Abstract:The mechanism for the reaction of ClO with HO2 was investigated at the CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ //B3LYP/6-311+G(2df,2p) level on both the singlet and triplet potential energy surfaces, along with the rate constant calculations of the major channel. The results show that there are four hydrogen abstraction channels, namely Channel R1 (HOCl + 1O2), Channel R2 (HOCl + 3O2), Channel R3 (HCl + 1O3) and Channel R4 (HCl + 3O3), as well as two oxygen abstraction channels, labeled as Channel R5 (OOCl + HO) and Channel R6 (OClO + HO) in the HO2 + ClO reaction. The energy barrier of the hydrogen abstraction Channels R2 (HOCl + 3O2) and R3 (HCl + 1O3) are lower by 9.08~42.90 kcal∙mol-1 than those of the other four channels. The rate constants of the favorable channels R2 (HOCl + 3O2) and Channel R3 (HCl + 1O3) in the 240~425 K range were evaluated by means of the classical transition state theory (TST) with Wigner tunneling correction. The calculated results show that the rate constant of Channel R2 (HOCl + 3O2) is larger by 3~5 orders of magnitude, indicating that the total rate constants of HO2 + ClO reaction mainly lie on the contribution of channel R2 (HOCl + 3O2). Besides, the rate constant of channel R2 (HOCl + 3O2) is 2.76×10-15 cm3molecule-1s-1 at 298 K, in excellent agreement with experimental value.