Trong-Nghia Nguyen , Nguyen Thi Minh Hue , Pham Van Tien
{"title":"Theoretical investigation of kinetics and branching ratios in i/s/t-C4H9OH reactions with CH3 radical","authors":"Trong-Nghia Nguyen , Nguyen Thi Minh Hue , Pham Van Tien","doi":"10.1016/j.cplett.2025.142243","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><em>i</em><strong>-</strong>, <em>s</em>-, and <em>t</em>-C<sub>4</sub>H<sub>9</sub>OH are promising biofuels. Their reactions with CH<sub>3</sub> radical were investigated using CCSD(T)//B3LYP/6–311 + G(d,p) calculations and TST/VTST kinetics, including hindered rotation and tunneling corrections. The reactions proceed via hydrogen abstractions with energy barriers of 9.9–15.2 kcal/mol. The kinetic results reveal that abstraction at the CH<sub>3</sub>-bearing carbon (β‑carbon) for <em>i</em>-butanol and OH-bearing carbon (α‑carbon) for <em>s</em>-butanol are the dominant channels. In addition, hydrogen abstraction from the oxygen site plays an important role for <em>t</em>-butanol at temperatures below 600 K.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":273,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Physics Letters","volume":"876 ","pages":"Article 142243"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Chemical Physics Letters","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009261425003835","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
i-, s-, and t-C4H9OH are promising biofuels. Their reactions with CH3 radical were investigated using CCSD(T)//B3LYP/6–311 + G(d,p) calculations and TST/VTST kinetics, including hindered rotation and tunneling corrections. The reactions proceed via hydrogen abstractions with energy barriers of 9.9–15.2 kcal/mol. The kinetic results reveal that abstraction at the CH3-bearing carbon (β‑carbon) for i-butanol and OH-bearing carbon (α‑carbon) for s-butanol are the dominant channels. In addition, hydrogen abstraction from the oxygen site plays an important role for t-butanol at temperatures below 600 K.
期刊介绍:
Chemical Physics Letters has an open access mirror journal, Chemical Physics Letters: X, sharing the same aims and scope, editorial team, submission system and rigorous peer review.
Chemical Physics Letters publishes brief reports on molecules, interfaces, condensed phases, nanomaterials and nanostructures, polymers, biomolecular systems, and energy conversion and storage.
Criteria for publication are quality, urgency and impact. Further, experimental results reported in the journal have direct relevance for theory, and theoretical developments or non-routine computations relate directly to experiment. Manuscripts must satisfy these criteria and should not be minor extensions of previous work.