The relationships between the structures of microcanonical variational transition states for association reactions and potential energy surface properties are analyzed. The analysis is facilitated by the recent finding that in many cases the vibrational frequencies for the transitional modes in the
Angular momentum dependence of variational transition states for selected association reactions
โ Scribed by Eric E. Aubanel; David M. Wardlaw
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 517 KB
- Volume
- 167
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-2614
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โฆ Synopsis
The total angular momentum dependence of variational transition states for several reactions without a potential energy barrier on the minimum energy path is illustrated. High-pressure thermal rate constants for Li+ -C (CH3)20+Li+(CH3)20 and Li+ +H,O+Li+( H20) from 200 to 1000 K are obtained from flexible transition-state theory (FTST), with potential functions of Coriongiu, Clementi, Pretsch and Simon and of Clementi and Popkie, respectively. For Li* (H,O) the canonically determined rate constants are 20-50% higher than the microcanonically determined ones, and for Li+ (CH,)20 ;2: 55% higher. These differences are attributed to the strong dependence of the transition states on total angular momentum.
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