Baoshan Wang, Hua Hou and Yueshu Gu
A potential energy surface for the unimolecular decomposition of fluoromethanethiol has been reported at the G2(MP2) level of theory. Eleven product channels of CH2FSH were fully detailed. Five possible decomposition pathways of the CH3SF isomer were also examined. The calculations reveal that the four-center 1,2-HF elimination mechanism rather than the bond scission mechanism dominates the decomposition of both CH2FSH and CH3SF. The rate coefficients of the formation of HF at the high-pressure limit were deduced. The enthalpies of formation (ΔfH0° and ΔfH298°) of thirteen sulfur-containing species involved in the CH3SF system were predicted at the G2(MP2) level.