Automated reaction kinetics and network exploration (Arkane): A statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, transition state theory, and master equation software

TitleAutomated reaction kinetics and network exploration (Arkane): A statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, transition state theory, and master equation software
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2023
AuthorsDana AGrinberg, Johnson MS, Allen JW, Sharma S, Raman S, Liu M, Gao CW, Grambow CA, Goldman MJ, Ranasinghe DS, Gillis RJ, A. Payne M, Li Y-P, Dong X, Spiekermann KA, Wu H, Dames EE, Buras ZJ, Vandewiele NM, Yee NW, Merchant SS, Buesser B, Class CA, Goldsmith F, West RH, Green WH
JournalInternational Journal of Chemical Kinetics
Volume55
Issue6
Pagination300 - 323
Date Published2023/06/01
ISBN Number0538-8066
KeywordsChemical kinetics, potential energy surface, pressure-dependent reactions, reaction mechanism generator, sensitivity analysis, statistical mechanics
Abstract

Abstract The open-source statistical mechanics software described here, Arkane?Automated Reaction Kinetics and Network Exploration?facilitates computations of thermodynamic properties of chemical species, high-pressure limit reaction rate coefficients, and pressure-dependent rate coefficient over multi-well molecular potential energy surfaces (PES) including the effects of collisional energy transfer on phenomenological kinetics. Arkane can use estimates to fill in information for molecules or reactions where quantum chemistry information is missing. The software solves the internal energy master equation for complex unimolecular reaction systems. Inputs to the software include converged electronic structure computations performed by the user using a variety of supported software packages (Gaussian, Molpro, Orca, TeraChem, Q-Chem, Psi4). The software outputs high-pressure limit rate coefficients and pressure-dependent phenomenological rate coefficients, as well as computed thermodynamic properties (enthalpy, entropy, and constant pressure heat capacity) with added energy corrections. Some of the key features of Arkane include treatment of 1D, 2D or ND hindered internal rotation modes, treatment of free internal rotation modes, quantum tunneling effect consideration, transition state theory (TST) and Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus (RRKM) rate coefficient computations, master equation solution with four implemented methods, inverse-Laplace transform of high-pressure limit rate coefficients into the energy domain, energy corrections based on bond-additivity or isodesmic reactions, automated and efficient PES exploration, and PES sensitivity analysis. The present work describes the design of Arkane, how it should be used, and refers to the theory that it employs. Arkane is distributed via the RMG-Py software suite (https://github.com/ReactionMechanismGenerator/RMG-Py).

URLhttps://doi.org/10.1002/kin.21637
Short TitleInternational Journal of Chemical Kinetics