Effect of Pressure on the Rates of Reaction of Hydrogen Atoms in the Radiolysis of Liquid Ethanol

1973 ◽  
Vol 51 (12) ◽  
pp. 2033-2040 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamal N. Jha ◽  
Gordon R. Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Aromatic Ring ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Hydrogen Yield ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms ◽  
Solvated Electrons ◽  
Effect Of Pressure

Competition between the reactions[Formula: see text]and[Formula: see text]was measured at 296 K at 1 bar and 5.4 kbar. Values of k5/k3 at 1 bar and (ΔV5≠ − ΔV3≠) averaged between 1 bar and 5.4 kbar for several solutes S are: cyclohexene, 56, + 2.7 cm3/mol; hexene-1, 71, + 2.6 cm3/mol; phenol, 25, −3.8 cm3/mol; benzene, 12, −6.5 cm3/mol. The volume of activation of hydrogen atom addition to the aromatic ring is about 8 cm3/mol more negative than that of addition to a mono-olefin. Rate constants of reaction of solvated electrons with these solutes at 295 K, measured by the pulse-radiolysisspectroscopy technique, are (M−1 s−1): cyclohexene, <1 × 104; hexene-1, 1 × 105; benzene, 4 × 106; phenol, 5 × 107. The phenol reaction with e−solv does not reduce the hydrogen yield by a proportionate amount, so phenol "catalyses" the decomposition of e−solv to form hydrogen, perhaps via C6H5OH−solv → C6H5O−solv + H. The scavenging of hydrogen precursors by hexene-1, benzene, and aniline in n-hexane, reported in ref. 6, had [Formula: see text], −6, and −4 cm3/mol, respectively, all three of which may be attributed to hydrogen atom reactions. The yields of hydrogen from solutions of neohexane in cyclopentane at 1 bar and 5.4 kbar indicate that charge transfer occurs from cyclopentane to neohexane, and that the probability of charge transfer is independent of pressure. The methane yields from these solutions indicate that the decomposition of the neohexane ion formed by charge transfer from cyclopentane, to form methane, is inhibited by pressure.

Determination of the Rates of Hydrogen Atom Reaction with NO by a Modulation Technique

1973 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 370-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Atkinson ◽  
R. J. Cvetanović
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Phase Shift ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms ◽  
Arrhenius Parameters ◽  
Modulation Technique ◽  
The Absolute

A modulation technique has been used to determine from phase shift measurements the absolute values of the rate constants and the Arrhenius parameters of the reaction of hydrogen atoms with nitric oxide.

BrHgO• + C2H4 and BrHgO• + HCHO in Atmospheric Oxidation of Mercury: Determining Rate Constants of Reactions with Pre-Reactive Complexes and a Bifurcation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khoa T. Lam ◽  
Curtis J. Wilhelmsen ◽  
Theodore Dibble
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Quantum Chemistry ◽  
Transition State ◽  
Rate Constant ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Minimum Energy ◽  
Atmospheric Oxidation ◽  
Minimum Energy Path ◽  
Oh Radical ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms

Models suggest BrHgONO to be the major Hg(II) species formed in the global oxidation of Hg(0), and BrHgONO undergoes rapid photolysis to produce the thermally stable radical BrHgO•. We previously used quantum chemistry to demonstrate that BrHgO• can, like OH radical, readily can abstract hydrogen atoms from sp<sup>3</sup>-hybridized carbon atoms as well as add to NO and NO<sub>2</sub>. In the present work, we reveal that BrHgO• can also add to C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub> to form BrHgOCH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>•, although this addition appears to proceed with a lower rate constant than the analogous addition of •OH to C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>. Additionally, BrHgO• can readily react with HCHO in two different ways: either by addition to the carbon or by abstraction of a hydrogen atom. The minimum energy path for the BrHgO• + HCHO reaction bifurcates, forming two pre-reactive complexes, each of which passes over a separate transition state to form a different product.

The X-radiolysis of water vapor containing methanol. Effects of some electron and hydrogen atom scavengers

1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (12) ◽  
pp. 1957-1964 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Dixon ◽  
M. G. Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Nitrous Oxide ◽  
Water Vapor ◽  
Carbon Tetrachloride ◽  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Sulfur Hexafluoride ◽  
Hydrogen Yield ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms ◽  
A Value ◽  
Ion Recombination ◽  
Positive Ion

The X-radiolysis of water vapor containing methanol at 125 °C and 1 atm pressure has been studied alone and in the presence of some electron and hydrogen atom scavengers. In water vapor containing methanol only, a plateau value G(H2) = 7.9 ± 0.3 is obtained at all methanol concentrations above 0.5 mole %. Addition of propylene drastically reduces this yield due to efficient scavenging of hydrogen atoms, and values for the total number of H atoms from all precursors g(H)t = 7,5 ± 0.2 and [Formula: see text] are deduced from the competition. An unscavengeable hydrogen yield g(H2) ~ 0.5 is also indicated in mixtures containing propylene. Nitrous oxide and sulfur hexafluoride are found to scavenge electrons efficiently in water vapor containing methanol and the number of hydrogen atoms arising from electron–positive ion recombination is estimated to have a value G = 2.2 ± 0.6. The number of hydrogen atoms arising from processes not involving electrons is g(H) = 5.2 ± 0.3. Carbon tetrachloride reacts efficiently with both electrons and hydrogen atoms, with k(H + CH3OH)/k(H + CCl4) = 0.085. Values of g(H) = 4.9 ± 0.5 and g(H2) = 0.8 ± 0.2 are deduced from mixtures containing carbon tetrachloride.

The mechanism of the pyrolysis of 2, 2, 3, 3-tetramethylbutane

1978 ◽  
Vol 363 (1715) ◽  
pp. 503-523 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Rate Constant ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Volume Ratio ◽  
Reaction Scheme ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Kinetic Characteristics ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms ◽  
Reaction Conditions ◽  
Total Product

The pyrolysis of 2, 2, 3, 3-tetramethylbutane (TMB) was investigated in the ranges 699-735 K and 3-19 Torr (0.4-2.5 kPa) at up to 4% decomposition. The reaction is strongly self-inhibited and sensitive to the surface/volume ratio of the reaction vessel. A simple Rice-Herzfeld chain terminated by the heterogeneous removal of hydrogen atoms is proposed for the initial, uninhibited reaction generating isobutene and hydrogen in a 2:1 ratio. Self-inhibition is due to abstraction by hydrogen atoms of hydrogen atoms from product isobutene giving resonance-stabilized 2-methylallyl radicals which participate in homogeneous termination reactions. The kinetic characteristics of the major primary products (> 95% on a mole basis), isobutene and hydrogen, are accounted for when reasonable values are assumed for the rate constants for hydrogen atom abstraction by hydrogen atoms from TMB and from isobutene and for initiation and heterogeneous termination of the chain reaction. The kinetic characteristics of the formation of methane and propene (2-4% of total product) are accounted for by the secondary reaction scheme H + i-C 4 H 8 → i-C 4 H 9 , i-C 4 H 9 → CH 3 + C 3 H 6 , CH 3 + TMB → CH 4 + C 8 H 17 , when a reasonable value for the rate constant for the hydrogen atom addition to isobutene is assumed. The kinetic characteristics of the formation of ethene ( ca . 0.1% of total product) are accounted for by the tertiary reaction scheme H + C 3 H 6 → n -C 3 H 7 n -C 3 H 7 → CH 3 + C 2 H 4 , when a reasonable value for the rate constant for the hydrogen atom addition to propene is assumed. The kinetic characteristics of the formation of isobutane ( ca . 1% of total product) are much less affected by an increase in surface/volume ratio of the reactor than are those of the other products. A heterogeneous, secondary source is suggested, viz. 1/2H 2 ( g ) ⇌ H (wall), H (wall) + t-C 4 H 9 ( g ) ⇌ i-C 4 H 10 ( g ), which can generate the observed dependence of the isobutane yield on the reaction conditions but the reasonableness or otherwise of the values of the equilibrium and rate constants it is necessary to postulate is impossible to assess without further work designed specifically to investigate this problem.

Rate constants for the reaction of the hydrogen atom with aliphatic ketones in water

1997 ◽  
Vol 75 (8) ◽  
pp. 1114-1119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen P. Mezyk ◽  
Annett Lossack ◽  
David M. Bartels
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Radical Scavenger ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms ◽  
Paramagnetic Resonance ◽  
Kinetic Measurements ◽  
Aliphatic Ketones ◽  
Hydroxyl Radical Scavenger ◽  
Free Induction ◽  
Electron Paramagnetic

Arrhenius parameters for the reaction of hydrogen atoms with 3-methyl-2-butanone, 3-pentanone, cyclopentanone, 4-methyl-2-pentanone, and 2-butanone in aqueous solution have been directly calculated from electron paramagnetic resonance free induction decay (FID) attenuation measurements. For these compounds, absolute scavenging rate constants at 25.0 °C of (8.84 ± 0.26) × 107, (4.20 ± 0.15) × 107, (4.91 ± 0.28) × 107, (3.25 ± 0.27) × 107, and (2.20 ± 0.32) × 107 dm3 mol−1 s−1, with corresponding activation energies of 17.43 ± 0.29, 20.69 ± 0.31, 18.73 ± 0.36, 22.24 ± 0.80, and 22.30 ± 1.04 kJ mol−1 were determined, respectively. Competition kinetic measurements based on total H2 yields have established that for all of these ketones the dominant hydrogen atom reaction path is by •H atom abstraction. The new activation energy for 2-butanone is much lower than the previously reported value of 40.1 ± 0.7 kJ mol−1 with this difference attributed to interfering reactions from the added bromide previously used as a hydroxyl radical scavenger. Keywords: Arrhenius, kinetics, hydrogen atom, aqueous, ketones.

scholarly journals Chemical Kinetics of Hydrogen Atom Abstraction from Propargyl Sites by Hydrogen and Hydroxy Radicals

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (13) ◽  
pp. 3227
Author(s):  
Wang ◽  
Sun ◽  
Sun ◽  
Liang
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
State Theory ◽  
Hydrogen Atom Abstraction ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms ◽  
Internal Rotations ◽  
Hydroxy Radicals ◽  
Soot Precursors ◽  
Quantum Chemistry Calculations

Hydrogen atom abstraction from propargyl C-H sites of alkynes plays a critical role in determining the reactivity of alkyne molecules and understanding the formation of soot precursors. This work reports a systematic theoretical study on the reaction mechanisms and rate constants for hydrogen abstraction reactions by hydrogen and hydroxy radicals from a series of alkyne molecules with different structural propargyl C-H atoms. Geometry optimizations and frequency calculations for all species are performed at M06-2X/cc-pVTZ level of theory and the hindered internal rotations are also treated at this level. The high-level W1BD and CCSD(T)/CBS theoretical calculations are used as a benchmark for a series of DFT calculations toward the selection of accurate DFT functionals for large reaction systems in this work. Based on the quantum chemistry calculations, rate constants are computed using the canonical transition state theory with tunneling correction and the treatment of internal rotations. The effects of the structure and reaction site on the energy barriers and rate constants are examined systematically. To the best of our knowledge, this work provides the first systematic study for one of the key initiation abstraction reactions for compounds containing propargyl hydrogen atoms.

BrHgO• + C2H4 and BrHgO• + HCHO in Atmospheric Oxidation of Mercury: Determining Rate Constants of Reactions with Pre-Reactive Complexes and a Bifurcation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khoa T. Lam ◽  
Curtis J. Wilhelmsen ◽  
Theodore Dibble
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Quantum Chemistry ◽  
Transition State ◽  
Rate Constant ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Minimum Energy ◽  
Atmospheric Oxidation ◽  
Minimum Energy Path ◽  
Oh Radical ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms

Models suggest BrHgONO to be the major Hg(II) species formed in the global oxidation of Hg(0), and BrHgONO undergoes rapid photolysis to produce the thermally stable radical BrHgO•. We previously used quantum chemistry to demonstrate that BrHgO• can, like OH radical, readily can abstract hydrogen atoms from sp<sup>3</sup>-hybridized carbon atoms as well as add to NO and NO<sub>2</sub>. In the present work, we reveal that BrHgO• can also add to C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub> to form BrHgOCH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>•, although this addition appears to proceed with a lower rate constant than the analogous addition of •OH to C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>. Additionally, BrHgO• can readily react with HCHO in two different ways: either by addition to the carbon or by abstraction of a hydrogen atom. The minimum energy path for the BrHgO• + HCHO reaction bifurcates, forming two pre-reactive complexes, each of which passes over a separate transition state to form a different product.

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