Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Reaction Pathway and Mechanism Dissection, and Kinetics Modeling of the Nitric Acid Oxidation of Dicyanamide and Dicyanoborohydride Anions

The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B
Wenjing ZhouGhanshyam L Vaghjiani

Abstract

Direct dynamics simulations of HNO3 with dicyanamide anion DCA- (i.e., N(CN)2-) and dicyanoborohydride anion DCBH- (i.e., BH2(CN)2-) were performed at the B3LYP/6-31+G(d) level of theory in an attempt to elucidate the primary and secondary reactions in the two reaction systems. Guided by trajectory results, reaction coordinates and potential energy diagrams were mapped out for the oxidation of DCA- and DCBH- by one and two HNO3 molecules, respectively, in the gas-phase and in the condensed-phase ionic liquids using the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) method. The oxidation of DCA- by HNO3 is initiated by proton transfer. The most important pathway leads to the formation of O2N-NHC(O)NCN-, and the latter reacts with a second HNO3 to produce O2N-NHC(O)NC(O)NH-NO2-(DNB-). The oxidation of DCBH- by HNO3 may follow a similar mechanism as that of DCA-, producing two analogue products: O2N-NHC(O)BH2CN- and O2N-NHC(O)BH2C(O)NH-NO2-. Moreover, two new, unique reaction pathways were discovered for DCBH- because of its boron-hydride group: (1) isomerization of DCBH- to CNBH2CN- and CNBH2NC- and (2) H2 elimination in which the proton in HNO3 combines with a hydride-H in DCBH-. The Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus (RRKM) theory was utilized to calculate re...Continue Reading

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