
- Guangzhou 510640
- China
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
- South China University of Technology
- Guangzhou 510640
- China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control
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Taatjes CA. Criegee Intermediates: What Direct Production and Detection Can Teach Us About Reactions of Carbonyl Oxides. Annu Rev Phys Chem 2017; 68:183-207. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-052516-050739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Craig A. Taatjes
- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551-0969
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Sakamoto Y, Yajima R, Inomata S, Hirokawa J. Water vapour effects on secondary organic aerosol formation in isoprene ozonolysis. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:3165-3175. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp04521a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A portion of stabilized Criegee intermediates formed in isoprene ozonolysis can be involved in SOA formation even under humid conditions.
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- Yosuke Sakamoto
- Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto
- Japan
- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies
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- Graduate School of Environmental Science
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo
- Japan
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- Center for Global Environmental Research
- National Institute for Environmental Studies
- Tsukuba
- Japan
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- Faculty of Environmental Earth Science
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo
- Japan
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Yin C, Takahashi K. How does substitution affect the unimolecular reaction rates of Criegee intermediates? Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:12075-12084. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp01091e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Unimolecular reaction rates of Criegee intermediates show substitution effect.
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- Cangtao Yin
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences
- Academia Sinica
- Taipei
- Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences
- Academia Sinica
- Taipei
- Taiwan
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Mackenzie-Rae FA, Karton A, Saunders SM. Computational investigation into the gas-phase ozonolysis of the conjugated monoterpene α-phellandrene. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:27991-28002. [PMID: 27711539 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp04695a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Reaction with ozone is a major atmospheric sink for α-phellandrene, a monoterpene found in both indoor and outdoor environments, however experimental literature concerning the reaction is scarce. In this study, high-level G4(MP2) quantum chemical calculations are used to theoretically characterise the reaction of ozone with both double bonds in α-phellandrene for the first time. Results show that addition of ozone to the least substituted double bond in the conjugated system is preferred. Following addition, thermal and chemically activated unimolecular reactions, including the so-called hydroperoxide and ester or 'hot' acid channels, and internal cyclisation reactions, are characterised to major first generation products. Conjugation present in α-phellandrene allows two favourable Criegee intermediate reaction pathways to proceed that have not previously been considered in the literature; namely a 1,6-allyl resonance stabilised hydrogen shift and intramolecular dioxirane isomerisation to an epoxide. These channels are expected to play an important role alongside conventional routes in the ozonolysis of a-phellandrene. Computational characterisation of the potential energy surface thus provides insight into this previously unstudied system, and will aid future mechanism development and experimental interpretation involving α-phellandrene and structurally similar species, to which the results are expected to extend.
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- F A Mackenzie-Rae
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
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Kuwata KT, Guinn EJ, Hermes MR, Fernandez JA, Mathison JM, Huang K. A Computational Re-examination of the Criegee Intermediate–Sulfur Dioxide Reaction. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:10316-35. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b06565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Keith T. Kuwata
- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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Oliveira RCDM, Bauerfeldt GF. Ozonolysis reactions of monoterpenes: a variational transition state investigation. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:2802-12. [PMID: 25734376 DOI: 10.1021/jp5129222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The O3-initiated oxidation reactions of α-pinene ([1S,5S]-2,6,6-trimethylbicyclo[3.1.1]hept-2-ene), β-pinene ([1R,5R]-6,6-dimethyl-2-methylenebicyclo[3.1.1]heptane), camphene ([1R,4S]-2,2-dimethyl-3-methylenebicyclo[2.2.1]heptane) and sabinene ([1R,5R]-4-methylene-1-(1-methylethyl)bicycle[3.1.0]hexane), four monoterpenes typically emitted into the atmosphere, were studied at the B3LYP/6-31+G(2d,2p) level of theory. The rate coefficients were calculated on the basis of the variational transition state theory for two kinetic models, in order to investigate the reaction mechanism: first assuming a direct bimolecular reaction and the second, assuming the formation of a prebarrier-complex, which further reacts forming the corresponding molozonide. The barrier heights leading to the formation of exo-conformers of the molozonides of α-pinene and camphene are lower than the barrier heights for the formation of the endo-conformers of these molozonides, whereas the inverse trend is observed for β-pinene and sabinene. The canonical variational rate coefficients are found in reasonable agreement with the experimental data, especially when the prebarrier complexes are considered. Microcanonical variational rate coefficients are also calculated, as a final validation test, being found in an expected agreement with the canonical rate coefficients. The best predictions for the rate coefficients at 298 K, based on the microcanonical variational method, for α-pinene, β-pinene, camphene, and sabine are (in units cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1)): 6.92 × 10(-17), 1.06 × 10(-17), 4.61 × 10(-19), and 4.81 × 10(-17), respectively. Our results suggest that the prebarrier complex is an important specie in the ozone addition mechanism and should be taken into account for the proper description of the overall kinetics.
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- R C de M Oliveira
- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rodovia BR465, Km 7, Seropédica, RJ 23890-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rodovia BR465, Km 7, Seropédica, RJ 23890-000, Brazil
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Li M, Li J, Cao H, Han D, He M. Mechanistic and kinetic investigations on the ozonolysis of isopropenyl acetate and propenyl acetate in atmosphere. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2014.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Kumar M, Busch DH, Subramaniam B, Thompson WH. Criegee Intermediate Reaction with CO: Mechanism, Barriers, Conformer-Dependence, and Implications for Ozonolysis Chemistry. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:1887-94. [DOI: 10.1021/jp500258h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Manoj Kumar
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, 1501 Wakarusa Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, 1501 Wakarusa Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, United States
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- Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, 1501 Wakarusa Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, United States
- Department
of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, 1501 Wakarusa Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, United States
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Novelli A, Vereecken L, Lelieveld J, Harder H. Direct observation of OH formation from stabilised Criegee intermediates. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:19941-51. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp02719a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The first direct observation of OH radicals from syn-CH3CHOO Criegee intermediates decomposition suggests it affects tropospheric chemistry and ambient OH measurements.
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- A. Novelli
- Atmospheric Chemistry Dept
- Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
- 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Atmospheric Chemistry Dept
- Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
- 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Atmospheric Chemistry Dept
- Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
- 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Atmospheric Chemistry Dept
- Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
- 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Rudshteyn B, Castillo A, Ghogare AA, Liebman JF, Greer A. Theoretical study of the reaction formalhydrazone with singlet oxygen. Fragmentation of the C=N bond, ene reaction and other processes. Photochem Photobiol 2013; 90:431-8. [PMID: 24354600 DOI: 10.1111/php.12199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2013] [Accepted: 10/21/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Photobiologic and synthetic versatility of hydrazones has not yet been established with (1)O2 as a route to commonly encountered nitrosamines. Thus, to determine whether the "parent" reaction of formalhydrazone and (1)O2 leads to facile C=N bond cleavage and resulting nitrosamine formation, we have carried out CCSD(T)//DFT calculations and analyzed the energetics of the oxidation pathways. A [2 + 2] pathway occurs via diradicals and formation of 3-amino-1,2,3-dioxazetidine in a 16 kcal/mol(-1) process. Reversible addition or physical quenching of (1)O2 occurs either on the formalhydrazone carbon for triplet diradicals at 2-3 kcal mol(-1), or on the nitrogen (N(3)) atom forming zwitterions at ~15 kcal/mol(-1), although the quenching channel by charge-transfer interaction was not computed. The computations also predict a facile conversion of formalhydrazone and (1)O2 to hydroperoxymethyl diazene in a low-barrier 'ene' process, but no 2-amino-oxaziridine-O-oxide (perepoxide-like) intermediate was found. A Benson-like analysis (group increment calculations) on the closed-shell species are in accord with the quantum chemical results.
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- Benjamin Rudshteyn
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate Center & The City University of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
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Anglada JM, Olivella S, Solé A. The reaction of formaldehyde carbonyl oxide with the methyl peroxy radical and its relevance in the chemistry of the atmosphere. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2013; 15:18921-33. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp53100g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Oliveira RCDM, Bauerfeldt GF. Thermochemical analysis and kinetics aspects for a chemical model for camphene ozonolysis. J Chem Phys 2012; 137:134306. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4757150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Deng JG, Chen JH, Geng CM, Liu HJ, Wang W, Bai ZP, Xu YS. The overall reaction process of ozone with methacrolein and isoprene in the condensed phase. J Phys Chem A 2012; 116:1710-6. [PMID: 22243138 DOI: 10.1021/jp2100864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The reaction of isoprene and methacrolein with ozone was investigated at different stages in the condensed phase at temperatures from 15 to 265 K by IR spectroscopy. The results revealed the following overall reaction process: the generation of primary ozonide (POZ), then its decomposition, and finally conversion into secondary ozonide (SOZ), which supported the Criegee mechanism. In the POZ and SOZ of isoprene, ozone cyclo-added preferentially to the double-bond that is not substituted by the methyl group. For methacrolein, the mainly detected SOZ is claimed to be MACSII formed by recombination of the intermediate CH(2)OO radical with aldehyde carbonyl of methylglyoxal in stead of the ketone carbonyl group. Theoretical calculations were performed at the B3LYP//MP2/6-311++G (2d, 2p) level to analyze the resulting spectrum. The good agreement between the calculated infrared spectra of POZ and SOZ and the experimental spectra supports the above-described findings.
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- Jian-guo Deng
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, China
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Vereecken L, Francisco JS. Theoretical studies of atmospheric reaction mechanisms in the troposphere. Chem Soc Rev 2012; 41:6259-93. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cs35070j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 311] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Anglada JM, González J, Torrent-Sucarrat M. Effects of the substituents on the reactivity of carbonyl oxides. A theoretical study on the reaction of substituted carbonyl oxides with water. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:13034-45. [PMID: 21687896 DOI: 10.1039/c1cp20872a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The reactions between fifteen carbonyl oxides and water have been investigated with the aim of contributing to a better understanding of the effects of the substituents in the reactivity of carbonyl oxides. We have employed density functional theory and large scale ab initio methods (CCSD(T), CASSCF, and CASPT2), combined with transition state theory, to investigate the addition of water to carbonyl oxide and, for those carbonyl oxides having a methyl substituent in syn, the hydrogen transfer from the methyl group to the terminal oxygen of carbonyl oxide. In this case, the water acts as a catalyst and this reaction can contribute to the atmospheric formation of a hydroxyl radical. Carbonyl oxides with electron withdrawing substituents and zwitterionic character have low energy barriers and react fast, whereas carbonyl oxides with electron releasing substituents have high energy barriers and react slowly. The position of the substituents plays also an important role and carbonyl oxides having a hydrogen atom substituent in syn react faster than carbonyl oxides having a hydrogen atom substituent in anti. The differences in the reactivity of different substituted carbonyl oxides raise up to ten orders of magnitude and the branching ratios for the two different reactions investigated are also reported.
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- J M Anglada
- Departament de Química Biològica i Modelització Molecular (IQAC-CSIC), c/Jordi Girona 18, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain.
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Kuwata KT, Hermes MR, Carlson MJ, Zogg CK. Computational studies of the isomerization and hydration reactions of acetaldehyde oxide and methyl vinyl carbonyl oxide. J Phys Chem A 2010; 114:9192-204. [PMID: 20701322 DOI: 10.1021/jp105358v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Alkene ozonolysis is a major source of hydroxyl radical (*OH), the most important oxidant in the troposphere. Previous experimental and computational work suggests that for many alkenes the measured *OH yields should be attributed to the combined impact of both chemically activated and thermalized syn-alkyl Criegee intermediates (CIs), even though the thermalized CI should be susceptible to trapping by molecules such as water. We have used RRKM/master equation and variational transition state theory calculations to quantify the competition between unimolecular isomerization and bimolecular hydration reactions for the syn and anti acetaldehyde oxide formed in trans-2-butene ozonolysis and for the CIs formed in isoprene ozonolysis possessing syn-methyl groups. Statistical rate theory calculations were based on quantum chemical data provided by the B3LYP, QCISD, and multicoefficient G3 methods, and thermal rate constants were corrected for tunneling effects using the Eckart method. At tropospheric temperatures and pressures, all thermalized CIs with syn-methyl groups are predicted to undergo 1,4-hydrogen shifts from 2 to 8 orders of magnitude faster than they react with water monomer at its saturation number density. For thermalized anti acetaldehyde oxide, the rates of dioxirane formation and hydration should be comparable.
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- Keith T Kuwata
- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, USA.
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Kuwata KT, Valin LC. Quantum chemical and RRKM/master equation studies of isoprene ozonolysis: Methacrolein and methacrolein oxide. Chem Phys Lett 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2007.11.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Theoretical Investigation of Atmospheric Oxidation of Biogenic Hydrocarbons: A Critical Review. ADVANCES IN QUANTUM CHEMISTRY 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3276(07)00210-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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Gong Y, Guo X, Wang S, Su H, Xia A, He Q, Bai F. Photophysical Properties of Photoactive Molecules with Conjugated Push−Pull Structures. J Phys Chem A 2007; 111:5806-12. [PMID: 17559199 DOI: 10.1021/jp0705323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The photophysical properties of two newly synthesized photoactive compounds with asymmetrical D-pi-A structure and symmetrical D-pi-A-pi-D structure are investigated in different aprotic solvents by steady-state and femtosecond fluorescence depletion measurements. It is found that the asymmetrical DA compound has larger dipole moment change than that of the symmetrical DAD compound upon excitation, where the dipole moments of the two compounds have been estimated using the Lippert-Mataga equation. Furthermore, the steady-state spectral results show that increasing solvent polarity results in small solvatochromic shift in the absorption maxima but a large red shift in the fluorescence maxima for them, indicating that the dipole moment changes mainly reflect the changes of dipole moment in excited-state rather than in ground state. The red-shifted fluorescence band is attributed to an intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) state upon photoexcitation, which could result in a strong interaction with the surrounding solvents to cause the fast solvent reorganization. The resulting ICT states of symmetrical compounds are less polar than the asymmetrical compounds, indicating the different extents of stabilization of solute-solvent interaction in the excited state. Femtosecond fluorescence depletion measurements are further employed to investigate the fast solvation effects and dynamics of the ICT state of these two novel compounds. The femtosecond fluorescence depletion results show that the DA compound has faster solvation time than that of DAD compound, which corresponds to the formation of relaxed ICT state (i.e., a final ICT state with rearranged solvent molecules after solvation) in polar solvents. It is therefore reasonably understood that the ICT compounds with asymmetrical (D-pi-A) structure have better performance for those photovoltaic devices, which strongly rely on the nature of the electron push-pull ability, compared to those symmetrical compounds (D-pi-A-pi-D).
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- Ying Gong
- The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing-100080, People's Republic of China
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Kuwata KT, Dibble TS, Sliz E, Petersen EB. Computational Studies of Intramolecular Hydrogen Atom Transfers in the β-Hydroxyethylperoxy and β-Hydroxyethoxy Radicals. J Phys Chem A 2007; 111:5032-42. [PMID: 17508728 DOI: 10.1021/jp0704113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The beta-hydroxyethylperoxy (I) and beta-hydroxyethoxy (III) radicals are prototypes of species that can undergo hydrogen atom transfer across their intramolecular hydrogen bonds. These reactions may play an important role in both the atmosphere and in combustion systems. We have used density functional theory and composite electronic structure methods to predict the energetics of these reactions, RRKM/master equation simulations to model the kinetics of chemically activated I, and variational transition state theory (TST) to predict thermal rate constants for the 1,5-hydrogen shift in I (Reaction 1) and the 1,4-hydrogen shift in III (Reaction 2). Our multi-coefficient Gaussian-3 calculations predict that Reaction 1 has a barrier of 23.59 kcal/mol, and that Reaction 2 has a barrier of 22.71 kcal/mol. These predictions agree rather well with the MPW1K and BB1K density functional theory predictions but disagree with predictions based on B3LYP energies or geometries. Our RRKM/master equation simulations suggest that almost 50% of I undergoes a prompt hydrogen shift reaction at pressures up to 10 Torr, but the extent to which I is chemically activated is uncertain. For Reaction 1 at 298 K, the variational TST rate constant is approximately 30% lower than the conventional TST result, and the microcanonical optimized multidimensional tunneling (muOMT) method predicts that tunneling accelerates the reaction by a factor of 3. TST calculations on Reaction 2 reveal no variational effect and a 298 K muOMT transmission coefficient of 10(5). The Eckart method overestimates transmission coefficients for both reactions.
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- Keith T Kuwata
- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, USA.
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