Authors
John H Kim, Keunsoo Kim, Sebastian L Peukert, Joe V Michael, Raghu Sivaramakrishnan, Margaret S Wooldridge, Robert S Tranter
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Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP. Sep 01, 2025. Epub Sep 01, 2025.
Abstract
The thermal decomposition of isopropanol was studied experimentally and theoretically with a view to isolate and directly measure rate coefficients for the dominant radical channel in this multi-channel process. Two complementary shock tube methods, laser schlieren densitomtery and H-atom atomic resonance absorption spectroscopy, were used to obtain rate coefficents for the C-C bond fission channel. The experimental ranges span temperatures from 1200-2100 K and pressures between 30-690 torr. These are the most direct measurements of this rate coefficent in the fall-off regime of relevance to high-temperature reacting systems. Theoretical studies also performed in this work confirm that the title reaction and a molecular elimination involving dehydration were the sole unimolecular processes at high temperatures. A master equation analysis yielded k(T, P) for the C-C fission and these are shown to be in good agreement with the present experimental measurements. Comparisons with prior experimental and theoretical studies in the literature indicate branching ratios as well as absolute k(T, P) for C-C bond-fission have been under-predicted for this decomposition reaction. Consequently, results from the present studies place an increased emphasis on radical-driven secondary processes in high-temperature pyrolysis of this simplest secondary alcohol.
PMID:
40888090
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