Density Functional Study on the Reaction Mechanism for the Reaction of Ni+ with Ethane

• 来源期刊: 中国化学（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2002,（3）
• 页码范围: 220-226
• 页数: 7页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

The mechanism of the reaction of Ni+ (2D) with ethane in the gas-phase was studied by using density functional theory. Both the B3LYP and BLYP functionals with standard all-electron basis sets are used to give the detailed information of the potential energy surface (PES) of [Ni, C2, H6 ] +. Tne mechanisms forming the products CH4 and H2 in the reaction of Ni+with ethane are proposed. The reductive eliminations of CH4and H2 are typical addition-elimination reactions. Each of the two reactions consists of two elementary steps: C-C or CH bond activations to form inserted species followed by isomerizations to form product-like intermediate. The rate determining steps for the elimination reatcions of forming CH4 and H2 are the isomerizations of the inserted species rather than C-C or C-H bond activations. The elimination reaction of forming H2 was found to be thermodynamically favored compared to that of CH4.