An eight-dimensional quantum dynamics study of the Cl + CH4→ HCl + CH3 reaction.

In this work, the later-barrier reaction Cl + CH4 → HCl + CH3 is investigated with an eight-dimensional quantum dynamics method [R. Liu et al., J. Chem. Phys. 137, 174113 (2012)] on the ab initio potential energy surface of Czakó and Bowman [J. Chem. Phys. 136, 044307 (2012)]. The reaction probabilities with CH4 initially in its ground and vibrationally excited states are calculated with a time-dependent wavepacket method. The theoretical integral cross sections (ICSs) are extensively compared with the available experimental measurements. For the ground state reaction, the theoretical ICSs excellently agree with the experimental ones. The good agreements are also achieved for ratios between ICSs of excited reactions. For ICS ratios between various states, the theoretical values are also consistent with the experimental observations. The rate constants over 200-2000 K are calculated and the non-Arrhenius effect has been observed which is coincident with the previous experimental observations and theoretical calculations.