The complex potential energy surface of allyl alcohol (CH2CHCH2OH) with hydroxyl radical (OH) has been investigated at the G3(MP2)//MP2/6-311++G(d,p) level. On the surface, two kinds of pathways are revealed, namely, direct hydrogen abstraction and addition/elimination. Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus theory and transition state theory are carried out to calculate the total and individual rate constants over a wide temperature and pressure region with tunneling correction. It is predicted that CH2CHOHCH2OH (IM1) formed by collisional stabilization is dominate in the temperature range (200-440 K) at atmospheric pressure with N2 (200-315 K at 10 Torr Ar and 100 Torr He). The production of CH2CHCHOH + H2O via direct hydrogen abstraction becomes dominate at higher temperature. The kinetic isotope effect (KIE) has also been calculated for the title reaction. Moreover, the calculated rate constants and KIE are in good agreement with the experimental data.

Ce2[Zr1−x(Mg1/3Sb2/3)x]3(MoO4)9 (0.02 ⩽ x ⩽ 0.10) ceramics were prepared by the traditional solid-state method. A single phase, belonging to the space group of $$R⩈erline 3 c$$ R 3 ¯ c , was detected by using X-ray diffraction at the sintering temperatures ranging from 700 to 850 °C. The microstructures of samples were examined by applying scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The crystal structure refinement of these samples was investigated in detail by performing the Rietveld refinement method. The intrinsic properties were calculated and explored via far-infrared reflectivity spectroscopy. The correlations between the chemical bond parameters and microwave dielectric properties were calculated and analyzed by Phillips-van Vechten-Levine (P-V-L) theory. Ce2[Zr0.94(Mg1/3Sb2/3)0.06]3(MoO4)9 ceramics with excellent dielectric properties were sintered at 725 °C for 6 h (εr = 10.37, Q×f = 71,748 GHz, and τf = −13.6 ppm/°C, εr is the dielectric constant, Q×f is the quality factor, and τf is the temperature coefficient of resonant frequency).

A dual-level direct dynamic method is employed to study the reaction mechanisms of CF(3)CHFOCF(3) (HFE-227 mc) with the OH radical and Cl atom. The geometries and frequencies of all the stationary points and the minimum energy paths (MEPs) are calculated at the BH&H-LYP/6-311G(d,p) level, and the energetic information along the MEPs is further refined by MC-QCISD theory. The classical energy profile is corrected by the interpolated single-point energies (ISPE) approach, incorporating the small-curvature tunneling effect (SCT) calculated by the variational transition state theory (VTST). The rate constants are in good agreement with the experimental data and are found to be k(1) = 2.87 x 10(-21)T(2.80) exp(-1328.60/T) and k(2) = 3.26 x 10(-16)T(1.65) exp(-4642.76/T) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1) over the temperature range 220-2000 K. The standard enthalpies of formation for the reactant CF(3)CHFOCF(3) and product radical CF(3)CFOCF(3) are evaluated via group-balanced isodesmic reactions, and the corresponding values are -454.06 +/- 0.2 and -402.74 +/- 0.2 kcal/mol, respectively, evaluated by MC-QCISD theory based on the BH&H-LYP/6-311G(d, p) geometries. The theoretical studies provide rate constants of the title reactions and the enthalpies of formation of the species, which are important parameters in determining the atmospheric lifetime and the feasible pathways for the loss of HFE-227 mc.

The low-lying triplet and singlet potential energy surfaces of the O((3)P)+CH(3)CN reaction have been studied at the G3(MP2)//B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p) level. On the triplet surface, six kinds of pathways are revealed, namely, direct hydrogen abstraction, C-addition/elimination, N-addition/elimination, substitution, insertion, and H-migration. Multichannel Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus theory and transition-state theory are employed to calculate the overall and individual rate constants over a wide range of temperatures and pressures. It is predicted that the direct hydrogen abstraction and C-addition/elimination on triplet potential energy surface are dominant pathways. Major predicted end products include CH(3)+NCO and CH(2)CN+OH. At atmospheric pressure with Ar and N(2) as bath gases, CH(3)C(O)N (IM1) formed by collisional stabilization is dominated at T<700 K, whereas CH(3) and NCO produced by C-addition/elimination pathway are the major products at the temperatures between 800 and 1500 K; the direct hydrogen abstraction leading to CH(2)CN+OH plays an important role at higher temperatures in hydrocarbon combustion chemistry and flames, with estimated contribution of 64% at 2000 K. Furthermore, the calculated rate constants are in good agreement with available experimental data over the temperature range 300-600 K. The kinetic isotope effect has also been calculated for the triplet O((3)P)+CH(3)CN reaction. On the singlet surface, the atomic oxygen can easily insert into C-H or C-C bonds of CH(3)CN, forming the insertion intermediates s-IM8(HOCH(2)CN) and s-IM5(CH(3)OCN) or add to the carbon atom of CN group in CH(3)CN, forming the addition intermediate s-IM1(CH(3)C(O)N); both approaches were found to be barrierless. It is indicated that the singlet reaction exhibits a marked difference from the triplet reaction. This calculation is useful to simulate experimental investigations of the O((3)P)+CH(3)CN reaction in the singlet state surface.