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Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.118, No.34, 6741-6748, 2014
Kinetics of Homoallylic/Homobenzylic Rearrangement Reactions under Combustion Conditions
Homoallylic/homobenzylic radicals refer to typical radicals with the radical site located at the beta position from the vinyl/phenyl group. These radicals are largely involved in combustion systems, such as the pyrolysis or oxidation of alkenes, cycloalltanes, and aromatics. The 1,2-vinyl/phenyl migration via two steps (cyclization/fission) is a peculiar reaction type for the homoallylic/homobenzylic radicals, entitled homoallylic/homobenzylic rearrangement, which has been studied by theoretical calculations including the Hirshfeld atomic charge analysis in the present work. With the help of rate constant calculations, the competition between this reaction channel and other possible pathways under combustion temperatures (500-2000 K) were evaluated. Analogous 1,3- and 1,4-vinyl/phenyl migration reactions for similar radicals with the radical sites located at the gamma and delta positions from the vinyl/phenyl group were also computed. The results indicate that the 1,2-vinyl/phenyl migration is particularly important for the kinetics of unimolecular reactions of homoallylic radicals under 1500 K; nevertheless, it still has noticeable contribution at higher temperature. For those radicals with the radical site at the gamma or delta positions, the respective 1,3- or 1,4-vinyl/phenyl migration channel plays an insignificant role under combustion conditions.