American Chemical Society, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 45(120), p. 8941-8948, 2016
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This study resolves the interaction of sulfanyl radical (SH) with aliphatic (C 1 –C 4 ) hydrocarbons, using CBS-QB3 based calculations. We obtained the C–H dissociation enthalpies and located the weakest link in each hydrocarbon. Subsequent computations revealed that, H abstraction by SH from the weakest C–H sites in alkenes and alkynes, except for ethylene, appears noticeably exothermic. Furthermore, abstraction of H from propene, 1-butene, and iso -butene displays pronounced spontaneity (i.e., Δ r G °