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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 45, Issue 4, Pages 2237-2248Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d0nj05797e
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The oxidation reaction of oxazole was studied using DFT and reaction kinetics calculations, showing that OH-addition proceeds faster than H-abstraction by several orders of magnitude. Pressure and temperature effects were considered, with the most favorable process being hydroxyl attack onto the carbon adjacent to the oxygen.
The oxidation reaction of oxazole initiated by OH radicals is studied via OH-addition and H-abstraction reactions using DFT (M06-2X and omega B97XD methods) under atmospheric conditions coupled with reaction kinetics calculations using transition state (TST) and Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus (RRKM) theories. The obtained results show that OH radical attack onto different carbons (OH-addition) proceeds faster than OH attack onto H atoms bonded to the different carbons (H-abstraction) by several orders of magnitude. Furthermore, the pressure and temperature effects on the kinetic rates have been considered using RRKM calculations. Effective kinetic rate coefficients (k(eff)) demonstrate that the two-step reaction mechanism prevails. Based on the experiment, it can be concluded that the most favorable process related to hydroxyl attack onto the carbon which is adjacent to the oxygen has a lower barrier height from a kinetic viewpoint. Branching ratios (BRs) also demonstrate that the regioselectivity decreases with decreasing pressure and increasing temperature. Despite the negative energy barriers, P > 100 bar is required in order to reach the high-pressure (H-P) limit.
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