Issue 39, 2022

Comparison of the hydrogen extraction reactions of isopentane molecules and ions

Abstract

In plasma-assisted combustion, excited species, ions, radicals, and other active intermediates can be produced by the excitation, ionization, and dissociation processes, which are conducive to steady combustion under the conditions of low temperature and pressure. Positive ions are reported to play an important role in electron impact ionization of fuels, but the associated kinetic processes are rarely discussed owing to the lack of experimental data and uncertain reaction pathways in the model. As they are the smallest geometric structures with primary, secondary, and tertiary hydrogen atoms, a study is presented to discuss the hydrogen abstraction potential energy surfaces of isopentane molecules and positive ions by hydrogen radicals at the DLPNO-CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ//B3LYP-D3(BJ)/6-311G(2df,2p) and DLPNO-CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ//M06-2x-D3/ma-def2-TZVP levels. The strengths of C–C and C–H bonds were characterized by bond order analyses to predict changes in the active sites of isopentane molecules and positive ions. Molecular orbitals were analyzed to identify simple feature patterns for establishing forming rules, showing consistency with the potential energy surface (PES) analysis. Structure selectivity of different reactions was discussed based on the predicted rate constant calculations in the temperature range of 300–2000 K, and the mechanisms were compared based on the isopentane pyrolysis model constructed with the combination of Reaction Mechanism Generator (RMG) and updated rate constants determined in this work.

Graphical abstract: Comparison of the hydrogen extraction reactions of isopentane molecules and ions

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Mar 2022
Accepted
24 Aug 2022
First published
20 Sep 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022,24, 24524-24534

Comparison of the hydrogen extraction reactions of isopentane molecules and ions

Y. Gao, B. Yang and Y. Zhao, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022, 24, 24524 DOI: 10.1039/D2CP01047J

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