Kinetics, mechanism and thermodynamics of reactions of CH3NHNH2 with OOH

Abstract

Reactions between CH3NHNH2 and OOH radical were studied using computational methods. The activation energies (Ea) and Gibbs free energies of activation (ΔG#) were calculated at the MP2 and B3LYP levels of theory. The calculated activation energies of the hydrogen abstraction reactions were less than 100 kJ/mol and those for the substitution reactions were about 150–250 kJ/mol. The calculated activation energies for the intra-molecular hydrogen transfer reactions in CH3NHNH, CH2NNH2 and CH3NN molecules were 210–250 kJ/mol. Catalytic effect of the water molecule on the intra-molecular hydrogen transfer reactions was studied. It was found that the water molecule decreases the activation energies by about 70–100 kJ/mol. Rate constants of the reactions were calculated using transition state theory in the temperature range of 298–2000 K. Consecutive hydrogen abstraction reactions from CH3NHNH2 led to the formation of CH2NN, which was a very stable molecule.