Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Thermal Decomposition of C3H6 (Propene)
Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Thermal Decomposition of C3H6 (Propene)
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C3H6(丙烯)热分解的实验与理论研究
DOI:
10.1021/jp5102169
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发表时间:
2015
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and Akira Miyoshi
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作者:
Wei-Chung Hung;Chieh-Ying Tsai;Hiroyuki Matsui;Niann-Shiah Wang;and Akira Miyoshi
The mechanism of the thermal unimolecular decomposition of C3H6(propene) is studied both theoretically and experimentally. The potential energy surfaces for possible reaction pathways are investigated by CBS-QB3 level of quantum chemical calculations, and RRKM/master-equation calculation is performed for the main channels. The time evolutions of H atoms are observed experimentally by using a highly sensitive detection technique (ARAS, detection limit ≈ 1011atoms cm–3) behind reflected shock waves (0.5–1.0 ppm C3H6diluted in Ar, 1450–1710 K at 2.0 atm). The objective of this study is to examine the main product channels by combining the experimental and theoretical investigations on the yield and the rates of H atom production. Present quantum chemical calculations identify reactions (1a–1d) as the candidates of product channels: C3H6→ aC3H5(allyl radical) + H (1a), C3H6→ CH3+ C2H3(vinyl radical) (1b), C3H6→ CH4+ :CCH2(singlet vinyldene radical) (1c), and C3H6→ C3H4(allene) + H2(1d). The RRKM calculations reveal the branching fractions for (1a), (1b), and (1c) to be approximately 0.8, 0.2, and 0.01, respectively. Reaction (1d) and other product channels are negligible (< 0.1 %), and the pressure dependence of the branching fraction is small under the present experimental conditions. The experimental yield of H atoms (1.7–2.0) is consistent with the theoretical branching fractions considering the H-atom production from the rapid subsequent thermal decomposition of a C3H5and C2H3. From the observed time profiles of H atoms, the rate of overall thermal decomposition of C3H6can be evaluated as Ln(k1/s–1) = (38.05 ± 1.18) – (48.91 ± 1.85) × 103K/T, which is in excellent agreement with the theoretical prediction.