KinBot: Automated reaction pathway search for gas-phase molecules

Description

This repository contains the KinBot code version 2.0, a tool for automatically searching for reactions on the potential energy surface.

If you are using this tool in scientific publications, please reference this git repo and the following publications:

• Ruben Van de Vijver, Judit Zádor: KinBot: Automated stationary point search on potential energy surfaces, Comp. Phys. Comm., 2019, 248, 106947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2019.106947
• Judit Zádor, Carles Martí, Ruben Van de Vijver, Sommer L. Johansen, Yoona Yang, Hope A. Michelsen, Habib N. Najm, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2023, ASAP. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.2c06558

We appreciate if you send us the DOI of your published paper that used KinBot, so we can feature it here below.

How to Install

KinBot can be installed either via pip.

PIP

pip install kinbot

Note KinBot only works with Python >= 3.8.

How to Run

To run KinBot (which will only explore one well), make an input file (e.g. input.json) and run:

kinbot input.json

To run a full PES search, make an input file (e.g. input.json) and run:

pes input.json

You can find additional command line arguments in the manual.

Documentation

See wiki.

List of files in this project

See list.

Authors

• Judit Zádor ([email protected])
• Ruben Van de Vijver ([email protected])
• Amanda Dewyer
• Carles Martí ([email protected])

Papers using KinBot

• Takahashi, L., Yoshida, S., Fujima, J., Oikawa, H., Takahashi, K.: Unveiling the reaction pathways of hydrocarbons via experiments, computations and data science. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022, 24, 29841-29849. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/CP/D2CP04499D
• Doner, A. C., Zádor, J., Rotavera, B.: Stereoisomer-dependent unimolecular kinetics of 2,4-dimethyloxetane peroxy radicals. Faraday Discuss., 2022, 238, 295-319. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2FD00029F
• Ramasesha, K., Savee, J. D., Zádor, J., Osborn, D. L.: A New Pathway for Intersystem Crossing: Unexpected Products in the O(3P) + Cyclopentene Reaction. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2021, 125 9785-9801. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.1c05817
• Rogers, C. O, Lockwood, K. S., Nguyen, Q. L. D., Labbe, N. J.: Diol isomer revealed as a source of methyl ketene from propionic acid unimolecular decomposition. Int. J. Chem. Kinet., 2021, 53, 1272–1284. https://doi.org/10.1002/kin.21532
• Lockwood, K. S., Labbe, N. J.: Insights on keto-hydroperoxide formation from O2 addition to the beta-tetrahydrofuran radical. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2021, 38, 1, 533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2020.06.357
• Sheps, L., Dewyer, A. L., Demireva, M., and Zádor, J.: Quantitative Detection of Products and Radical Intermediates in Low-Temperature Oxidation of Cyclopentane. J. Phys. Chem. A 2021, 125, 20, 4467. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.1c02001
• Zhang, J., Vermeire, F., Van de Vijver, R., Herbinet, O.; Battin-Leclerc, F., Reyniers, M.-F., Van Geem, K. M.: Detailed experimental and kinetic modeling study of 3-carene pyrolysis. Int. J. Chem. Kinet., 2020, 52, 785-795. https://doi.org/10.1002/kin.21400
• Van de Vijver, R., Zádor, J.: KinBot: Automated stationary point search on potential energy surfaces. Computer Physics Communications, 2020, 248, 106947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2019.106947
• Joshi, S. P., Seal, P., Pekkanen, T. T., Timonen, R. S., Eskola, A. J.: Direct Kinetic Measurements and Master Equation Modelling of the Unimolecular Decomposition of Resonantly-Stabilized CH2CHCHC(O)OCH3 Radical and an Upper Limit Determination for CH2CHCHC(O)OCH3+O2 Reaction. Z. Phys. Chem., 2020, 234, 1251. https://doi.org/10.1515/zpch-2020-1612

Older Version of KinBot:

• Van de Vijver, R., Van Geem, K. M., Marin, G. B., Zádor, J.: Decomposition and isomerization of 1-pentanol radicals and the pyrolysis of 1-pentanol. Combustion and Flame, 2018, 196, 500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2018.05.011
• Grambow, C. A., Jamal, A., Li, Y.-P., Green, W. H., Zádor, J., Suleimanov, Y. V.: Unimolecular reaction pathways of a g-ketohydroperoxide from combined application of automated reaction discovery methods. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 1035. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b11009
• Rotavera, B., Savee, J. D., Antonov, I. O., Caravan, R. L., Sheps, L., Osborn, D. L., Zádor, J., Taatjes, C. A.: Influence of oxygenation in cyclic hydrocarbons on chain-termination reactions from R + O2: tetrahydropyran and cyclohexane. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2017, 36, 597. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2016.05.020
• Antonov, I. O., Zádor, J., Rotavera, B., Papajak, E., Osborn, D. L., Taatjes, C. A., Sheps, L.: Pressure-Dependent Competition among Reaction Pathways from First- and Second-O2 Additions in the Low-Temperature Oxidation of Tetrahydrofuran. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2016, 120 6582. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.6b05411
• Antonov, I. O., Kwok, J., Zádor, J., Sheps, L.: OH + 2-butene: A combined experimental and theoretical study in the 300-800 K temperature range. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2015, 119, 7742. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.5b01012
• Zádor, J., Miller, J.A.: Adventures on the C3H5O potential energy surface: OH + propyne, OH + allene and related reactions. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2015, 35, 181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2014.05.103
• Rotavera, B., Zádor, J., Welz, O., Sheps, L., Scheer, A.M., Savee, J.D., Ali, M.A., Lee, T.S., Simmons, B.A., Osborn, D.L., Violi, A., Taatjes, C.A.: Photoionization mass spectrometric measurements of initial reaction pathways in low-temperature oxidation of 2,5-dimethylhexane. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2014, 44, 10188. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp507811d

Acknowledgement

This research was supported by the Exascale Computing Project (ECP), Project Number: 17-SC-20-SC, a collaborative effort of two DOE organizations, the Office of Science and the National Nuclear Security Administration, responsible for the planning and preparation of a capable exascale ecosystem including software, applications, hardware, advanced system engineering, and early test bed platforms to support the nation's exascale computing imperative. RVdV was also supported by the AITSTME project as part of the Predictive Theory and Modeling component of the Materials Genome Initiative. Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory managed and operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International, Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-NA0003525.