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We have used laser-photolysis/photoionization mass spectrometry to measure the kinetics of the reaction of 1-methylpropargyl (but-3-yn-2-yl, ) radicals with oxygen molecules as a function of temperature ( T = 200 − 685 K ) and bath gas density ( 1.2 − 15 × 10 16 cm − 3 ). The low temperature (T ≤ 304 K) kinetics is dominated by oxygen addition to the carbon of the radical to form a peroxyl radical, and the measured bimolecular rate coefficient exhibits negative temperature dependence and depends on bath gas density. At slightly higher temperatures ( 335 − 396 K ), where the redissociation rate of the peroxyl is already observable, we measured the equilibrium constant as a function of temperature. At even higher temperatures ( T = 479 − 685 K ), the loss rate of 1-methylpropargyl is determined by the addition of oxygen to the terminal carbon and the reaction is observed to produce methylketene. The high-temperature bimolecular rate coefficient is independent of bath gas density and the temperature dependence is weakly positive. To explain our experimental findings, we performed quantum chemical calculations together with master equation simulations. By using our experimental data to constrain key parameters, the master equation model was able to reproduce experimental results reasonably well. We then extended the conditions of our simulations up to 2000 K and 100 bar. The results of these simulations are provided in ChemKin compatible PLOG format.

The kinetics of the reaction between resonance-stabilized (CH3)(2)CCHCH2 radical (R) and O-2 has been investigated using photoionization mass spectrometry, and master equation (ME) simulations were performed to support the experimental results. The kinetic measurements of the (CH3)(2)CCHCH2 + O-2 reaction (1) were carried out at low helium bath-gas pressures (0.2-5.7 Torr) and over a wide temperature range (238-660 K). Under low temperature (238-298 K) conditions, the pressure-dependent bimolecular association reaction R + O-2 -> ROO determines kinetics, until at an intermediate temperature range (325-373 K) the ROO adduct becomes thermally unstable and increasingly dissociates back to the reactants with increasing temperature. The initial association of O-2 with (CH3)(2)CCHCH2 radical occurs on two distinct sites: terminal 1(t) and non-terminal 1(nt) sites on R, leading to the barrierless formation of ROO(t) and ROO(nt) adducts, respectively. Important for autoignition modelling of olefinic compounds, bimolecular reaction channels appear to open for the R + O-2 reaction at high temperatures (T > 500 K) and pressure-independent bimolecular rate coefficients of reaction (1) with a weak positive temperature dependence, (2.8-4.6) x 10(-15) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1), were measured in the temperature range of 500-660 K. At a temperature of 501 K, a product signal of reaction (1) was observed at m/z = 68, probably originating from isoprene. To explore the reaction mechanism of reaction (1), quantum chemical calculations and ME simulations were performed. According to the ME simulations, without any adjustment to energies, the most important and second most important product channels at the high temperatures are isoprene + HO2 (yield > 91%) and (2R/S)-3-methyl-1,2-epoxybut-3-ene + OH (yield < 8%). After modest adjustments to ROO(t) and ROO(nt) well-depths (similar to 0.7 kcal mol(-1) each) and barrier height for the transition state associated with the kinetically most dominant channel, R + O-2 -> isoprene + HO2 (similar to 2.2 kcal mol(-1)), the ME model was able to reproduce the experimental findings. Modified Arrhenius expressions for the kinetically important reaction channels are enclosed to facilitate the use of current results in combustion models.

The kinetics of (CH3)(2)CCH + O-2 (1) and (CH3)(2)CCCH3 + O-2 (2) reactions have been measured as a function of temperature (223-600 K) at low pressures (0.4-2 Torr) using a tubular laminar flow reactor coupled to a photoionization mass spectrometer (PIMS). These reactions are important for accurate modeling of unsaturated hydrocarbon combustion. Photolysis of a brominated precursor by a pulsed excimer laser radiation at 248 nm wavelength along the flow reactor axis was used for the production of radicals. The measured bimolecular rate coefficient of reaction 1 shows a negative temperature dependence over the temperature range 223-384 K and becomes temperature independent at higher temperatures. The bimolecular rate coefficient of reaction 2 exhibits a negative temperature dependence throughout the experimental temperature range. The bimolecular rate coefficients of reactions 1 and 2 are expected to be at the high-pressure limit under the current experimental conditions, and the following values are obtained at 298 K: k(1)(298 K) = (4.5 +/- 0.5) x 10(-12) cm(3) s(-1) and k(2)(298 = (8.9 +/- 1.0) x 10(-12) cm(3) s(-1). The observed products for reactions 1 and 2 were CH3COCH3 and CH3 + CH3COCH3, respectively. Substituting both beta-hydrogens in the vinyl radical (CH2CH) with methyl groups decreases the rate coefficient of the CH2CH + O-2 reaction by about 50%. However, the rate coefficient of the triply substituted (CH3)(2)CCCH3 radical reaction with O-2 is almost identical to the CH2CH + O-2 rate coefficient under the covered temperature range.

The kinetics of the i -C 4 H 5 (buta-1,3-dien-2-yl) radical reaction with molecular oxygen has been measured over a wide temperature range (275-852 K) at low pressures (0.8-3 Torr) in direct, time-resolved experiments. The measurements were performed using a laminar flow reactor coupled to photoionization mass spectrometer (PIMS), and laser photolysis of either chloroprene (2-chlorobuta-1,3-diene) or isoprene was used to produce the resonantly stabilized i -C 4 H 5 radical. Under the experimental conditions, the measured bimolecular rate coefficient of i -C 4 H 5 + O 2 reaction is independent of bath gas density and exhibits weak, negative temperature dependency, and can be described by the expression k 3 = (1.45 +/- 0.05) & times; 10 & minus;12 & times; ( T /298 K) & minus;(0.13 +/- 0.05) cm 3 s & minus;1 . The measured bimolecular rate coefficient is surprisingly fast for a resonantly stabilized radical. Under combustion conditions, the reactions of i -C 4 H 5 radical with ethylene and acetylene are believed to play an important role in forming the first aromatic ring. However, the current measurements show that i C 4 H 5 + O 2 reaction is significantly faster under combustion conditions than previous estimations suggest and, consequently, inhibits the soot forming propensity of i -C 4 H 5 radicals. The bimolecular rate coefficient estimates used for the i -C 4 H 5 + O 2 reaction in recent combustion simulations show significant variation and are up to two orders of magnitude slower than the current, measured value. All estimates, in contrast to our measurements, predict a positive temperature dependency. The observed products for the i -C 4 H 5 + O 2 reaction were formaldehyde and ketene. This is in agreement with the one theoretical study available for i C 4 H 5 + O 2 reaction, which predicts the main bimolecular product channels to be H 2 CO + C 2 H 3 + CO and H 2 CCO + CH 2 CHO. (c) 2020 The Combustion Institute. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Methyl-Crotonate (MC, (E)-methylbut-2-enoate, CH3CHCHC(O)OCH3) is a potential component of surrogate fuels that aim to emulate the combustion of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) biodiesels with significant unsaturated FAME content. MC has three allylic hydrogens that can be readily abstracted under autoignition and combustion conditions to form a resonantly-stabilized CH2CHCHC(O)OCH3 radical. In this study we have utilized photoionization mass spectrometry to investigate the O2 addition kinetics and thermal unimolecular decomposition of CH2CHCHC(O)OCH3 radical. First we determined an upper limit for the bimolecular rate coefficient of CH2CHCHC(O)OCH3 + O2 reaction at 600 K (k ≤ 7.5 × 10−17 cm3 molecule−1 s−1). Such a small rate coefficient suggest this reaction is unlikely to be important under combustion conditions and subsequent efforts were directed towards measuring thermal unimolecular decomposition kinetics of CH2CHCHC(O)OCH3 radical. These measurements were performed between 750 and 869 K temperatures at low pressures ( Δ E down , ref $\Delta{E_{{\text{down}},\;{\text{ref}}}}$ and n to the measured rate coefficients data and then utilize the constrained model to extrapolate the decomposition kinetics to higher pressures and temperatures. Both the experimental results and the MESMER simulations show that the current experiments for the thermal unimolecular decomposition of CH2CHCHC(O)OCH3 radical are in the fall-off region. The experiments did not provide definite evidence about the primary decomposition products.

The reaction of O-2 with butyl radicals is a key early step in the oxidation of n-butane, which is a prototypical alkane fuel with combustion properties that mimic those of many larger alkanes. Current combustion mechanisms employ kinetic descriptions for such radical oxidations that are based on fairly limited information. The present work employs a combination of experiment and theory to probe the kinetics of O-2 reacting with both 1- and 2-butyl radicals. The experiments employ laser photolysis to generate butyl radicals and thereby initiate the reaction kinetics. Photoionization mass spectrometric observations of the time-dependent butyl radical concentration yield rate coefficients for the overall reaction. The experiments cover temperatures ranging from 200 to 500 K and He bath gas pressures ranging from 0.3 to 6 Torr. Ab initio transition state theory (TST) based master equation calculations are used to predict the kinetics over a broad range of conditions. The calculations consider both the barrierless R + O-2 entrance channel, treated with direct CASPT2 variable reaction coordinate TST, and the decomposition of the RO2 complex to HO2 + alkenes, treated with CCSD(T)/CBS based TST. Theory and experiment are in good agreement, with maximum discrepancies of about 30%, suggesting the appropriateness of the theory based predictions for conditions of greater relevance to combustion. The kinetic description arising from this work should be of considerable utility to combustion modeling of n-butane, as well as of other related saturated hydrocarbons. (C) 2018 The Combustion Institute. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

The kinetics and thermochemistry of the pent-1-en-3-yl radical reaction with molecular oxygen (CH2CHCHCH2CH3 + O-2) has been studied by both experimental and computational methods. The bimolecular rate coefficient of the reaction was measured as a function of temperature (198-370 K) and pressure (0.2-4.5 Torr) using laser photolysis-photoionization mass-spectrometry. Quantum chemical calculations were used to explore the potential energy surface of the reaction, after which Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus theory/master equation simulations were performed to investigate the reaction. The experimental data were used to adjust key parameters, such as well depths, in the master equation model within methodological uncertainties. The master equation simulations suggest that the formation rates of the two potential RO2 adducts are equal and that the reaction to QOOH is slower than for saturated hydrocarbons. The initial addition reaction, CH2CHCHCH2CH3 + O-2, is found to be barrierless when accounting for multireference effects. This is in agreement with the current experimental data, as well as with past experimental data for the allyl + O-2 reaction. Finally, we conducted numerical simulations of the pent-1-en-3-yl + O-2 reaction system and observed significant amounts of penta-1,3-diene being formed under engine-relevant conditions.

The bimolecular rate coefficients of reactions CH3CCH2 + O-2 (1) and cis/trans-CH3CHCH + O-2 (2a/3a) have been measured using a tubular laminar flow reactor coupled with a photoionization mass spectrometer (PIMS). These reactions are relevant in the combustion of propene. Pulsed excimer laser photolysis of a ketone or a bromide precursor molecule at 193 or 248 nm wavelength was used to produce radicals of interest homogeneously along the reactor. Time-resolved experiments were performed under pseudo-first-order conditions at low pressure (0.3-1.5 Torr) over the temperature range 220-660 K. The measured bimolecular rate coefficients were found to be independent of bath gas concentration. The bimolecular rate coefficients possess negative temperature dependence at low temperatures (T 420 K). Observed products of the reaction CH3CCH2 + O-2 were CH3 and H2CO, while for the reaction cis/trans-CH3CHCH + O-2, observed products were CH3CHO and HCO. Current results indicate that the reaction mechanism of both reactions is analogous to that of C2H3 + O-2. Methyl substitution of the vinyl radical changes its reactivity toward O-2 upward by ca. 50% if it involves the alpha-position and downward by ca. 30% if the methyl group takes either of the beta-positions, respectively.