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Tuguldurova VP, Kotov AV, Vodyankina OV, Fateev AV. Nature or number of species in a transition state: the key role of catalytically active molecules in hydrogen transfer stages in atmospheric aldehyde reactions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:5693-5703. [PMID: 38289341 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp04500e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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For the first time, the two factors (the number of sites in the transition state and the nature of the catalytically active species) that affect the energy barriers (Ea and ΔG‡) in atmospheric aldehyde reactions are proposed. The contribution of each factor to the energy barriers of the ammonization and amination stages, dehydration, and intramolecular hydrogen transfer is studied using the example of the acetaldehyde and glyoxal interactions with ammonia in aqueous solution. A regular decrease in energy barriers is observed in a series of 4-, 6-, and 8-membered transition states (TSs) regardless of the nature of the catalytically active species and their numbers. The 8-membered TSs of ammonization, amination, and dehydration reactions are the most efficient catalytic systems. The role of the nature of catalytically active species is secondary and is expressed in different cases through the influence of entropy and different acidity/basicity of catalytically active species and their structures. The regularities for the stage of intramolecular hydrogen transfer stand out from those for the ammonization, amination, and dehydration stages. The intramolecular hydrogen transfer is organized by three atoms in TSs without the participation of catalytically active species, while the 5- and 7-membered TSs are formed with the participation of such species. A proportional decrease in energy barrier with a sequential increase in the number of TS sites (3-, 5-, and 7-) is not observed. A sharp decrease in the barriers occurs only during the formation of the 7-membered TSs, while the 5-membered structures lie above the 3-membered catalytically inactive structures on the potential energy surface (PES) regardless of the nature of the species forming these structures.
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- Vera P Tuguldurova
- National Research Tomsk State University, 36, Lenin Avenue, Tomsk, 634050, Russia.
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- National Research Tomsk State University, 36, Lenin Avenue, Tomsk, 634050, Russia.
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- National Research Tomsk State University, 36, Lenin Avenue, Tomsk, 634050, Russia.
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- National Research Tomsk State University, 36, Lenin Avenue, Tomsk, 634050, Russia.
- Tomsk State Pedagogical University, 60, Kievskaya Street, Tomsk, 634061, Russia
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Zhang Y, Wang Z, Wang H, Cheng Y, Zhang T, Ou T, Wang R. Atmospheric Chemistry of NH 2SO 3H in Polluted Areas: An Unexpected Isomerization of NH 2SO 3H in Acid-Polluted Regions. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:8935-8942. [PMID: 37844321 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c04982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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NH2SO3H is an effective nucleation agent for the formation of atmospheric aerosols and cloud particles. So, the ammonolysis of SO3 to form NH2SO3H without and with neutral (H2O) and basic (NH3) trace gases has been extensively investigated. However, the acidic trace gas X (X = H2SO4 and CH3SO3H)-assisted ammonolysis of SO3 is still up for debate. In this work, a comprehensive theoretical investigation of X-assisted ammonolysis of SO3 and its reverse reaction (the isomerization of NH2SO3H to form SO3-···NH3+) was carried out in the gas phase and at the air-water interface. The gas-phase results show that X-assisted isomerization of NH2SO3H to form SO3-···NH3+ is more energetically and kinetically favorable than its reverse reaction and the isomerization of NH2SO3H in the presence of H2O and NH3. Such unexpected findings revealed that gas-phase NH2SO3H is highly reactive in the presence of acidic trace gas in contrast to the high stability of NH2SO3H in neutral and basic conditions. At the air-water interface, the X-assisted isomerization reaction of NH2SO3H involves multiple water molecules. The loop structure of the reaction center (X···NH2SO3H···3H2O) promotes the transfer of protons in the water molecules to form the SO3-···NH3+ ion pair, which can then interact with several interfacial water molecules to form ammonium bisulfate. These interfacial reaction channels follow a stepwise mechanism and proceed at the picosecond time-scale. The findings of this study will contribute to a better understanding of the atmospheric behavior of NH2SO3H in polluted acidic trace gases.
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- Yongqi Zhang
- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China
- National and Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350116, P. R. China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China
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Babu G, Das A, Chakrabarty A, Chowdhury G, Goswami M. Criegee Intermediate-Mediated Oxidation of Dimethyl Disulfide: Effect of Formic Acid and Its Atmospheric Relevance. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:8415-8426. [PMID: 37782474 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c04730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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The oxidation-reduction reactions of disulfides are important in both chemistry and biology. Dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), the smallest reduced sulfur species with a disulfide bond, is emitted in significant quantities from natural sources and contributes to the formation of aerosols and hazardous haze. Although atmospheric removal of DMDS via the reactions with OH or NO3 radicals and photolysis is known, the reactions of DMDS with other atmospheric oxidants are yet to be explored. Herein, using quantum chemical calculations, we explored the reactions of DMDS with CH2OO (formaldehyde oxide) and other methyl-substituted Criegee intermediates. The various reaction pathways evaluated were found to have positive energy barriers. However, in the presence of formic acid, a direct oxygen-transfer pathway leading to the corresponding sulfoxide (CH3SS(O)CH3) was found to proceed through a submerged transition state below the separated reactants. Calculations for the methyl-substituted Criegee intermediates, particularly for anti-CH3CHOO, show a significant increase in the rate of the direct oxygen-transfer reaction when catalyzed by formic acid. The presence of formic acid also alters the mechanism and reduces the enthalpic barrier of a second pathway, forming thioformaldehyde and hydroperoxide without any rate enhancement. Our data indicated that, although Criegee intermediates are unlikely to be an important atmospheric sink of DMDS under normal conditions, in regions rich in DMDS and formic acid, the formic acid-catalyzed Criegee intermediate-mediated oxidation of DMDS via the direct oxygen-transfer pathway could lead to organic sulfur compounds contributing to atmospheric aerosol.
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- Gowtham Babu
- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, TN 632014, India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, KA 560012, India
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- Department of Life Science, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University, Delhi-NCR, UP 201314, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, TN 632014, India
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Wang C, Chen X, Liu Y, Huang T, Jiang S. Theoretical Study of the Gas-Phase Hydrolysis of Formaldehyde to Produce Methanediol and Its Implication to New Particle Formation. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:15467-15478. [PMID: 37151514 PMCID: PMC10157852 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c00770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Aldehydes were speculated to be important precursor species in new particle formation (NPF). The direct involvement of formaldehyde (CH2O) in sulfuric acid and water nucleation is negligible; however, whether its atmospheric hydrolysate, methanediol (CH2(OH)2), which contains two hydroxyl groups, participates in NPF is not known. This work investigates both CH2O hydrolysis and NPF from sulfuric acid and CH2(OH)2 with quantum chemistry calculations and atmospheric cluster dynamics modeling. Kinetic calculation shows that reaction rates of the gas-phase hydrolysis of CH2O catalyzed by sulfuric acid are 11-15 orders of magnitude faster than those of the naked path at 253-298 K. Based on structures and the calculated formation Gibbs free energies, the interaction between sulfuric acid/its dimer/its trimer and CH2(OH)2 is thermodynamically favorable, and CH2(OH)2 forms hydrogen bonds with sulfuric acid/its dimer/its trimer via two hydroxyl groups to stabilize clusters. Our further cluster kinetic calculations suggested that the particle formation rates of the system are higher than those of the binary system of sulfuric acid and water at ambient low sulfuric acid concentrations and low relative humidity. In addition, the formation rate is found to present a negative temperature dependence because evaporation rate constants contribute significantly to it. However, cluster growth is essentially limited by the weak formation of the largest clusters, which implies that other stabilizing vapors are required for stable cluster formation and growth.
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- Chunyu Wang
- School
of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Chaohu University, Hefei 238024, Anhui, China
- Water
Environment Research Center, Chaohu University, Hefei 238024, Anhui, China
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- School
of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Chaohu University, Hefei 238024, Anhui, China
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- School
of Information Science and Technology, University
of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, China
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- Laboratory
of Atmospheric Physico-Chemistry, Anhui
Institute of Optics & Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, China
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- School
of Information Science and Technology, University
of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, China
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Theoretical Exploration of New Particle Formation from Glycol Aldehyde in the Atmosphere- A Temperature-Dependent Study. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2023.114057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Catalytic effects on decomposition of formic acid in the atmosphere – A kinetic and thermochemical investigation. Chem Phys Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2022.140038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Chen W, Wang Y, Wu B, Shi J, Li Y, Xu L, Xie C, Zhou W, Huang YC, Wang T, Du S, Song M, Wang D, Chen C, Zheng J, Liu J, Dong CL, Zou Y, Chen J, Wang S. Activated Ni-OH Bonds in a Catalyst Facilitates the Nucleophile Oxidation Reaction. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2105320. [PMID: 35472674 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202105320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2021] [Revised: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The nucleophile oxidation reaction (NOR) is of enormous significance for organic electrosynthesis and coupling for hydrogen generation. However, the nonuniform NOR mechanism limits its development. For the NOR, involving electrocatalysis and organic chemistry, both the electrochemical step and non-electrochemical process should be taken into account. The NOR of nickel-based hydroxides includes the electrogenerated dehydrogenation of the Ni2+ -OH bond and a spontaneous non-electrochemical process; the former determines the electrochemical activity, and the nucleophile oxidation pathway depends on the latter. Herein, the space-confinement-induced synthesis of Ni3 Fe layered double hydroxide intercalated with single-atom-layer Pt nanosheets (Ni3 Fe LDH-Pt NS) is reported. The synergy of interlayer Pt nanosheets and multiple defects activates Ni-OH bonds, thus exhibiting an excellent NOR performance. The spontaneous non-electrochemical steps of the NOR are revealed, such as proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET; Ni3+ -O + X-H = Ni2+ -OH + X• ), hydration, and rearrangement. Hence, the reaction pathway of the NOR is deciphered, which not only helps to perfect the NOR mechanism, but also provides inspiration for organic electrosynthesis.
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- Wei Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- Research Center for X-ray Science & Department of Physics, Tamkang University, 151 Yingzhuan Rd., New Taipei City, 25137, Taiwan
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- Research Center for X-ray Science & Department of Physics, Tamkang University, 151 Yingzhuan Rd., New Taipei City, 25137, Taiwan
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2500, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
- The National Supercomputing Center in Changsha, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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Bai FY, Liu ZY, Ni S, Yang YS, Yu Z, Wang GH, Zhao Z, Pan XM. Metal-free catalysis for the reaction of nitrogen dioxide dimer with phenol: An unexpected favorable source of nitrate and aerosol precursors in vehicle exhaust. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 291:132705. [PMID: 34710448 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2021] [Revised: 09/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Atmospheric reaction mechanism and dynamics of phenol with nitrogen dioxide dimer were explored by the density functional theory and high-level quantum chemistry combined with statistical kinetic calculations within 220-800 K. The nitric acid and phenyl nitrite, the typical aerosol precursors, are the preponderant products because of the low formation free energy barrier (∼8.7 kcal/mol) and fast rate constants (∼10-15 cm3 molecule-1 s-1 at 298 K). Phenyl nitrate is the minor product and it would be also formed from the transformation of phenyl nitrite in NO2-rich environment. More importantly, kinetic effects and catalytic mechanism of a series of metal-free catalysts (H2O, NH3, CH3NH2, CH3NHCH3, HCOOH, and CH3COOH) on the title reaction were investigated at the same level. The results indicate that CH3NH2 and CH3NHCH3 can not only catalyze the title reaction by lowering the free energy barrier (about 1.4-6.5 kcal/mol) but also facilitate the production of organic ammonium nitrate via acting as a donor-acceptor of hydrogen. Conversely, the other species are non-catalytic upon the title reaction. The stabilization energies and donor-acceptor interactions in alkali-catalyzed product complexes were explored, which can provide new insights to the properties of aerosol precursors. Moreover, the lifetime of phenol determined by nitrogen dioxide dimer in the presence of dimethylamine may compete with that of determined by OH radicals, indicating that nitrogen dioxide dimer is responsible for the elimination of phenol in the polluted atmosphere. This work could help us thoroughly understand the removal of nitrogen oxides and phenol as well as new aerosol precursor aggregation in vehicle exhaust.
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- Feng-Yang Bai
- Institute of Catalysis for Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, 110034, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Catalysis for Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, 110034, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Catalysis for Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, 110034, People's Republic of China; Institute of Functional Material Chemistry, National & Local United Engineering Lab for Power Battery, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Catalysis for Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, 110034, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Catalysis for Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, 110034, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Automation, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang, 110159, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Catalysis for Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, 110034, People's Republic of China; State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Chang Ping, Beijing, 102249, People's Republic of China.
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- Institute of Functional Material Chemistry, National & Local United Engineering Lab for Power Battery, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, People's Republic of China.
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Zhang T, Zhang Y, Tian S, Zhou M, Liu D, Lin L, Zhang Q, Wang R, Muthiah B. Possible atmospheric source of NH 2SO 3H: the hydrolysis of HNSO 2 in the presence of neutral, basic, and acidic catalysts. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:4966-4977. [PMID: 35141735 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp04437k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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NH2SO3H can directly participate in H2SO4-(CH3)2NH-based cluster formation, and thereby substantially enhance the cluster formation rate. Herein, the reaction mechanisms and kinetics for the formation of NH2SO3H from the hydrolysis of HNSO2 without and with neutral (H2O, (H2O)2, and (H2O)3), basic (NH3 and CH3NH2), and acidic (HCOOH, H2SO4, H2SO4⋯H2O, and (H2SO4)2) catalysts were studied theoretically at the CCSD(T)-F12/cc-pVDZ-F12//M06-2X/6-311+G(2df,2pd) level. The calculated results showed that neutral, basic, and acidic catalysts decrease the energy barrier by over 18.1 kcal mol-1; meanwhile, the product formation of NH2SO3H was more strongly bonded to neutral, basic, and acidic catalysts than to the reactants HNSO2 and H2O. This reveals that the reported neutral, basic, and acidic catalysts promote the formation of NH2SO3H from the hydrolysis of HNSO2 both kinetically and thermodynamically. Kinetic calculations using the master equation showed that (H2O)2 (100% RH) dominate over the other catalysts within the range of 0-10 km altitudes and 230-320 K with its rate ratio larger by at least 2.98 times, whereas HCOOH (3.2 × 109 molecules cm-3) is the most favorable catalysts at 15 km altitude in the troposphere. Overall, the present results will provide a definitive example that neutral, basic, and acidic catalysts have important influences on atmospheric reactions.
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- Tianlei Zhang
- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
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Arathala P, Tangtartharakul CB, Sinha A. Atmospheric Ring-Closure and Dehydration Reactions of 1,4-Hydroxycarbonyls in the Gas Phase: The Impact of Catalysts. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:5963-5975. [PMID: 34191509 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c02331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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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1,4-Hydroxycarbonyls can potentially undergo sequential reactions involving cyclization followed by dehydration to form dihydrofurans. As dihydrofurans contain a double bond, they are highly reactive toward atmospheric oxidants such as OH, O3, and NO3. In the present study, we use ab initio calculations to examine the impact of various atmospheric catalysts on the energetics and kinetics of the gas-phase cyclization and dehydration reaction steps associated with 4-hydroxybutanal, a prototypical 1,4-hydroxycarbonyl molecule. The cyclization step transforms 4-hydroxybutanal into 2-hydroxytetrahydrofuran, which can subsequently undergo dehydration to form 2,3-dihydrofuran. As the barriers associated with the cyclization and dehydration steps for 4-hydroxybutanal are, respectively, 34.8 and 63.0 kcal/mol in the absence of a catalyst, both reaction steps are inaccessible under atmospheric conditions in the gas phase. However, the presence of a suitable catalyst can significantly reduce the reaction barriers, and we have examined the impact of a single molecule of H2O, HO2 radical, HC(O)OH, HNO3, and H2SO4 on these reactions. We find that H2SO4 reduces the reaction barriers the greatest, with the barrier for the cyclization step being reduced to -13.1 kcal/mol and that for the dehydration step going down to 9.2 kcal/mol, measured relative to their respective separated starting reactants. Interestingly, our kinetic study shows that HNO3 gives the fastest rate due to the combined effects of a larger atmospheric concentration and a reduced barrier. Thus, our study suggests that, with acid catalysis, the cyclization reaction step can readily occur for 1,4-hydroxycarbonyls in the gas phase. Because the dehydration step exhibits a significant barrier even with acid catalysis, the 2-hydroxytetrahydrofuran products, once formed, are likely lost through their reaction with OH radicals in the atmosphere. We have investigated the reaction pathways and the rate constant for this bimolecular reaction in the presence of excess molecular oxygen (3O2), as it would occur under tropospheric conditions, using computational chemistry over the 200-300 K temperature range. We find that the main products from these OH-initiated oxidation reactions are succinaldehyde + HO2 and 2,3-dihydro-2-furanol + HO2.
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- Parandaman Arathala
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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Wang R, Wen M, Chen X, Mu R, Zeng Z, Chai G, Lily M, Wang Z, Zhang T. Atmospheric Chemistry of CH 2OO: The Hydrolysis of CH 2OO in Small Clusters of Sulfuric Acid. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:2642-2652. [PMID: 33755485 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c02006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The hydrolysis of CH2OO is not only a dominant sink for the CH2OO intermediate in the atmosphere but also a key process in the formation of aerosols. Herein, the reaction mechanism and kinetics for the hydrolysis of CH2OO catalyzed by the precursors of atmospheric aerosols, including H2SO4, H2SO4···H2O, and (H2SO4)2, have been studied theoretically at the CCSD(T)-F12a/cc-pVDZ-F12//B3LYP/6-311+G(2df,2pd) level. The calculated results show that the three catalysts decrease the energy barrier by over 10.3 kcal·mol-1; at the same time, the product formation of HOCH2OOH is more strongly bonded to the three catalysts than to the reactants CH2OO and H2O, revealing that small clusters of sulfuric acid promote the hydrolysis of CH2OO both kinetically and thermodynamically. Kinetic simulations show that the H2SO4-assisted reaction is more favorable than the H2SO4···H2O- (the pseudo-first-order rate constant being 27.9-11.5 times larger) and (H2SO4)2- (between 2.8 × 104 and 3.4 × 105 times larger) catalyzed reactions. Additionally, due to relatively lower concentration of H2SO4, the hydrolysis of CH2OO with H2SO4 cannot compete with the CH2OO + H2O or (H2O)2 reaction within the temperature range of 280-320 K, since its pseudo-first-order rate ratio is smaller by 4-7 or 6-8 orders of magnitude, respectively. However, the present results provide a good example of how small clusters of sulfuric acid catalyze the hydrolysis of an important atmospheric species.
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- Rui Wang
- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710062, P. R. China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi 723001, P. R. China
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Farshadfar K, Bird MJ, Olivier WJ, Hyland CJT, Smith JA, Ariafard A. Computational Investigation into the Mechanistic Features of Bromide-Catalyzed Alcohol Oxidation by PhIO in Water. J Org Chem 2021; 86:2998-3007. [PMID: 33502190 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Iodosobenzene (PhIO) is known to be a potent oxidant for alcohols in the presence of catalytic bromide in water. In order to understand this important and practical oxidation process, we have conducted density functional theory studies to shed light on the reaction mechanism. The key finding of this study is that PhIO is not the reactive oxidant itself. Instead, the active oxidant is hypobromite (BrO-), which is generated by the reaction of PhIO with bromide through an SN2-type reaction. Critically, water acts as a cocatalyst in the generation of BrO- through lowering the activation energy of this process. This investigation also demonstrates why BrO- is a more powerful oxidant than PhIO in the oxidation of alcohols. Other halide additives have been reported experimentally to be less effective catalysts than bromide-our calculations provide a clear rationale for these observations. We also examined the effect of replacing water with methanol on the ease of the SN2 reaction, finding that the replacement resulted in a higher activation barrier for the generation of BrO-. Overall, this work demonstrates that the hypervalent iodine(III) reagent PhIO can act as a convenient and controlled precursor of the oxidant hypobromite if the right conditions are present.
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- Kaveh Farshadfar
- Department of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Poonak, Tehran 1469669191, Iran
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, Molecular Horizons Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences (Chemistry), University of Tasmania, Private Bag 75, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, Molecular Horizons Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences (Chemistry), University of Tasmania, Private Bag 75, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences (Chemistry), University of Tasmania, Private Bag 75, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
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Kua J, Miller AS, Wallace CE, Loli H. Role of Acid in the Co-oligomerization of Formaldehyde and Pyrrole. ACS OMEGA 2019; 4:22251-22259. [PMID: 31891109 PMCID: PMC6933802 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Building on previous work (J. Phys. Chem. A 2017, 121, 8154-8166) under neutral conditions, we examined the co-oligomerization of CH2O and pyrrole to form porphryinogen under acidic conditions using density functional theory (B3LYP//6-311G**). Thermodynamically, we found that azafulvene intermediates were significantly stabilized under highly acidic conditions. Kinetically, energy barriers were lowered for C-C bond formation, discriminating in favor of reactions that lead to porphyrinogen. However, it was challenging to satisfactorily combine our thermodynamic and kinetic profiles into a unified free-energy profile because of difficulties in optimizing transition states of cationic species involving proton hops. Instead, we used neutral carboxylic acids as a proxy to study how energy barriers changed. By combining data from both neutral and acidic conditions, we estimate a free-energy profile for the initial steps of oligomerization under milder acidic conditions more relevant to prebiotic chemistry.
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Ghoshal S, Pramanik A, Biswas S, Sarkar P. CH 3NO as a potential intermediate for early atmospheric HCN: a quantum chemical insight. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:25126-25138. [PMID: 31691697 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03874d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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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Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) has played a central role in the production of several biological molecules under prebiotic conditions on primitive Earth. Previously, K. J. Zahnle (J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., 1986, 91, 2819) and Tian et al. (Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 2011, 308, 417) emphasized that HCN production in the early Earth's CH4-rich atmosphere could have been possible through the reaction between active nitrogen atoms (N) and methane photolysis products. Here, we have proposed alternative pathways for the formation of early atmospheric HCN via the decomposition of CH3NO as an intermediate. In the early Earth's O2-free atmosphere, CH3˙ could preferentially attach to NO, which was generated via early atmospheric volcanism or lightning and photochemical processes. We have quantum chemically explored both unimolecular and bimolecular decomposition pathways of CH3NO via the assistance of another CH3NO molecule and via H2O, NH3, HCl, HCOOH, HNO3 and H2SO4 catalysis. Both energetic and kinetic analyses reveal that H2SO4 is more efficient in this regard than other atmospheric species. Overall, it has been suggested that the proposed bimolecular decomposition pathways might have been alternative pathways for the formation of HCN under certain conditions on prebiotic Earth, while the unimolecular decomposition of CH3NO could lead to the formation of HCN in the high temperature volcanic environment on early Earth.
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- Sourav Ghoshal
- Department of Chemistry, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan-731235, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan-731235, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan-731235, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan-731235, India.
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Zhang L, Long B. Hydrolysis of Formyl Fluoride Catalyzed by Sulfuric Acid and Formic Acid in the Atmosphere. ACS OMEGA 2019; 4:18996-19004. [PMID: 31763521 PMCID: PMC6868600 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b01864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Formyl fluoride (HFCO) is an important atmospheric molecule, and its reaction with the OH radical is an important pathway when degradation of HFCO is considered in earth's troposphere. Here, we study the hydrolysis of formyl fluoride (HFCO + H2O) with sulfuric acid (H2SO4) and formic acid (HCOOH) acting as catalysts by utilizing M06-2X, CCSD(T)-F12a, and conventional transitional state theory with Eckart tunneling to explore the atmospheric impact of the above-said hydrolysis reactions. Our calculated results show that H2SO4 has a remarkably catalytic role in the gas-phase hydrolysis of HFCO, as the energy barriers of the HFCO + H2O reaction are reduced from 39.22 and 41.19 to 0.26 and -0.63 kcal/mol with respect to the separate reactants, respectively. In addition, we also find that H2SO4 can significantly accelerate the decomposition of FCH(OH)2 into hydrogen fluoride (HF) and HCOOH. This is because while the barrier height for the unimolecular decomposition of FCH(OH)2 into HF and HCOOH is 31.63 kcal/mol, the barrier height for the FCH(OH)2 + H2SO4 reaction is predicted to be -5.99 kcal/mol with respect to separate reactants. Nevertheless, the comparative relative rate analysis shows that the reaction between HFCO and the OH radical is still the most dominant pathway when the tropospheric degradation of HFCO is taken into account and that the gas-phase hydrolysis of HFCO may only occur with the help of H2SO4 when the atmospheric concentration of OH is about 101 molecules cm-3 or less. Having an understanding from the present study that the gas-phase hydrolysis of HFCO in the presence of H2SO4 has very limited role possibly in the absence of sunlight, we also prefer here to emphasize that the HFCO + H2O + H2SO4 reaction may occur on the surface of secondary organic aerosols for the formation of HCOOH.
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- Lin Zhang
- Department
of Physics, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Department
of Physics, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
- College
of Materials Science and Engineering, Guizhou
Minzu University, Guiyang 550025, China
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Lin ZQ, Li CD, Li YJ, Zhang YJ, Zhou ZC, Ye Q, Gao JR. Acid-induced intermolecular [3+2] cycloaddition/oxidation to synthesize polysubstituted benzo[ f]isoindole-4,9-diones. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH 2019. [DOI: 10.1177/1747519819867235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A novel one-pot 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition/oxidation reaction of 1,4-quinones, aromatic aldehydes, and N-substituted amino esters to construct polysubstituted benzo[ f]isoindole-4,9-diones induced by benzoic acid is reported. Based on optimized reaction conditions, various polysubstituted benzo[ f]isoindole-4,9-diones derivatives are obtained in moderate yields. This straightforward methodology employs mild reaction conditions, a green oxidant, and readily available starting materials. Notably, a wide range of substrates is tolerated.
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- Zhang-qi Lin
- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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Shi X, Zhao X, Zhang R, Xu F, Cheng J, Zhang Q, Wang W. Theoretical study of the cis-pinonic acid and its atmospheric hydrolysate participation in the atmospheric nucleation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 674:234-241. [PMID: 31005830 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2019] [Revised: 03/30/2019] [Accepted: 03/31/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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cis-Pinonic acid (CPA), one of the major photooxidation products of α-pinene, is believed to contribute to the formation of aerosols formed over forested areas. In the current study, we implement quantum chemical calculation to investigate the interaction between sulfuric acid (SA) and CPA as well as the hydrolysate of CPA (HCPA) in the presence of water or ammonia in the atmosphere. The lowest free energy configurations, reactants, transition states, intermediates, and products were optimized at 298/278K and 1atm at the M06-2X/6-311+G(3df,3pd) level. Our results show that one CPA molecule might initially nucleate with SA molecules and subsequently participate in the formation and growth of the new particle in the form of HCPA. More than one HCPA molecule may be involved in the critical nuclei. Furthermore, the hydrolysis reaction of CPA can be effectively catalyzed by SA and nitric acid (NA) in presence of water, which significantly increases the HCPA content in the atmosphere and subsequently promotes the particle nucleation. Overall, the current study elucidates a new mechanism of atmospheric nucleation driven by CPA and its hydrolysate.
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- Xiangli Shi
- College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, PR China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China
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- College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, PR China.
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China
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Zhang D, Lv G, Sun X, Zhang C, Li Z. A theoretical study on the formation and oxidation mechanism of hydroxyalkylsulfonate in the atmospheric aqueous phase. RSC Adv 2019; 9:27334-27340. [PMID: 35529186 PMCID: PMC9070675 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra05193g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 08/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Hydroxymethanesulfonate (HMS) is an important organosulfur compound in the atmosphere. In this work, we studied the formation mechanism of HMS via the reaction of formaldehyde with dissolved SO2 using the quantum chemistry calculations. The results show that the barrier (9.7 kcal mol−1) of the HCHO + HSO3− reaction is higher than that (1.6 kcal mol−1) of the HCHO + SO32− reaction, indicating that the HCHO + SO32− reaction is easier to occur. For comparison, the reaction of acetaldehyde with dissolved SO2 also was discussed. The barriers for the CH3CHO + HSO3− reaction and CH3CHO + SO32− reaction are 16.6 kcal mol−1, 2.5 kcal mol−1, respectively. This result suggests that the reactivity of HCHO with dissolved SO2 is higher than that of CH3CHO. The further oxidation of CH2(OH)SO3− and CH3CH(OH)SO3− by an OH radical and O2 shows that the SO5˙− radical can be produced. We report the formation of an important organosulfur compound HMS and its oxidation using theoretical calculation.![]()
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- Danna Zhang
- Environment Research Institute
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- China
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- Environment Research Institute
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- China
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- Environment Research Institute
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- China
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- College of Biological and Environmental Engineering
- Binzhou University
- Binzhou 256600
- China
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- Center for Optics Research and Engineering (CORE)
- Shandong University
- Qingdao 266237
- China
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Sarkar S, Oram BK, Bandyopadhyay B. Ammonolysis as an important loss process of acetaldehyde in the troposphere: energetics and kinetics of water and formic acid catalyzed reactions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:16170-16179. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp01720h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The reaction of ammonia with acetaldehyde as a potential source of 1,1-aminoethanol in the troposphere has been investigated by electronic structure and chemical kinetics calculations.
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- Saptarshi Sarkar
- Department of Chemistry
- Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
- Jaipur
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
- Jaipur
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
- Jaipur
- India
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Zhang T, Zhang Y, Wen M, Tang Z, Long B, Yu X, Zhao C, Wang W. Effects of water, ammonia and formic acid on HO 2 + Cl reactions under atmospheric conditions: competition between a stepwise route and one elementary step. RSC Adv 2019; 9:21544-21556. [PMID: 35521297 PMCID: PMC9066192 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra03541a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2019] [Revised: 07/29/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Quantum chemical calculations at M06-2X and CCSD(T) levels of theory have been performed to investigate the effects of H2O, NH3, and HCOOH on the HO2 + Cl → HCl + O2 reaction. The results show that catalyzed reactions with three catalysts could proceed through two different mechanisms, namely a stepwise route and one elementary step, where the former reaction is more favorable than the latter. Meanwhile, for the stepwise route, a single hydrogen atom transfer pathway in the presence of all catalysts has more advantages than the respective double hydrogen atom transfer pathway. Then, the relative impacts of catalysts under tropospheric conditions were investigated by considering the temperature dependence of the rate constants and the altitude dependence of catalyst concentrations. The calculated results show that at 0 km altitude, the HO2 + Cl → HCl + O2 reaction with catalysts, such as H2O, NH3, or HCOOH, cannot compete with the reaction without a catalyst, as the effective rate constant with a catalyst is smaller by 2–6 orders of magnitude than the naked reaction within the temperature range 280–320 K. The calculated results also show that at altitudes of 5, 10 and 15 km, the effective rate constant of the HCOOH-catalyzed reaction increases obviously with an increase in altitude. At 15 km altitude, its value is up to 9.63 × 10−11 cm3 per molecule per s, which is close to the corresponding value of the reaction without a catalyst, showing that the contribution of HCOOH to the HO2 + Cl → HCl + O2 reaction cannot be neglected at high altitudes. The new findings in this investigation are not only of great necessity and importance for elucidating the gas-phase reaction of HO2 with Cl in the presence of acidic, neutral and basic catalysts, but are also of great interest for understanding the importance of other types of hydrogen abstraction in the atmosphere. The effects of acidic (FA), neutral (WM) and basic (AM) catalysts on the energetic and kinetic aspects of the HO2 + Cl reaction have been studied. At 298 K, the catalytic order of FA, WM and AM is WM > FA > AM.![]()
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- Tianlei Zhang
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis
- School of Chemical & Environment Science
- Shaanxi University of Technology
- Hanzhong
- P. R. China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis
- School of Chemical & Environment Science
- Shaanxi University of Technology
- Hanzhong
- P. R. China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis
- School of Chemical & Environment Science
- Shaanxi University of Technology
- Hanzhong
- P. R. China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis
- School of Chemical & Environment Science
- Shaanxi University of Technology
- Hanzhong
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Guizhou Minzu University
- Guiyang 550025
- P. R. China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis
- School of Chemical & Environment Science
- Shaanxi University of Technology
- Hanzhong
- P. R. China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis
- School of Chemical & Environment Science
- Shaanxi University of Technology
- Hanzhong
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province
- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
- Shaanxi Normal University
- Xi'an
- P. R. China
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Parandaman A, Perez JE, Sinha A. Atmospheric Decomposition of Trifluoromethanol Catalyzed by Formic Acid. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:9553-9562. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b09316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Arathala Parandaman
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California—San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California—San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California—San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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Parandaman A, Kumar M, Francisco JS, Sinha A. Organic Acid Formation from the Atmospheric Oxidation of Gem Diols: Reaction Mechanism, Energetics, and Rates. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:6266-6276. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b01773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Arathala Parandaman
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California—San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska—Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska—Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California—San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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Hirvonen V, Myllys N, Kurtén T, Elm J. Closed-Shell Organic Compounds Might Form Dimers at the Surface of Molecular Clusters. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:1771-1780. [PMID: 29364673 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b11970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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 role of covalently bound dimer formation is studied using high-level quantum chemical methods. Reaction free energy profiles for dimer formation between common oxygen-containing functional groups are calculated, and based on the Gibbs free energy differences between transition states and reactants, we show that none of the studied two-component gas-phase reactions are kinetically feasible at 298.15 K and 1 atm. Therefore, the catalyzing effect of water, base, or acid molecules is calculated, and sulfuric acid is identified to lower the activation free energies significantly. We find that the reactions yielding hemiacetal, peroxyhemiacetal, α-hydroxyester, and geminal diol products occur with activation free energies of less than 10 kcal/mol with sulfuric acid as a catalyst, indicating that these reactions could potentially take place on the surface of sulfuric acid clusters. Additionally, the formed dimer products bind stronger onto the pre-existing cluster than the corresponding reagent monomers do. This implies that covalent dimerization reactions stabilize the existing cluster thermodynamically and make it less likely to evaporate. However, the studied small organic compounds, which contain only one functional group, are not able to form dimer products that are stable against evaporation at atmospheric conditions. Calculations of dimer formation onto a cluster surface and the clustering ability of dimer products should be extended to large terpene oxidation products in order to estimate the real atmospheric significance.
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- Viivi Hirvonen
- Department of Physics, University of Helsinki , 00100 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Helsinki , 00100 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki , 00100 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University , 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Tan XF, Long B, Ren DS, Zhang WJ, Long ZW, Mitchell E. Atmospheric chemistry of CH3CHO: the hydrolysis of CH3CHO catalyzed by H2SO4. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:7701-7709. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp07312g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [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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We found the catalytic effect of H2SO4 on the hydrolysis of CH3CHO in the atmosphere.
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- Xing-Feng Tan
- School of Mechatronics Engineering
- Guizhou Minzu University
- Guiyang
- China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Guizhou Minzu University
- Guiyang
- China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Guizhou Minzu University
- Guiyang
- China
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Physico-Chemistry
- Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Bridgewater College
- Bridgewater
- USA
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Shi X, Zhang R, Sun Y, Xu F, Zhang Q, Wang W. A density functional theory study of aldehydes and their atmospheric products participating in nucleation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:1005-1011. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp06226e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The products of aldehydes from aldol condensation, hydration, and polymerization reactions can promote new particle formation by stabilizing sulfuric acid.
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- Xiangli Shi
- Environment Research Institute
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- P. R. China
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- Environment Research Institute
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- P. R. China
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- College of Environment and Safety Engineering
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266042
- P. R. China
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- Environment Research Institute
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- P. R. China
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- Environment Research Institute
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- P. R. China
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- Environment Research Institute
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- P. R. China
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Liu L, Zhang X, Li Z, Zhang Y, Ge M. Gas-phase hydration of glyoxylic acid: Kinetics and atmospheric implications. CHEMOSPHERE 2017; 186:430-437. [PMID: 28802978 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Revised: 07/31/2017] [Accepted: 08/03/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Oxocarboxylic acids are one of the most important organic species found in secondary organic aerosols and can be detected in diverse environments. But the hydration of oxocarboxylic acids in the atmosphere has still not been fully understood. Neglecting the hydration of oxocarboxylic acids in atmospheric models may be one of the most important reasons for the significant discrepancies between field measurements and abundance predictions of atmospheric models for oxocarboxylic acids. In the present paper, glyoxylic acid, as the most abundant oxocarboxylic acids in the atmosphere, has been selected as an example to study whether the hydration process can occur in the atmosphere and what the kinetic process of hydration is. The gas-phase hydration of glyoxylic acid to form the corresponding geminal diol and those catalyzed by atmospheric common substances (water, sulfuric acid and ammonia) have been investigated at the CCSD(T)-F12/cc-pVDZ-F12//M06-2X/6-311++G(3df,3pd) level of theory. The contour map of electron density difference of transition states have been further analyzed. It is indicated that these atmospheric common substances can all catalyze on the hydration to some extent and sulfuric acid is the most effective reducing the Gibbs free energy of activation to 9.48 kcal/mol. The effective rate constants combining the overall rate constants and concentrations of the corresponding catalysts have shown that water and sulfuric acid are both important catalysts and the catalysis of sulfuric acid is the most effective for the gas-phase hydration of glyoxylic acid. This catalyzed processes are potentially effective in coastal regions and polluted regions.
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- Ling Liu
- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education of China, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education of China, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education of China, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education of China, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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Perez JE, Kumar M, Francisco JS, Sinha A. Oxygenate-Induced Tuning of Aldehyde-Amine Reactivity and Its Atmospheric Implications. J Phys Chem A 2017; 121:1022-1031. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b10845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Josue E. Perez
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California—San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Nebraska—Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Nebraska—Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California—San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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Wang DM, Long ZW, Tan XF, Long B, Zhang WJ. Theoretical Study on Gas Phase Reactions of OH Hydrogen-Abstraction from Formyl Fluoride with Different Catalysts. CHINESE J CHEM PHYS 2016. [DOI: 10.1063/1674-0068/29/cjcp1509187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Kumar M, Sinha A, Francisco JS. Role of Double Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactions in Atmospheric Chemistry. Acc Chem Res 2016; 49:877-83. [PMID: 27074637 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) reactions are ubiquitous and play a crucial role in chemistries occurring in the atmosphere, biology, and industry. In the atmosphere, the most common and traditional HAT reaction is that associated with the OH radical abstracting a hydrogen atom from the plethora of organic molecules in the troposphere via R-H + OH → R + H2O. This reaction motif involves a single hydrogen transfer. More recently, in the literature, there is an emerging framework for a new class of HAT reactions that involves double hydrogen transfers. These reactions are broadly classified into four categories: (i) addition, (ii) elimination, (iii) substitution, and (iv) rearrangement. Hydration and dehydration are classic examples of addition and elimination reactions, respectively whereas tautomerization or isomerization belongs to a class of rearrangement reactions. Atmospheric acids and water typically mediate these reactions. Organic and inorganic acids are present in appreciable levels in the atmosphere and are capable of facilitating two-point hydrogen bonding interactions with oxygenates possessing an hydroxyl and/or carbonyl-type functionality. As a result, acids influence the reactivity of oxygenates and, thus, the energetics and kinetics of their HAT-based chemistries. The steric and electronic effects of acids play an important role in determining the efficacy of acid catalysis. Acids that reduce the steric strain of 1:1 substrate···acid complex are generally better catalysts. Among a family of monocarboxylic acids, the electronic effects become important; barrier to the catalyzed reaction correlates strongly with the pKa of the acid. Under acid catalysis, the hydration of carbonyl compounds leads to the barrierless formation of diols, which can serve as seed particles for atmospheric aerosol growth. The hydration of sulfur trioxide, which is the principle mechanism for atmospheric sulfuric acid formation, also becomes barrierless under acid catalysis. Rate calculations suggest that such acid catalysis play a key role in the formation of sulfuric acid in the Earth's stratosphere, Venusian atmosphere, and on heterogeneous surfaces. Over the past few years, theoretical calculations have shown that these acid-mediated double hydrogen atom transfers are important in the chemistry of Earth's atmosphere as well as that of other planets. This Account reviews and puts into perspective some of these atmospheric HAT reactions and their environmental significance.
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- Manoj Kumar
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Nebraska—Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California—San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0314, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Nebraska—Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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Kumar M, Francisco JS. Red-Light Initiated Decomposition of α-Hydroxy Methylperoxy Radical in the Presence of Organic and Inorganic Acids: Implications for the HOx Formation in the Lower Stratosphere. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:2677-83. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b01515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Manoj Kumar
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska—Lincoln, 639 North 12th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska—Lincoln, 639 North 12th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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Liu J, Fang S, Bing Q, Tao FM, Liu JY. Theoretical study of the auto-catalyzed hydrolysis reaction of sulfur dioxide. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2015.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Liu J, Fang S, Wang Z, Yi W, Tao FM, Liu JY. Hydrolysis of Sulfur Dioxide in Small Clusters of Sulfuric Acid: Mechanistic and Kinetic Study. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2015; 49:13112-13120. [PMID: 26450714 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The deposition and hydrolysis reaction of SO2 + H2O in small clusters of sulfuric acid and water are studied by theoretical calculations of the molecular clusters SO2-(H2SO4)n-(H2O)m (m = 1,2; n = 1,2). Sulfuric acid exhibits a dramatic catalytic effect on the hydrolysis reaction of SO2 as it lowers the energy barrier by over 20 kcal/mol. The reaction with monohydrated sulfuric acid (SO2 + H2O + H2SO4 - H2O) has the lowest energy barrier of 3.83 kcal/mol, in which the cluster H2SO4-(H2O)2 forms initially at the entrance channel. The energy barriers for the three hydrolysis reactions are in the order SO2 + (H2SO4)-H2O > SO2 + (H2SO4)2-H2O > SO2 + H2SO4-H2O. Furthermore, sulfurous acid is more strongly bonded to the hydrated sulfuric acid (or dimer) clusters than the corresponding reactant (monohydrated SO2). Consequently, sulfuric acid promotes the hydrolysis of SO2 both kinetically and thermodynamically. Kinetics simulations have been performed to study the importance of these reactions in the reduction of atmospheric SO2. The results will give a new insight on how the pre-existing aerosols catalyze the hydrolysis of SO2, leading to the formation and growth of new particles.
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- Jingjing Liu
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University , Changchun 130023, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University , Changchun 130023, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University , Changchun 130023, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University , Changchun 130023, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University , Fullerton, California 92834, United States
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- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University , Changchun 130023, People's Republic of China
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Louie MK, Francisco JS, Verdicchio M, Klippenstein SJ, Sinha A. Dimethylamine Addition to Formaldehyde Catalyzed by a Single Water Molecule: A Facile Route for Atmospheric Carbinolamine Formation and Potential Promoter of Aerosol Growth. J Phys Chem A 2015; 120:1358-68. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b04887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Matthew K. Louie
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California−San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0314, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2084, United States
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- Argonne National
Laboratory, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne, Illinois 60439-4837, United States
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- Argonne National
Laboratory, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne, Illinois 60439-4837, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California−San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0314, United States
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Kumar M, Francisco JS. The Role of Catalysis in Alkanediol Decomposition: Implications for General Detection of Alkanediols and Their Formation in the Atmosphere. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:9821-33. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b07642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Manoj Kumar
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska—Lincoln, 639 North 12th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska—Lincoln, 639 North 12th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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Wang Y, Guo X, Tang M, Wei D. Theoretical Investigations toward the Asymmetric Insertion Reaction of Diazoester with Aldehyde Catalyzed by N-Protonated Chiral Oxazaborolidine: Mechanisms and Stereoselectivity. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:8422-31. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b04793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yang Wang
- The College of Chemistry
and Molecular Engineering, Center of Computational Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province 450001, P. R. China
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- The College of Chemistry
and Molecular Engineering, Center of Computational Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province 450001, P. R. China
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- The College of Chemistry
and Molecular Engineering, Center of Computational Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province 450001, P. R. China
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- The College of Chemistry
and Molecular Engineering, Center of Computational Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province 450001, P. R. China
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