The monomolecular mechanism of the gas‐phase thermal decomposition of primary N‐nitramines

Using nonempirical methods and DFT‐methods the geometrical parameters formation enthalpies of molecules and radicals, energies dissociation of N? NO₂ bonds of primary and secondary N‐nitramines have been investigated. The basic tendencies in the changes of the geometrical and electronic structures, formation enthalpies, and dissociation energies have been analyzed in basic homologous series of nitramines. Various alternative mechanisms of the gas‐phase monomolecular thermal decomposition have been studied by of the example of N‐methylnitramine. The process of the aci‐form formation and its further multistage destruction is the most advantageous way of decomposition of the primary N‐nitramines. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2010     

Bond energies and the enthalpies of formation of mono- and polyradicals in nitroalkanes 2. Nitro derivatives of ethane and propane

Based on the experimental results and the published data, the enthalpies of formation of ethane and propane nitro derivatives were obtained for both the standard state and gas phase. The bond dissociation energies of the ethane and propane nitro derivatives were calculated using the enthalpies of atomization and the energies of nonvalent interactions of nitro groups. The calculated values were compared with the kinetic data on thermal decomposition. The bond dissociation energies in radicals of the ethane and propane nitro derivatives were also calculated using the enthalpies of atomization and the energies of nonvalent interactions of nitro groups. Regularities of changes in the bond dissociation energies of the ethane and propane nitro derivatives and their radicals were established.     

Bond energies and the enthalpies of formation of mono- and polyradicals in nitroakanes 3. Nitroalkanes C<Subscript>4</Subscript>–C<Subscript>7</Subscript>

Based on the experimentally determined values and published data, the enthalpies of formation of nitroalkanes C₄–C₇ in the standard state and in the gas phase were recommended. The dissociation energies of bonds in these compounds were determined taking into account the enthalpies of atomization and the energies of nonvalent interactions of nitro groups with one another. The calculated values were compared with the available thermal decomposition kinetic data. The dissociation energies of bonds in C₄–C₇ nitroalkane radicals were also calculated using the enthalpies of atomization and the energies of nonvalent interactions of nitro groups. Regularities of changes in the bond dissociation energies of nitroalkanes C₁–C₇ and their radicals are established.     

Energetics of flavone and flavanone

In this work, we have determined the experimental standard (p° = 0.1 MPa) molar enthalpies of formation, in gas phase, of flavone and flavanone.These results were obtained by combining the standard molar enthalpies of formation in the condensed phase with the standard molar enthalpies of sublimation. The former values were derived from combustion experiments in oxygen, at T = 298.15 K, in a static bomb calorimeter. The values of the standard molar enthalpies of sublimation were obtained by Calvet microcalorimetry and corrected to T = 298.15 K.High-level density functional theory calculations using the B3LYP hybrid exchange–correlation energy functional with extended basis sets and more accurate correlated computational techniques of the MCCM/3 suite have been performed for the compounds.The obtained results, experimental and computational, for flavone and flavanone were compared with those obtained for chromone and chromanone, respectively.     

Enthalpies of formation of organic free radicals of alcohol and ether derivatives

Numerical values of the enthalpies of formation of oxygen-containing organic radicals of alcohol and ether derivatives (Δ_f H°) were analyzed. For seven out of 25 compounds the corresponding Δ_f H° values were determined more accurately. For 35 radicals, the Δ_f H° values were determined for the first time based on the published values of bond dissociation energies in molecules and on the corresponding enthalpies of their formation. Based on the analysis of the Δ_f H° values for 60 radicals studied, a structure—property (enthalpy of formation) correlation was established, described in the framework of the group additivity scheme. The parameters for calculations of Δ_f H° values for the title radicals were recommended.     

Ab initio quantum-mechanical calculations of the propagation enthalpies for the radical and anionic polymerizations of formaldehyde and methanimine

The gas phase enthalpies of formation for oligomeric radicals and anions H(CH₂NH)_n^* and H(CH₂O)_n^* were theoretically determined by ab initio quantum-mechanical calculations with n in the range 1 to 6. From these results, the reaction enthalpies for each of the first five propagation steps of the polymerization were estimated for methanimine (H₂C = NH) and formaldehyde (H₂C = O). At the same step of oligomerization, enthalpies associated with anionic polymerizations are always more negative than enthalpies corresponding to radical polymerizations, but the difference between them decreases with increasing n. Both Delta;H (propagation) vs. n curves tend rapidly, particularly for radical polymerizations, towards an asymptotic value independent of the mode of polymerization and equal to - 12 kcal/mol for formaldehyde and - 14 kcal/mol for methanimine. Experimental data for the gas phase polymerization of formaldehyde are in good agreement with our theoretical value. These results demonstrate that heats of polymerization can be reasonably estimated by intensive calculation methods if a careful choice of the reaction mimicking the propagation step is done.     

Thermochemical study of 5-methyluracil, 6-methyluracil, and 5-nitrouracil

The standard (p° = 0.1 MPa) molar enthalpies of formation, in the crystalline phase, at T = 298.15 K, for 5-methyluracil, 6-methyluracil, and 5-nitrouracil were derived from the values of the standard massic energies of combustion measured by static bomb combustion calorimetry. The results obtained together with literature values of the enthalpies of sublimation yielded the standard molar enthalpies of formation, in gaseous phase, at T = 298.15 K. These values are discussed in the terms of structural enthalpic increments.     

Calculations of enthalpies of formation of carbenes in the ground state in the gas phase

Known enthalpies of formation (Δ_f H ^o) of carbenes in the ground state in the gas phase were analyzed; the prospects for the theoretical evaluation of (Δ_f H ^o) were considered. The (Δ_f H ^o) values of carbenes were calculated by the group-addition method, developed previously for free radicals, as well as by the AM1 and PM3 quantum-chemical methods; these methods were compared. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 57–63, January, 1997.     

Bond dissociation enthalpies in chlorinated benzenes and phenols and enthalpies of formation of their free radicals: A Gaussian‐4 prediction

The bond dissociation enthalpies (BDEs) in chlorinated benzenes and phenols and the standard gas‐phase enthalpies of formation of chlorinated phenyl and phenoxy radicals are predicted by using Gaussian‐4 (G4) and Gaussian‐3X (G3X) model chemistries. The predicted G4 BDEs are systematically smaller than the G3X ones, with difference as much as ～15 kJ/mol for the C₆Cl₅‐Cl bond, and the G4 enthalpies of formation of the free radicals are systematically smaller than the G3X ones. The discrepancies increase gradually with the degree of chlorination; whereas for the closed‐shell species, G4 and G3X enthalpies of formation agree closely within 2 kJ/mol. The difference between G4 and G3X arises mainly from the noncanceling high‐level correction terms in G4. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 43: 62–69, 2011     

Thermochemical studies on 3-methyl-quinoxaline-2-carboxamide-1,4-dioxide derivatives: enthalpies of formation and of N-O bond dissociation

The standard molar enthalpies of formation of the 3-methyl-N-R-2-quinoxalinecarboxamide-1,4-dioxides (R = H, phenyl, 2-tolyl) in the gas phase were derived using the values for the enthalpies of combustion of the crystalline compounds, measured by static bomb combustion calorimetry, and for the enthalpies of sublimation, measured by Knudsen effusion, at T = 298.15 K. These values have also been used to calibrate a computational procedure that has been employed to estimate the gas-phase enthalpies of formation of the corresponding 3-methyl-N-R-2-quinoxalinecarboxamides and also to compute the first, second, and mean N-O bond dissociation enthalpies in the gas phase. It is found that the size of the substituent almost does not influence the computed N-O bond dissociation enthalpies; the maximum enthalpic difference is approximately 5 kJ.mol-1.     

Thermochemistry of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

The determination of gas phase thermochemical properties of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is central to understanding the long-range transport behavior of PFAS in the atmosphere. Prior gas-phase studies have reported the properties of perfluorinated sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorinated octanoic acid (PFOA). Here, this study reports the gas phase enthalpies of formation of short- and long-chain PFAS and their precursor molecules determined using density functional theory (DFT) and ab initio approaches. Two density functionals, two ab initio methods and an empirical method were used to compute enthalpies of formation with the total atomization approach and an isogyric reaction. The performance of the computational methods employed in this work were validated against the experimental enthalpies of linear alkanoic acids and perfluoroalkanes. The gas-phase determinations will be useful for future studies of PFAS in the atmosphere, and the methodological choices will be helpful in the study of other PFAS.     

Group Additive Values for the Gas‐Phase Standard Enthalpy of Formation,Entropy and Heat Capacity of Oxygenates

A complete and consistent set of 60 Benson group additive values (GAVs) for oxygenate molecules and 97 GAVs for oxygenate radicals is provided, which allow to describe their standard enthalpies of formation, entropies and heat capacities. Approximately half of the GAVs for oxygenate molecules and the majority of the GAVs for oxygenate radicals have not been reported before. The values are derived from an extensive and accurate database of thermochemical data obtained by ab initio calculations at the CBS‐QB3 level of theory for 202 molecules and 248 radicals. These compounds include saturated and unsaturated, α‐ and β‐branched, mono‐ and bifunctional oxygenates. Internal rotations were accounted for by using one‐dimensional hindered rotor corrections. The accuracy of the database was further improved by adding bond additive corrections to the CBS‐QB3 standard enthalpies of formation. Furthermore, 14 corrections for non‐nearest‐neighbor interactions (NNI) were introduced for molecules and 12 for radicals. The validity of the constructed group additive model was established by comparing the predicted values with both ab initio calculated values and experimental data for oxygenates and oxygenate radicals. The group additive method predicts standard enthalpies of formation, entropies, and heat capacities with chemical accuracy, respectively, within 4 kJ mol^?1 and 4 J mol^?1 K^?1 for both ab initio calculated and experimental values. As an alternative, the hydrogen bond increment (HBI) method developed by Lay et al. (T. H. Lay, J. W. Bozzelli, A. M. Dean, E. R. Ritter, J. Phys. Chem.­ 1995 , 99, 14514) was used to introduce 77 new HBI structures and to calculate their thermodynamic parameters (Δ_fH°, S°, C_p°). The GAVs reported in this work can be reliably used for the prediction of thermochemical data for large oxygenate compounds, combining rapid prediction with wide‐ranging application.     

Thermochemical Study of the Cyanophenol Isomers

The standard (p° = 0.1MPa) molar enthalpies of formation for 2-, 3- and 4-cyanophenol in the gaseous phase were derived from the standard molar enthalpies of combustion in oxygen at T = 298.15 K, measured by static bomb combustion calorimetry, and the standard molar enthalpies of sublimation at 298.15 K, measured by Calvet microcalorimetry: 2-cyanophenol, (32.8 ± 2.1) kJ-mol^–1; 3-cyanophenol, (37.8 ± 2.2) kJ-mol^–1; 4-cyanophenol, (35.1 ± 2.5)-kJ-mol^–1. Ab initio geometry optimizations of the three cyanophenols and respective phenoxyl radicals and phenoxide anions were performed using the 6-31G* basis sets. Single-point MP2 and DFT energy calculations allowed the estimation of the enthalpies of formation in the gaseous phase, the O—H bond dissociation energies, and the gas-phase acidities of the three cyanophenols. The theoretical results are generally in good agreement with the experimental findings.     

Molecular structure and mechanisms of unimonomolecular decomposition of primary <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-nitramines

By means of nonempirical and the density functional methods the geometrical parameters, the enthalpies of formation of the compounds and radicals, and the dissociation energies of the N-NO₂ bond in primary and secondary N-nitramines were evaluated. The tendencies to the variation of spatial arrangement, of the formation enthalpies, and of the dissociation energies in the series of simplest N-nitramines were analyzed. Alternative mechanisms of the initial stage of the gas phase unimolecular decomposition were considered. It is noted that among all the processes of unimolecular decomposition the formation and destruction of aci-form according to the complex multy-stage mechanism was the most energetically favored.     

Thermochemistry of heteroatomic compounds

The enthalpies of solvation of four geometric isomers of 2,5-dimethyl-1-phenyl-1-thioxophosphorinan-4-one in chloroform, nitrobenzene, and methanol were calculated using the enthalpies of vaporization of the isomers determined by the modified Solomonov—Konovalov method from the enthalpies of solution of the compounds in CCl₄ andp-xylene and molar refractions. The enthalpies of formation (ΔH _f ^o) of the isomers in the condensed and gas phase were assessed in the framework of Benson's group additivity scheme by summing the ΔH _f ^o values for phosphacycloketone fragments obtained from molecular mechanics calculations with the contributions of the phenyl group and S atom attached to the P atom. Published inIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1533–1536, September, 2000.     

The enthalpies of formation of two dibenzocyclooctadienones

The standard molar enthalpies of formation (Δ_fH_m⁰(s)/kJmol⁻¹) for 2,3:6,7-dibenzocycloocta-2,6-dien-1-one and 2,3:7,8-dibenzocycloocta-2,7-dien-1-one [6H-11,12-dihydro-dibenzo[a,e]cycloocten-5-one (ketone 1) and 10H-11,12-dihydrodibenzo[a,d]-cycloocten-5-one (ketone 2), respectively] were derived from enthalpies of combustion, measured by means of a microbomb calorimeter. The fusion and vaporization enthalpies of these compounds were obtained from DSC and correlation gas chromatography measurements. The standard molar enthalpies of formation in the gas phase were calculated by combining the condensed phase standard molar enthalpies of formation with the fusion and vaporization enthalpies adjusted to 298.15 K. Values for Δ_fH_m⁰(g) of (−39.9±5.5) and (−14.8±5.3) kJ mol⁻¹ were obtained for 2,3:6,7-dibenzocycloocta-2,6-dien-1-one and 2,3:7,8-dibenzocycloocta-2,7-dien-1-one, respectively. Quantum chemical calculations are reported for the compounds investigated experimentally and an additional four isomers. Isomerization enthalpies are derived from computed energies. The enthalpies of formation are also calculated by group additivity, compared with the experimental values and then correlated with the structure of the molecules investigated. The X-ray analysis of ketone 1 is also reported.     

Molecular energetics of alkyl substituted pyridine <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-oxides

The standard (p° = 0.1 MPa) energies of combustion in oxygen, at T = 298.15 K, for the solid compounds 2-methylpyridine-N-oxide (2-MePyNO), 3-methylpyridine-N-oxide (3-MePyNO) and 3,5-dimethylpyridine-N-oxide (3,5-DMePyNO) were measured by static-bomb calorimetry, from which the respective standard molar enthalpies of formation in the condensed phase were derived. The standard molar enthalpies of sublimation, at the same temperature, were measured by Calvet microcalorimetry. From the standard molar enthalpy of formation in gaseous phase, the molar dissociation enthalpies of the N–O bonds were derived, and compared with values of the dissociation enthalpies of other N–O bonds available for other pyridine-N-oxide derivatives.     

Enthalpies of the formation of aliphatic carbonyl-containing radicals

A collection of data on enthalpies of the formation(Δ_f H ^o) of aliphatic carbonyl-containing radicals is analyzed and expanded. The Δ_f H ^o values for 29 carbonyl-containing radicals are determined for the first time, and are strongly revised for 17 carbonyl-containing radicals using the literature data on the dissociation energies of the bonds in molecules. The data is analyzed on the basis of the structureproperty (enthalpy of formation) relation within the additive-group approach, with the determination and specification of the parameters. It is concluded that the Δ_f H ^o values of carbonyl-containing radicals calculated from the obtained parameters (a total of 96 compounds was considered) agree well with the experimental data.     

Theoretical study of the competition between various mechanisms of gas-phase decomposition in the series of primary N-nitramines

Nonempirical and density-functional methods were used to determine geometric parameters, enthalpies of formation of compounds and radicals, dissociation energies of the N-NO₂ bonds of primary N-nitramines and N,N-dinitramines. The tendencies toward variation of the geometric structure, enthalpies of formation, and dissociation energy in the series of primary N-nitramines were analyzed. Alternative mechanisms of the gas-phase thermal destruction to give experimentally observed reaction products were studied for the example of N-methylnitramine and its homologues.     

Quantum chemical modeling of the enthalpy of formation for guanidinium bitetrazole salts

The enthalpies of formation for bitetrazole guanidinium salts in the gas and solid phases were calculated using the standard approach and isodesmic reaction method. A comparative analysis of the quality of the methods and the basis sets (HF, 3-21G, 6-31G, 6-311⁺⁺G(d, p); DFT/B3LYP, 3-21G, 6-31G(d)) was performed for the calculation of the molecular volumes necessary for modeling the enthalpies of formation in solid phase, and the optimum set was recommended. The calculated values of enthalpies of formation of the compounds obtained by the isodesmic reaction method are three times lower than the results obtained using standard procedures.