Abstract
The multiple-channel reaction SiH3CH3 + OH → products (R1) and the single-channel reaction SiH4 + OH → SiH3 + H2O (R2) have been studied by the direct dynamics method at the QCISD(T)/6-311++G(3df,3pd)//BH&H-LYP/6-311G(d,p) level. The rate constants for those reactions are calculated by improved canonical variational transition state theory (ICVT) with small-curvature tunneling (SCT) contributions in a temperature range 200-3000 K. For reaction (R1), H-abstraction from the SiH3 group is the major channel. Since methyl substitution increases the reactivity of Si-H bond in silane, the rate constants of (R1) are larger than those of (R2) over the whole temperature region.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 355-361 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Chemical Physics Letters |
| Volume | 409 |
| Issue number | 4-6 |
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| Publication status | Published - 30 Jun 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |