Abstract
The reaction of Cl with HOCO has been examined using the coupled-cluster method to locate and optimize the critical points on the ground-state potential energy surface. The results show that the reaction produces the HCl and CO2 products as experimentally observed. The reaction occurs via a HOC(O)Cl intermediate with an estimated heat of formation of -97.8±2.0 kcal/mol. A direct ab initio dynamics method has been used to provide insight into the reaction mechanisms and to determine the thermal rate coefficients in the temperature range of 200-600 K. At room temperature, the thermal rate coefficient is predicted to be 3.0× 10-11 cm3 molecule-1 s-1 with an activation energy of -0.2 kcal/mol. Two kinds of reactive trajectories are found. One kind proceeds through short-lived HOC(O)Cl complexes with a lifetime of 310 fs while the other kind occurs via longer-lived intermediates with a lifetime of 1.9 ps.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 064301 |
Journal | Journal of Chemical Physics |
Volume | 129 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 25 2008 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry