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Hanamirian B, Della Libera A, Pratali Maffei L, Cavallotti C. Investigation of Methylcyclopentadiene Reactivity: Abstraction Reactions and Methylcyclopentadienyl Radical Unimolecular Decomposition. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:1314-1328. [PMID: 36723173 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c08028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Understanding the reactivities of methylcyclopentadiene and the methylcyclopentadienyl radical is important in order to improve our comprehension of the chemical kinetics leading to the formation, decomposition, and growth of the first aromatic ring, as it has been shown that five-membered-ring species are important intermediates in the reaction kinetics of aromatic species. In this work, the rate constants of some key H-abstraction reactions from methylcyclopentadiene to produce the methylcyclopentadienyl radical and the formation of fulvene and benzene from the latter are theoretically determined. Rate constants are evaluated using the ab initio transition state theory-based master equation approach, determining structures and Hessians of all stationary points at the ωB97X-D/aug-cc-pVTZ level, energies at the CCSD(T) level extrapolated to the complete basis set limit, RRKM rate constants using conventional and variational transition state theory, and phenomenological rate constants through the solution of the one-dimensional master equation. Variational corrections are determined in both internal and Cartesian coordinates, and it is found that the choice of the coordinate system can impact the accuracy of the calculated rate constants by up to a factor of 4 for H-abstraction reactions and 2 for the unimolecular decomposition of the methylcyclopentadienyl radical. The calculated rate constants are in good agreement with the available literature data. Prompt dissociation of methylcyclopentadienyl radicals accessed following H-abstraction from methylcyclopentadiene was also investigated, and the corresponding rate constants were determined; the results show that prompt dissociation plays a key role under combustion conditions. Finally, lumping of theoretically derived rate constants to account for methylcyclopentadiene ⇄ methylcyclopentadienyl tautomerism allowed the derivation of a simplified set of rate constants suitable to be inserted into kinetic mechanisms.
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- Burak Hanamirian
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica, Politecnico di Milano, 20131Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica, Politecnico di Milano, 20131Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica, Politecnico di Milano, 20131Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica, Politecnico di Milano, 20131Milano, Italy
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Reilly NJ, Kokkin DL, Ward ML, Flores J, Ross SD, McCaslin LM, Stanton JF. Gas-Phase Optical Detection of 3-Ethynylcyclopentenyl: A Resonance-Stabilized C7H7 Radical with an Embedded 1-Vinylpropargyl Chromophore. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:10400-10411. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c01579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Neil J. Reilly
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston Massachusetts 02125, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Marquette University, P.O. Box 1881 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston Massachusetts 02125, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston Massachusetts 02125, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston Massachusetts 02125, United States
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- Institute of Chemistry and the Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Quantum Theory Project, Departments of Chemistry and Physics, The University of Florida, Gainesville Florida 32611, United States
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He C, Thomas AM, Galimova GR, Morozov AN, Mebel AM, Kaiser RI. Gas-Phase Formation of Fulvenallene (C 7H 6) via the Jahn-Teller Distorted Tropyl (C 7H 7) Radical Intermediate under Single-Collision Conditions. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:3205-3213. [PMID: 31961149 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b13269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The fulvenallene molecule (C7H6) has been synthesized via the elementary gas-phase reaction of the methylidyne radical (CH) with the benzene molecule (C6H6) on the doublet C7H7 surface under single collision conditions. The barrier-less route to the cyclic fulvenallene molecule involves the addition of the methylidyne radical to the π-electron density of benzene leading eventually to a Jahn-Teller distorted tropyl (C7H7) radical intermediate and exotic ring opening-ring contraction sequences terminated by atomic hydrogen elimination. The methylidyne-benzene system represents a benchmark to probe the outcome of the elementary reaction of the simplest hydrocarbon radical-methylidyne-with the prototype of a closed-shell aromatic molecule-benzene-yielding nonbenzenoid fulvenallene. Combined with electronic structure and statistical calculations, this bimolecular reaction sheds light on the unusual reaction dynamics of Hückel aromatic systems and remarkable (polycyclic) reaction intermediates, which cannot be studied via classical organic, synthetic methods, thus opening up a versatile path to access this previously largely obscure class of fulvenallenes.
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- Chao He
- Department of Chemistry , University of Hawai'i at Manoa , Honolulu , Hawaii 96822 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Hawai'i at Manoa , Honolulu , Hawaii 96822 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Florida International University , Miami , Florida 33199 , United States.,Samara National Research University , Samara 443086 , Russia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Florida International University , Miami , Florida 33199 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Florida International University , Miami , Florida 33199 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Hawai'i at Manoa , Honolulu , Hawaii 96822 , United States
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Matsugi A. Thermal Decomposition of Benzyl Radicals: Kinetics and Spectroscopy in a Shock Tube. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:824-835. [PMID: 31917568 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b10705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Understanding the mechanism of high-temperature reactions of aromatic hydrocarbons and radicals is essential for the modeling of hydrocarbon growth processes in combustion environments. In this study, the thermal decomposition reaction of benzyl radicals was investigated using time-resolved broadband cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy behind reflected shock waves at a postshock pressure of 100 kPa and temperatures of 1530, 1630, and 1740 K. The transient absorption spectra during the decomposition were recorded over the spectral range of 282-410 nm. The spectra were contributed by the absorption of benzyl radicals and some transient and residual absorbing species. The temporal behavior of the absorption was analyzed using a kinetic model to determine the rate constant for benzyl decomposition. The obtained rate constants can be represented by the Arrhenius expression k1 = 1.1 × 1012 exp(-30 500 K/T) s-1 with an estimated logarithmic uncertainty of Δlog10 k = ±0.2. Kinetic simulation of the secondary reactions indicated that fulvenallenyl radicals are potentially responsible for the transient absorption that appeared around 400 nm. This assignment is consistent with the available spectroscopic information of this radical. Possible candidates for the residual absorbing species are presented, suggesting the potential importance of ortho-benzyne as a reactive intermediate.
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- Akira Matsugi
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) , 16-1 Onogawa , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8569 , Japan
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Brown AR, Brice JT, Franke PR, Douberly GE. Infrared Spectrum of Fulvenallene and Fulvenallenyl in Helium Droplets. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:3782-3792. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b01661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Alaina R. Brown
- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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Pelucchi M, Cavallotti C, Faravelli T, Klippenstein SJ. H-Abstraction reactions by OH, HO 2, O, O 2 and benzyl radical addition to O 2 and their implications for kinetic modelling of toluene oxidation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:10607-10627. [PMID: 29387837 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp07779c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Alkylated aromatics constitute a significant fraction of the components commonly found in commercial fuels. Toluene is typically considered as a reference fuel. Together with n-heptane and iso-octane, it allows for realistic emulations of the behavior of real fuels by the means of surrogate mixture formulations. Moreover, it is a key precursor for the formation of poly-aromatic hydrocarbons, which are of relevance to understanding soot growth and oxidation mechanisms. In this study the POLIMI kinetic model is first updated based on the literature and on recent kinetic modelling studies of toluene pyrolysis and oxidation. Then, important reaction pathways are investigated by means of high-level theoretical methods, thereby advancing the present knowledge on toluene oxidation. H-Abstraction reactions by OH, HO2, O and O2, and the reactivity on the multi well benzyl-oxygen (C6H5CH2 + O2) potential energy surface (PES) were investigated using electronic structure calculations, transition state theory in its conventional, variational, and variable reaction coordinate forms (VRC-TST), and master equation calculations. Exploration of the effect on POLIMI model performance of literature rate constants and of the present calculations provides valuable guidelines for implementation of the new rate parameters in existing toluene kinetic models.
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- M Pelucchi
- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.
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Li Y, Yuan W, Li T, Li W, Yang J, Qi F. Experimental and kinetic modeling investigation of rich premixed toluene flames doped with n-butanol. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:10628-10636. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp08518d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Blending of n-butanol for rich toluene combustion strongly suppresses the formation of PAHs.
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- Yuyang Li
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Ship and Deep-Sea Exploration
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai 200240
- P. R. China
- Key Laboratory for Power Machinery and Engineering of MOE
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- Key Laboratory for Power Machinery and Engineering of MOE
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai 200240
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Power Machinery and Engineering of MOE
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai 200240
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Power Machinery and Engineering of MOE
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai 200240
- P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei
- P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Ship and Deep-Sea Exploration
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai 200240
- P. R. China
- Key Laboratory for Power Machinery and Engineering of MOE
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Affiliation(s)
- Curt Wentrup
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences The University of Queensland Brisbane Qld 4072 Australien
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Wentrup C. Flash Vacuum Pyrolysis: Techniques and Reactions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:14808-14835. [PMID: 28675675 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201705118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) had its beginnings in the 1940s and 1950s, mainly through mass spectrometric detection of pyrolytically formed free radicals. In the 1960s many organic chemists started performing FVP experiments with the purpose of isolating new and interesting compounds and understanding pyrolysis processes. Meanwhile, many different types of apparatus and techniques have been developed, and it is the purpose of this review to present the most important methods as well as a survey of typical reactions and observations that can be achieved with the various techniques. This includes preparative FVP, chemical trapping reactions, matrix isolation, and low temperature spectroscopy of reactive intermediates and unstable molecules, the use of online mass, photoelectron, microwave, and millimeterwave spectroscopies, gas-phase laser pyrolysis, pulsed pyrolysis with supersonic jet expansion, very low pressure pyrolysis for kinetic investigations, solution-spray and falling-solid FVP for involatile compounds, and pyrolysis over solid supports and reagents. Moreover, the combination of FVP with matrix isolation and photochemistry is a powerful tool for investigations of reaction mechanism.
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- Curt Wentrup
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, 4072, Australia
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Ramphal IA, Shapero M, Haibach-Morris C, Neumark DM. Photodissociation dynamics of fulvenallene and the fulvenallenyl radical at 248 and 193 nm. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:29305-29314. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp05490d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Photofragment translational spectroscopy was used to study the photodissociation of fulvenallene, C7H6, and the fulvenallenyl radical, C7H5. Fulvenallene only loses H atoms to form fulvenallenyl. Fulvenallenyl exhibits both C2H2-loss and C3H3-loss pathways.
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- Isaac A. Ramphal
- Chemical Sciences Division
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Berkeley
- USA
- Department of Chemistry
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- Chemical Sciences Division
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Berkeley
- USA
- Department of Chemistry
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- Chemical Sciences Division
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Berkeley
- USA
- Department of Chemistry
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Qiu S, Zhang Y, Huang X, Bao L, Hong Y, Zeng Z, Wu J. 9-Ethynylfluoroenyl Radicals: Regioselective Dimerization and Post Ring-Cyclization Reactions. Org Lett 2016; 18:6018-6021. [PMID: 27934347 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b02904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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9-Ethynylfluorenyl radical derivatives were readily prepared in situ and underwent simultaneous intermolecular coupling reactions. Interestingly, the dimerization process took place in either a head-to-tail or a head-to-head mode between the acetylenic or the allenic resonance forms dependent on the terminal substituents, which could be well explained by their different spin distribution and steric hindrance effects. The structures of the products were confirmed by X-ray crystallographic and other spectroscopic analyses. It was also found that the newly generated dipropinyl dimers underwent a rearrangement and ring-cyclization reaction at room temperature, eventually giving unique difluorenylidene cyclobutene derivatives.
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- Shuhai Qiu
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University , Changsha 410082, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University , Changsha 410081, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University , Wenzhou 325035, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mold Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) , Wuhan 430074, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University , Changsha 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University , Changsha 410082, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore , 3 Science Drive 3, 117543 Singapore
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Thapa J, Spencer M, Akhmedov NG, Goulay F. Kinetics of the OH Radical Reaction with Fulvenallene from 298 to 450 K. J Phys Chem Lett 2015; 6:4997-5001. [PMID: 26625195 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Self-recombination and cross-reactions of large resonant stabilized hydrocarbon radicals such as fulvenallenyl (C7H5) are predicted to form polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in combustion and the interstellar medium. Although fulvenallenyl is likely to be present in these environments, large uncertainties remain about its formation mechanisms. We have investigated the formation of fulvenallenyl by reacting the OH radical with fulvenallene (C7H6) over the 298 to 450 K temperature range and at a pressure of 5 Torr (667 Pa). The reaction rate coefficient is found to be 8.8(±1.7) × 10(-12) cm(3) s(-1) at room temperature with a negative temperature dependence that can be fit from 298 to 450 K to k(T) = 8.8(±1.7) × 10(-12) (T/298 K)(-6.6(±1.1)) exp[-(8.72(±3.03) kJ mol(-1))/(R((1/T) - (1/298 K)))] cm(3) s(-1). The comparison of the experimental data with calculated abstraction rate coefficients suggests that over the experimental temperature range, association of the OH radical to fulvenallene plays a significant role likely leading to a low fulvenallenyl branching fraction.
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- Juddha Thapa
- Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University , Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University , Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University , Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University , Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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Mebel AM, Kaiser RI. Formation of resonantly stabilised free radicals via the reactions of atomic carbon, dicarbon, and tricarbon with unsaturated hydrocarbons: theory and crossed molecular beams experiments. INT REV PHYS CHEM 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/0144235x.2015.1075280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Alexander M. Mebel
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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Ravasio S, Momose T, Fujii K, Shimogaki Y, Sugiyama M, Cavallotti C. Analysis of the Gas Phase Kinetics Active during GaN Deposition from NH3 and Ga(CH3)3. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:7858-71. [PMID: 25919948 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b01425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The results of a systematic investigation aimed at determining the dominant gas phase chemistry active during GaN MOVPE are reported and discussed in this work. This study was performed developing a thermodynamic database including the most stable GaN gas phase species and a gas phase mechanism that could efficiently describe their interconversion kinetics. The thermodynamic data and the kinetic mechanism were calculated combining density functional theory and ab initio simulations. Structures and vibrational frequencies of reactants and transition states were determined at the M062X/6-311+G(d,p) level, while energies were computed at the ROCBS-QB3 level. Rate constants were calculated using transition state theory using the rigid rotor - harmonic oscillator approximation and considering the possible degeneration of internal motions in torsional rotations. The thermodynamic analysis indicated that the Ga gas phase species formed in the highest concentration at the standard GaN deposition temperature (1300 K) is GaNH2, followed by GaH and Ga. The diatomic GaN gas phase species, often considered to be the main precursor to the film growth, is predicted to be unstable with respect to GaNH2. Among the gas phase species containing two Ga atoms, the most stable are GaNHGaH(NH2)3, GaNHGaH2(NH2)2, and GaNHGa(NH2)4, thus indicating that the substitution of the methyl groups of the precursor with H or amino groups is thermodynamically favored. Several kinetic routes leading to the formation of these species were examined. It was found that the condensation of Ga(R1)x(R2)3-x species, with R1 and R2 being either CH3, NH2, or H, is a fast process, characterized by the formation of a precursor state whose decomposition to products requires overcoming submerged energy barriers. It is suggested that these species play a key role in the formation of the first GaN nuclei, whose successive growth leads to the formation of GaN powders. A kinetic analysis performed using a fluid dynamic model allowed us to identify the main reactive routes of this complex system.
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- Stefano Ravasio
- †Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy
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- ‡Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- §School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- ‡Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- §School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- †Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy
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Buckingham GT, Ormond TK, Porterfield JP, Hemberger P, Kostko O, Ahmed M, Robichaud DJ, Nimlos MR, Daily JW, Ellison GB. The thermal decomposition of the benzyl radical in a heated micro-reactor. I. Experimental findings. J Chem Phys 2015; 142:044307. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4906156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Grant T. Buckingham
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0215, USA
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0215, USA
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0215, USA
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- Molecular Dynamics Group, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Combustion and Environmental Research,University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0427, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0215, USA
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Kvaskoff D, Lüerssen H, Bednarek P, Wentrup C. Phenylnitrene, Phenylcarbene, and Pyridylcarbenes. Rearrangements to Cyanocyclopentadiene and Fulvenallene. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:15203-14. [DOI: 10.1021/ja506151p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- David Kvaskoff
- School
of Chemistry and Molecular
Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School
of Chemistry and Molecular
Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School
of Chemistry and Molecular
Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School
of Chemistry and Molecular
Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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da Silva G. Reaction of Benzene with Atomic Carbon: Pathways to Fulvenallene and the Fulvenallenyl Radical in Extraterrestrial Atmospheres and the Interstellar Medium. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:3967-72. [DOI: 10.1021/jp503431a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Gabriel da Silva
- Department
of Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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McKee ML, Reisenauer HP, Schreiner PR. Combined ab Initio Molecular Dynamics and Experimental Studies of Carbon Atom Addition to Benzene. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:2801-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jp501107b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Justus-Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 58, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Justus-Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 58, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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Ravasio S, Masi M, Cavallotti C. Analysis of the Gas Phase Reactivity of Chlorosilanes. J Phys Chem A 2013; 117:5221-31. [DOI: 10.1021/jp403529x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Stefano Ravasio
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di
Milano via Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di
Milano via Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di
Milano via Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy
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Giegerich J, Fischer I. Photodissociation dynamics of fulvenallene, C7H6. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2013; 15:13162-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp52274a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Matsugi A, Miyoshi A. Reactions of o-benzyne with propargyl and benzyl radicals: potential sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in combustion. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2012; 14:9722-8. [PMID: 22678346 DOI: 10.1039/c2cp41002h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
The kinetics and mechanisms of the reactions of o-benzyne with propargyl and benzyl radicals have been investigated computationally. The possible reaction pathways have been explored by quantum chemical calculations at the M06-2X/6-311+G(3df,2p)//B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) level and the mechanisms have been investigated by the Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus theory/master-equation calculations. It was found that the o-benzyne associates with the propargyl and benzyl radicals without pronounced barriers and the activated adducts easily isomerize to five-membered ring species. Indenyl radical and fluorene + H were predicted to be dominantly produced by the reactions of o-benzyne with propargyl and benzyl radicals, respectively, with the rate constants close to the high-pressure limits at temperatures below 2000 K. The related reactions on the two potential energy surfaces, namely, the reaction between fulvenallenyl radical and acetylene and the decomposition reactions of indenyl and α-phenylbenzyl radicals were also investigated. The high reactivity of o-benzyne toward the resonance stabilized radicals suggested a potential role of o-benzyne as a precursor of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in combustion.
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- Akira Matsugi
- Department of Chemical System Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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Cavallotti C, Polino D, Frassoldati A, Ranzi E. Analysis of Some Reaction Pathways Active during Cyclopentadiene Pyrolysis. J Phys Chem A 2012; 116:3313-24. [DOI: 10.1021/jp212151p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Carlo Cavallotti
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria
chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria
chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria
chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria
chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy
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da Silva G, Trevitt AJ, Steinbauer M, Hemberger P. Pyrolysis of fulvenallene (C7H6) and fulvenallenyl (C7H5): Theoretical kinetics and experimental product detection. Chem Phys Lett 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2011.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Daniela Polino
- Department Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy
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- Department Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy
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Derudi M, Polino D, Cavallotti C. Toluene and benzyl decomposition mechanisms: elementary reactions and kinetic simulations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:21308-18. [DOI: 10.1039/c1cp22601k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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