TY - JOUR
T1 - Ab initio kinetics for thermal decomposition of CH 3N• NH 2, cis-CH 2NHN•H, trans-CH 3NHN•H, and C•H 2NNH 2 radicals
AU - Sun, Hongyan
AU - Zhang, Peng
AU - Law, Chung K.
PY - 2012/8/23
Y1 - 2012/8/23
N2 - The thermal decomposition of the CH 3N•NH 2, cis-CH 3NHN•H, trans-CH 3NHN•H, and C•H 2NNH 2 radicals, which are the four radical products from the H-abstraction reactions of monomethylhydrazine, were theoretically studied by using ab initio Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus (RRKM) transition-state theory and master equation analysis. Various decomposition pathways were identified by using either the QCISD(T)/cc-pV∞Z//CASPT2/aug-cc-pVTZ or the QCISD(T)/cc-pV∞Z//B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) quantum chemistry methods. The results reveal that the β-scission of NH 2 to form methyleneimine is the predominant channel for the decomposition of the C•H 2NNH 2 radical due to its small energy barrier of 13.8 kcal mol -1. The high pressure limit rate coefficient for the reaction is fitted by 3.88 × 10 19T -1.672 exp(-9665.13/T) s -1. In addition, the pressure dependent rate coefficients exhibit slight temperature dependence at temperatures of 1000-2500 K. The cis-CH 3NHN•H and trans-CH 3NHN•H radicals are the two distinct spatial isomers with an energy barrier of 26 kcal mol -1 for their isomerization. The β-scission of CH3 from the cis-CH 3NHN•H radical to form transdiazene has an energy barrier of 35.2 kcal mol -1, and the β-scission of CH 3 from the trans-CH 3NHN•H radical to form cisdiazene has an energy barrier of 39.8 kcal mol -1. The CH 3N•NH 3 radical undergoes the β-scission of methyl hydrogen and amine hydrogen to form CH 2=NNH 2, trans-CH 3N=NH, and cis-CH 3N=NH products, with the energy barriers of 42.8, 46.0, and 50.2 kcal mol -1, respectively. The dissociation and isomerization rate coefficients for the reactions were calculated via the E/J resolved RRKM theory and multiple-well master equation analysis at temperatures of 300-2500 K and pressures of 0.01- 100 atm. The calculated rate coefficients associated with updated thermochemical property data are essential components in the development of kinetic mechanisms for the pyrolysis and oxidation of MMH and its derivatives.
AB - The thermal decomposition of the CH 3N•NH 2, cis-CH 3NHN•H, trans-CH 3NHN•H, and C•H 2NNH 2 radicals, which are the four radical products from the H-abstraction reactions of monomethylhydrazine, were theoretically studied by using ab initio Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus (RRKM) transition-state theory and master equation analysis. Various decomposition pathways were identified by using either the QCISD(T)/cc-pV∞Z//CASPT2/aug-cc-pVTZ or the QCISD(T)/cc-pV∞Z//B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) quantum chemistry methods. The results reveal that the β-scission of NH 2 to form methyleneimine is the predominant channel for the decomposition of the C•H 2NNH 2 radical due to its small energy barrier of 13.8 kcal mol -1. The high pressure limit rate coefficient for the reaction is fitted by 3.88 × 10 19T -1.672 exp(-9665.13/T) s -1. In addition, the pressure dependent rate coefficients exhibit slight temperature dependence at temperatures of 1000-2500 K. The cis-CH 3NHN•H and trans-CH 3NHN•H radicals are the two distinct spatial isomers with an energy barrier of 26 kcal mol -1 for their isomerization. The β-scission of CH3 from the cis-CH 3NHN•H radical to form transdiazene has an energy barrier of 35.2 kcal mol -1, and the β-scission of CH 3 from the trans-CH 3NHN•H radical to form cisdiazene has an energy barrier of 39.8 kcal mol -1. The CH 3N•NH 3 radical undergoes the β-scission of methyl hydrogen and amine hydrogen to form CH 2=NNH 2, trans-CH 3N=NH, and cis-CH 3N=NH products, with the energy barriers of 42.8, 46.0, and 50.2 kcal mol -1, respectively. The dissociation and isomerization rate coefficients for the reactions were calculated via the E/J resolved RRKM theory and multiple-well master equation analysis at temperatures of 300-2500 K and pressures of 0.01- 100 atm. The calculated rate coefficients associated with updated thermochemical property data are essential components in the development of kinetic mechanisms for the pyrolysis and oxidation of MMH and its derivatives.
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U2 - 10.1021/jp3045675
DO - 10.1021/jp3045675
M3 - Article
C2 - 22813206
AN - SCOPUS:84866347654
SN - 1089-5639
VL - 116
SP - 8419
EP - 8430
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry A
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry A
IS - 33
ER -