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PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE
Volume 33, Issue -, Pages 273-282Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2010.05.054
Keywords
Allyl radical; HO2 radical; Allyloxy radical; Barrierless kinetics; Master equation
Funding
- Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences, the Office of Basic Energy Science (BES) of the US Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-FG02-98ER14914, DE-AC02-06CH11357]
- CEFRC [DE-SC0001198]
- DoD
- NSF
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The kinetics of the allyl + HO2 bimolecular reaction, the thermal decomposition of C3H5OOH, and the unimolecular reactions of C3H5O are studied theoretically. High-level ab initio calculations of the C3H5OOH and C3H5O potential energy surfaces are coupled with RRKM master equation methods to compute the temperature- and pressure-dependence of the rate coefficients. Variable reaction coordinate transition state theory is used to characterize the barrierless transition states for the allyl + HO2 and C3H5O + OH reactions. The predicted rate coefficients for allyl + HO2 -> C3H5OOH -> products are in good agreement with experimental values. The calculations for allyl + HO2 -> C3H6 + O-2 underpredict the observed rate. The new rate coefficients suggest that the reaction of allyl + HO2 will promote chain-branching significantly more than previous models suggest. (C) 2010 The Combustion Institute. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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