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Title: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study on the Reaction Dynamics of the 1-Propynyl (CH 3 CC)–Acetylene (HCCH) System and the Formation of Methyldiacetylene (CH 3 CCCCH)

Abstract

We investigated the 1-propynyl (CH3CC; X2A1) plus acetylene/acetylene-d2 (HCCH/DCCD; X1Σg+) under single-collision conditions using the crossed molecular beams method. The reaction was found to produce C5H4 plus atomic hydrogen (H) via an indirect reaction mechanism with a reaction energy of -123 ± 18 kJ mol–1. Using the DCCD isotopologue, we confirmed that the hydrogen atom is lost from the acetylene reactant. Our computational analysis suggests the reaction proceeds by the barrierless addition of the 1-propynyl radical to acetylene, resulting in C5H5 intermediate(s) that dissociate preferentially to methyldiacetylene (CH3CCCCH; X1A1) via hydrogen atom emission with a computed reaction energy of -123 ± 4 kJ mol–1. The barrierless nature of this reaction scheme suggests the 1-propynyl radical may be a key intermediate in hydrocarbon chain growth in cold molecular clouds like TMC-1, where methyl-substituted (poly)acetylenes are known to exist.

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  1. Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (United States)
  2. Florida International Univ., Miami, FL (United States)
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Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1603088
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-03ER15411
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Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Physical Chemistry. A, Molecules, Spectroscopy, Kinetics, Environment, and General Theory
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 122; Journal Issue: 33; Journal ID: ISSN 1089-5639
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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Thomas, Aaron M., Zhao, Long, He, Chao, Mebel, Alexander M., and Kaiser, Ralf I. A Combined Experimental and Computational Study on the Reaction Dynamics of the 1-Propynyl (CH 3 CC)–Acetylene (HCCH) System and the Formation of Methyldiacetylene (CH 3 CCCCH). United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.8b05530.
Thomas, Aaron M., Zhao, Long, He, Chao, Mebel, Alexander M., & Kaiser, Ralf I. A Combined Experimental and Computational Study on the Reaction Dynamics of the 1-Propynyl (CH 3 CC)–Acetylene (HCCH) System and the Formation of Methyldiacetylene (CH 3 CCCCH). United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.8b05530
Thomas, Aaron M., Zhao, Long, He, Chao, Mebel, Alexander M., and Kaiser, Ralf I. Mon . "A Combined Experimental and Computational Study on the Reaction Dynamics of the 1-Propynyl (CH 3 CC)–Acetylene (HCCH) System and the Formation of Methyldiacetylene (CH 3 CCCCH)". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.8b05530. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1603088.
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title = {A Combined Experimental and Computational Study on the Reaction Dynamics of the 1-Propynyl (CH 3 CC)–Acetylene (HCCH) System and the Formation of Methyldiacetylene (CH 3 CCCCH)},
author = {Thomas, Aaron M. and Zhao, Long and He, Chao and Mebel, Alexander M. and Kaiser, Ralf I.},
abstractNote = {We investigated the 1-propynyl (CH3CC; X2A1) plus acetylene/acetylene-d2 (HCCH/DCCD; X1Σg+) under single-collision conditions using the crossed molecular beams method. The reaction was found to produce C5H4 plus atomic hydrogen (H) via an indirect reaction mechanism with a reaction energy of -123 ± 18 kJ mol–1. Using the DCCD isotopologue, we confirmed that the hydrogen atom is lost from the acetylene reactant. Our computational analysis suggests the reaction proceeds by the barrierless addition of the 1-propynyl radical to acetylene, resulting in C5H5 intermediate(s) that dissociate preferentially to methyldiacetylene (CH3CCCCH; X1A1) via hydrogen atom emission with a computed reaction energy of -123 ± 4 kJ mol–1. The barrierless nature of this reaction scheme suggests the 1-propynyl radical may be a key intermediate in hydrocarbon chain growth in cold molecular clouds like TMC-1, where methyl-substituted (poly)acetylenes are known to exist.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jpca.8b05530},
journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry. A, Molecules, Spectroscopy, Kinetics, Environment, and General Theory},
number = 33,
volume = 122,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Mon Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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