Electronic structure calculations of the stationary points of the potential energy surface associated to the unimolecular decomposition of 1-butanol have been performed with the aim to characterize the pyrolysis mechanism under combustion conditions. The new results compare well with those of previous work concerning the C-C bond breaking channels and the H2 or H2O elimination channels. The channels leading to H emission have been characterized for the first time. This study will be of support to a new experimental characterization of 1-butanol pyrolysis by means of the flash pyrolysis technique coupled to mass spectrometric detection.
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Pacifici, L., Faginas-Lago, N., Lombardi, A., Balucani, N., Stranges, D., Falcinelli, S., & Rosi, M. (2015). A theoretical investigation of 1-Butanol unimolecular decomposition. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 9156, 384–393. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21407-8_28
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