A list of several hundred free-radical reactions which occur during the low temperature (700-850 K) pyrolysis of small n-alkane molecules has been assembled and a set of reliable, self-consistent Arrhenius rate parameters has been assigned on the basis of experiment, theory, thermochemical estimates and structural analogy. Rate parameters have been recommended for the following types uf reacLiuus, wiLh Lhe llU1llUer vf each type ill parellLhe::se::s. initiation (32), recombination (135), disproportionation (108), H-transfer (112), decomposition (41), addition (58), and isomerization (11), giving a total of 505 reactions. This compilation is intended for use in assembling reaction matrices in computational modeling studies of the thermal reactions of hydrocarbon molecules.
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