Infrared spectra of the 1,1-dimethylallyl and 1,2-dimethylallyl radicals isolated in solid para-hydrogen

Amicangelo, Jay C.

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Title

Infrared spectra of the 1,1-dimethylallyl and 1,2-dimethylallyl radicals isolated in solid para-hydrogen

Author(s)

Amicangelo, Jay C.

Contributor(s)

Lee, Yuan-Pern

Issue Date

2018-06-18

Keyword(s)

Radicals

Abstract

The reaction of hydrogen atoms (H) with isoprene (C5H8) in solid para-hydrogen (p-H2) matrices at 3.2 K has been studied using infrared spectroscopy. The production of H atoms for reaction with C5H8 was essentially a three step process. First, mixtures of C5H8 and Cl2 were co-deposited in p-H2 at 3.2 K for several hours, then the matrix was irradiated with ultraviolet light at 365 nm to produce Cl atoms from the Cl2, and finally the matrix was irradiated with infrared light to induce the reaction of the Cl atoms with p-H2 to produce HCl and H atoms. Upon infrared irradiation, a series of new lines appeared in the infrared spectrum, with the strongest lines appearing at 776.0 and 766.7 cm−1 . To determine the grouping of lines to distinct chemical species, secondary photolysis was performed using a 365-nm lightemitting diode and a low-pressure mercury lamp in combination with filters. Based on the secondary photolysis, it was determined that the majority of the new lines belong to two distinct chemical species, designated as set X (3030.6, 1573.2, 1452.0, 1435.6, 1123.2, 1051.4, 982.7, 922.5, 792.5, 776.0, 699.2, 524.7, 469.0 cm−1 ) and set Y (3110.1, 2972.0, 1564.4, 1471.1, 1430.2, 1379.7, 1376.2, 1335.4, 1233.0, 1205.4, 1050.1, 766.7, 570.0 cm−1 ). The most likely reactions to occur under the low temperature conditions in solid p-H2 are the addition of the H atom to the four alkene carbon atoms to produce the corresponding hydrogen atom addition radicals (HC5H8). Quantum-chemical calculations were performed at the B3PW91/6-311++G(2d,2p) level for the four possible HC5H8 radicals in order to determine the relative energetics and the predicted vibrational spectra for each radical. The addition of H to each of the four carbons is exothermic, with relative energies of 0.0, 93.3, 77.0, and 8.4 kJ/mol for the addition to carbons 1 – 4, respectively. When the lines in set X and Y are compared to the scaled harmonic and anharmonic vibrational spectra, the best agreement for set X is with the radical produced by the addition to carbon 4 (1,2-dimethylallyl radical) and the best agreement for set Y is with the radical produced by addition to carbon 1 (1,1-dimethylallyl radical).

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International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy

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text

Language

eng

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DOI

10.15278/isms.2018.MJ02

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Copyright 2018 Jay C. Amicangelo

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