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Hockey EK, McLane N, Martí C, Duckett L, Osborn DL, Dodson LG. Direct Observation of Gas-Phase Hydroxymethylene: Photoionization and Kinetics Resulting from Methanol Photodissociation. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:14416-14421. [PMID: 38744681 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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Carbene species play an integral role in high-energy chemistry, transition-metal-carbene chemistry, catalysis, photolytic formation of carbohydrates, and possibly even the formation of interstellar sugars. In 1921, "reactive formaldehyde"─now known as hydroxymethylene (HCOH)─was first implicated as an intermediate in photocatalytic processes. However, due to its transient nature, direct observation of HCOH has predominantly been attained using cryogenic isolation methods. As a result, HCOH gas-phase reactivity measurements have been limited. We directly observed HCOH using photoionization spectroscopy following UV photodissociation of methanol. Our measurements show it reacts slowly with O2 at room temperature. This work provides evidence for the formation mechanism of HCOH from CH3OH and its subsequent reactivity under gas-phase reaction conditions.
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- Emily K Hockey
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94550, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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Hemberger P, Pan Z, Wu X, Zhang Z, Kanayama K, Bodi A. Photoion Mass-Selected Threshold Photoelectron Spectroscopy to Detect Reactive Intermediates in Catalysis: From Instrumentation and Examples to Peculiarities and a Database. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2023; 127:16751-16763. [PMID: 37670794 PMCID: PMC10476201 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c03120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Revised: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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Photoion mass-selected threshold photoelectron spectroscopy (ms-TPES) is a synchrotron-based, universal, sensitive, and multiplexed detection tool applied in the areas of catalysis, combustion, and gas-phase reactions. Isomer-selective vibrational fingerprints in the ms-TPES of stable and reactive intermediates allow for unequivocal assignment of spectral carriers. Case studies are presented on heterogeneous catalysis, revealing the role of ketenes in the methanol-to-olefins process, the catalytic pyrolysis mechanism of lignin model compounds, and the radical chemistry upon C-H activation in oxyhalogenation. These studies demonstrate the potential of ms-TPES as an analytical technique for elucidating complex reaction mechanisms. We examine the robustness of ms-TPES assignments and address sampling effects, especially the temperature dependence of ms-TPES due to rovibrational broadening. Data acquisition approaches and the Stark shift from the extraction field are also considered to arrive at general recommendations. Finally, the PhotoElectron PhotoIon Spectral Compendium (https://pepisco.psi.ch), a spectral database hosted at Paul Scherrer Institute to support assignment, is introduced.
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- Paul
Scherrer Institute, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Paul
Scherrer Institute, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Paul
Scherrer Institute, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Paul
Scherrer Institute, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
- Institute
of Fluid Science, Tohoku University 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai 980-8577, Miyagi, Japan
- Graduate
School of Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6 Aramaki Aza Aoba, Aoba, Sendai 980-8579, Miyagi, Japan
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- Paul
Scherrer Institute, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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Fischer I, Hemberger P. Photoelectron Photoion Coincidence Spectroscopy of Biradicals. Chemphyschem 2023; 24:e202300334. [PMID: 37325876 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202300334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Revised: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The electronic structure of biradicals is characterized by the presence of two unpaired electrons in degenerate or near-degenerate molecular orbitals. In particular, some of the most relevant species are highly reactive, difficult to generate cleanly and can only be studied in the gas phase or in matrices. Unveiling their electronic structure is, however, of paramount interest to understand their chemistry. Photoelectron photoion coincidence (PEPICO) spectroscopy is an excellent approach to explore the electronic states of biradicals, because it enables a direct correlation between the detected ions and electrons. This permits to extract unique vibrationally resolved photoion mass-selected threshold photoelectron spectra (ms-TPES) to obtain insight in the electronic structure of both the neutral and the cation. In this review we highlight most recent advances on the spectroscopy of biradicals and biradicaloids, utilizing PEPICO spectroscopy and vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) synchrotron radiation.
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- Ingo Fischer
- Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Am Hubland, D-97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Laboratory for Synchrotron Radiation and Femtochemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), CH-5232, Villigen, Switzerland
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Combustion is a reactive oxidation process that releases energy bound in chemical compounds used as fuels─energy that is needed for power generation, transportation, heating, and industrial purposes. Because of greenhouse gas and local pollutant emissions associated with fossil fuels, combustion science and applications are challenged to abandon conventional pathways and to adapt toward the demand of future carbon neutrality. For the design of efficient, low-emission processes, understanding the details of the relevant chemical transformations is essential. Comprehensive knowledge gained from decades of fossil-fuel combustion research includes general principles for establishing and validating reaction mechanisms and process models, relying on both theory and experiments with a suite of analytic monitoring and sensing techniques. Such knowledge can be advantageously applied and extended to configure, analyze, and control new systems using different, nonfossil, potentially zero-carbon fuels. Understanding the impact of combustion and its links with chemistry needs some background. The introduction therefore combines information on exemplary cultural and technological achievements using combustion and on nature and effects of combustion emissions. Subsequently, the methodology of combustion chemistry research is described. A major part is devoted to fuels, followed by a discussion of selected combustion applications, illustrating the chemical information needed for the future.
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Selby TM, Goulay F, Soorkia S, Ray A, Jasper AW, Klippenstein SJ, Morozov AN, Mebel AM, Savee JD, Taatjes CA, Osborn DL. Radical-Radical Reactions in Molecular Weight Growth: The Phenyl + Propargyl Reaction. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:2577-2590. [PMID: 36905386 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c08121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2023]
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The mechanism for hydrocarbon ring growth in sooting environments is still the subject of considerable debate. The reaction of phenyl radical (C6H5) with propargyl radical (H2CCCH) provides an important prototype for radical-radical ring-growth pathways. We studied this reaction experimentally over the temperature range of 300-1000 K and pressure range of 4-10 Torr using time-resolved multiplexed photoionization mass spectrometry. We detect both the C9H8 and C9H7 + H product channels and report experimental isomer-resolved product branching fractions for the C9H8 product. We compare these experiments to theoretical kinetics predictions from a recently published study augmented by new calculations. These ab initio transition state theory-based master equation calculations employ high-quality potential energy surfaces, conventional transition state theory for the tight transition states, and direct CASPT2-based variable reaction coordinate transition state theory (VRC-TST) for the barrierless channels. At 300 K only the direct adducts from radical-radical addition are observed, with good agreement between experimental and theoretical branching fractions, supporting the VRC-TST calculations of the barrierless entrance channel. As the temperature is increased to 1000 K we observe two additional isomers, including indene, a two-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, and a small amount of bimolecular products C9H7 + H. Our calculated branching fractions for the phenyl + propargyl reaction predict significantly less indene than observed experimentally. We present further calculations and experimental evidence that the most likely cause of this discrepancy is the contribution of H atom reactions, both H + indenyl (C9H7) recombination to indene and H-assisted isomerization that converts less stable C9H8 isomers into indene. Especially at low pressures typical of laboratory investigations, H-atom-assisted isomerization needs to be considered. Regardless, the experimental observation of indene demonstrates that the title reaction leads, either directly or indirectly, to the formation of the second ring in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
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- Talitha M Selby
- Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, West Bend, Wisconsin 53095, United States
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin 53144, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- KLA Corporation, Milpitas, California 95035, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Mail Stop 9055, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Mail Stop 9055, Livermore, California 94551, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Caster KL, Lee J, Donnellan Z, Selby TM, Osborn DL, Goulay F. Formation of a Resonance-Stabilized Radical Intermediate by Hydroxyl Radical Addition to Cyclopentadiene. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:9031-9041. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c06934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Kacee L. Caster
- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia26506, United States
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia26506, United States
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia26506, United States
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- Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, West Bend, Wisconsin53095, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Mail Stop 9055, Livermore, California94551, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, California95616, United States
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia26506, United States
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Hemberger P, Wu X, Pan Z, Bodi A. Continuous Pyrolysis Microreactors: Hot Sources with Little Cooling? New Insights Utilizing Cation Velocity Map Imaging and Threshold Photoelectron Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:2196-2210. [PMID: 35316066 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c00766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Resistively heated silicon carbide microreactors are widely applied as continuous sources to selectively prepare elusive and reactive intermediates with astrochemical, catalytic, or combustion relevance to measure their photoelectron spectrum. These reactors also provide deep mechanistic insights into uni- and bimolecular chemistry. However, the sampling conditions and effects have not been fully characterized. We use cation velocity map imaging to measure the velocity distribution of the molecular beam signal and to quantify the scattered, rethermalized background sample. Although translational cooling is efficient in the adiabatic expansion from the reactor, the breakdown diagrams of methane and chlorobenzene confirm that the molecular beam component exhibits a rovibrational temperature comparable with that of the reactor. Thus, rovibrational cooling is practically absent in the expansion from the microreactor. The high rovibrational temperature also affects the threshold photoelectron spectrum of both benzene and the allyl radical in the molecular beam, but to different degrees. While the extreme broadening of the benzene TPES suggests a complex ionization mechanism, the allyl TPES is in fact consistent with an internal temperature close to that of the reactor. The background, room-temperature spectra of both are superbly reproduced by Franck-Condon simulations at 300 K. On the one hand, this leads us to suggest that room-temperature reference spectra should be used in species identification. On the other hand, analysis of the allyl iodide pyrolysis data shows that iodine atoms often recombine to form molecular iodine on the chamber surfaces. Such sampling effects may distort the chemical composition of the scattered background with respect to the molecular beam signal emanating directly from the reactor. This must be considered in quantitative analyses and kinetic modeling.
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- Patrick Hemberger
- Paul Scherrer Insitute, Forschungsstrasse 111, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Insitute, Forschungsstrasse 111, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Insitute, Forschungsstrasse 111, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Insitute, Forschungsstrasse 111, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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Pan Z, Bodi A, van Bokhoven JA, Hemberger P. On the absolute photoionization cross section and threshold photoelectron spectrum of two reactive ketenes in lignin valorization: fulvenone and 2-carbonyl cyclohexadienone. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:3655-3663. [PMID: 35080222 PMCID: PMC8827046 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05206c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We report the absolute photoionization cross section (PICS) of fulvenone and 2-carbonyl cyclohexadienone, two crucial ketene intermediates in lignin pyrolysis, combustion and organic synthesis. Both species were generated in situ by pyrolyzing salicylamide and dectected via imaging photoelectron photoion coincidence spectroscopy. In a deamination reaction, salicylamide loses ammonia yielding 2-carbonyl cyclohexadienone, a ketoketene, which further decarbonylates at higher pyrolysis temperatures to form fulvenone. We recorded the threshold photoelectron spectrum of the ketoketene and assigned the ground state (X̃+2A′′ ← X̃1A′) and excited state (Ã+2A′ ← X̃1A′) bands with the help of Franck–Condon simulations. Adiabatic ionization energies are 8.35 ± 0.01 and 9.19 ± 0.01 eV. In a minor reaction channel, the ketoketene isomerizes to benzpropiolactone, which decomposes subsequently to benzyne by CO2 loss. Potential energy surface and RRKM rate constant calculations agree with our experimental observations that the decarbonylation to fulvenone outcompetes the decarboxylation to benzyne by almost two orders of magnitude. The absolute PICS of fulvenone at 10.48 eV was determined to be 18.8 ± 3.8 Mb using NH3 as a calibrant. The PICS of 2-carbonyl cyclohexadienone was found to be 21.5 ± 8.6 Mb at 9 eV. Our PICS measument will enable the quantification of reactive ketenes in lignin valorization and combustion processes using photoionization techniques and provide advanced mechanistic and kinetics insights to aid the bottom-up optimization of such processes. The absolute photoionization cross section (PICS) of these crucial ketene intermediates supports their quantification in lignin pyrolysis, combustion and organic synthesis.![]()
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- Zeyou Pan
- Zeyou Pan, Andras Bodi, Jeroen A. van Bokhoven and Patrick Hemberger, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland. .,Zeyou Pan and Jeroen A. van Bokhoven, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Zeyou Pan, Andras Bodi, Jeroen A. van Bokhoven and Patrick Hemberger, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland.
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- Zeyou Pan, Andras Bodi, Jeroen A. van Bokhoven and Patrick Hemberger, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland. .,Zeyou Pan and Jeroen A. van Bokhoven, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Zeyou Pan, Andras Bodi, Jeroen A. van Bokhoven and Patrick Hemberger, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland.
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Fischer I, Pratt ST. Photoelectron spectroscopy in molecular physical chemistry. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:1944-1959. [PMID: 35023533 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp04984d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Photoelectron spectroscopy has long been a powerful method in the toolbox of experimental physical chemistry and molecular physics. Recent improvements in coincidence methods, charged-particle imaging, and electron energy resolution have greatly expanded the variety of environments in which photoelectron spectroscopy can be applied, as well as the range of questions that can now be addressed. In this Perspectives Article, we focus on selected recent studies that highlight these advances and research areas. The topics include reactive intermediates and new thermochemical data, high-resolution comparisons of experiment and theory using methods based on pulsed-field ionisation (PFI), and the application of photoelectron spectroscopy as an analytical tool to monitor chemical reactions in complex environments, like model flames, catalytic or high-temperature reactors.
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- Ingo Fischer
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, USA.
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Savee J, Sztáray B, Hemberger P, Zádor J, Bodi A, Osborn DL. Unimolecular isomerisation of 1,5-hexadiyne observed by threshold photoelectron photoion coincidence spectroscopy. Faraday Discuss 2022; 238:645-664. [DOI: 10.1039/d2fd00028h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The unimolecular isomerisation of the prompt propargyl + propargyl "head-to-head" adduct, 1,5- hexadiyne, to fulvene and benzene by the 3,4-dimethylenecyclobut-1-ene (DMCB) intermediate (all C6H6) was studied in the high-pressure limit...
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Zhou Z, Yang J, Yuan W, Wang Z, Pan Y, Qi F. Probing combustion and catalysis intermediates by synchrotron vacuum ultraviolet photoionization molecular-beam mass spectrometry: recent progress and future opportunities. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:21567-21577. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp02899a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Soft photoionization molecular-beam mass spectrometry (PI MBMS) with synchrotron vacuum ultraviolet light (SVUV) has has a significant development and broad applications in recent decades. Particularly, the tunability of SVUV enables...
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Ramasesha K, Savee JD, Zádor J, Osborn DL. A New Pathway for Intersystem Crossing: Unexpected Products in the O( 3P) + Cyclopentene Reaction. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:9785-9801. [PMID: 34730957 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c05817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We investigated the reaction of O(3P) with cyclopentene at 4 Torr and 298 K using time-resolved multiplexed photoionization mass spectrometry, where O(3P) radicals were generated by 351 nm photolysis of NO2 and reacted with excess cyclopentene in He under pseudo-first-order conditions. The resulting products were sampled, ionized, and detected by tunable synchrotron vacuum ultraviolet radiation and an orthogonal acceleration time-of-flight mass spectrometer. This technique enabled measurement of both mass spectra and photoionization spectra as functions of time following the initiation of the reaction. We observe propylketene (41%), acrolein + ethene (37%), 1-butene + CO (19%), and cyclopentene oxide (3%), of which the propylketene pathway was previously unidentified experimentally and theoretically. The automatically explored reactive potential energy landscape at the CCSD(T)-F12a/cc-pVTZ//ωB97X-D/6-311++G(d,p) level and the related master equation calculations predict that cyclopentene oxide is formed on the singlet potential energy surface, whereas propylketene is first formed on the triplet surface. These calculations provide evidence that significant intersystem crossing can happen in this reaction not only around the geometry of the initial triplet adduct but also around that of triplet propylketene. The formation of 1-butene + CO is initiated on the triplet surface, with bond cleavage and hydrogen transfer occurring during intersystem crossing to the singlet surface. At present, we are unable to explain the mechanistic origins of the acrolein + ethene channel, and we thus refrain from assigning singlet or triplet reactivity to this channel. Overall, at least 60% of the products result from triplet reactivity. We propose that the reactivity of cyclic alkenes with O(3P) is influenced by their greater effective degree of unsaturation compared with acyclic alkenes. This work also suggests that searches for minimum-energy crossing points that connect triplet surfaces to singlet surfaces should extend beyond the initial adducts.
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- Krupa Ramasesha
- Combustion Research Facility, Mail Stop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551-0969, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mail Stop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551-0969, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mail Stop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551-0969, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mail Stop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551-0969, United States.,Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Taatjes CA, Caravan RL, Winiberg FAF, Zuraski K, Au K, Sheps L, Osborn DL, Vereecken L, Percival CJ. Insertion products in the reaction of carbonyl oxide Criegee intermediates with acids: Chloro(hydroperoxy)methane formation from reaction of CH2OO with HCl and DCl. Mol Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2021.1975199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Craig A. Taatjes
- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, USA
- NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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Caster KL, Selby TM, Osborn DL, Le Picard SD, Goulay F. Product Detection of the CH(X 2Π) Radical Reaction with Cyclopentadiene: A Novel Route to Benzene. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:6927-6939. [PMID: 34374546 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c03517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The reaction of the methylidyne radical (CH(X2Π)) with cyclopentadiene (c-C5H6) is studied in the gas phase at 4 Torr and 373 K using a multiplexed photoionization mass spectrometer. Under multiple collision conditions, the dominant product channel observed is the formation of C6H6 + H. Fitting the photoionization spectrum using reference spectra allows for isomeric resolution of C6H6 isomers, where benzene is the largest contributor with a relative branching fraction of 90 (±5)%. Several other C6H6 isomers are found to have smaller contributions, including fulvene with a branching fraction of 8 (±5)%. Master Equation calculations for four different entrance channels on the C6H7 potential energy surface are performed to explore the competition between CH cycloaddition to a C═C bond vs CH insertion into C-H bonds of cyclopentadiene. Previous studies on CH addition to unsaturated hydrocarbons show little evidence for the C-H insertion pathway. The present computed branching fractions support benzene as the sole cyclic product from CH cycloaddition, whereas fulvene is the dominant product from two of the three pathways for CH insertion into the C-H bonds of cyclopentadiene. The combination of experiment with Master Equation calculations implies that insertion must account for ∼10 (±5)% of the overall CH + cyclopentadiene mechanism.
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- Kacee L Caster
- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, West Bend, Wisconsin 53095, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Mail Stop 9055, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes), UMR 6251, Univ Rennes, CNRS, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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Pham TV, Trang HTT. A theoretical study on mechanism and kinetics of the C2H3 + C2H3 recombination and the isomerization and dissociation of butadiene. Chem Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2021.111217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Savee JD, Sztáray B, Welz O, Taatjes CA, Osborn DL. Valence Photoionization and Autoionization of the Formyl Radical. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:3874-3884. [PMID: 33929204 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c01775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We have used 308 nm photolysis of acetaldehyde to measure a photoionization spectrum of the formyl (HCO) radical between 8 and 11.5 eV using an 11 meV FWHM photoionization energy resolution. We have confirmed that the formyl radical is the carrier of the spectrum by generating an identical spectrum of the HCO product in the Cl + H2CO reaction. The spectrum of HCO and its deuterated isotopologue (DCO) have several resolved autoionizing resonances above the Franck-Condon envelope, which we assign to autoionization after initial excitation into neutral 3sσ and 3p Rydberg states converging to the first triplet excited state of HCO+(ã 3A'). The quantum defects for these states are δ3sσ = 1.06 ± 0.02 and δ3p = 0.821 ± 0.019. We report absolute photoionization cross-section measurements of σHCOPI(9.907 eV) = 4.5 ± 0.9 Mb, σHCOPI(10.007 eV) = 4.8 ± 1.0 Mb, σHCOPI(10.107 eV) = 6.0 ± 1.2 Mb, σHCOPI(10.107 eV) = 5.7 ± 1.2 Mb, and σHCOPI(10.304 eV) = 10.6 ± 2.2 Mb relative to the photoionization cross section of the methyl radical. The absolute cross-section measurements are a factor of ∼1.5 larger than those determined in past studies, although the presence of strong autoionizing features supports a dependence on photoionization energy resolution. We propose that the semiempirical model of Xu and Pratt for estimation of free radical photoionization cross sections is more accurate when applied with a reference species containing the same atoms as the free radical rather than isoelectronic species with different atoms.
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- John D Savee
- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Mail Stop 9055, Livermore, California 94551-0969, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California 95211, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Mail Stop 9055, Livermore, California 94551-0969, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Mail Stop 9055, Livermore, California 94551-0969, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Mail Stop 9055, Livermore, California 94551-0969, United States.,Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Pham TV, Tue Trang HT. Theoretical Investigation of the Mechanisms and Kinetics of the Bimolecular and Unimolecular Reactions Involving in the C 4H 6 Species. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:585-596. [PMID: 33412848 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c08983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A theoretical study of the mechanisms and kinetics for the C4H6 system was carried out using ab initio molecular orbital theory based on the CCSD(T)/CBS//B3LYP/6-311++G(3df,2p) method in conjunction with statistical theoretical variable reaction coordinate transition-state theory and RRKM/ME calculations. The calculated results indicate that buta-1,3-diene, but-1-yne, and C4H5 + H can be the major products of the C3 + C1 reaction, while CCH2 + C2H4 and C4H5 + H play an important role in the C2 + C2 reaction. In contrast, the C4H6 fragmentation giving rise to C3 + C1 and C4H5 + H becomes the key reaction paths under any temperature and pressure. The rate constants for the system have been calculated in the 300-2000 K temperature range at various pressures for which the C2 + C2 → C4H6 high-P limit rate constant, 10.24 × 1014T-0.51 cm3/mol/s, agrees well with the measured value of Hidaka et al., 9.64 × 1014T-0.5 cm3/mol/s. Also, the high-P limit rate constants of the channels but-2-yne → 2-C4H5 + H and C3 + C1 → C4H6, being 1.7 × 1014 exp(-351.5 kJ·mol-1/RT) s-1 and 5.07 × 1013 exp(0.694 kJ·mol-1/RT) cm3/mol/s, are in good agreement with the available literature data 5 × 1014 exp(-365.3 kJ·mol-1/RT) s-1 and 4.09 × 1013 exp(1.08 kJ·mol-1/RT) cm3/mol/s reported by Hidaka et al. and Knyazev and Slagle, respectively. Moreover, the 298 K/50 Torr branching ratios for the formation of buta-1,2-diene (0.43) and but-1-yne (0.57) as well as the total rate constant 5.18 × 1013 cm3/mol/s of the channels C3 + C1 → buta-1,2-diene and C3 + C1 → but-1-yne are in excellent accord with the laboratory values given by Fahr and Nayak, being 0.4, 0.6, and (9.03 ± 1.8) × 1013 cm3/mol/s, respectively. Last but not least, the rate constants and branching ratios for the C4H6 dissociation processes in the present study also agree closely with the theoretically and experimentally reported data.
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- Tien V Pham
- School of Chemical Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Chemistry, Hanoi Architectural University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Hoener M, Bodi A, Hemberger P, Endres T, Kasper T. Threshold photoionization shows no sign of nitryl hydride in methane oxidation with nitric oxide. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:1265-1272. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp04924g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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No nitryl hydride was detected in partial oxidation of nitric oxide doped methane, despite recent theoretical reaction rates suggesting otherwise.
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- Martin Hoener
- Mass Spectrometry in Reactive Flows – Institute for Combustion and Gas Dynamics (IVG)
- University Duisburg-Essen
- Duisburg 47057
- Germany
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- Laboratory for Synchrotron Radiation and Femtochemistry
- Paul Scherrer Institute
- Villigen
- Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Synchrotron Radiation and Femtochemistry
- Paul Scherrer Institute
- Villigen
- Switzerland
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- Reactive Fluids – Institute for Combustion and Gas Dynamics (IVG)
- University Duisburg-Essen
- Duisburg 47057
- Germany
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- Mass Spectrometry in Reactive Flows – Institute for Combustion and Gas Dynamics (IVG)
- University Duisburg-Essen
- Duisburg 47057
- Germany
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Samanta BR, Fernando R, Rösch D, Reisler H, Osborn DL. Primary photodissociation mechanisms of pyruvic acid on S1: observation of methylhydroxycarbene and its chemical reaction in the gas phase. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:4107-4119. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp06424f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Following S1 ← S0 excitation at 351 nm, pyruvic acid dissociates mainly into methylhydroxycarbene (MHC) and CO2. Some MHC molecules isomerize to more stable acetaldehyde and vinyl alcohol; the remaining MHC is stabilized and reacts bimolecularly.
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- B. R. Samanta
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Southern California
- Los Angeles
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Southern California
- Los Angeles
- USA
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- Combustion Research Facility
- Sandia National Laboratories
- Livermore
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Southern California
- Los Angeles
- USA
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- Combustion Research Facility
- Sandia National Laboratories
- Livermore
- USA
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Zhou B, Huang E, Almeida R, Gurses S, Ungar A, Zetterberg J, Kulkarni A, Kronawitter CX, Osborn DL, Hansen N, Frank JH. Near-Surface Imaging of the Multicomponent Gas Phase above a Silver Catalyst during Partial Oxidation of Methanol. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c04396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Bo Zhou
- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
- Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- Division of Combustion Physics, Lund University, Lund SE-221 00, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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Elucidating the differences in oxidation of high-performance α- and β- diisobutylene biofuels via Synchrotron photoionization mass spectrometry. Sci Rep 2020; 10:21776. [PMID: 33311537 PMCID: PMC7733457 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76462-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Biofuels are a promising ecologically viable and renewable alternative to petroleum fuels, with the potential to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions. However, biomass sourced fuels are often produced as blends of hydrocarbons and their oxygenates. Such blending complicates the implementation of these fuels in combustion applications. Variations in a biofuel's composition will dictate combustion properties such as auto ignition temperature, reaction delay time, and reaction pathways. A handful of novel drop-in replacement biofuels for conventional transportation fuels have recently been down selected from a list of over 10,000 potential candidates as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines (Co-Optima) initiative. Diisobutylene (DIB) is one such high-performing hydrocarbon which can readily be produced from the dehydration and dimerization of isobutanol, produced from the fermentation of biomass-derived sugars. The two most common isomers realized, from this process, are 2,4,4-trimethyl-1-pentene (α-DIB) and 2,4,4-trimethyl-2-pentene (β-DIB). Due to a difference in olefinic bond location, the α- and β- isomer exhibit dramatically different ignition temperatures at constant pressure and equivalence ratio. This may be attributed to different fragmentation pathways enabled by allylic versus vinylic carbons. For optimal implementation of these biofuel candidates, explicit identification of the intermediates formed during the combustion of each of the isomers is needed. To investigate the combustion pathways of these molecules, tunable vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) light (in the range 8.1-11.0 eV) available at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Advanced Light Source (ALS) has been used in conjunction with a jet stirred reactor (JSR) and time-of-flight mass spectrometry to probe intermediates formed. Relative intensity curves for intermediate mass fragments produced during this process were obtained. Several important unique intermediates were identified at the lowest observable combustion temperature with static pressure of 93,325 Pa and for 1.5 s residence time. As this relatively short residence time is just after ignition, this study is targeted at the fuels' ignition events. Ignition characteristics for both isomers were found to be strongly dependent on the kinetics of C4 and C7 fragment production and decomposition, with the tert-butyl radical as a key intermediate species. However, the ignition of α-DIB exhibited larger concentrations of C4 compounds over C7, while the reverse was true for β-DIB. These identified species will allow for enhanced engineering modeling of fuel blending and engine design.
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Demireva M, Au K, Sheps L. Direct time-resolved detection and quantification of key reactive intermediates in diethyl ether oxidation at T = 450-600 K. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:24649-24661. [PMID: 33099590 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp03861j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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High-pressure multiplexed photoionization mass spectrometry (MPIMS) with tunable vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) ionization radiation from the Lawrence Berkeley Labs Advanced Light Source is used to investigate the oxidation of diethyl ether (DEE). Kinetics and photoionization (PI) spectra are simultaneously measured for the species formed. Several stable products from DEE oxidation are identified and quantified using reference PI cross-sections. In addition, we directly detect and quantify three key chemical intermediates: peroxy (ROO˙), hydroperoxyalkyl peroxy (˙OOQOOH), and ketohydroperoxide (HOOP[double bond, length as m-dash]O, KHP). These intermediates undergo dissociative ionization (DI) into smaller fragments, making their identification by mass spectrometry challenging. With the aid of quantum chemical calculations, we identify the DI channels of these key chemical species and quantify their time-resolved concentrations from the overall carbon atom balance at T = 450 K and P = 7500 torr. This allows the determination of the absolute PI cross-sections of ROO˙, ˙OOQOOH, and KHP into each DI channel directly from experiment. The PI cross-sections in turn enable the quantification of ROO˙, ˙OOQOOH, and KHP from DEE oxidation over a range of experimental conditions that reveal the effects of pressure, O2 concentration, and temperature on the competition among radical decomposition and second O2 addition pathways.
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- Maria Demireva
- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, USA.
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Samanta BR, Fernando R, Rösch D, Reisler H, Osborn DL. Looking at the bigger picture: Identifying the photoproducts of pyruvic acid at 193 nm. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:074307. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0018582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- B. R. Samanta
- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-0482, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-0482, USA
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551-0969, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-0482, USA
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551-0969, USA
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Giustini A, Meloni G. Synchrotron Photoionization Study of the Diisopropyl Ether Oxidation. Chemphyschem 2020; 21:927-937. [PMID: 32078232 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201901134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2019] [Revised: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Scientific evidence has shown oxygenates help to reduce dangerous pollutants arising from burning fossil fuel in the automotive sector. For this reason, their use as additives has spread widely. The aim of this work consists in providing a comprehensive identification of the main primary oxidation products of diisopropyl ether (DIPE), one of the most promising among etheric oxygenates. The Cl-initiated oxidation of DIPE is examinated by using a vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) synchrotron radiation at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). Products are identified on the basis of their mass-to-charge ratio, shape of photoionization spectra, adiabatic ionization energies, and chemical kinetic profiles, at three different temperatures (298, 550, and 650 K). Acetone, propanal, propene, and isopropyl acetate have been identified as major reaction products. Acetone is the main primary product. Theoretical calculations using the composite CBS-QB3 method provided useful tools to validate the postulated reaction mechanisms leading to experimentally observed species. The formation of other species is also discussed.
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- Andrea Giustini
- A. Giustini and Prof. G. Meloni, Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- A. Giustini and Prof. G. Meloni, Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.,Prof. G. Meloni, Department of Chemistry, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 94117, United States
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Bourgalais J, Gouid Z, Herbinet O, Garcia GA, Arnoux P, Wang Z, Tran LS, Vanhove G, Hochlaf M, Nahon L, Battin-Leclerc F. Isomer-sensitive characterization of low temperature oxidation reaction products by coupling a jet-stirred reactor to an electron/ion coincidence spectrometer: case of n-pentane. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:1222-1241. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp04992d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Using a tunable vacuum ultraviolet synchrotron beam line and first principle computations, a jet-stirred reactor was coupled for the first time to a photoionization mass spectrometer using electron/ion coincidence imaging.
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- Jérémy Bourgalais
- LATMOS/IPSL
- UVSQ Université Paris-Saclay
- Sorbonne Université
- CNRS
- Guyancourt
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- Université Gustave Eiffel
- COSYS/LISIS
- Champs sur Marne
- France
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- CNRS
- Université de Lorraine
- Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés
- UPR 3349
- Nancy F-54000
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL
- L’Orme des Merisiers
- 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex
- France
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei
- People's Republic of China
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- Physicochimie des Processus de Combustion et de l’Atmosphère (PC2A)
- UMR 8522 CNRS
- Université de Lille
- F-59000 Lille
- France
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- Physicochimie des Processus de Combustion et de l’Atmosphère (PC2A)
- UMR 8522 CNRS
- Université de Lille
- F-59000 Lille
- France
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- Université Gustave Eiffel
- COSYS/LISIS
- Champs sur Marne
- France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL
- L’Orme des Merisiers
- 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex
- France
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Mercier X, Faccinetto A, Batut S, Vanhove G, Božanić DK, Hróðmarsson HR, Garcia GA, Nahon L. Selective identification of cyclopentaring-fused PAHs and side-substituted PAHs in a low pressure premixed sooting flame by photoelectron photoion coincidence spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:15926-15944. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp02740e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Selective on-line identification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) formed in a low-pressure methane sooting flame, carried out using the double imaging Photoelectron Photoion Coincidence Spectroscopy method (i2PEPICO).
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- X. Mercier
- Université Lille
- CNRS
- UMR 8522 – PC2A – Physicochimie des Processus de Combustion et de l’Atmosphère
- F-59000 Lille
- France
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- Université Lille
- CNRS
- UMR 8522 – PC2A – Physicochimie des Processus de Combustion et de l’Atmosphère
- F-59000 Lille
- France
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- Université Lille
- CNRS
- UMR 8522 – PC2A – Physicochimie des Processus de Combustion et de l’Atmosphère
- F-59000 Lille
- France
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- Université Lille
- CNRS
- UMR 8522 – PC2A – Physicochimie des Processus de Combustion et de l’Atmosphère
- F-59000 Lille
- France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL
- L ‘Orme des Merisiers
- 91192 Gif sur Yvette
- France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL
- L ‘Orme des Merisiers
- 91192 Gif sur Yvette
- France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL
- L ‘Orme des Merisiers
- 91192 Gif sur Yvette
- France
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Sheps L, Antonov I, Au K. Sensitive Mass Spectrometer for Time-Resolved Gas-Phase Chemistry Studies at High Pressures. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:10804-10814. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b08393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Leonid Sheps
- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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Bourgalais J, Caster KL, Durif O, Osborn DL, Le Picard SD, Goulay F. Product Detection of the CH Radical Reactions with Ammonia and Methyl-Substituted Amines. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:2178-2193. [PMID: 30803230 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b11688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Reactions of the methylidyne (CH) radical with ammonia (NH3), methylamine (CH3NH2), dimethylamine ((CH3)2NH), and trimethylamine ((CH3)3N) have been investigated under multiple collision conditions at 373 K and 4 Torr. The reaction products are detected by using soft photoionization coupled to orthogonal acceleration time-of-flight mass spectrometry at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) synchrotron. Kinetic traces are employed to discriminate between CH reaction products and products from secondary or slower reactions. Branching ratios for isomers produced at a given mass and formed by a single reaction are obtained by fitting the observed photoionization spectra to linear combinations of pure compound spectra. The reaction of the CH radical with ammonia is found to form mainly imine, HN═CH2, in line with an addition-elimination mechanism. The singly methyl-substituted imine is detected for the CH reactions with methylamine, dimethylamine, and trimethylamine. Dimethylimine isomers are formed by the reaction of CH with dimethylamine, while trimethylimine is formed by the CH reaction with trimethylamine. Overall, the temporal profiles of the products are not consistent with the formation of aminocarbene products in the reaction flow tube. In the case of the reactions with methylamine and dimethylamine, product formation is assigned to an addition-elimination mechanism similar to that proposed for the CH reaction with ammonia. However, this mechanism cannot explain the products detected by the reaction with trimethylamine. A C-H insertion pathway may become more probable as the number of methyl groups increases.
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- Jeremy Bourgalais
- LATMOS/IPSL , UVSQ Université Paris-Saclay , Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 78280 Guyancourt , France
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- Department of Chemistry , West Virginia University , Morgantown , West Virginia 26506 , United States
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- Astrophysique de Laboratoire , Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251 , F-35000 Rennes , France
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mail Stop 9055 , Sandia National Laboratories , Livermore , California 94551 , United States
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- Astrophysique de Laboratoire , Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251 , F-35000 Rennes , France
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- Department of Chemistry , West Virginia University , Morgantown , West Virginia 26506 , United States
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Reusch E, Kaiser D, Schleier D, Buschmann R, Krueger A, Hermann T, Engels B, Fischer I, Hemberger P. Pentadiynylidene and Its Methyl-Substituted Derivates: Threshold Photoelectron Spectroscopy of R 1-C 5-R 2 Triplet Carbon Chains. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:2008-2017. [PMID: 30776230 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b12244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mass-selective threshold photoelectron spectroscopy in the gas phase was employed to characterize the dialkynyl triplet carbenes pentadiynylidene (HC5H), methylpentadiynylidene (MeC5H), and dimethylpentadiynylidene (MeC5Me). Diazo compounds were employed as precursors to generate the carbenes by flash pyrolysis. The R1-C5-R2 carbon chains were photoionized by vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) synchrotron radiation in photoelectron photoion coincidence (PEPICO) experiments. High-level ab initio computations were carried out to support the interpretation of the experiments. For the unsubstituted pentadiynylidene (R1 = R2 = H) the recorded spectrum yields an adiabatic ionization energy (IEad) of 8.36 ± 0.03 eV. In addition, a second carbene isomer, 3-(didehydrovinylidene)cyclopropene, with a singlet electronic ground state, was identified in the spectrum based on the IEad of 8.60 ± 0.03 eV and Franck-Condon simulations. We found that multireference computations are required to reliably calculate the IEad for this molecule. CASPT2 computations predicted an IEad = 8.55 eV, while coupled-cluster computations significantly overestimate the IE. The cyclic isomer is most likely formed from another isomer of the precursor present in the sample. Stepwise methyl-substitution of the carbene leads to a reduction of the IE to 7.77 ± 0.04 eV for methylpentadiynylidene and 7.27 ± 0.06 eV for dimethylpentadiynylidene. The photoionization and dissociative photoionization of the precursors is investigated as well.
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- Engelbert Reusch
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry , University of Würzburg , Am Hubland D-97074 , Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry , University of Würzburg , Am Hubland D-97074 , Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry , University of Würzburg , Am Hubland D-97074 , Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry , University of Würzburg , Am Hubland D-97074 , Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry , University of Würzburg , Am Hubland D-97074 , Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry , University of Würzburg , Am Hubland D-97074 , Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry , University of Würzburg , Am Hubland D-97074 , Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry , University of Würzburg , Am Hubland D-97074 , Germany
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- Laboratory for Femtochemistry and Synchrotron Radiation , Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) , CH-5232 Villigen , Switzerland
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Wu XK, Tang XF, Zhou XG, Liu SL. Dissociation dynamics of energy-selected ions using threshold photoelectron-photoion coincidence velocity imaging. CHINESE J CHEM PHYS 2019. [DOI: 10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp1811257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Xiang-kun Wu
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Physico-Chemistry, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Hrodmarsson HR, Loison JC, Jacovella U, Holland DMP, Boyé-Péronne S, Gans B, Garcia GA, Nahon L, Pratt ST. Valence-Shell Photoionization of C4H5: The 2-Butyn-1-yl Radical. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:1521-1528. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b11809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- H. R. Hrodmarsson
- Synchrotron Soleil, L’Orme des Merisiers, F-91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, Université Bordeaux, 33400 Talence, France
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- Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- STFC, Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 4AD, United Kingdom
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, UMR 8214, CNRS & Univ. Paris-Sud & Université Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, UMR 8214, CNRS & Univ. Paris-Sud & Université Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Synchrotron Soleil, L’Orme des Merisiers, F-91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Synchrotron Soleil, L’Orme des Merisiers, F-91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 United States
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Rousso AC, Hansen N, Jasper AW, Ju Y. Identification of the Criegee intermediate reaction network in ethylene ozonolysis: impact on energy conversion strategies and atmospheric chemistry. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:7341-7357. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp00473d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The reaction network of the simplest Criegee intermediate (CI) CH2OO has been studied experimentally during the ozonolysis of ethylene.
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- Aric C. Rousso
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Princeton University
- USA
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- Combustion Research Facility
- Sandia National Laboratories
- Livermore
- USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Lemont
- USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Princeton University
- USA
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Dyke JM. Photoionization studies of reactive intermediates using synchrotron radiation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:9106-9136. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp00623k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Photoionization with synchrotron radiation enables sensitive and selective monitoring of reactive intermediates in environments such as flames and plasmas.
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Rousso AC, Hansen N, Jasper AW, Ju Y. Low-Temperature Oxidation of Ethylene by Ozone in a Jet-Stirred Reactor. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:8674-8685. [PMID: 30293425 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b06556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ethylene oxidation initiated by ozone addition (ozonolysis) is carried out in a jet-stirred reactor from 300 to 1000 K to explore the kinetic pathways relevant to low-temperature oxidation. The temperature dependencies of species' mole fractions are quantified using molecular-beam mass spectrometry with electron ionization and single-photon ionization employing tunable synchrotron-generated vacuum-ultraviolet radiation. Upon ozone addition, significant ethylene oxidation is found in the low-temperature regime from 300 to 600 K. Here, we provide new insights into the ethylene ozonolysis reaction network via identification and quantification of previously elusive intermediates by combining experimental photoionization energy scans and ab initio threshold energy calculations for isomer identification. Specifically, the C2H4 + O3 adduct C2H4O3 is identified as a keto-hydroperoxide (hydroperoxy-acetaldehyde, HOOCH2CHO) based on the calculated and experimentally observed ionization energy of 9.80 (±0.05) eV. Quantification using a photoionization cross-section of 5 Mb at 10.5 eV results in 5 ppm at atmospheric conditions, which decreases monotonically with temperature until 550 K. Other hydroperoxide species that contribute in larger amounts to the low-temperature oxidation of C2H4, like H2O2, CH3OOH, and C2H5OOH, are identified and their temperature-dependent mole fractions are reported. The experimental evidence for additional oxygenated species such as methanol, ketene, acetaldehyde, and hydroxy-acetaldehyde suggest multiple active oxidation routes. This experimental investigation closes the gap between ozonolysis at atmospheric and elevated temperature conditions and provides a database for future modeling.
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- Aric C Rousso
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering , Princeton University , Princeton , New Jersey 08544 , United States
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- Combustion Research Facility , Sandia National Laboratories , Livermore , California 94551 , United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division , Argonne National Laboratory , Argonne , Illinois 60439 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering , Princeton University , Princeton , New Jersey 08544 , United States
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Dodson LG, Savee JD, Gozem S, Shen L, Krylov AI, Taatjes CA, Osborn DL, Okumura M. Vacuum ultraviolet photoionization cross section of the hydroxyl radical. J Chem Phys 2018; 148:184302. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5024249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- Leah G. Dodson
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Schleier D, Constantinidis P, Faßheber N, Fischer I, Friedrichs G, Hemberger P, Reusch E, Sztáray B, Voronova K. Kinetics of the a-C 3H 5 + O 2 reaction, investigated by photoionization using synchrotron radiation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:10721-10731. [PMID: 29340384 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp07893e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The kinetics of the combustion-relevant reaction of the allyl radical, a-C3H5, with molecular oxygen has been studied in a flow tube reactor at the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) beamline of the Swiss Light Source storage ring, using the CRF-PEPICO (Combustion Reactions Followed by Photoelectron Photoion Coincidence Spectroscopy) setup. The ability to measure threshold photoelectron spectra enables a background-free detection of reactive species as well as an isomer-specific analysis of reaction products. Allyl was generated by direct photodissociation of allyl iodide at 266 nm and 213 nm and indirectly by the reaction of propene with Cl atoms, which were generated by photolysis from oxalyl chloride at 266 nm. Experiments were conducted at room temperature at low pressures between 0.8 and 3 mbar using Ar as the buffer gas and with excess O2 to maintain nearly pseudo-first-order reaction conditions. Whereas allyl was detected by photoionisation using synchrotron radiation, the main reaction product allyl peroxy was not observed due to dissociative ionisation of this weakly bound species. From the concentration-time profiles of the allyl signal, second-order rate constants between 1.35 × 1011 cm3 mol-1 s-1 at 0.8 mbar and 1.75 × 1011 cm3 mol-1 s-1 at 3 mbar were determined. The rates obtained for the different allyl radical generation schemes agree well with each other, but are about a factor of 2 higher than the ones reported previously using He as a buffer gas. The discrepancy is partly attributed to the higher collision efficiency of Ar causing a varying fall-off behavior. When allyl is produced by the reaction of propene with Cl atom, an unexpected product is observed at m/z = 68, which was identified as 1,3-butadienal in the threshold photoelectron spectrum. It is formed in a secondary reaction of allyl with the OCCl radical, which is generated in the 266 nm photolysis of oxalyl chloride.
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- D Schleier
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.
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Broderick BM, Suas-David N, Dias N, Suits AG. Isomer-specific detection in the UV photodissociation of the propargyl radical by chirped-pulse mm-wave spectroscopy in a pulsed quasi-uniform flow. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:5517-5529. [PMID: 29165455 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp06211g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Isomer-specific detection and product branching fractions in the UV photodissociation of the propargyl radical is achieved through the use of chirped-pulse Fourier-transform mm-wave spectroscopy in a pulsed quasi-uniform flow (CPUF). Propargyl radicals are produced in the 193 nm photodissociation of 1,2-butadiene. Absorption of a second photon leads to H atom elimination giving three possible C3H2 isomers: singlets cyclopropenylidene (c-C3H2) and propadienylidene (l-C3H2), and triplet propargylene (3HCCCH). The singlet products and their appearance kinetics in the flow are directly determined by rotational spectroscopy, but due to the negligible dipole moment of propargylene, it is not directly monitored. However, we exploit the time-dependent kinetics of H-atom catalyzed isomerization to infer the branching to propargylene as well. We obtain the overall branching among H loss channels to be 2.9% (+1.1/-0.5) l-C3H2 + H, 16.8% (+3.2/-1.3) c-C3H2 + H, and 80.2 (+1.8/-4.2) 3HCCCH + H. Our findings are qualitatively consistent with earlier RRKM calculations in that the major channel in the photodissociation of the propargyl radical at 193 nm is to 3HCCCH + H; however, a greater contribution to the energetically most favorable isomer, c-C3H2 + H is observed in this work. We do not detect the predicted HCCC + H2 channel, but place an upper bound on its yield of 1%.
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- Bernadette M Broderick
- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 601 S. College Ave, Columbia MO 65211, USA.
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Hoyermann K, Mauß F, Olzmann M, Welz O, Zeuch T. Exploring the chemical kinetics of partially oxidized intermediates by combining experiments, theory, and kinetic modeling. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 19:18128-18146. [PMID: 28681879 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp02759a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Partially oxidized intermediates play a central role in combustion and atmospheric chemistry. In this perspective, we focus on the chemical kinetics of alkoxy radicals, peroxy radicals, and Criegee intermediates, which are key species in both combustion and atmospheric environments. These reactive intermediates feature a broad spectrum of chemical diversity. Their reactivity is central to our understanding of how volatile organic compounds are degraded in the atmosphere and converted into secondary organic aerosol. Moreover, they sensitively determine ignition timing in internal combustion engines. The intention of this perspective article is to provide the reader with information about the general mechanisms of reactions initiated by addition of atomic and molecular oxygen to alkyl radicals and ozone to alkenes. We will focus on critical branching points in the subsequent reaction mechanisms and discuss them from a consistent point of view. As a first example of our integrated approach, we will show how experiment, theory, and kinetic modeling have been successfully combined in the first infrared detection of Criegee intermediates during the gas phase ozonolysis. As a second example, we will examine the ignition timing of n-heptane/air mixtures at low and intermediate temperatures. Here, we present a reduced, fuel size independent kinetic model of the complex chemistry initiated by peroxy radicals that has been successfully applied to simulate standard n-heptane combustion experiments.
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- Karlheinz Hoyermann
- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Tammannstraße 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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McGuire BA, Martin-Drumel MA, Lee KLK, Stanton JF, Gottlieb CA, McCarthy MC. Vibrational satellites of C2S, C3S, and C4S: microwave spectral taxonomy as a stepping stone to the millimeter-wave band. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:13870-13889. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp01102h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We present a microwave spectral taxonomy study of several hydrocarbon/CS2 discharge mixtures, in which more than 60 distinct species/vibrational states were detected and analyzed.
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- Brett A. McGuire
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory
- Charlottesville
- USA
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Cambridge
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Cambridge
- USA
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Harvard University
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Sztáray B, Voronova K, Torma KG, Covert KJ, Bodi A, Hemberger P, Gerber T, Osborn DL. CRF-PEPICO: Double velocity map imaging photoelectron photoion coincidence spectroscopy for reaction kinetics studies. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:013944. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4984304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Bálint Sztáray
- Department of Chemistry, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California 95211, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California 95211, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California 95211, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California 95211, USA
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- Laboratory for Femtochemistry and Synchrotron Radiation, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Femtochemistry and Synchrotron Radiation, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Femtochemistry and Synchrotron Radiation, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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Garcia GA, Krüger J, Gans B, Falvo C, Coudert LH, Loison JC. Valence shell threshold photoelectron spectroscopy of the CHxCN (x = 0-2) and CNC radicals. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:013908. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4978336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Gustavo A. Garcia
- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L’Orme des Merisiers, Saint Aubin BP 48, F-91192 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L’Orme des Merisiers, Saint Aubin BP 48, F-91192 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay (ISMO), CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay (ISMO), CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay (ISMO), CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, UMR 5255 CNRS—Université de Bordeaux, Bât. A12, 351 Cours de la Libération, F-33405 Talence Cedex, France
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Understanding the mechanism of catalytic fast pyrolysis by unveiling reactive intermediates in heterogeneous catalysis. Nat Commun 2017; 8:15946. [PMID: 28660882 PMCID: PMC5493764 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Catalytic fast pyrolysis is a promising way to convert lignin into fine chemicals and fuels, but current approaches lack selectivity and yield unsatisfactory conversion. Understanding the pyrolysis reaction mechanism at the molecular level may help to make this sustainable process more economic. Reactive intermediates are responsible for product branching and hold the key to unveiling these mechanisms, but are notoriously difficult to detect isomer-selectively. Here, we investigate the catalytic pyrolysis of guaiacol, a lignin model compound, using photoelectron photoion coincidence spectroscopy with synchrotron radiation, which allows for isomer-selective detection of reactive intermediates. In combination with ambient pressure pyrolysis, we identify fulvenone as the central reactive intermediate, generated by catalytic demethylation to catechol and subsequent dehydration. The fulvenone ketene is responsible for the phenol formation. This technique may open unique opportunities for isomer-resolved probing in catalysis, and holds the potential for achieving a mechanistic understanding of complex, real-life catalytic processes. The conversion of lignin by catalytic fast pyrolysis into useful fine chemicals is a promising route to fuel production, however selectivity and conversion are still not optimal. Here, the authors investigate the reaction mechanism by detection of reactive intermediates responsible for the formation of key products.
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Reusch E, Holzmeier F, Constantinidis P, Hemberger P, Fischer I. Isomer-Selective Generation and Spectroscopic Characterization of Picolyl Radicals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:8000-8003. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201703433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Engelbert Reusch
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie; Universität Würzburg; Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie; Universität Würzburg; Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
- Present address: Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay ISMO (UMR 8214 CNRS), Bâtiment 350; Université Paris-Saclay; 91405 Orsay Cedex France
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie; Universität Würzburg; Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Laboratory for Femtochemistry and Synchrotron Radiation; Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI); 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie; Universität Würzburg; Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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Reusch E, Holzmeier F, Constantinidis P, Hemberger P, Fischer I. Isomerenselektive Erzeugung und spektroskopische Charakterisierung der Picolyl-Radikale. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201703433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Engelbert Reusch
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie; Universität Würzburg; Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Deutschland
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie; Universität Würzburg; Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Deutschland
- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay ISMO (UMR 8214 CNRS), Bâtiment 350; Université Paris-Saclay; 91405 Orsay Cedex Frankreich
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie; Universität Würzburg; Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Deutschland
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- Laboratory for Femtochemistry and Synchrotron Radiation; Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI); 5232 Villigen Schweiz
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie; Universität Würzburg; Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Deutschland
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Osborn DL. Reaction Mechanisms on Multiwell Potential Energy Surfaces in Combustion (and Atmospheric) Chemistry. Annu Rev Phys Chem 2017; 68:233-260. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-040215-112151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- David L. Osborn
- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94550
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Caravan RL, Khan MAH, Rotavera B, Papajak E, Antonov IO, Chen MW, Au K, Chao W, Osborn DL, Lin JJM, Percival CJ, Shallcross DE, Taatjes CA. Products of Criegee intermediate reactions with NO2: experimental measurements and tropospheric implications. Faraday Discuss 2017; 200:313-330. [DOI: 10.1039/c7fd00007c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The reactions of Criegee intermediates with NO2 have been proposed as a potentially significant source of the important nighttime oxidant NO3, particularly in urban environments where concentrations of ozone, alkenes and NOx are high. However, previous efforts to characterize the yield of NO3 from these reactions have been inconclusive, with many studies failing to detect NO3. In the present work, the reactions of formaldehyde oxide (CH2OO) and acetaldehyde oxide (CH3CHOO) with NO2 are revisited to further explore the product formation over a pressure range of 4–40 Torr. NO3 is not observed; however, temporally resolved and [NO2]-dependent signal is observed at the mass of the Criegee–NO2 adduct for both formaldehyde- and acetaldehyde-oxide systems, and the structure of this adduct is explored through ab initio calculations. The atmospheric implications of the title reaction are investigated through global modelling.
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Hansen N, Wullenkord J, Obenchain DA, Graf I, Kohse-Höinghaus K, Grabow JU. Microwave spectroscopic detection of flame-sampled combustion intermediates. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra06483g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Microwave spectroscopy was used to detect and identify combustion intermediates after sampling out of laboratory-scale model flames.
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- N. Hansen
- Combustion Research Facility
- Sandia National Laboratories
- Livermore
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- Bielefeld University
- D-33615 Bielefeld
- Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie & Elektrochemie
- Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz-University Hannover
- D-30167 Hannover
- Germany
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- Department of Chemistry
- Bielefeld University
- D-33615 Bielefeld
- Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie & Elektrochemie
- Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz-University Hannover
- D-30167 Hannover
- Germany
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Pan H, Liu K, Caracciolo A, Casavecchia P. Crossed beam polyatomic reaction dynamics: recent advances and new insights. Chem Soc Rev 2017; 46:7517-7547. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cs00601b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This review summarizes the developments in polyatomic reaction dynamics, focusing on reactions of unsaturated hydrocarbons with O-atoms and methane with atoms/radicals.
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- Huilin Pan
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS)
- Academia Sinica
- Taipei
- Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS)
- Academia Sinica
- Taipei
- Taiwan
- Department of Physics
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- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Biologia e Biotecnologie
- Università degli Studi di Perugia
- 06123 Perugia
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Biologia e Biotecnologie
- Università degli Studi di Perugia
- 06123 Perugia
- Italy
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Constantinidis P, Hirsch F, Fischer I, Dey A, Rijs AM. Products of the Propargyl Self-Reaction at High Temperatures Investigated by IR/UV Ion Dip Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem A 2016; 121:181-191. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b08750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- P. Constantinidis
- Institute
of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am
Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute
of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am
Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute
of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am
Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and
Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Toernooiveld 7c, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - A. M. Rijs
- Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and
Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Toernooiveld 7c, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Bourgalais J, Spencer M, Osborn DL, Goulay F, Le Picard SD. Reactions of Atomic Carbon with Butene Isomers: Implications for Molecular Growth in Carbon-Rich Environments. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:9138-9150. [PMID: 27798961 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b09785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- J. Bourgalais
- Institut
de Physique de Rennes, Département de Physique Moléculaire, Astrophysique de Laboratoire, UMR CNRS 6251, Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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- Department
of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Combustion
Research Facility, Mail Stop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Institut
de Physique de Rennes, Département de Physique Moléculaire, Astrophysique de Laboratoire, UMR CNRS 6251, Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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