ChemInform Abstract: Chemical Reaction Rate Coefficients from Ring Polymer Molecular Dynamics: Theory and Practical Applications

ChemInform ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (50) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yury V. Suleimanov ◽  
F. Javier Aoiz ◽  
Hua Guo
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Chemical Reaction ◽  
Reaction Rate ◽  
Rate Coefficients ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Ring Polymer ◽  
Chemical Reaction Rate ◽  
Ring Polymer Molecular Dynamics

scholarly journals Investigating Tunneling Controlled Chemical Reactions Through Ab-Initio Ring Polymer Molecular Dynamics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinyang Li ◽  
Pengfei Huo
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Chemical Reaction ◽  
Quantum Tunneling ◽  
Quantum Dynamics ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Molecular System ◽  
Ring Polymer ◽  
Ring Polymer Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

<div>We use the ab-initio ring polymer molecular dynamics (RPMD) approach to investigate tunneling controlled reactions in methylhydroxycarbene. Nuclear tunneling effects enable molecules to overcome the barriers which can not be overcome classically. Under low-temperature conditions, intrinsic quantum tunneling effects canfacilitate the chemical reaction in a pathway that is neither favored thermodynamically nor kinetically. This</div><div>behavior is referred to as the tunneling controlled chemical reaction and regarded as the third paradigm of chemical</div><div>reaction controls. In this work, we use the ab-initio RPMD approach to incorporate the tunneling effects in our quantum dynamics simulations. The reaction kinetics of two competitive reaction pathways at various temperatures are investigated with the Kohn-Sham density functional theory (KS-DFT) on-the-fly molecular dynamics simulations and the ring polymer quantization of the nuclei. The reaction rate constants obtained here agree extremely well with the experimentally measured rates. We demonstrate the feasibility of using ab-initio RPMD rate calculations in a realistic molecular system, and provide an interesting and important example for future investigations on reaction mechanisms dominated by quantum tunneling effects.</div>

An accurate potential energy surface and ring polymer molecular dynamics study of the Cl + CH4 → HCl + CH3 reaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 344-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Liu ◽  
Jun Li
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Potential Energy ◽  
Potential Energy Surface ◽  
Energy Surface ◽  
Entrance Channel ◽  
Rate Coefficients ◽  
Spin Orbit ◽  
Ring Polymer ◽  
Ring Polymer Molecular Dynamics

Thermal rate coefficients for the Cl + CH4/CD4 reactions were studied on a new full-dimensional accurate potential energy surface with the spin–orbit corrections considered in the entrance channel.

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