High-Pressure Limit and Pressure-Dependent Rate Rules for <i>β</i>-Scission Reaction Class of Hydroperoxyl Alkyl Hydroperoxyl Radicals (•P(OOH)₂) in Normal-Alkyl Cyclohexanes Combustion

Abstract

Chemical kinetic studies of the β-scission reaction class of hydroperoxyl alkyl hydroperoxyl radicals (•P(OOH)2) from normal-alkyl cyclohexanes are carried out systematically through high-level ab initio calculations. Geometry optimizations and frequency calculations for all species involved in the reactions are performed at the B3LYP/CBSB7 level of theory. Electronic single-point energy calculations are calculated at the CBS-QB3 level of theory. Rate constants for the reactions of β-scission, in the temperature range of 500–1500 K and the pressure range of 0.01–100 atm, are calculated using transition state theory (TST) and Rice-Ramsberger-Kassel-Marcus/Master-Equation (RRKM/ME) theory taking asymmetric Eckart tunneling corrections and the one-dimensional hindered rotor approximation into consideration. The rate rules are obtained by averaging the rate constants of the representative reactions of this class. These rate rules can greatly assist in constructing more accurate low-temperature combustion mechanisms for normal-alkyl cyclohexanes.

Keywords

• hydroperoxyl alkyl hydroperoxyl radicals
• <i>β</i>-scission reaction class
• reaction rate constants
• reaction rate rules