Journal
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A
Volume 117, Issue 15, Pages 3235-3242Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp4015004
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- Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory by the Scientific User Facilities Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy
- [DE-AC05-00OR22725]
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Using computational methods, we determine product selectivities for the pyrolysis of two model compounds for the beta-O-4 linkage in lignin: phenethyl phenyl ether (PPE) and alpha-hydroxy phenethyl phenyl ether (alpha-hydroxy PPE). We investigate the dependence of the product selectivities on the number of reactant conformers included. Utilizing density functional theory in combination with transition state theory, we obtain rate constants for hydrogen abstraction reactions by the key chain-carrying radicals, which determine the product selectivity within a steady-state kinetic model. The inclusion of the energetically second lowest reactant conformer of PPE and alpha-hydroxy PPE has a large effect on the product selectivity. The final product selectivity computed for PPE agrees well with experiment. We find that the alpha-hydroxy substituent affects energetic as well as entropic contributions to the rate constant differently for alternative pathways of hydrogen abstraction and, thereby, significantly alters product distributions.
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