Kinetic modelling of methyl radical reactions with formaldehyde and isobutane. Reinterpretation of existing data obtained by molecular modulation spectrometry

Author(s):  
Tarun K. Choudhury ◽  
William A. Sanders ◽  
M. C. Lin
1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (23) ◽  
pp. 4128-4134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Held ◽  
Kim C. Manthorne ◽  
Philip D. Pacey ◽  
Howard P. Reinholdt

Dimethyl ether was pyrolyzed in a flow system at 10 to 80 Torr and 1005 K. The average concentration of CH3 radicals in the reactor was measured by ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy. Product yields were measured by gas chromatography. The system was simulated using a computer program, taking into account the warm-up of the entering gas and the occurrence of secondary reactions. Rate constants were varied to find values consistent with experimental observations. The limiting, high pressure rate constant for the recombination of CH3 was estimated to be 1010.5 ± 0.5ℓ mol−1 s−1. Estimated rate constants for the reactions[Formula: see text]were 107.12 ± 0.2ℓ mol−1 s−1 and 107.5 ± 0.4ℓ mol−1 s−1, respectively.


Author(s):  
Nguyen Huu Tho ◽  
Nguyen Vo Hieu Liem ◽  
Nguyen Thi Huynh Nhu ◽  
Nguyen Thi Hong ◽  
Ngo Vo Thanh ◽  
...  

The reaction paths of the reaction of methyl radical with propanol-2 (i-C3H7OH) were investigated in detail using density functional theory at B3LYP/6-311++G(3df,2p) level. There were seven reaction pathways which form seven products including CH4 + (CH3)2COH, CH4 + (CH3)2CHO, CH4 + CH3CHOHCH2, CH3OH + CH3CHCH3, C2H6 + CH3CHOH, (CH3)2CH-O-CH3 + H and (CH3)3CH + OH. The results of analysis of the reaction paths and thermokinetic parameters showed that methane could be generated from three different channels. The removed H-atom from secondary carbon atom in the propanol-2 molecule is the most favorable of this reaction system. Keywords Methyl, propanol-2, B3LYP, transition state References [1] I. R. Slagle, D. Sarzyński, and D. Gutman, “Kinetics of the reaction between methyl radicals and oxygen atoms between 294 and 900 K,” Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1987.[2] L. Rutz, H. Bockhorn, and J. W. 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Reactions ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Atkins

In Reaction 3 you saw that a radical is a species with at least one unpaired electron. An ‘unpaired electron’ is a single electron that is present in the molecule but not playing a role in bonding. The French word celebataire conveys the sense of the electron’s forlorn loneliness very well. However, it is capable of joining forces with another unpaired electron on another radical to form a bond. Two examples of radicals are ·OH (1, a hydroxyl radical), and ·CH3 (2, a methyl radical). The dot denotes the unpaired electron. In most cases, radicals are highly reactive and aggressively attack other species in order to use their unpaired electron to pair with an electron on the second species and so form a bond. The most primitive type of radical reaction is simply the clunking together of two radicals, each donating its unpaired electron to the formation of an electron-pair bond, as in the combination of two ·CH3 radicals to form ethane, CH3–CH3, 3. Some species might have more than one unpaired electron that they can use for biting into other molecules. If they are double-fanged, the most common case after ordinary single-fanged radicals, then the species is known as a ‘biradical’. To continue the partnering analogy: the two electrons cohabit but are platonic in their relationship. A very important example is an oxygen atom, O, which is a biradical. For the purposes of this section I shall write it ·O· with two dots for its two relevant electrons. An O2 molecule is also a sort of biradical, so when I want to emphasize its radical nature I shall denote it ·O–O·. There are a lot of reasons why you should be interested in radical reactions. One is that, as I explained in Reaction 3, they take part in the combustion reactions of the everyday world. Combustion reactions include the reactions that take place inside internal combustion and jet engines and move us around the world. Radical reactions occur wherever there is fire. Because fire is sometimes unintended, if the reactions that contribute to it are understood, then better ways to control and quench it can be devised.


1985 ◽  
Vol 118 (6) ◽  
pp. 573-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Arnaud ◽  
Vincenzo Barone ◽  
Santiago Olivella ◽  
Albert Sole

1987 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Dean ◽  
P. R. Westmoreland

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