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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-8 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Chemical Physics |
Volume | 307 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 6 Dec 2004 |
Externally published | Yes |