Estudo teórico das reações de abstração e adição do radical hidroxila com o 2,5-dimetilfurano

Abstract

In this work, potential energy surfaces for the reactions of hydroxyl radical and 2,5-dimethylfuran were studied using the Density Functional Theory. The stationary points, such as reactants, pre-barrier complex, transition states and products were located at BHandHLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ and M06-2X-cc-pVDZ levels by geometry optimization, followed by the calculations of vibrational frequencies. Single point calculations using CCSD(T) were also explored. Thermodynamics properties of enthalpy, entrophy and Gibbs free energies have been determinated at 298,15 K within the conventional equations of Statistical Thermodynamics. The results suggest different addition mechanisms, since an analysis of the potential energy surface (PES) in BHandHLYP/ aug-cc-pVDZ points to paths going through a pi-type intermediary, while in M06-2X/aug-cc-pVDZ the intermediary would have a sigma-type interaction. About the abstraction reactions, only the PES obtained in M06-2X/aug-cc-pVDZ level points to the formation of a pre-barrier complex. The rate coefficients have been determined on the basis of the Variational Transition State Theory, with the kcvt program. The coefficient obtained at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ//BHandHLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ for the mechanism which includes the participation of -PC is 𝑘𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙=48,4×10−11, cm³ molec-1 s-1, approximately 4 times higher than the experimental rate coefficient. Deviations of this magnitude are considered satisfactory in theoretical calculation of kinetic parameters. Addition of OH should be the main degradation pathway for furan and its derivatives, during daytime. Moreover, it was possible to clarify the effect of the formation of pre-barrier complexes in the reactions between DMF and OH radicals and propose rate coefficients in the high temperature region, which can be applied in combustion studies