Site-specific rate constant measurements for primary and secondary H- and D-abstraction by OH radicals: propane and n-butane

A Shock-Tube Study of the CO + OH Reaction Near the Low-Pressure Limit

Rate coefficients for the reaction between carbon monoxide and hydroxyl radical were measured behind reflected shock waves over 700-1230 K and 1.2-9.8 bar. The temperature/pressure conditions correspond to the predicted low-pressure limit of this reaction, where the channel leading to carbon dioxide formation is dominant. The reaction rate coefficients were inferred by measuring the formation of carbon dioxide using quantum cascade laser absorption near 4.2 μm. Experiments were performed under pseudo-first-order conditions with tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as the OH precursor. Using ultraviolet laser absorption by OH radicals, the TBHP decomposition rate was measured to quantify potential facility effects under extremely dilute conditions used here. The measured CO + OH rate coefficients are provided in Arrhenius form for three different pressure ranges: kCO+OH(1.2-1.6 bar) = (9.14 ± 2.17) × 10(-13) exp(-(1265 ± 190)/T) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1); kCO+OH(4.3-5.1 bar) = (8.70 ± 0.84) × 10(-13) exp(-(1156 ± 83)/T) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1); and kCO+OH(9.6-9.8 bar) = (7.48 ± 1.92) × 10(-13) exp(-(929 ± 192)/T) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1). The measured rate coefficients are found to be lower than the master equation modeling results by Weston et al. [J. Phys. Chem. A, 2013, 117, 821] at 819 K and in closer agreement with the expression provided by Joshi and Wang [Int. J. Chem. Kinet., 2006, 38, 57].

High-Temperature Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Unimolecular Dissociation of 1,3,5-Trioxane

Unimolecular dissociation of 1,3,5-trioxane was investigated experimentally and theoretically over a wide range of conditions. Experiments were performed behind reflected shock waves over the temperature range of 775-1082 K and pressures near 900 Torr using a high-repetition rate time of flight mass spectrometer (TOF-MS) coupled to a shock tube (ST). Reaction products were identified directly, and it was found that formaldehyde is the sole product of 1,3,5-trioxane dissociation. Reaction rate coefficients were extracted by the best fit to the experimentally measured concentration-time histories. Additionally, high-level quantum chemical and RRKM calculations were employed to study the falloff behavior of 1,3,5-trioxane dissociation. Molecular geometries and frequencies of all species were obtained at the B3LYP/cc-pVTZ, MP2/cc-pVTZ, and MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ levels of theory, whereas the single-point energies of the stationary points were calculated using coupled cluster with single and double excitations including the perturbative treatment of triple excitation (CCSD(T)) level of theory. It was found that the dissociation occurs via a concerted mechanism requiring an energy barrier of 48.3 kcal/mol to be overcome. The new experimental data and theoretical calculations serve as a validation and extension of kinetic data published earlier by other groups. Calculated values for the pressure limiting rate coefficient can be expressed as log10 k∞ (s(-1)) = [15.84 - (49.54 (kcal/mol)/2.3RT)] (500-1400 K).

A shock tube study of the branching ratios of propene + OH reaction

Branching ratios of the propene + OH reaction are determined by measuring the rate coefficients of the reaction of OH with propene and five deuterated isotopes of propene.