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- Title
Kinetics and mechanism of the gas-phase reaction of the hydroxyl radical with meta-aminotoluene compound.
- Authors
Pham, Tien V.
- Abstract
Context: An ab initio investigation into the potential energy landscape of the meta-aminotoluene + •OH reaction has been conducted in this study. The calculated results reveal that the reaction channel leading to the product (NHC6H4CH3 + H2O) prevails under the 300–1700 K temperature range, while the reaction path forming the product (NH2C6H4CH2 + H2O) dominates in the higher-temperature region (T ≥ 1800 K). Within the specified temperature range, the product branching ratio for the former declines from 48 to 30%, while the latter shows an increase, reaching 29%. The overall second-order rate constants of the titled reaction obtained at the pressure 760 Torr (N2) can be illustrated by the modified Arrhenius expression of ktotal = 1.46 × 10–13 T0.58 exp[(-0.759 kcal.mol−1)/RT] cm3 molecule−1 s−1 and ktotal = 1.86 × 10–22 T3.24 exp[(-5.086 kcal.mol−1)/RT] cm3 molecule−1 s−1, covering the temperature range of T = 300–600 K and T > 600 K, respectively. The total rate constant at the ambient conditions in this work, 1.43 × 10–11 cm3 molecule−1 s−1, has been found to be roughly one order of magnitude lower than the available experimental data, ~ 1.2 × 10–10 cm3 molecule−1 s−1, measured by Atkinson et al., Rinke et al., and Witte et al., or the theoretical value, 4.4 × 10–10 cm3 molecule−1 s−1, and calculated by Abdel-Rahman and co-workers for the aniline + •OH reaction. Methods: The structures of reactants, transition states, intermediate states, and products of the meta-aminotoluene + •OH reaction are calculated with the aug-cc-pVTZ basis set and the methods DFT/B3LYP and CCSD(T). The rate constants and branching ratios in the 300–2000 K temperature range are calculated with the statistical theoretical TST and RRKM master equation computations including tunneling corrections, with potential energy surface constructed by the CCSD(T)//B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ approach. Table of Content Graphic
- Subjects
HYDROXYL group; POTENTIAL energy surfaces; TRANSITION state theory (Chemistry); BRANCHING ratios; POTENTIAL energy
- Publication
Journal of Molecular Modeling, 2024, Vol 30, Issue 6, p1
- ISSN
1610-2940
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00894-024-05965-6