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Theoretical study of reaction pathways of dibenzofuran and dibenzo-p-dioxin under reducing conditions
Author/Creator
Altarawneh, Mohammednoor;  Dlugogorski, Bogdan Z.;  Kennedy, Eric M.;  Mackie, John C.
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, School of Engineering
Description
A density functional theory (DFT) study was carried out to investigate possible reactions of dibenzofuran (DF) and dibenzo-p-dioxin (DD) in a reducing environment. Reaction energies, barrier heights, and molecular parameters for reactants, intermediates, products, and transition states have been generated for a wide range of possible reactions. It was found that C−O β-scission in DF incurs a very large energy barrier (107 kcal/mol at 0 K), which is just 3 kcal/mol less than the direct H fission from C−H in DF to form dibenzofuranyl radicals. It was found that DF allows direct H addition to C1−C4 and C6−C9 as well as addition of two H atoms from a hydrogen molecule at sites 1 and 9 of DF. A bimolecular reaction of DF with H or H2 is found to have a significantly lower barrier than unimolecular decomposition through C−O β-scission. An explanation for the predominance of polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDF) over polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDD) in municipal waste pyrolysis is presented in the view of the facile conversion of DD into DF through ipso-addition at the four C sites of the two C−O−C central bonds in DD.
Relation
Journal of Physical Chemistry A Vol. 111, Issue 30, p. 7133-7140
Publisher Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp071166q
Date
2007
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Keyword(s)
density functional theory (DFT);  dibenzofuran (DF);  dibenzo-p-dioxin (DD)
Resource Type
journal article
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http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/33953
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ISSN:1089-5639
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