Abstract
The dissociation potential energy surfaces of acetyl fluoride (CH3C(O)F) in the lowest three electronic states (S0, S1, and T1) have been calculated at the CASPT2-f12/VTZ-f12 level of theory. Combining with the surface intersection points, four mechanistic channels have been elucidated, namely, intersystem crossing (ISC) to the T1 state, internal conversion (IC) to the ground state, H-atom transfer, and direct dissociation along the S1 pathway. Unlike other acetyl halides, it is found that the α-CC bond cleavage in T1 surface after ISC to yield ground-state products CH3(2A′)+COF(2A′) is the most probable mechanism upon the excitation at 248nm, which agrees well with the experimental observation. Both the S1 and T1 potential energy surfaces are reported systematically for the first time. A comparison of the reactivity among CH3C(O)F, CH3C(O)Cl, CH3C(O)Br, CH3C(O)I and CH3C(O)CH3 has been made.
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