ABINITIO QUANTUM-CHEMICAL STUDY OF THE UNIMOLECULAR PYROLYSIS MECHANISMS OF FLUOROFORMIC AND CHLOROFORMIC ACID

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作者
FRANCISCO, JS
GHOUL, WA
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[1] Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit
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10.1016/0301-0104(91)87133-G
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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Reaction pathways for the decomposition of fluoroformic and chloroformic acids, FC(O)OH and ClC(O)OH, have been studied using ab initio methods. Equilibrium geometries and transition state structures have been fully optimized at the Hartree-Fock and second-order Moller-Plesset levels of theory. The most favorable reaction pathway is molecular dissociation into CO2 and hydrogen halide (HF or HCl). Dissociation into radical fragments are energetically non-favorable processes.
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