Abstract:Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations were carried out to study the thermal cracking for anthracene molecule to estimate the bond energies for breaking the following bonds C1-C2, C1-C9a,C9-C9a, C2-C3, C1-H1,C2-H2,and C9-H9 as well as the activation energies. The activation energy values for C1-H1, C2-H2, and C9-H9 bond breakage is lower than required for C1-C2, C1-C9a, and C9-C9a. The carbon -hydrogen bond rupture depends only slightly on the position in the molecule so the values of reaction energy is … Show more
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