posted on 2021-08-27, 08:30authored byChristopher Parks, Kevin Hughes, Mohamed Pourkashanian
Knowledge of the origins of degradation
products observed during
amine degradation is crucial to developing new, more efficient amines
for future carbon-capture plants. Here, we report on a series of density
functional theory (DFT) calculations rationalizing the routes to products
observed from piperazine degradation studies. Experimentally viable
routes to the formation of 1-(2-aminoethyl)-2-imidazolidone (AEI), N-(2-aminoethyl)piperazine (AEP), 1-[2-[(2-aminoethyl)amino]
ethyl] piperazine (AEAEPZ), N-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperazine
(HEP), and 1,1′-(1,2-ethandiyl)bis-piperazine (PEP) are presented.
The modeling studies reported here are essential for the construction
of chemical kinetic mechanisms, which can predict the byproduct formation
from thermal and oxidative degradation.