Theoretical study on the mechanism of the reaction between CN and O2

Zheng Wang Qu; Hui Zhu; Ze Sheng Li; Xing Kang Zhang; Qi Yuan Zhang

doi:10.1016/S0009-2614(02)00040-4

Theoretical study on the mechanism of the reaction between CN and O₂

Zheng Wang Qu^*, Hui Zhu, Ze Sheng Li, Xing Kang Zhang, Qi Yuan Zhang

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The radical-radical reaction between CN (²Σ) and O₂ (³Σ_g) has been theoretically investigated at the UCCSD(T)/6-311+G(d)//UB3LYP/6-31+G(d) level. This reaction proceeds most likely through the doublet CNO₂ potential energy surface (PES) initiated by the carbon-to-oxygen attack leading to the linear NCOO (²A″) radical, followed by the direct oxygen-oxygen single-bond cleavage leading to (A) OCN (²Σ) + O (³P), or by the sequential three-centered isomerizations and final dissociations leading to (B) CO (¹Σ) + NO (²π) and (C) CO₂ (¹Σ_g) + N (²D). This study may be helpful for understanding the combustion chemistry of nitrogen-containing compounds.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	304-309
Number of pages	6
Journal	Chemical Physics Letters
Volume	353
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2614(02)00040-4
Publication status	Published - 19 Feb 2002
Externally published	Yes

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