Mechanistic and Kinetic Insights into OH-Initiated Atmospheric Oxidation of Hymexazol: A Computational Study. 2023

Loc T Nguyen, and Gia-Huy L Hoang, and Uyen N-P Tran, and Tam V-T Mai, and Huy D Nguyen, and Lam K Huynh
Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Quarter 6, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam.

Hymexazol is a volatile fungicide widely used in agriculture, causing its abundance in the atmosphere; thus, its atmospheric fate and conversion are of great importance when assessing its environmental impacts. Herein, we report a theoretical kinetic mechanism for the oxidation of hymexazol by OH radicals, as well as the subsequent reactions of its main products with O2 and then with NO by using the Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus-based Master equation kinetic model on the potential energy surface explored at the ROCBS-QB3//M06-2X/aug-cc-pVTZ level. The predicted total rate constants ktotal(T, P) for the reaction between hymexazol and OH radicals show excellent agreement with scarcely available experimental values (e.g., 3.6 × 10-12 vs (4.4 ± 0.8) × 10-12 cm3/molecule/s at T = 300 K and P = 760 Torr); thus, the calculated kinetic parameters can be confidently used for modeling/simulation of N-heterocycle-related applications under atmospheric and even combustion conditions. The model shows that 3,4-dihydroxy-5-methyl-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-5-yl (IM2), 3,5-dihydroxy-5-methyl-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-4-yl (IM3), and (3-hydroxy-1,2-oxazol-5-yl)methyl (P8) are the main primary intermediates, which form the main secondary species of (3,4-dihydroxy-5-methyl-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-5-yl)dioxidanyl (IM4), (3,5-dihydroxy-5-methyl-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-4-yl)dioxidanyl (IM7), and ([(3-hydroxy-1,2-oxazol-5-yl)methyl]dioxidanyl (IM11), respectively, through the reactions with O2. The main secondary species then can react with NO to form the main tertiary species, namely, (3,4-dihydroxy-5-methyl-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-5-yl)oxidanyl (P19), (3,5-dihydroxy-5-methyl-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-4-yl)oxidanyl (P21), and [(3-hydroxy-1,2-oxazol-5-yl)methyl]oxidanyl (P23), respectively, together with NO2. Besides, hymexazol could be a persistent organic pollutant in the troposphere due to its calculated half-life τ1/2 of 13.7-68.1 h, depending on the altitude.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D010084 Oxidation-Reduction A chemical reaction in which an electron is transferred from one molecule to another. The electron-donating molecule is the reducing agent or reductant; the electron-accepting molecule is the oxidizing agent or oxidant. Reducing and oxidizing agents function as conjugate reductant-oxidant pairs or redox pairs (Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry, 1982, p471). Redox,Oxidation Reduction
D001272 Atmosphere The gaseous envelope surrounding a planet or similar body. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed) Atmospheres

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