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Chia-Chung Sun

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PubMed2003

Dual-level direct dynamics studies for the reactions of dimethyl ether with hydrogen atom and methyl radical.

The dual-level direct dynamics approach is employed to study the dynamics of the CH(3)OCH(3) + H (R1) and CH(3)OCH(3) + CH(3) (R2) reactions. Low-level calculations of the potential energy surface are carried out at the MP2/6-311+G(d,p) level of theory. High-level energetic information is obtained at the QCISD(T) level of theory with the 6-311+G(3df,3pd) basis set. The dynamics calculations are performed using variational transition state theory (VTST) with the interpolated single-point energies (ISPE) method, and small-curvature tunneling (SCT) is included. It is shown that the reaction of CH(3)OCH(3) with H (R1) may proceed much easier and with a lower barrier height than the reaction with CH(3) radical (R2). The calculated rate constants and activation energies are in good agreement with the experimental values. The calculated rate constants are fitted to k(R1) = 1.16 x 10(-19) T(3) exp(-1922/T) and k(R2) = 1.66 x 10(-28) T(5) exp(-3086/T) cm(3) mol(-1) s(-1) over a temperature range 207-2100 K. Furthermore, a small variational effect and large tunneling effect in the lower temperature range are found for the two reactions.

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PubMed2002

DFT and ab initio direct dynamics studies on the hydrogen abstraction reactions of chlorine atoms with CH(4-n)F(n) (n = 1-3).

A direct dynamics study is carried out for the hydrogen abstraction reactions Cl + CH(4-n)F(n) (n = 1-3) in the temperature range of 200-1,000 K. The minimum energy paths (MEPs) of these reactions are calculated at the BH&H-LYP/6-311G(d,p) level, and the energies along the MEPs are further refined at the QCISD(T)/6-311+G(2df,2p) and QCISD(T)/6-311+G(d,p) (single-point) level. The rate constants obtained by using the improved canonical variational transition state theory incorporating small-curvature tunneling correction (ICVT/SCT) are in good agreement with the available experimental results. It is shown that the vibrational adiabatic potential energy curves for these reactions have two barriers, a situation similar to the analogous reactions CH(3)X+Cl (X=Cl, Br). The theoretical results show that for the title reactions the variational effect should not be neglected over the whole considered temperature range, while the small-curvature tunneling effect is only important in the lower temperature range. The effects of fluorine substitution on the rate of this kind of reactions are also examined.

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PubMed2002

Direct ab initio dynamics study on the rate constants and kinetic isotope effect for the reactions of H atoms with GeDn(CH3)4-n (n = 1-4).

Direct ab initio dynamic calculations are performed on the reactions of atomic hydrogen with GeD(n)(CH(3))(4-n) (n = 1-4) over the temperature range 200-2000 K at the PMP4SDTQ/6-311 +G(3df,2p)//MP2/6-31 +G(d) (for n = 2-4) and G2//MP2/6-31 +G(d) (for n = 1) levels. The corresponding k(H)/k(D) ratios are then calculated in order to determine the kinetic isotope effect for the four reactions. For the simplest GeD(4) +H reaction, the only one that has available experimental data, the calculated canonical variational transition state theory incorporates small-curvature tunneling correction (CVT/SCT) thermal rate constants, and the k(H)/k(D) values are in good agreement with the experimental values within the experimental temperature range 293-550 K. For the four GeD(n)(CH(3))(4-4) (n = 1-4) reactions, the variational effect is small over the whole temperature range, whereas the small-curvature effect is important in the lower temperature range. Finally, the overall rate constants are fitted to the three-parameter expression over the whole temperature range 200-2000 K as 5.8 x 10(8)T(1.68)exp(-929/T), 1.7 x 10(8)T(1.80)exp(-691/T), 2.58 x 10(8)T(1.71)exp(-706/T), and 1.0 x 10(7)T(2.08)exp(-544/T) cm(3) mol(-1) s(-1) for the n = 4, 3, 2, and 1 reactions. Our work may represent the first theoretical study of the kinetic isotope effect for the H-attack on the G-H bonding.

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PubMed2002

Theoretical study on the mechanism of the 1CHCl + NO reaction.

The complex doublet potential energy surface of the CHClNO system, including 31 minimum isomers and 84 transition states, is investigated at the QCISD(T)/6-311G(d, p)//B3LYP/6-31G(d, p) level in order to explore the possible reaction mechanism of the singlet CHCl with NO. Various possible isomerization and dissociation channels are probed. The initial association between 1CHCl and NO at the terminal N-site can almost barrierlessly lead to the chainlike adducts HClCNO a (a1, a2) followed by the direct Cl-extrusion to product P9 Cl + HCNO, which is the most feasible channel. Much less competitively, a (a1, a2) undergoes a ring-closure leading to the cyclic isomer c-C(HCl)NO d followed by a concerted Cl-shift and N-O cleavage of d to form the branched isomers ClNC(H)O f (f1, f2). Eventually, f (f1, f2) may take a direct H-extrusion to produce P7 H + ClNCO or a concerted 1,2-H-shift and Cl-extrusion to form P1 Cl + HNCO. The low-lying products P2 HCl + NCO, P3 Cl + HOCN, P14 HCO + 3NCl, P6 ClO + HCN, and P13 ClNC + OH may have the lowest yields observed. Our calculations show that the product distributions of the title reaction are quite different from those of the analogous 1CHF + NO reaction, yet are similar to those of another analogous 3CH2 + NO reaction. The similarities and discrepancies among the three reactions are discussed in terms of the substitution effect. The present article may assist in future experimental identification of the product distributions for the title reaction and may be helpful for understanding the halogenated carbene chemistry.

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PubMed2002

Theoretical study on the mechanism of the (3)CH(2) + NO(2) reaction.

The complex doublet potential energy surface of the CH(2)NO(2) system is investigated at the B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) and QCISD(T)/6-311G(d,p) (single-point) levels to explore the possible reaction mechanism of the triplet CH(2) radical with NO(2). Forty minimum isomers and 92 transition states are located. For the most relevant reaction pathways, the high-level QCISD(T)/6-311 + G(2df,2p) calculations are performed at the B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) geometries to accurately determine the energetics. It is found that the top attack of the (3)CH(2) radical at the N-atom of NO(2) first forms the branched open-chain H(2)CNO(2) a with no barrier followed by ring closure to give the three-membered ring isomer cC(H(2))ON-O b that will almost barrierlessly dissociate to product P(1) H(2)CO + NO. The lesser followed competitive channel is the 1,3-H-shift of a to isomer HCN(O)OH c, which will take subsequent cis-trans conversion and dissociation to P(2) OH + HCNO. The direct O-extrusion of a to product P(3) (3)O + H(2)CNO is even much less feasible. Because the intermediates and transition states involved in the above three channels are all lower than the reactants in energy, the title reaction is expected to be rapid, as is consistent with the measured large rate constant at room temperature. Formation of the other very low-lying dissociation products such as NH(2) + CO(2), OH + HNCO and H(2)O + NCO seems unlikely due to kinetic hindrance. Moreover, the (3)CH(2) attack at the end-O of NO(2) is a barrier-consumed process, and thus may only be of significance at very high temperatures. The reaction of the singlet CH(2) with NO(2) is also briefly discussed. Our calculated results may assist in future laboratory identification of the products of the title reaction.

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