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Jones IW, Bersson JS, Liu J, Sharma K, Vasilyev OA, Miller TA, Stanton JF. Calculated and Empirical Values of Vibronic Transition Dipole Moments of Reactive Chemical Intermediates for Determination of Concentrations. J Phys Chem A 2023. [PMID: 37216680 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c01584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
Absorption spectroscopy has long been known as a technique for making molecular concentration measurements and has received enhanced visibility in recent years with the advent of new techniques, like cavity ring-down spectroscopy, that have increased its sensitivity. To apply the method, it is necessary to have a known molecular absorption cross section for the species of interest, which typically is obtained by measurements of a standard sample of known concentration. However, this method fails if the species is highly reactive, and indirect means for attaining the cross section must be employed. The HO2 and alkyl peroxy radicals are examples of reactive species for which absorption cross sections have been reported. This work explores and describes for these peroxy radicals the details of an alternative approach for obtaining these cross sections using quantum chemistry methods for the calculation of the transition dipole moment upon whose square the cross section depends. Likewise, details are given for obtaining the transition moment from the experimentally measured cross sections of individual rovibronic lines in the near-IR Ã-X̃ electronic spectrum of HO2 and the peaks of the rotational contours in the corresponding electronic transitions for the alkyl (methyl, ethyl, and acetyl) peroxy radicals. In the case of the alkyl peroxy radicals, good agreement for the transition moments, ≈20%, is found between the two methods. However, rather surprisingly, the agreement is significantly poorer, ≈40%, for the HO2 radical. Possible reasons for this disagreement are discussed.
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- Ian W Jones
- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, United States
- Department of Physics, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Departments of Chemistry and Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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Franke PR, Brice JT, Moradi CP, Schaefer HF, Douberly GE. Ethyl + O2 in Helium Nanodroplets: Infrared Spectroscopy of the Ethylperoxy Radical. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:3558-3568. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b01867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Launder AM, Turney JM, Agarwal J, Schaefer HF. Ethylperoxy radical: approaching spectroscopic accuracy via coupled-cluster theory. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:15715-15723. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp02795h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Highly reliable ground and excited state properties of the conformers of ethylperoxy radical are predicted using coupled-cluster theory. This research has implications for future characterization of intermediates in tropospheric and low-temperature combustion processes.
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- Andrew M. Launder
- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry
- University of Georgia
- Athens
- USA
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- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry
- University of Georgia
- Athens
- USA
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- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry
- University of Georgia
- Athens
- USA
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- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry
- University of Georgia
- Athens
- USA
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Melnik D, Miller TA. Kinetic measurements of the C2H5O2 radical using time-resolved cavity ring-down spectroscopy with a continuous source. J Chem Phys 2013; 139:094201. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4819474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Borrelli R, Capobianco A, Peluso A. Franck–Condon factors—Computational approaches and recent developments. CAN J CHEM 2013. [DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2012-0518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Algorithms and methodologies for the calculation of Franck–Condon integrals are reviewed. Starting from the standard approach based on the Cartesian representation of the normal modes and the use of Duschinsky's transformation and recursion formulas, methods for treating large displacements of the equilibrium positions and anharmonic and non-Condon effects are considered. Finally, focusing attention on problems arising from the use of recurrence relations, some of the proposed solutions are critically reviewed along with new alternative approaches.
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- Raffaele Borrelli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, Università di Torino, I-10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia, Università di Salerno, I-84084, Fisciano (SA), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia, Università di Salerno, I-84084, Fisciano (SA), Italy
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