A theoretical study on the water-mediated asynchronous addition between urea and formaldehyde

The reaction between urea and formaldehyde in water solution was theoretically investigated by using B3LYP and MP2 methods.It was found that the addition of the nitrogen atom in urea to the carbonyl group in formaldehyde precedes the proton transfer and the proton migration from water to the carbonyl group occurs before the proton abstraction from the nitrogen.With one or two water molecules involved in the TS.the activation energy barrier is lowered compared to the TS of the mechanism with no water participation.The energy change along the reaction coordinate clearly shows that a zwitterionic-like intermediate does not exist on the PES.The reaction between urea and formaldehyde occurs in a concerted mechanism but with asynchronous characters.This is different from the stepwise mechanism recently found for the amination reactions of formaldehyde.     

Density Functional Calculations on a Double Hydrogen-bonded Dimer

Density functional theory (DFT) calculations on a double hydrogen-bonded dimer of o-hydroxybenzoic acid were carried out at the B3LYP/6-31G^* level. The optimized geometry of the dimer closely resembles that of the crystal. The calculated results show that the total energy of the dimer is much lower than the sum energies of the two monomers, and the average strength of the double hydrogen bonds is about 38.37 kJ/mol. In order to probe the origin of the interactions in the dimer, natural bond orbital analyses were performed. The thermodynamic properties of the title compound at different temperatures have also been calculated on the basis of vibrational analyses and ΔGT, the change of Gibbs free energy for the aggregation from monomer to the dimmer, is 26.47 kJ/mol at 298.15 K and 0.1MPa, implying the spontaneous process of forming the dimer. The correlation graphics of Sm^0 Hm^0 and temperatures is depicted.     

Theoretical Studies on the Hydrogen Bond Transfer and Proton Transfer between Anamorphoses of the Dihydrated Glycine Complex

The conversion between anamorphoses of the dihydrated glycine complex was studied by means of B3LYP/6-31++G**. It was found that proton transfer was accompanied by hydrogen bond transfer in the process of conversion between different kinds of anamorphoses. With proton transfer, the electrostatic action was notably increased and the hydrogen-bonding action was evidently strengthened when the dihydrated neutral glycine complex converts into dihydrated zwitterionic glycine complex. The activation energy required for hydrogen bond transfer between dihydrated neutral glycine complexes is very low (6.32 kJ·mol-1); however, the hydrogen bond transfer between dihydrated zwitterionic glycine complexes is rather difficult with the required activation energy of 13.52 kJ·mol-1 due to the relatively strong electrostatic action. The activation energy required by proton transfer is at least 27.33 kJ·mol-1, higher than that needed for hydrogen bond transfer. The activation energy for either hydrogen bond transfer or proton transfer is in the bond-energy scope of medium-strong hydrogen bond, so the four kinds of anamorphoses of the dihydrated glycine complex could convert mutually.     

Theoretical Study on Intermolecular Interactions and Thermodynamic Properties of Nitroamine Dimers

Ab initio self-consistent field(SCF) and Mφller-Plesset correlation correction methods employing 6-31G^** basis set have been applied to the optimizations of nitroamine dimers.The binding energies have been corrected for the basis set superposition error (BSSE) and the zero-point energy.Theree optimized dimers have been obtained.The BSSE corrected binding energy of the most stable dimer is predicted to be -31.85kJ/mol at the MP4/6-31G^**//MP2/6-31G^** level.The energy barriers of the Walden conversion for -NH2 group are 19.7kJ/mol and 18.3kJ/mol for monomer and the most stable dimer,respectively.The molecular interaction makes the internal rotation around N1-N2 even more difficult.The thermodynamic properties of nitroamine and its dimers at different temperatures have been calculated on the basis of vibrational analyses.The change of the Gibbs free energy for the aggregation from monomer to the most stable dimer at standard pressure and 298.2 K is predicted to be 14.05kJ/mol.     

Catalytic reaction mechanism of L-lactate dehydrogenase: an ab initio study

Studies on the catalytic reaction mechanism of L-lactate dehydrogenase have been carried out by using quantum chemical ab initio calculation at HF/6-31G* level. It is found that the interconversion reaction of pyruvate to L-lactate is dominated by the hydride ion HR- transfer, and the transfers of the hydride ion HR and proton HR are a quasi-coupled process, in which the energy barrier of the transition state is about 168.37 kJ/mol. It is shown that the reactant complex is 87.61 kJ/mol lower, in energy, than the product complex. The most striking features in our calculated results are that pyridine ring of the model cofactor is a quasi-boat-like configuration in the transited state, which differs from a planar conformation in some previous semiempirical quantum chemical studies. On the other hand, the similarity in the structure and charge between the HR transfer process and the hydrogen bonding with lower barrier indicates that the HR transfer process occurs by means of an unusual manner. In addition,     

THE MECHANISM OF CURE REACTION OF 4,4''''-DIAMINODIPHENYL METHANE WITH TETRAGLYCIDYL 4,4''''-DIAMINODIPHENYL METHANE EPOXY

The cure reaction of tetraglycidyl 4,4'-diaminodiphenyl methane (TGDDM) epoxy resin with 4,4'-diaminodiphenyl methane (DDM) has been studied by using DSC. Instead of one exothermic peak, two exothermic peaks, indicative of a complex reaction mechanism, are shown in the DSC curve of TGDDM-DDM mixtures in nonisothermal cure experiments when the content of DDM is lower than stoichiometric ratio. The result of the kinetic analysis of the cure reaction shows that the activation energy of the lower temperature exotherm peak is about 56 kJ/mol and that of the higher temperature exotherm peak is about 136 kJ/mol. The lower temperature cure reaction peak can be attributed to the primary amine-epoxide and secondary amine-epoxide reactions, and the higher temperature cure reaction peak can be attributed to the epoxide-hydroxy reaction under catalysis of tertiary amine in the TGDDM epoxy resin. Because the network density of the cured epoxy resin is determined by these two reactions, the content of DDM has little effect on the glass transition temperature of cured epoxy resin.     

Ab initio Studies on Intermolecular Interaction of Formamide and Hydroxyacetonitrile Dimers

The structures, the binding energies and the thermodynamic properties of formamide and hydroxyacetonitrile(HAN) dimers have been studied by means of the self-consistent ab initio Hartree-Fock and the second-order Mφller-Plesset correlation energy correction methods. The counterpoise procedure was used to check the basis set superposition error(BSSE) of the binding energies. There exist cyclic structures in a formamide dimer(Ⅰ), a HAN dimer(Ⅱ) and their heterodimer(Ⅲ). The corrected binding energies for dimers Ⅰ, Ⅱ and Ⅲ are respectively -45.53, -45.83 and -43.89 kJ/mol at the MP2/aug-cc-p VDZ//HF/aug-cc-p VDZ level. The change of the Gibbs free energies(ΔG) in the process of Ⅰ Ⅱ→2Ⅲ was predicted to be -2.74 kJ/mol at 298.15 K. Dimer Ⅲ can be spontaneously produced in the mixture of formamide and HAN, which is in agreement with the experimental fact that most cyanohydrins are capable of interacting with dipeptide cyclo-His-Phe(CHP).     

Thermal degradation of poly(arylene sulfide sulfone)/N-methylpyrrolidone crystal solvate

<正>The thermal degradation of poly(arylene sulfide sulfone)/N-methylpyrrolidone(PASS/NMP) crystal solvate was studied by thermogravimetric analysis(TGA) and was compared with pure PASS in order to determine the way in which the formation of the crystal solvate affected the thermal properties of the polymer.The activation energy of the solid state process was determined using Kissinger's method,which does not require knowledge of the reaction mechanism(RM),to be 174.18 kJ/mol which was lower than that for pure PASS(E=214 kJ/mol).The study of master curves together with interpretation of integral methods,allows confirmation that the thermal degradation mechanism for PASS in the crystal solvate system is a decelerated R_n type,which is a solid-state process based on a phase boundary controlled reaction,in the conversion range considered.Whereas,the pure PASS follows a decelerated D_n thermodegradation mechanism in the same conversion range.     

Study on dynamics characteristics of wet air oxidation of non-ionic surfactants

Wet air oxidation is an effective method to deal with highly concentrated nondegradable emulsification wastewater which contains non-ionic surfactants. This article illustrates our investigation on dynamic characteristics of wet air oxidation of typical non-ionic surfactants like polyether, phenol ether and widely used alcohol ether. The experimental results indicated that the oxidation rate of polyether, phenol ether and alcohol ether obviously ascended as the temperature rose. A good oxidation effect was available at 240℃. The TOC removal rate could reach 88.0%, 94% and 91.5%, after 125 min reaction. Alcohol ether was prone to an easier oxidation compared with polyether and phenol ether when the temperature was 220℃ or below. The oxidation rate of alcohol ether was higher than that of polyether at 160℃, while the oxidation rate of polyether was higher than that of phenol ether between 180℃ and 220℃. During the later period of the reaction at 240℃, the rate of phenol ether was higher than that of alcohol ether, which was still higher than that of polyether. Partitioned first order kinetics model analy-sis showed that the apparent activation energy of alcohol ether was lower than that of both polyether and phenol ether in the leading stage and lagging stage, and it was easy to acquire a higher oxidation rate for alcohol ether at low temperature. Three parameter general dynamics model analyses showed that the reason why the oxidation rate of polyether was lower than that of alcohol ether was that the oxidation of polyether was more apt to be converted to intermediate production than that of alcohol ether, whereas between 200℃ and 220℃, the direct oxidation rate of polyether and the oxidation rate of intermediate product were obviously lower than that of alcohol ether. The apparent activation energy of direct and indirect oxidation of polyether was 43.37 and 60.45 kJ?mol?1, respectively, while the corre-sponding apparent activation energy of alcohol was 38.74 and 58.09 kJ·mol?1, respectively.     

Effect of montmorillonite on kinetics of polyurethane preparation reaction

The prepolymerization and curing reaction kinetics of polyurethane/montmorillonite have been studied with end group analysis and FTIR respectively. It was found that the prepolymerization and curing reaction followed the 2nd-order kinetics. But the activation energy of prepolymerization increased from 42.7 kJ/mol to 56.5 kJ/rnol after the montmorillonite was added in the reaction system, and activation energy of curing reaction decreased from 64.4 kJ/mol to 17.5 kJ/mol. 2007 Bing Liao. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Chinese Chemical Society. All rights reserved.     

6-甲基-4-羟基嘧啶单体及二聚体质子转移过程的理论研究

应用密度泛函理论的B3LYP/6-311+G(d)方法研究了6-甲基-4-羟基嘧啶单体及二聚体质子转移的异构化反应.对反应势能面的研究发现,该化含物可能存在9种单体异构体,对其最稳定的单体构型进行分析.各单体间异构化反应的过渡态共有9种,反应的活化能最小为22.06 kJ/mol,最大为356.55 kJ/mol,最可能的反应路径在室温下即可进行. 研究了2种二聚体及其异构化反应的过渡态,发现二聚体均比其对应的单体稳定,而且质子转移所需要的活化能仅为20.13 kJ/mol,比单体低很多. 氢键在这种变化中起了主要作用,由单体和二聚体的总能量计算了氢键的键能.     

Proton transfer reactions of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization matrix monomers and dimers

The gas-phase basicities of monomeric and dimeric deprotonated ferulic and sinapic acids, common matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) matrices, were determined. A new bracketing method based on structure-reactivity correlations was developed for deriving gas-phase basicities from reaction efficiencies. The matrix dimer anions were found to be significantly less basic than the monomer anions, by about 115 kJ/mol. The low basicity of the dimer anion can qualitatively be explained by resonance stabilization. The energies for proton transfer from dimers to monomers are therefore about 1.2 eV lower than for proton transfer between monomers. For the MALDI process, proton transfer reactions involving matrix dimers provide a low energy pathway for matrix and analyte ion formation.     

Examination of formamide,formamidic acid,amidine dimers,and the double proton transfer transition states involving these dimers

Structures and relative energies were obtained for the hydrogen bonded dimers of formamide and formamidic acid using the 3-21G basis set. A double proton transfer transition state is claimed to link these two dimers. While the structure of the transition state was intermediate between those of the two dimers, the energy was only 7.6 kJ/mol greater than the less stable formamidic acid dimer. The activation energy from the formamide dimer side of the reaction was found to be 125 kJ/mol of dimer. A similar transition state was found for the amidine dimer system. The activation energy for this model reaction was found to be 66.9 kJ/mol of dimer.     

Do Photolyases Need To Provide Considerable Activation Energy for the Splitting of Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimer Radical Anions?

cis-syn Cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers, major UV-induced DNA lesions, are efficiently repaired by DNA photolyases. The key step of the repair reaction is a light-driven electron transfer from the FADH(-) cofactor to the dimer; the resulting radical anion splits spontaneously. Whether the splitting reaction requires considerable activation energy is still under dispute. Recent reports show that the splitting reaction of a dimer radical anion has a significant activation barrier (0.45 eV), and so photolyases have to provide considerable energy. However, these results contradict observations that cis-syn dimer radical anions split into monomers at -196 degrees C, and that the full process of DNA photoreactivation was fast (1.5-2 ns). To investigate the activation energies of dimer radical anions, three model compounds 1-3 were prepared. These include a covalently linked cyclobutane thymine dimer and a tryptophan residue (1) or a flavin unit (3), and the covalently linked uracil dimer and tryptophan (2). Their properties of photosensitised splitting of the dimer units by tryptophan or flavin unit were investigated over a large temperature range, -196 to 70 degrees C. The activation energies were obtained from the temperature dependency of splitting reactions for 1 and 2, 1.9 kJ mol(-1) and 0.9 kJ mol(-1) for the thymine and uracil dimer radical anions, respectively. These values are much lower than that obtained for E. coli photolyase (0.45 eV), and are surmountable at -196 degrees C. The activation energies provide support for previous observations that repair efficiencies for uracil dimers are higher than thymine dimers, both in enzymatic and model systems. The mechanisms of highly efficient enzymatic DNA repair are discussed.     

Theoretical study on keto–enol tautomerism and isomerization in pyruvic acid

Isomerization and tautomerism of 12 isomers of pyruvic acid including 4 keto and 8 enol forms were studied at the MP2 and B3LYP levels of theory using 6‐311++G(2df,p) basis set, separately. Activation energy (E_a), imaginary frequency (υ), and Gibbs free energy (ΔG^#) of the considered isomerization and tautomerism reactions were calculated. Interconversion of the enol forms proceeds through two paths: (i) proton transfer and (ii) internal rotation. Activation energies for the proton transfer paths were in the range of 125–145 kJ/mol and for the internal rotation paths were in the range of 5–45 kJ/mol. Keto–enol tautomerism of pyruvic acid proceeds only through proton transfer route and their activation energies were in the range of 200–300 kJ/mol. Effect of microhydration on the transition state structures and activation energies was also investigated. It was found that the presence of a water molecule catalyzes the isomerization and tautomerism reactions of pyruvic acid so that the activation energies decrease. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

A Comparative Study of 8‐Hydroxyquinoline and 8‐Hydroxyquinoline‐5‐sulfonic Acid for Antimony(III) Determination by AdSV. Substituent Effect on Sensitivity II

A sensitive and selective method for the determination of Sb³⁺ based on the formation of its complexes with 8‐hydroxyquinoline (HQ) and 8‐hydroxyquinoline‐5‐sulfonic acid (HQS) is proposed. The best analytical conditions are: pH 5.4 and 2.2 for HQ and HQS, respectively; C_HQ from 15.0 to 25.0 µmol L^?1 and C_HQS from 70.0 to 200.0 µmol L^?1. The detection limits are 100.0 and 14.0 ng L^?1 (t_acc=30 s) for Sb³⁺ with HQ and HQS, respectively. The method using HQS as ligand has a 2.2‐fold higher sensitivity than that with HQ and the former was chosen for Sb³⁺ determination.     

Theoretical Study on the Intermolecular Interactions between 1,1‐Diamino‐2,2‐Dinitroethylene and H2O

The density functional method was applied to the study of 1,1‐diamino‐2,2‐dinitroethylene (Fox‐7)/H₂O dimer. All the possible dimers ( 1, 2 and 3 ), as well as the monomers, were fully optimized with the DFT method at the B3LYP/6‐311++G^** level. The basis set superposition errors (BSSE) are 4.62, 4.07 and 3.45 kJ/mol, and the zero point energy (ZPE) corrections for the interaction energies are 7.94, 5.66 and 6.40 kJ/mol for 1, 2 and 3 , respectively. Dimer 1 is the most stable, judged by binding energy. After BSSE and ZPE corrections, the greatest corrected intermolecular interaction energy of dimer 1 was predicted to be ?29.36 kJ/mol. The charge redistribution mainly occurs on the adjacent N–H··· O atoms and N–O··· H atoms between submolecules. The oxygen in the nitro group acts as a moderate hydrogen acceptor as compared to water oxygen. Based on the statistical thermodynamic method, the standard thermodynamic functions, heat capacities (C⁰_P), entropies (S⁰_T) and thermal corrections to enthalpy (H⁰_T), and the changes of thermodynamic properties on going from monomer to dimer over the temperature range 200.00‐700.00 K were predicted. It is energetically or thermodynamically favorable for Fox‐7 to bind with H₂O and to form dimer 1 at room temperature.     

Excited‐State Prototropic Equilibrium Dynamics of 6‐Hydroxyquinoline Encapsulated in Microporous Catalytic Faujasite Zeolites

The excited‐state proton transfer and geminate recombination of 6‐hydroxyquinoline (6HQ) encaged in catalytic Na⁺‐exchanged faujasite zeolites X (NaX) and Y (NaY) have been explored by measuring steady‐state and picosecond time‐resolved spectra. The pathways and rate constants of proton transfer of excited 6HQ are determined by the microscopic environment of zeolitic hosts surrounding the guest molecules. The excited‐state proton transfer of a 6HQ molecule encapsulated in a zeolitic nanocavity is initiated by deprotonation of the enolic group to form an anionic intermediate and completed by subsequent protonation of the imino group to form a zwitterionic tautomer. Geminate recombination occurs to compete with proton transfer at each tautomerization step of excited‐state 6HQ because of the confined environment of dehydrated zeolitic supercages. Consequently, excited‐state equilibria among three prototropic species of 6HQ are established in microporous catalytic faujasite zeolites. Kinetic differences in NaX and NaY are attributed to dissimilarities in acidity/basicity.     

3,6-二羟基哒嗪质子转移过程的理论研究

为了探索3,6-二羟基哒嗪分子醇式和酮式结构互变异构化的反应机理,本研究组采用DFT B3LYP/6-311+G(d)方法对标题化合物异构化反应的势能面进行了研究,在探讨各种可能的反应途径中,发现至少有34种异构体和43种过渡态.结果表明,6-羟基-3(2H)-哒嗪酮不论是单体,与水形成配合物,还是二聚体,比其相对应的异构体能量低,表明在通常情况下是以6-羟基-3(2H)-哒嗪酮形式稳定存在的,这与前人通过实验数据对互变异构体的比率进行预测的结果是一致的;在考察的可能反应途径中,直接进行的分子内质子转移过程需要的活化能为142.2 kJ·mol^-1,水助催化时,反应活化能为41.3 kJ·mol^-1,考虑溶剂效应后,其活化能为59.2 kJ·mol^-1,二聚体双质子转移的活化能为16.8 kJ·mol^-1,二聚体双质子转移所需活化能最低,在室温下就可以进行.由此可见氢键在降低反应活化能方面起着重要的作用.     

3-羰基吡唑质子转移过程的理论研究

采用密度泛函B3LYP／6—311G^＊＊方法,对3-羰基吡唑几何构型进行了全自由度优化,获得了它们的几何结构和电子结构．计算并考察了3-羰基吡唑的两种构象即syn和anti构象的稳定性以及3-羰基吡唑进行结构互变的质子转移过程的四种可能途径：（a）分子内质子转移;（b）水助质子转移;（C）同种二聚体双质子转移;（d）异种二聚体双质子转移．计算结果表明3-羰基吡唑的syn构象中N2-H型的稳定性大于N1-H型,进行质子转移时途径（C）所需要的活化能最小（52．78kJ／mol）,途径（a）所需要的活化能最大（200．59kJ／mol）;3,羰基吡唑的。anti构象中N1-H型的稳定性大于N2-H型,进行质子转移时途径（d）所需要的活化能最小（61．09kJ／mol）,途径（a）所需要的活化能最大（204．15kJ／mol）．