Mechanistic Investigation of the Pyrolysis of Brown Grease

Table 4

Relative energies, enthalpies, Gibbs energies, activation energies, and Gibbs energies of activation for the dissociation reactions of oleic acid at uB3LYP/6-31G(d) (in kJ mol⁻¹) at 298 K.

Type of dissociation	ΔE	ΔH	ΔG	ΔE^≠	ΔG^≠
(C7–C8) cleavage	276	283	245	376	364
(C1–C2) cleavage	362	374	329	447	442
(C8–H) cleavage	332	337	323	400	390