Reaction class transition state theory: hydrogen abstraction reactions by hydrogen atoms as test cases

We present a new method called Reaction Class Transition State Theory (RC-TST) for estimating thermal rate constants of a large number of reactions in a class. This method is based on the transition state theory framework within the reaction class approach. Thermal rate constants of a given reaction in a class relative to those of its principal reaction can be efficiently predicted from only its differential barrier height and reaction energy. Such requirements are much less than what is needed by the conventional TST method.