Evolution of Structure-Reactivity Correlations for the Hydrogen Abstraction Reaction by Chlorine Atom
- ORNL
Empirical structure-reactivity correlations are developed for log k298, the gas-phase rate constants for the reaction (Cl + HCR3 ClH + CR3 ). It has long been recognized that correlation with rH is weak. The poor performance of the linear Evans-Polanyi formulation s illustrated and was little improved by adding a quadratic term, e.g., by making its slope smoothly dependent on rH [ ( rH rHmin) / ( rHmax rHmin)]. The polar effect ( -Cl---H---CR3 +) has also been long discussed but there is no formalization of this dependence based on widely available independent variable(s). Using the sum of Hammett constants for the R substituents also gave at best modest correlations, either for para or for its dissection into F (field/inductive) and R (resonance) effects. Much greater success was achieved by combining these approaches with the preferred independent variable set being either [( rH)2, rH, F, and R] or [ , rH, F, and R]. For 64 rate constants which span 7 orders of magnitude, these correlation formulations give r2 > 0.87 and a mean unsigned deviation of <0.5 log k units, with even better performance if primary secondary, and tertiary reaction centers are treated separately.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1061558
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol. 117, Issue 4; ISSN 1089--5639
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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