DFT investigations on the mechanisms and kinetics for the DMS + O3 reaction

The potential energy surface (PES) for the reaction of ozone with dimethyl sulfide (DMS) was calculated at the CCSD(T)/6-311++G(3df,2pd)//M06-2X/6-311++G(d,p) levels of theory. Result shows that on the singlet PES the addition–elimination mechanism is dominant, and H-abstraction mechanism is less competitive. The major channel starts from the addition of ozone and DMS leading to a weak intermediate IM1, which decomposes subsequently to DMSO and ¹O₂ via a barrier around 38.8 kJ/mol. With a barrier of 64.0 kJ/mol, the formation of HO₃ + CH₃SCH₂ via H-abstraction mechanism is subdominant. Besides, DMSO + ¹O₂ can take place further reactions to produce several products. The substitution mechanism was located on the triplet PES, however, with a rather high barrier it is negligible. Furthermore, the rate constants for the two channels leading to DMSO + ¹O₂ and HO₃ + CH₃SCH₂ were calculated from 200 to 1000 K. The total rate constant is 1.13 × 10^-20 cm³·molecule^-1·s^-1 at 298 K and 1 atm, in good agreement with previous experimental data. The overall rate constants are positive temperature dependent in the whole temperature range.