Abstract

A number of reactions on the C3H6 potential energy surface (PES) are of central importance to various combustion environments. High level theoretical methods were used to predict the temperature and pressure dependent kinetics for these reactions. The rovibrational properties of the key stationary points in the systems were determined with the CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ method. High accuracy energies for these stationary points were obtained via the consideration of basis set, higher-order correlation, core–valence, anharmonic vibrational, relativistic, and diagonal Born–Oppenheimer corrections. Variable reaction coordinate transition state theory (VRC-TST) was employed to treat the barrierless channels on the PES, while, for channels possessing a distinct barrier, rate coefficients were instead obtained with conventional transition state theory employing rigid-rotor harmonic oscillator assumptions. For the VRC-TST calculations, the interaction energies required for the evaluation of the reactive flux were evaluated with the CASPT2/cc-pVTZ approach for the orientational sampling, coupled with one-dimensional corrections based on higher accuracy evaluations along the minimum energy path. A priori predictions for the temperature and pressure-dependent rate coefficients were obtained through master-equation calculations incorporating these TST predictions for the microcanonical rate coefficients coupled with a simple model for the collisional energy transfer rates. These theoretical predictions compare favorably with the limited experimental data. The analysis yields modified Arrhenius rate expressions for the 1CH2 + C2H4, C2H3 + CH3, CH2CHCH2 + H, CH3CCH2 + H, and CH3CHCH + H recombination reactions as well as for the dissociations and isomerizations of propene and cyclopropane.

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