Theoretical study on reaction mechanism of the HCCCO radical with oxygen

Jian Kang Yu, Xu Ri Huang, Ze Sheng Li, Yan Bo Sun, Chia Chung Sun

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Abstract

The potential energy surface of complex doublet for the HCCCOOO system is investigated in this paper at the hybrid density functional B3LYP and CCSD(T) (single-point) levels with 6-311G(d,p) basis set in order to find out the reaction mechanism of the radical HCCCO with oxygen. Nineteen minimum isomers and 22 transition states are located and a variety of possible reaction pathways are probed. In this article, we discussed five products P 1 HCCO + CO 2, P 2 HCO + 2CO, P 3 HCO 2 + C 2O, P 4 H + 3CO and P 5 H + CO 2 + C 2O. The reaction pathway leading to the major HCCO + CO 2 product is as following: HCCCO + O 2 → a 3 → TSa 3/b 3 → b 3 → TSb 3/b 4 → b 4 → TSb 4/p 1, in which the rate-determining step is isomer a 3 overcomes the barrier (27 kcal/mol) to form the isomer b 3. It is an interesting process for it keeps the Cs symmetry in the reaction. Another important pathway leading to HCO + 2CO product is the formation of d 1 isomer. Once the structure of d 1 is formed, it will directly dissociate to g + CO. Calculation on these would be useful for our understanding about the reactions of HCCCO + O 2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-8
Number of pages8
JournalChemical Physics
Volume307
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Dec 2004
Externally publishedYes

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Yu, J. K., Huang, X. R., Li, Z. S., Sun, Y. B., & Sun, C. C. (2004). Theoretical study on reaction mechanism of the HCCCO radical with oxygen. Chemical Physics, 307(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2004.06.047