果糖低温快速热解制备5-羟甲基糠醛的机理研究

提出了一种利用果糖低温快速热解制备5-羟甲基糠醛(HMF)并联产糠醛(FF)副产物的方法。通过Py-GC/MS(快速热解-气相色谱/质谱联用)实验,研究果糖快速热解的产物分布特性以及温度对HMF生成的影响。结果表明,HMF是果糖低温快速热解的最主要产物,在350 ℃下可获得最大产率,在250 ℃下可获得最高纯度,相对峰面积含量高达81.2%。此外,通过密度泛函理论计算,研究果糖热解形成HMF的五条可能反应途径。计算结果表明,果糖热解形成HMF的能量最优途径为路径1,即果糖首先发生C2位羟基与C1位氢的脱水,再发生C3位羟基与C1位羟基氢的脱水,最后发生C4位羟基与C5位氢的脱水而形成HMF。     

β-羟基丙醛基态与激发态氢迁移反应的从头算研究

本文用从头算RHF和UHF方法在3-21G基组上研究了β-羟基丙醛基态和激发态分解为甲醛和乙烯醇的反应机理。优化得到了各反应途径的过渡态和中间体, 其结果为: 基态β-羟基丙醛经过一个六元环过渡态和一个氢键中间体形成产物, 反应属于氢迁移和断键的协同过程; 激发三态β-羟基丙醛的分解途径首先经过一个氢迁移六元环过渡态形成双自由基中间体, 然后该中间体的分解包括两条相互竞争的途径, 它们各自经过一个断碳碳键的过渡态和一个氢键激-基态配合物中间体而形成两类产物, 一类为甲醛的基态和乙烯醇的激发态, 另一类为甲醛的激发态和乙烯醇的基态。激发态反应的两条通道均属于先氢迁移后断键分解的分步过程, 且反应的第二步为速控步骤。计算结果表明, 激发态反应活化位垒都比基态的低。     

3-羟基-3-甲基-2-丁酮和苯甲酰甲酸甲酯热分解反应的 理论研究

用从头算的方法在6-31G水平上研究了3-羟基-3-甲基-2-丁酮(1)和苯甲酰甲酸甲酯(2)热分解反应的机理。结果是:前一反应是经历五元环过渡态到达氢键中间体,它接着直接分解成乙醛的异构体和丙酮,最后乙醛的异构体异构化成乙醛;后一反应经历六元环过渡态形成中间体1(INT1),中间体1(INT1)直接分解成中间体2(INT2)和甲醛,中间体2(INT2)经过第二个过渡态分解成苯甲醛的异构体和一氧化碳,最后苯甲醛异构体异构化成苯甲醛。其中氢迁过程是反应的速控步骤。在MP~2/6-31G//HF/6-31G+ZPE水平上,对应于这两个反应速控步骤的活化位垒分别是251.42kJ/moL和247.94kJ/mol。采用传统过渡态理论计算了两反应的热反应速率常数,理论的计算结果与实验值吻合较好。     

磷酰化丝氨酸形成六配位磷中间体的理论研究

用MNDO方法对磷酰化丝氨酸仿生化反应机理中六配位磷中间体的形成过程进行了研究.磷酰化丝氨酸(1)形成分子内磷酸-羧酸分子内混酐的五配位磷中间体(2)后,其酸性质子解离,分子经过具有氢桥键结构的过渡态,使氨基酸侧链羟基上的氢通过氢键作用向磷上的O₁进行转移,然后再经过构型由三角双锥向八面体的转变,形成六配位磷中间体(3).氢桥键的存在使反应过渡态能量降低,其相对能量为148.5kJ/mol.理论计算较成功的解释了六配位磷中间体的形成机理以及磷酰化丝氨酸仿生化反应中羧基和侧链羟基共同参与的实验结果.     

苯酚羟基化制备苯二酚反应机理的理论研究

采用密度泛函理论(DFT)在UB3LYP/6-311G^**//UB3LYP/6-31G^*水平上研究了水溶液中羟基自由基进攻苯酚的邻位和对位生成邻苯二酚和对苯二酚的反应机理.结果表明,2个反应都存在3个过渡态,3个中间体,并通过振动分析对过渡态进行了确认.电荷密度的拓扑分析发现,邻位反应中羟基自由基的氧原子和苯酚环上的2个氢原子之间形成了氢键,并相应地形成了六元环和五元环结构.经单点能校正后,2个反应的主反应活化能十分接近,说明邻位和对位产物会同时存在,这与实验观测的结果一致.     

丙酮酸和苯甲酰甲酸热分解反应的速率常数

用从头算方法在6-31G的水平上研究了丙酮酸和苯甲酰甲酸热分解反应的机理．反应过程中各驻点都进行MP2相关能校准．计算结果表明：这两个反应都是羟基氢经历五元环过渡态迁移到α-羰基氧上形成氢键中间体;然后氢键中间体直接分解成异构体和二氧化碳;最后异构体经历三元环过渡态异构化成相应的醛．其中氢迁是决速步骤．在MP2／6-31G／／HF／6-31G基础上,对应于这两个反应速控步骤的活化位垒分别是186．0kJ·mol-1和169．3kJ·mol-1．在传统过渡态理论的基础上,计算了这两个反应在一定温度范围内热速率常数,理论的计算结果与实验值有很好的吻合．     

反式共轭类碳烯CH2=CH-CH=C:LiF氢迁移反应的DFT研究

应用密度泛函理论DFT方法,在B3LYP/6-31G*水平上研究了反式共轭类碳烯CH2=CH-CH=C∶LiF的氢迁移反应.计算优化了反应过程中的所有反应物、中间体、过渡态和产物的几何构型,通过频率振动分析确定中间体和过渡态.结果表明,在β位上的H原子迁移过程中,经历一个带有三元环结构的中间体和两个带有三元环结构的过渡态.第一步反应势垒较大.     

吡喃木糖和O-乙酰基吡喃木糖热解形成羟基乙醛的机理研究

以半纤维素主要成分木聚糖的两种单体--吡喃木糖和O-乙酰基吡喃木糖为模型化合物,运用密度泛函理论(DFT),采用B3LYP方法和6-31+G(d,p)基组进行计算,研究了吡喃木糖热解形成HAA的6条可能的反应路径和O-乙酰基吡喃木糖热解形成HAA的3条可能的反应路径。由此确定了吡喃木糖热解形成HAA的最优路径为:吡喃木糖首先开环得到链式木糖,然后C3羟基和C2氢脱水,随后经重排和逆醇醛缩合反应生成包含C4/C5的HAA;该路径的决速步骤为脱水反应,能垒为253.3 kJ/mol。O-乙酰基吡喃木糖热解形成HAA的最优路径为:O-乙酰基吡喃木糖首先支链断裂脱出乙酸(AA),开环后的链式中间体经氢转移反应得到包含C4/C5的HAA;该路径的决速步骤为最后的氢转移反应,能垒为317.6 kJ/mol。     

反式共轭类碳烯CH_2CH—CHC∶LiF氢迁移反应的DFT研究

应用密度泛函理论DFT方法,在B3LYP/6-31G*水平上研究了反式共轭类碳烯CH2CH—CHC∶LiF的氢迁移反应.计算优化了反应过程中的所有反应物、中间体、过渡态和产物的几何构型,通过频率振动分析确定中间体和过渡态.结果表明,在β位上的H原子迁移过程中,经历一个带有三元环结构的中间体和两个带有三元环结构的过渡态.第一步反应势垒较大.     

8-羟基鸟嘌呤自由基的开环反应机理

使用经实验校准的B3LYP/DZP++方法研究了8-羟基鸟嘌呤自由基的开环反应机理. 计算结果表明, 该反应先后历经C8—N9键的断裂、羟基H原子向N7原子转移两个步骤完成, 转移中的H原子具有阳离子的特征. 当没有水存在时, 羟基H原子的转移反应需经历一个四元环的过渡态, 具有较高的活化能, 反应较困难. 但如果有水分子存在, 羟基H原子的转移步骤将经历一个低活化能的六元环过渡态, 使整个8-羟基鸟嘌呤自由基的开环反应可以在较温和的条件下顺利完成. 在无水催化时, 羟基H转移是反应的速率控制步骤; 而有水催化时, 反应的速率由C8—N9键的断裂步骤控制.     

The first solid enols of anhydrides. Structure, properties, and enol/anhydride equilibria(1)

Reaction of beta-methylglutaconic anhydride with NaOMe followed by reaction with methyl or phenyl chloroformate gave the corresponding O-methoxy (and O-phenoxy) carbonylation derivatives. Reaction of the anhydride with MgCl2/pyridine, followed by methyl chloroformate gave C-methoxycarbonylation at C3 of the anhydride. The product (4) was previously suggested by calculation to be the enol of the anhydride 5 and this is confirmed by X-ray crystallography (bond lengths: C-OH, 1.297 A; C1C2 1.388 A; HO...O=C(OMe) distance 2.479 A) making it the first solid enol of an anhydride. In CDCl3, CD3CN, or C6D6 solution it displays the OH as a broad signal at ca. 15 ppm, suggesting a hydrogen bond with the CO2Me group. NICS calculations indicate that 4 is nonaromatic. With D2O in CDCl3 both the OH and the C5H protons exchange rapidly the H for D. An isomeric anhydride 5a of 5 is formed in equilibrium with 4 in polar solvents. In solution, anhydride(s)/enol equilibria are rapidly established with Kenol of 6.40 (C6D6, 298 K), 0.52 (CD3CN, 298 K), 9.8 (CDCl3, 298 K), 22.8 (CDCl3, 240 K), and decreasing Kenol in CDCl3:CD3CN mixtures with the increase in percent of CD3CN. The percentage of the rearranged anhydride in CDCl3:(CD3)2CO increases with the increased percent of (CD3)2CO. In DMSO-d6 and DMF-d7 the observed species are mainly the conjugated base 4- and 5a. Deuterium effects on the delta(13C) values were determined. An analogous C2-OH enol of anhydride 15 substituted by 3-CO2Me and 4-OCO2Me groups was prepared. Its structure was confirmed by X-ray crystallography (CO bond length 1.298 A, O...O distance 2.513 A); delta(OH) = 12.04-13.22 ppm in CDCl3, THF-d8, and CD3CN, and Kenol = > or = 100, 7.7, and 3.4 respectively. In DMSO-d6 enol 15 ionizes to its conjugate base. Substantial upfield shifts of the apparent delta("OH") proton on diluting the enol solutions are ascribed to the interaction of the H+ formed with the traces of water in the solvent to give H3O+, which gives the alleged "OH proton" signal.     

中心碳极性反转的酰基化试剂的理论研究Ⅱ: H~2C=C(OH)Na 的理论研究

用MP2/6-31+G^*解析梯度方法,研究乙酰基负离子等效物CH~2=C(OH)Na的结构,得到了四个平衡构型。偏位取代的三元环结构1最稳定,将是最易存在的结构。H~2C=C(OH)Na具有双重反应性,结构4是发生亲核反应的中间体,发生类卡宾反应时经过类似构型2的中间状态。同H~2C=C(OH)Li相比较,H~2C=C(OH)Na碳负离子反应将更突出,发生类卡宾反应则更加困难。     

Unimolecular thermal decomposition of phenol and d5-phenol: direct observation of cyclopentadiene formation via cyclohexadienone

The pyrolyses of phenol and d(5)-phenol (C(6)H(5)OH and C(6)D(5)OH) have been studied using a high temperature, microtubular (μtubular) SiC reactor. Product detection is via both photon ionization (10.487 eV) time-of-flight mass spectrometry and matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy. Gas exiting the heated reactor (375 K-1575 K) is subject to a free expansion after a residence time in the μtubular reactor of approximately 50-100 μs. The expansion from the reactor into vacuum rapidly cools the gas mixture and allows the detection of radicals and other highly reactive intermediates. We find that the initial decomposition steps at the onset of phenol pyrolysis are enol/keto tautomerization to form cyclohexadienone followed by decarbonylation to produce cyclopentadiene; C(6)H(5)OH → c-C(6)H(6) = O → c-C(5)H(6) + CO. The cyclopentadiene loses a H atom to generate the cyclopentadienyl radical which further decomposes to acetylene and propargyl radical; c-C(5)H(6) → c-C(5)H(5) + H → HC≡CH + HCCCH(2). At higher temperatures, hydrogen loss from the PhO-H group to form phenoxy radical followed by CO ejection to generate the cyclopentadienyl radical likely contributes to the product distribution; C(6)H(5)O-H → C(6)H(5)O + H → c-C(5)H(5) + CO. The direct decarbonylation reaction remains an important channel in the thermal decomposition mechanisms of the dihydroxybenzenes. Both catechol (o-HO-C(6)H(4)-OH) and hydroquinone (p-HO-C(6)H(4)-OH) are shown to undergo decarbonylation at the onset of pyrolysis to form hydroxycyclopentadiene. In the case of catechol, we observe that water loss is also an important decomposition channel at the onset of pyrolysis.     

Pyrolysis of tert-butyl tert-butanethiosulfinate, t-BuS(O)St-Bu: a computational perspective of the decomposition pathways

A systematic theoretical study has been performed on the low pressure thermal decomposition pathways of t-BuS(O)St-Bu using the CCSD(T)/cc-pV(D+d)Z//B3LYP/6-311++G(2d,2p), CCSD(T)/cc-pV(D+d)Z//PBEPBE/6-311++G(2d,2p), and G3B3 level of theories. Rate constants for the unimolecular decomposition pathways are calculated using Rice?Ramsperger?Kassel?Marcus (RRKM) theory. On the basis of the experimental observation and theoretical predictions, the pyrolysis channels are considered as primary and secondary pyrolysis reactions. The primary decomposition via a five-membered transition state leads to the formation of tert-butanethiosulfoxylic acid (t-BuSSOH) and 2-methylpropene (C4H8) almost exclusively having low-pressure limit rate constant k(1)(0) = 4.67 × 10(?6)T(?4.67) exp(?11.64 kcal mol(?1)/RT) cm3 mol(?1) s(?1) (T = 500?800 K). The primary decomposition via a six-membered transition state is also identified, and that leads to the tert-butanethiosulfinic acid t-BuS(OH)S, which is the branched chain isomer of t-BuSSOH. The formation of t-BuSSOH is thermodynamically as well as kinetically favorable over t-BuS(OH)S formation, and therefore the second product could not be found experimentally. Furthermore, calculation on secondary pyrolysis pathways involving the decomposition of t-BuSSOH leads to the formation of 1-oxatrisulfane (trans-HSSOH and cis-HSSOH) and their branched isomer S(SH)OH. These three secondary product formation rates are competitive, but thermodynamics do not favor the formation of the branched isomer. Among the secondary pyrolysis products, trans-HSSOH is the most stable one, and its formation rate constant at low pressure is calculated to be k(3)(0) = 5.49 × 10(28)T(?10.70) exp(?36.22 kcal mol(?1)/RT) cm3 mol(?1) s(?1) (T = 800?1500 K). Finally, the secondary pyrolysis pathway from less stable product t-BuS(OH)S is also predicted, and that leads to trans-HSSOH and cis-HSSOH products with almost equal rates. A bond-order analysis using Wiberg bond indexes obtained by natural bond orbital (NBO) calculation predicts that the primary and secondary pyrolysis of t-BuS(O)St-Bu occur via E1-like mechanism.     

Reactions of the ionized enol tautomer of acetanilide: elimination of HNCO via a novel rearrangement

The reactions of ionised acetanilide, C(6)H(5)NH(=O)CH(3)(.+), and its enol, C(6)H(5)NH(OH)=CH(2)(.+), have been studied by a combination of tandem mass spectrometric and computational methods. These two isomeric radical cations have distinct chemistries at low internal energies. The keto tautomer eliminates exclusively CH(2)=C=O to give ionised aniline. In contrast, the enol tautomer loses H-N=C=O, via an unusual skeletal rearrangement, to form predominantly ionised methylene cyclohexadiene. Hydrogen atom loss also occurs from the enol tautomer, with the formation of protonated oxindole. The mechanisms for H-N=C=O and hydrogen atom loss both involve cyclisation; the former proceeds via a spiro transition state formed by attachment of the methylene group to the ipso position, whereas the latter entails the formation of a five-membered ring by attachment to the ortho position. The behaviour of labelled analogues reveals that these two processes have different site selectivities. Hydrogen atom loss involves a reverse critical energy and is subject to an isotope effect. Surprisingly, attempts to promote the enolisation of ionised acetanilide by proton-transport catalysis were unsuccessful. In a reversal of the usual situation for ionised carbonyl compounds, ionised acetanilide is actually more stable than its enol tautomer. The enol tautomer was resistant to proton-transport catalysed ketonisation to ionised acetanilide, possibly because the favoured geometry of the encounter complex with the base molecule is inappropriate for facilitating tautomerisation.     

Kinetics and mechanism of addition of benzylamines to benzylidene-1,3-indandiones in acetonitrile

Nucleophilic addition reactions of benzylamines (BA; XC6H4CH2NH2) to benzylidene-1,3-indandiones (BID; YC6H4CH=C(C=O)2C6H4) have been studied in acetonitrile at 25.0 degrees C. The rate is first-order with respect to BA and BID, and no base catalysis is observed. The structure-reactivity behaviors (k2, rhoX, betaX, and betaY) are intermediate between the two series of addition reactions of BA to beta-nitrostyrene (NS) and benzylidenemalononitrile (BMN) in acetonitrile. The normal kinetic isotope effects, kH/kD > 1.0, involving deuterated BAs (XC6H4CH2ND2) are smaller than those for the reactions of NS and BMN suggesting a somewhat looser bond formation in the transition state. The reaction is predicted to proceed in a single step with concurrent C(alpha)-N bond formation and proton transfer to C(beta). A hydrogen-bonded, four-center type cyclic transition state is proposed.     

Synthesis of alkynyl ethers and low-temperature sigmatropic rearrangement of allyl and benzyl alkynyl ethers

Alpha-alkoxy ketones 3 can be transformed into 1-alkynyl ethers 5 by a two-step procedure involving formation of the enol triflate or phosphate and base-induced elimination. Performing the same reaction sequence with allylic alcohols (R2OH, R2 = allyl) furnishes instead gamma,delta-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivatives 6, derived from [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of the intermediate allyl alkynyl ethers at -78 degrees C and trapping of the subsequently formed ketene with nucleophiles (Nu-H). Benzyl alkynyl ether 5 (R2 = benzyl) rearranges to indanone 7 upon heating to 60 degrees C.     

Ab initio studies on reaction H_2C═C(OH)Li+CH_3~+(CH_3~-)

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