Anharmonic Effect in CH3CH2C(=O)OCH2CH3 Decomposition

Abstract

In this paper, using the B3LYP functional and CCSD(T) method with 6-311++G** basis set, the harmonic and anharmonic rate constants in the unimolecular dissociation of ethyl propanoate have been calculated using Rice–Ramsperger–Kassel–Marcus theory. The anharmonic rate constants of the title reaction have also been examined, the comparison shows that, the anharmonic effect especially in the case of high total energies and temperature for channels 3 to 6 is significant, so that the anharmonic effect cannot be neglected for unimolecular dissociation reaction of CH₃CH₂C(=O)OCH₂CH₃ both in microcanonical and canonical systems.