Kinetics of elementary reactions at low temperatures: rate constants for the reactions of OH with HCl (298 ⩾T/K ⩾ 138), CH4(298 ⩾T/K ⩾ 178) and C2H6(298 ⩾T/K ⩾ 138)

1993 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 631-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Sharkey ◽  
Ian W. M. Smith
2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianfei Sun ◽  
Qiong Mei ◽  
Bo Wei ◽  
Long Huan ◽  
Ju Xie ◽  
...  

Environmental contextAn important product of biomass burning is catechol: its presence in the atmosphere can have adverse effects on health, and can lead to the formation of secondary organic aerosols. We report a theoretical study on the mechanisms and kinetics of removal of catechol from the atmosphere by reaction with ozone. These data will provide insight into the ozonolysis of other lignin compounds produced by biomass burning. AbstractWe examined the ozone-initiated oxidation of catechol, an intermediate of lignin pyrolysis in the atmosphere, by using the theoretical computational method at the M06-2X/aug-cc-pVDZ//M06-2X/6-31+G(d,p) level. Six ozone-addition channels of the initial reactions and the further reactions of the Criegee intermediates are proposed. The complete degradation processes of the Criegee intermediates in the presence of NO and H2O were elucidated. The predicted reaction products for the ozonolysis of catechol, such as malealdehyde (P10), oxalic acid (P11) and CO2, were detected experimentally in the gas-phase. Moreover, the microcanonical rate constants of the crucial elementary reactions were determined by the Rice–Ramsperger–Kassel–Marcus theory. The total rate constant for the ozonolysis of catechol under atmospheric conditions is 1.37 × 10−18 cm3 molecule−1 s−1, which compares favourably to the experimentally determined values. The bimolecular rate constants showed positive dependence on temperature and negative dependence on pressure. The atmospheric lifetime of catechol with respect to ozone was estimated to be 12.07 days. We also found that the ozonolysis of catechol is more likely to occur in aqueous solution. The present work has provided a comprehensive investigation of the ozonolysis of catechol. The methods we used can serve as a model for analysing the ozonolysis of other lignin compounds.


1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 143-146
Author(s):  
Ronald D. Neufeld ◽  
Christopher A. Badali ◽  
Dennis Powers ◽  
Christopher Carson

A two step operation is proposed for the biodegradation of low concentrations (< 10 mg/L) of BETX substances in an up flow submerged biotower configuration. Step 1 involves growth of a lush biofilm using benzoic acid in a batch mode. Step 2 involves a longer term biological transformation of BETX. Kinetics of biotransformations are modeled using first order assumptions, with rate constants being a function of benzoic acid dosages used in Step 1. A calibrated computer model is developed and presented to predict the degree of transformation and biomass level throughout the tower under a variety of inlet and design operational conditions.


1981 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 1229-1236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Balej ◽  
Milada Thumová

The rate of hydrolysis of S2O82- ions in acidic medium to peroxomonosulphuric acid was measured at 20 and 30 °C. The composition of the starting solution corresponded to the anolyte flowing out from an electrolyser for production of this acid or its ammonium salt at various degrees of conversion and starting molar ratios of sulphuric acid to ammonium sulphate. The measured data served to calculate the rate constants at both temperatures on the basis of the earlier proposed mechanism of the hydrolysis, and their dependence on the ionic strength was studied.


1983 ◽  
Vol 48 (11) ◽  
pp. 3279-3286
Author(s):  
Slavko Hudeček ◽  
Miloslav Bohdanecký ◽  
Ivana Hudečková ◽  
Pavel Špaček ◽  
Pavel Čefelín

The reaction between hexamethylenediisocyanate and 1-pentanol in toluene was studied by means of reversed-phase liquid chromatography. By employing this method, it was possible to determine all components of the reaction mixture including both products, i.e. N-(6-isocyanate hexyl)pentylcarbamate and N,N'-bis(pentyloxycarbonyl)hexamethylenediamine. Relations for the calculation of kinetic constants were derived assuming a competitive consecutive second-order reaction. It was demonstrated that the reaction involved in this case is indeed a second-order reaction, and the rate constants of the first and second consecutive reactions were determined.


1989 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 1311-1317
Author(s):  
Miroslav Magura ◽  
Ján Vojtko ◽  
Ján Ilavský

The kinetics of liquid-phase isothermal esterification of POCl3 with 2-isopropylphenol and 4-isopropylphenol have been studied within the temperature intervals of 110 to 130 and 90 to 110 °C, respectively. The rate constants and activation energies of the individual steps of this three-step reaction have been calculated from the values measured. The reaction rates of the two isomers markedly differ: at 110 °C 4-isopropylphenol reacts faster by the factors of about 7 and 20 for k1 and k3, respectively. This finding can be utilized in preparation of mixed triaryl phosphates, since the alkylation mixture after reaction of phenol with propene contains an excess of 2-isopropylphenol over 4-isopropylphenol.


1999 ◽  
Vol 64 (11) ◽  
pp. 1770-1779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert Mayr ◽  
Karl-Heinz Müller

The kinetics of the electrophilic additions of four diarylcarbenium ions (4a-4d) to tricarbonyl(η4-cyclohepta-1,3,5-triene)iron (1) have been studied photometrically. The second-order rate constants match the linear Gibbs energy relationship log k20 °C = s(E + N) and yield the nucleophilicity parameter N(1) = 3.69. It is concluded that electrophiles with E ≥ -9 will react with complex 1 at ambient temperature.


1989 ◽  
Vol 259 (3) ◽  
pp. 893-896 ◽  
Author(s):  
C E King ◽  
P T Hawkins ◽  
L R Stephens ◽  
R H Michell

When intact human erythrocytes are incubated at metabolic steady state in a chloride-free medium containing [32P]Pi, there is rapid labelling of the gamma-phosphate of ATP, followed by a slower labelling of the monoester phosphate groups of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PtdIns4P) and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate [PtdIns(4,5)P2] [King, Stephens, Hawkins, Guy & Michell (1987) Biochem. J. 244, 209-217]. We have analysed the early kinetics of the labelling of these phosphate groups, in order to determine: (a) the steady-state rates of the interconversions of phosphatidylinositol, PtdIns4P and PtdIns(4,5)P2; and (b) the fractions of the total cellular complement of PtdIns4P and PtdIns(4,5)P2 that participate in this steady-state turnover. The experimental data most closely fit a pattern of PtdIns4P and PtdIns(4,5)P2 turnover in which one-quarter of the total cellular complement of each lipid is in the metabolic pool that participates in rapid metabolic turnover, with rate constants of 0.028 min-1 for the interconversion of PtdIns and PtdIns4P, and of 0.010 min-1 for the PtdIns4P/PtdIns(4,5)P2 cycle. These rate constants represent metabolic fluxes of approx. 2.1 nmol of lipid/h per ml of packed erythrocytes between PtdIns and PtdIns4P and of approx. 5.7 nmol/h per ml of cells between PtdIns4P and PtdIns(4,5)P2.


1969 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 1177 ◽  
Author(s):  
DS Caines ◽  
RB Paton ◽  
DA Williams ◽  
PR Wilkinson

Liquid 1,2-dichloroethane has been chlorinated by dissolved chlorine to a succession of chloroethanes up to the ultimate hexachloroethane. The results of both batch and continuous stirred tank reactor systems have been analysed by computer techniques to give a set of relative rate constants from which one can predict the product composition for a given chlorine uptake, the aim in this work being to optimize the production of tetrachloroethanes. An unusual feature of the kinetics is that 1,1,1,2- and 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethanes provide alternative pathways between 1,1,2-trichloroethane and pentachloroethane.


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