Microcanonical Rate Constants With Rice–Ramsperger–Kassel–Marcus in <i>Eyringpy</i>
Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus (RRKM) theory was implemented in Eyringpy to enable the computation of microcanonical rate constants, densities of states (DOS), and sums of states. Input can be provided either as experimental data or directly from electronic-structure output files, requiring minimal user specification. The Stein-Rabinovitch algorithm was employed for accurate state counting, and tunneling corrections were introduced through the Eckart model to account for light-particle transfer and narrow barriers. To validate the implementation, the DOS of hydrogen peroxide was evaluated with anharmonic-vibrational corrections, and three gas-phase reactions were analyzed: thermal decomposition of digermane, bromine-atom loss from CH<sub>2</sub>BrO·, and hydrofluoric-acid elimination from CF<sub>3</sub>CH<sub>3</sub>. The validation confirms that Eyringpy provides accurate and efficient RRKM calculations, providing reliable kinetic analyses of unimolecular reactions across a broad energy range.
Authors
- Eugenia Dzib
- Gabriel Merino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1961-8321)
- Aura Gómez‐Heredia
Institutions
- Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (MX)
- Instituto de Estudios Avanzados (VE)
- Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados (MX)
- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Computational Chemistry
- Published
- 2025-11-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jcc.70259
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.25
Funders
- Instituto Politécnico Nacional
- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional