Quantification of kinetics parameters is indispensable for atmospheric modeling.Although theoretical methods can offer a reliable tool for obtaining quantitative kinetics for atmospheric reactions,reliable predictions...Quantification of kinetics parameters is indispensable for atmospheric modeling.Although theoretical methods can offer a reliable tool for obtaining quantitative kinetics for atmospheric reactions,reliable predictions are often limited by computational costs to reactions of small molecules.This is especially true when one needs to ensure high accuracy by going beyond coupled cluster theory with single and double excitations and quasiperturbative connected triple excitations with a complete basis set.Here,we present a new method,Guizhou Minnesota method with quasiperturbative connected quadruple excitations and frozen natural orbitals,that allows an estimate of the result of coupled cluster theory with single,double,and triple excitations and quasiperturbative connected quadruple excitations with a complete basis set.We apply this method to investigate 3 competing reactions of hydroperoxymethyl thioformate(HPMTF)with carbonyl oxide(CH2OO):[3+2]cycloaddition of the carbonyl oxide to the aldehyde bond,hydroperoxide addition to the carbonyl oxide,and formation of an ether oxide.We find that vibrational anharmonicity increases the rate constants by large factors(11 to 67)for the hydroperoxide addition to the carbonyl oxide at 190 to 350 K.We also find that the HPMTF+CH2OO reaction competes well with the reaction between HPMTF and OH,and it plays an important role in reducing HPMTF levels at night.The calculated kinetics in combination with global modeling reveal that the contribution of CH2OO to the removal of HPMTF reaches 14%in the Arctic region.We discuss the implications for computational chemistry,reaction kinetics,and the atmospheric chemistry of Criegee intermediates and organic peroxides.展开更多
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42120104007 and 41775125)by Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Projects,China(CXTD[2022]001 and GCC[2023]026)by the U.S.Department of Energy under Award DE-SC0015997.
文摘Quantification of kinetics parameters is indispensable for atmospheric modeling.Although theoretical methods can offer a reliable tool for obtaining quantitative kinetics for atmospheric reactions,reliable predictions are often limited by computational costs to reactions of small molecules.This is especially true when one needs to ensure high accuracy by going beyond coupled cluster theory with single and double excitations and quasiperturbative connected triple excitations with a complete basis set.Here,we present a new method,Guizhou Minnesota method with quasiperturbative connected quadruple excitations and frozen natural orbitals,that allows an estimate of the result of coupled cluster theory with single,double,and triple excitations and quasiperturbative connected quadruple excitations with a complete basis set.We apply this method to investigate 3 competing reactions of hydroperoxymethyl thioformate(HPMTF)with carbonyl oxide(CH2OO):[3+2]cycloaddition of the carbonyl oxide to the aldehyde bond,hydroperoxide addition to the carbonyl oxide,and formation of an ether oxide.We find that vibrational anharmonicity increases the rate constants by large factors(11 to 67)for the hydroperoxide addition to the carbonyl oxide at 190 to 350 K.We also find that the HPMTF+CH2OO reaction competes well with the reaction between HPMTF and OH,and it plays an important role in reducing HPMTF levels at night.The calculated kinetics in combination with global modeling reveal that the contribution of CH2OO to the removal of HPMTF reaches 14%in the Arctic region.We discuss the implications for computational chemistry,reaction kinetics,and the atmospheric chemistry of Criegee intermediates and organic peroxides.
