A perspective on the investigation of spectroscopy and kinetics of complex molecular systems with semiclassical approaches

R Conte, C Aieta, M Cazzaniga… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this Perspective we show that semiclassical methods provide a rigorous hierarchical way
to study the vibrational spectroscopy and kinetics of complex molecular systems. The time …

Semiclassical description of nuclear quantum effects in solvated and condensed phase molecular systems

R Conte, G Mandelli, G Botti, D Moscato, C Lanzi… - Chemical …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
In this perspective we deal with the challenge of investigating nuclear quantum effects in
solvated and condensed phase molecular systems in a computationally affordable way. To …

Four-carbon Criegee intermediate from isoprene ozonolysis: Methyl vinyl ketone oxide synthesis, infrared spectrum, and OH production

VP Barber, S Pandit, AM Green… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The reaction of ozone with isoprene, one of the most abundant volatile organic compounds
in the atmosphere, produces three distinct carbonyl oxide species (RR′ COO) known as …

EStokTP: electronic structure to temperature-and pressure-dependent rate constants—a code for automatically predicting the thermal kinetics of reactions

C Cavallotti, M Pelucchi, Y Georgievskii… - Journal of chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A priori rate predictions for gas phase reactions have undergone a gradual but dramatic
transformation, with current predictions often rivaling the accuracy of the best available …

Ozonolysis can produce long-lived greenhouse gases from commercial refrigerants

MR McGillen, ZTP Fried, MAH Khan… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Hydrofluoroolefins are being adopted as sustainable alternatives to long-lived fluorine-and
chlorine-containing gases and are finding current or potential mass-market applications as …

Probing hydrogen–nitrogen chemistry: A theoretical study of important reactions in NxHy, HCN and HNCO oxidation

Y Li, SM Sarathy - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
As an indirect storage medium of hydrogen, ammonia (NH 3) has drawn significant attention
from academia and industry. Understanding nitrogen combustion chemistry is a major …

Photoinduced polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon dehydrogenation the competition between H-and H2-loss

P Castellanos, A Candian, J Zhen, H Linnartz… - Astronomy & …, 2018 - aanda.org
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) constitute a major component of the interstellar
medium carbon budget, locking up to 10–20% of the elemental carbon. Sequential …

Theoretical Kinetics Analysis for Ḣ Atom Addition to 1,3-Butadiene and Related Reactions on the Ċ4H7 Potential Energy Surface

Y Li, SJ Klippenstein, CW Zhou… - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The oxidation chemistry of the simplest conjugated hydrocarbon, 1, 3-butadiene, can
provide a first step in understanding the role of polyunsaturated hydrocarbons in combustion …

Modeling the OH-initiated oxidation of mercury in the global atmosphere without violating physical laws

TS Dibble, HL Tetu, Y Jiao, CP Thackray… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In 2005, Calvert and Lindberg (Calvert, JG; Lindberg, SE Atmos. Environ. 2005, 39, 3355–
3367) wrote that the use of laboratory-derived rate constants for OH+ Hg (0)“... to determine …

The growth of PAHs and soot in the post-flame region

P Liu, Z Li, WL Roberts - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The PAHs-C 2 H 2 pathway (PAHs+ C 2 H 2→ intermediate→ product+ H 2) has
been shown, in theory, to be the important contributor to the growth of polycyclic aromatic …