Unimolecular Reaction Properties for the Long-Chain Alkenyl Radicals

Huiting Bian, Zhaohui Wang, Feng Zhang*, Zhandong Wang, Jiping Zhu

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    Abstract

    Although alkenyl radicals are important intermediates involved in both alkanes and alkenes combustion, previous kinetic studies on them are very limited, especially for the long-chain alkenyl radicals. To deeply investigate unimolecular reaction activities of long-chain alkenyl radicals, a series of octenyl (C8H15) radicals were chosen to study the reaction kinetics of three typical types of reactions (i.e., intramolecular radical addition, internal H-migration, and bond dissociation) in this work. The CBS-QB3 method was used to build potential energy surfaces for these reactions, and the transition state theory was applied to obtain the high-pressure limit rate constants. Some general rules are observed from our systematic calculations in respect of structure-activity relationships.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)685-694
    Number of pages10
    JournalInternational Journal of Chemical Kinetics
    Volume47
    Issue number11
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Nov 1 2015

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biochemistry
    • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
    • Organic Chemistry
    • Inorganic Chemistry

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