A Diffusion Monte Carlo Study of the O-H Bond Dissociation of Phenol

被引:15
作者
Wang, Jinhua [1 ,2 ]
Domin, Dominik [1 ,3 ]
Austin, Brian [1 ,3 ]
Zubarev, Dmitry Yu [1 ]
McClean, Jarrod [1 ]
Frenklach, Michael [4 ,5 ]
Cui, Tian [2 ]
Lester, William A., Jr. [1 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Chem, Kenneth S Pitzer Ctr Theoret Chem, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[2] Jilin Univ, State Key Lab Superhard Mat, Changchun 130012, Peoples R China
[3] Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Div Chem Sci, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[4] Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Environm Energy Technol Div, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[5] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Mech Engn, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL THEORY; SUBSTITUTED PHENOLS; HOMOLYTIC DISSOCIATION; THERMAL-DECOMPOSITION; PROTON-TRANSFER; HARTREE-FOCK; ENTHALPY; ENERGIES; RADICALS; ATOMS;
D O I
10.1021/jp103010g
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The homolytic O-H bond dissociation energy (BDE) of phenol was determined from diffusion Monte Carlo (DMC) calculations using single determinant trial wave functions. DMC gives an O-H BDE of 87.0 +/- 0.3 kcal/mol when restricted Hartree-Fock orbitals are used and a BDE of 87.5 +/- 0.3 kcal/mol with restricted B3LYP Kohn-Sham orbitals. These results are in good agreement with the extrapolated B3P86 results of Costa Cabral and Canuto (88.3 kcal/mol), the recommended experimental value of Borges dos Santos and Martinho Simoes (88.7 +/- 0.5 kcal/mol), and the G3 (88.2 kcal/mol), CBS-APNO (88.2 kcal/mol), CBS-QB3 (87.1 kcal/mol) results of Mulder.
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页码:9832 / 9835
页数:4
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