Flash pyrolysis vacuum ultraviolet photoionization mass spectrometry of cycloheptane: A study of the initial decomposition mechanism
Flash pyrolysis vacuum ultraviolet photoionization mass spectrometry of cycloheptane: A study of the initial decomposition mechanism
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DOI:
10.1177/14690667221142699
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发表时间:
2022-12
影响因子:
1.3
通讯作者:
Kuanliang Shao;Ge Sun;Mariah Gomez;Xinghua Liu;Jingsong Zhang
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作者:
Kuanliang Shao;Ge Sun;Mariah Gomez;Xinghua Liu;Jingsong Zhang
Thermal decomposition of cycloheptane was studied using flash pyrolysis coupled with vacuum ultraviolet (118.2 nm) single photon ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry at temperatures ranging from 295 K to 1380 K. C-C bond breaking of cycloheptane leading to the 1,7-heptyl diradical was considered as the initiation step. The 1,7-heptyl diradical could readily isomerize to 1-heptene and decompose into several fragments, with dissociation to •C4H9 and •C3H5 as the predominant product channel. The 1,7-heptyl diradical could undergo direct dissociation, as evidenced by the production of the C5H10 species. Quantum chemistry calculations at UCCSD(T)/cc-pVDZ//UB3LYP/cc-pVDZ level of theory on the initial reaction pathways of cycloheptane were also carried out to support the experimental observations. Other possible initiation channels, as well as some secondary reaction products, were also identified.