title: On the kinetic mechanism of the hydrogen abstraction reactions of the hydroxyl radical with CH3CF2Cl and CH3CFCl2: a dual level direct dynamics study.
abstract: By means of the dual-level direct dynamics method, the mechanisms of the reactions, CH(3)CF(2)Cl + OH --> products (R1) and CH(3)CFCl(2) + OH --> products (R2), are studied over a wide temperature range 200-2000 K. The optimized geometries and frequencies of the stationary points are calculated at the MP2/6-311G(d,p) level, and then the energy profiles of the reactions are refined with the interpolated single-point energy method at the G3(MP2) level. The canonical variational transition-state theory with the small-curvature tunneling (SCT) correction method is used to calculate the rate constants. For the title reactions, three reaction channels are identified and the H-abstraction channel is the major pathway. The results indicate that F substitution has a significant (reductive) effect on hydrochlorofluorocarbon reactivity. Also, for all H-abstraction reaction channels the variational effect is small and the SCT effect is only important in the lower temperature range on the rate constants calculation.
authors.affiliation: MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yue-Meng
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Fenglei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Xiangzhi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Cunyuan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Chengyong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Jing-Yao
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ze-Sheng
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D005617:Chlorofluorocarbons, Methane / Q000737:chemistry*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004583:Electrons; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D008956:Models, Chemical; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D005617:Chlorofluorocarbons, Methane; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; D006859:Hydrogen