Thermal Decomposition Of Cyclohexane By Flash Pyrolysis Vacuum Ultraviolet Photoionization Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry: A Study On The Initial Unimolecular Decomposition Mechanism

Shao, Kuanliang

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Thermal Decomposition Of Cyclohexane By Flash Pyrolysis Vacuum Ultraviolet Photoionization Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry: A Study On The Initial Unimolecular Decomposition Mechanism

Author(s)

Shao, Kuanliang

Contributor(s)

• Zhang, Jingsong
• Riser, Blake
• Gomez, Mariah
• Sun, Ge
• Jones, Paul
• Liu, Xinghua

Issue Date

2021-06-23

Keyword(s)

Dynamics and kinetics

Abstract

Thermal decomposition of cyclohexane at temperatures up to 1310 K was performed using flash pyrolysis coupled with vacuum ultraviolet (118.2 nm) photoionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The experimental results revealed that the major initiation reaction of cyclohexane decomposition was C-C bond fission leading to the formation of 1,6-hexyl diradical. The 1,6-hexyl diradical could isomerize to 1-hexene and decompose into •\chem{C_3H_7} + •\chem{C_3H_5} and •\chem{C_4H_7} + •\chem{C_2H_5}. The 1,6-hexyl diradical could also undergo direct dissociation; the \chem{C_4H_8} fragment via the 1,4-butyl diradical intermediate was observed, serving as evidence of the 1,6-hexyl diradical mechanism. Quantum chemistry calculations at UCCSD(T)/cc-pVDZ level of theory on the initial reaction pathways of cyclohexane were performed and found to be consistent with the experimental conclusions. Cyclohexyl radical was not observed as an initial intermediate in the pyrolysis. Benzene was produced from sequential \chem{H_2} eliminations of cyclohexane at high temperatures.

Publisher

International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy

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Text

Language

eng

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DOI

10.15278/isms.2021.WC10

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