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List of works by Henry J. Curran

A comprehensive experimental and detailed chemical kinetic modelling study of 2,5-dimethylfuran pyrolysis and oxidation

scientific article (publication date: November 2013)

A multiple shock tube and chemical kinetic modeling study of diethyl ether pyrolysis and oxidation.

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Ab Initio/Transition-State Theory Study of the Reactions of Ċ5H9 Species of Relevance to 1,3-Pentadiene, Part I: Potential Energy Surfaces, Thermochemistry, and High-Pressure Limiting Rate Constants

scientific article published on 15 October 2019

Ab initio and kinetic study of the reaction of ketones with OH for T = 500-2000 K. Part I: hydrogen-abstraction from H3CC(O)CH(3-x)(CH3)x, x = 0 ↦ 2

scientific article published on 13 May 2011

Ab initio chemical kinetics of methyl formate decomposition: the simplest model biodiesel

scientific article published in May 2010

Accurate benchmark calculation of the reaction barrier height for hydrogen abstraction by the hydroperoxyl radical from methane. Implications for C(n)H(2n+2) where n = 2 --> 4.

scientific article published on 8 July 2008

An ab initio/Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus study of the hydrogen-abstraction reactions of methyl ethers, H(3)COCH(3-x)(CH(3))(x), x = 0-2, by OH; mechanism and kinetics

scientific article published on 19 May 2010

Chemical kinetic modeling study of the effects of oxygenated hydrocarbons on soot emissions from diesel engines

scientific article published in June 2006

Development of a Joint Hydrogen and Syngas Combustion Mechanism Based on an Optimization Approach.

scientific article published on 20 May 2016

Energy barriers for the addition of H, *CH3, and *C2H5 to *CH2=CHX [X = H, CH3, OH] and for H-atom addition to RCH=O [R = H, CH3, *C2H5, n-C3H7]: implications for the gas-phase chemistry of enols

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Enthalpies of formation and bond dissociation energies of lower alkyl hydroperoxides and related hydroperoxy and alkoxy radicals

scientific article published on 8 May 2008

Enthalpies of formation, bond dissociation energies and reaction paths for the decomposition of model biofuels: ethyl propanoate and methyl butanoate.

scientific article published on 8 February 2007

Experimental and Kinetic Modeling Study of 2-Methyl-2-Butene: Allylic Hydrocarbon Kinetics

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Experimental and chemical kinetic modeling study of 3-pentanone oxidation.

scientific article published on 29 October 2010

Experimental and modeling study of C5H10O2 ethyl and methyl esters.

scientific article published on 7 February 2007

Experimental and modeling study of methyl cyclohexane pyrolysis and oxidation

scientific article published in January 2006

Extensive Theoretical Study of the Thermochemical Properties of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons and Allylic and Super-Allylic Radicals: The Development and Optimization of Group Additivity Values

scientific article published on 16 May 2018

Formation enthalpies and bond dissociation energies of alkylfurans. The strongest CX bonds known?

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Further insights into the core mechanism of H2/CO/NOx reaction system

scientific article published in 2022

Ketene thermochemistry

scientific article published in April 2008

Measurements of Flat-Flame Velocities of Diethyl Ether in Air

scientific article (publication date: July 2012)

Modeling Ignition of a Heptane Isomer: Improved Thermodynamics, Reaction Pathways, Kinetics, and Rate Rule Optimizations for 2-Methylhexane

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Modeling Nitrogen Species as Pollutants: Thermochemical Influences

scientific article published on 22 August 2016

Rate constant calculations of H-atom abstraction reactions from ethers by HȮ2 radicals

scientific article published on 17 February 2014

Revisiting the Kinetics and Thermodynamics of the Low-Temperature Oxidation Pathways of Alkanes: A Case Study of the Three Pentane Isomers.

scientific article published on April 2015

The pyrolysis of 2-methylfuran: a quantum chemical, statistical rate theory and kinetic modelling study

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Theoretical Kinetics Analysis for Ḣ Atom Addition to 1,3-Butadiene and Related Reactions on the Ċ4H7 Potential Energy Surface.

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Theoretical Study of the Reaction of Hydrogen Atoms with Three Pentene Isomers: 2-Methyl-1-butene, 2-Methyl-2-butene, and 3-Methyl-1-butene

scientific article published on 15 December 2020

Theoretical and kinetic study of the hydrogen atom abstraction reactions of esters with H(O.)2 radicals

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Theoretical and kinetic study of the reaction of ethyl methyl ketone with HO2 for T = 600-1600 K. Part II: addition reaction channels

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Theoretical and kinetic study of the reactions of ketones with HO2 radicals. Part I: abstraction reaction channels

scientific article published on 09 May 2013

Theoretical chemical kinetic study of the H-atom abstraction reactions from aldehydes and acids by Ḣ atoms and ȮH, HȮ2, and ĊH3 radicals

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Theoretical study of the rate constants for the hydrogen atom abstraction reactions of esters with (•)OH radicals

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Theoretical, Experimental, and Modeling Study of the Reaction of Hydrogen Atoms with 1- and 2-Pentene

scientific article published on 26 September 2019

Thermochemistry and kinetics of acetonylperoxy radical isomerisation and decomposition: a quantum chemistry and CVT/SCT approach.

scientific article published on 20 October 2008

Thermochemistry of acetonyl and related radicals

scientific article published on 01 December 2006

Toward the Development of a Fundamentally Based Chemical Model for Cyclopentanone: High-Pressure-Limit Rate Constants for H Atom Abstraction and Fuel Radical Decomposition

scientific article published on September 2016