{"title":"A trajectory surface hopping study of the vibration-induced autodetachment dynamics of the 1-nitropropane anion","authors":"Kevin Issler, Roland Mitric, Jens Petersen","doi":"10.1007/s00214-023-03063-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00214-023-03063-z","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this study, we investigate the autodetachment dynamics of the 1-nitropropane anion after vibrational excitation of the energetically lowest C–H stretching mode using our recently developed extended quantum classical surface hopping approach including the detachment continuum. Therein the detachment from an electronic bound anion state is treated as a nonadiabatic transition into discretized detachment continuum states for an ensemble of classical nuclear trajectories propagated on quantum mechanical potential energy surfaces. The initial ensemble is obtained by sampling a phase space distribution accounting for the vibrational excitation of the C–H stretching mode of the molecule to match the experimental conditions. The simulated kinetic energy distribution of the ejected electrons reproduces characteristic features of the available experimental data. Analysis of the nuclear dynamics points out that the approach to neutral-like geometries with decreased pyramidalization angle of the NO $$_2$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\"> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow /> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:math> group and reduced the N–O bond lengths are the crucial factors enhancing the ultrafast autodetachment process in vibrationally excited 1-nitropropane. This is facilitated when the dipole-bound first excited state of the anion is populated, which is structurally similar to the neutral system. Although only a small transient population of this state is observed, it acts as an efficient doorway to the detachment continuum and is responsible for a significant amount of the ejected electrons.","PeriodicalId":23045,"journal":{"name":"Theoretical Chemistry Accounts","volume":"25 37","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135391695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marina Gorbunova, Sergey Shurov, Aleksandr Vasyanin, Vladimir Strelnikov
{"title":"N- and C-diallyl monomers of new structural types in radical polymerization: theoretical study on the mechanism of reaction","authors":"Marina Gorbunova, Sergey Shurov, Aleksandr Vasyanin, Vladimir Strelnikov","doi":"10.1007/s00214-023-03067-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00214-023-03067-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23045,"journal":{"name":"Theoretical Chemistry Accounts","volume":"48 8","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135411631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrea Della Libera, Maristella Di Teodoro, Matteo Pelucchi, Carlo Cavallotti
{"title":"On the decomposition mechanism of propanal: rate constants evaluation and kinetic simulations","authors":"Andrea Della Libera, Maristella Di Teodoro, Matteo Pelucchi, Carlo Cavallotti","doi":"10.1007/s00214-023-03060-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00214-023-03060-2","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The reactivity of aldehydes has been the subject of considerable interest in chemical kinetics, with propanal often chosen as the representative species. Despite its relevance, the reactivity of propanal is currently estimated from analogy and fitting of experimental data measured in limited temperature and pressure ranges, while the few literature theoretical studies have focused more on the exploration the potential energy surface (PES) than on the estimation of rate constants. The purpose of this work is to reinvestigate the propanal decomposition kinetics using the ab initio transition state theory based master equation approach with the intent of: (1) Determining accurate rate constants of key reaction channels; (2) Updating and validating an existing kinetic model by simulating available experimental data on propanal pyrolysis. It is found that propanal decomposition at the initial stages of pyrolysis occurs through four unimolecular barrierless reactions to form CHO + C 2 H 5 , CH 2 CHO + CH 3 , CH 3 CHCHO + H, and CH 3 CH 2 CO + H, and a termolecular pathway leading to the formation of C 2 H 4 + CO + H 2 . High pressure rate constants were determined for each barrierless reaction channel using Variable Reaction Coordinate Transition State Theory and used to estimate phenomenological temperature and pressure dependent channel specific rate constants integrating the 1 dimensional master equation over the whole PES. The decomposition rate constants so determined are in agreement with the few available experimental data and significantly faster than previous literature estimates. The estimated kinetic parameters were finally implemented into the CRECK kinetic mechanism, leading to an improved agreement with shock tube pyrolysis data from the literature.","PeriodicalId":23045,"journal":{"name":"Theoretical Chemistry Accounts","volume":"53 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134907193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IQA analysis of the two-particle density matrix: chemical insight and computational efficiency","authors":"Mark A. Vincent, Paul L. A. Popelier","doi":"10.1007/s00214-023-03057-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00214-023-03057-x","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The interacting quantum atoms (IQA) method offers a rigorous and minimal route to calculate atomic electron correlation energies from the two-particle density matrix (2PDM). The price paid is that this method is very time-consuming. However, employing CCSD and CCSD(T), we explore several approaches to speed up such calculations. We make the pivotal observation that the removal, from the true 2PDM, of both the Hartree–Fock part of the 2PDM and an approximate 2PDM (Müller) dramatically reduces the size of the quadrature grid needed to obtain accurate energies.","PeriodicalId":23045,"journal":{"name":"Theoretical Chemistry Accounts","volume":"103 12","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134908460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A theoretical study for spin-dependent hydrogen abstraction by non-heme FeIVO complexes based on DFT potential energy surfaces","authors":"Sumin Park, Binh Khanh Mai, Yongho Kim","doi":"10.1007/s00214-023-03059-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00214-023-03059-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23045,"journal":{"name":"Theoretical Chemistry Accounts","volume":"19 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135273746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experimental spectroscopic and molecular docking investigations of the anticancer drugs aprepitant and capecitabine","authors":"P. Venkata Ramana","doi":"10.1007/s00214-023-03055-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00214-023-03055-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23045,"journal":{"name":"Theoretical Chemistry Accounts","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135803453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}