An unusual photo‐oxidation pathway for a poly(2,6‐dimethyl‐1,4‐phenylene oxide) model compound

The long wavelength UV photochemistry was investigated of a model compound for poly(2,6‐dimethyl‐1,4‐phenylene oxide). Irradiation of the phenyl‐capped dimer of 2,6‐dimethyl phenol at wavelengths >290 nm with UVA‐340 fluorescent lamps in the absence of oxygen gave no detectable products after 27 days. Very low conversion to oxidation products was found in the presence of oxygen, but about 20% conversion to products in which solvent had added to the benzylic methyl groups occurred under aerobic conditions when the solvents had readily abstractable hydrogen atoms. A mechanism is proposed involving the facile, reversible abstraction of a benzylic hydrogen by oxygen as a first step in the oxidation. The hydroperoxyl radical that is formed can abstract hydrogen atoms from 2° and 3° carbons of the solvent, and these radicals can combine with the benzylic radicals to give the solvent adducts. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2017 , 55, 2221–2226     

A Free‐Radical Prompted Barrierless Gas‐Phase Synthesis of Pentacene

A representative, low‐temperature gas‐phase reaction mechanism synthesizing polyacenes via ring annulation exemplified by the formation of pentacene (C₂₂H₁₄) along with its benzo[a]tetracene isomer (C₂₂H₁₄) is unraveled by probing the elementary reaction of the 2‐tetracenyl radical (C₁₈H₁₁^.) with vinylacetylene (C₄H₄). The pathway to pentacene—a prototype polyacene and a fundamental molecular building block in graphenes, fullerenes, and carbon nanotubes—is facilitated by a barrierless, vinylacetylene mediated gas‐phase process thus disputing conventional hypotheses that synthesis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) solely proceeds at elevated temperatures. This low‐temperature pathway can launch isomer‐selective routes to aromatic structures through submerged reaction barriers, resonantly stabilized free‐radical intermediates, and methodical ring annulation in deep space eventually changing our perception about the chemistry of carbon in our universe.     

羟基自由基与N6,N6-二甲基腺嘌呤反应机理研究

N^6,N^6-二甲基腺嘌呤(DMAP)是生物分子的组成部分,在决定生物分子的活性和构型性能方面起到了重要作用。羟基自由基(·OH)可与DMAP反应,改变其结构,从而影响它的生物功能。因此有必要了解DMAP与·OH反应的具体过程。本文运用量子化学方法从理论上研究了·OH与DMAP的反应机理。根据反应的能垒及产物的稳定性,DMAP与·OH最可能的反应是·OH夺取DMAP的N(6)甲基H、N(9)H以及·OH加成到DMAP的C(8)位。N(6)位的甲基化提高了腺嘌呤的反应活性,也影响了其与·OH的反应机理。     

C_2H_3与C_2H_5OH和CH_3HCO间的脱氢反应对乙醇-碳氢混合燃料燃烧过程的影响

在QCISD(T)/6-311++G(d,p)//B3LYP/6-311G(d,p)的水平下计算了乙醇及乙醇燃烧裂解产物与C2H3之间的脱氢反应机理,利用正则变分过渡态理论(CVT)结合小曲率隧道效应模型(SCT)计算400~2000 K范围内的速率,对比OH,H及CH3等自由基相似脱氢反应速率,选择2条具有较快反应速率的通道(C2H3+C2H5OH→TS1→C2H4+C2H5O和C2H3+CH3HCO→TS4→C2H4+CH3CO).将这2个反应耦合到正庚烷/乙醇混合燃料及异辛烷/乙醇混合燃料的机理中,利用CHEMKIN程序中预混火焰模型模拟混合燃料的燃烧过程并进行路径分析.对比相应的实验数据发现,改进的动力学模型对燃烧过程中C2H3路径上相近组分的预测精度有较大改善,而对C2H3路径上较远的组分丙炔(C3H4)和乙烯基乙炔(C4H4)等影响不大.     

HS和HOO抽氢反应机理的研究

在B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)水平上对HS和HOO反应中的所有物种进行了几何构型优化和频率计算,采用QCISD(T)/6-311+G(3df,2p)方法获得了各物种的单点能,构建了HS和HOO反应在单、三重态势能剖面.结果表明,HS与HOO反应体系中存在2种不同的抽氢通道,在单、三重态势能面上生成的产物分别为[1P1(H2O2+1S),1P2(H2S+1 O2)]和[3P1(H2O2+3S),3P2(H2S+3O2)].标题反应主要发生在三重态势能面上,优势通道[R→3 TS2→3P2(H2S+3O2)]的活化能为9.99kJ·mol-1.此结果对认识大气硫迁移转变规律具有实际意义.     

Theoretical investigation of different reactivities of Fe(IV)O and Ru(IV)O complexes with the same ligand topology

The structures and mechanisms for hydrogen abstraction from isopropylbenzene for four high-valence complexes, cis-β-[Fe^IV(O)(BQCN)]²⁺ (Fe-2b and Fe-2b-2) and cis-β-[Ru^IV(O)(BQCN)]²⁺ (Ru-2b and Ru-2b-2) (BQCN = N,N′-dimethyl-N,N′-bis(8-quinolyl)-cyclohexanediamine), were investigated using density functional theory. Of the two iron complexes, Fe-2b-2 has more exposed FeO units than Fe-2b, with iron being further out of the equatorial plane because of the steric interaction of the same ligand topologies with the iron-oxo group trans to a quinolyl or amine nitrogen. The contribution of BQCN to Fe-2b is higher than the contribution to Fe-2b-2 as shown by the density-of-states spectra. The iron isomers can abstract hydrogen from isopropylbenzene via two-state reactivity patterns, whereas the ruthenium isomers react with isopropylbenzene via a single-state mechanism. In the gas phase, the relative reactivity exhibits the trend Fe-2b > Fe-2b-2, whereas with the addition of the ZPE correction and the SMD model, the relative reactivity follows Fe-2b-2 > Fe-2b. For the ruthenium complexes, the relative reactivity follows the trend Ru-2b-2 > Ru-2b in both the gas phase and solvent. Thus, the same ligand topologies with the metal-oxo group trans to a different nitrogen affect the reactivities of the iron and ruthenium complexes.     

CH_3自由基与C_2H_5CN高温反应机理的理论研究

用G3(MP2)//B3PW91/6-311G(d,p)双级别方法研究了CH_3自由基与C_2H5_CN的反应机理和动力学性质.计算表明反应存在抽氢、加成-消除和取代3种机理7条反应通道.用CVT方法计算了所有反应通道在1 000K~3 000K温度范围内的速率常数,结果表明计算值与实验值符合得很好.     

多环芳烃与不饱和自由基氢提取反应类的动力学研究

对2~6个环的多环芳烃的氢提取反应类进行了系统研究, 提取氢原子的不饱和自由基包括丙炔基自由基（C₃H₃）、 烯丙基自由基（C₃H₅）、 丁二烯基自由基（nC₄H₅, iC₄H₅）、 环戊二烯基自由基（C₅H₅）以及苯基自由基（C₆H₅）. 采用M06-2X/cc-pVTZ方法得到了多环芳烃的电子结构信息, 利用过渡态理论并结合Eckart隧道校正, 计算了所有反应在500~2500 K范围内的反应速率常数.考察了多环芳烃的大小、 结构对反应速率常数的影响, 对比了不同氢提取自由基及不同氢提取反应类型的速率常数. 结果表明, 多环芳烃的大小对反应速率常数影响不大, 但是多环芳烃的环结构对反应速率常数影响较大. 将不同的氢提取反应类简化为发生在五元环上的C₅类和发生在六元环上的C₆类两类, 结果表明, C₆类的反应活性高于C₅类. 研究了nC₄H₅, iC₄H₅以及C₆H₅自由基与多环芳烃的氢提取反应, 它们的氢提取反应活性大小顺序为C₆H₅>nC₄H₅>iC₄H₅. 通过对每类典型反应的速率常数取平均值, 总结出相应类型的速率规则, 可用于构建多环芳烃和碳烟机理.     

Formation factor and tortuosity of homogeneous porous media

In this paper, volume averaging in porous media is applied to the microscopic electric charge conservation equation (differential form of Ohm's law) and an expression is derived for the formation factor of a homogeneous porous medium saturated with an electrically conductive fluid. This expression consists of two terms; the first term involves the integral of the current density over the fluid volume and the second term involves the integral of the electric potential over the solid-fluid interface. The physical meaning of the two terms is discussed with the help of three idealized porous media. The results for these media indicate a definite relation between the second term and tortuosity. These results also demonstrate the simplistic nature of the classical definition of the tortuosity as a ratio of geometric lengths. An exact relation between the formation factor and tortuosity is presented. It is shown that the assumed equivalence of the electrical and hydraulic tortuosities is not valid. The general application of the expression for the formation factor is discussed briefly.     

Synthesis of polyethylene‐grafted multiwalled carbon nanotubes via a peroxide‐initiating radical coupling reaction and by using well‐defined TEMPO and thiol end‐functionalized polyethylenes

Polyethylene (PE), alkoxyamine‐ and thiol‐terminated PEs (PE‐TEMPO and PE‐SH, respectively) can be converted to macroradicals using a peroxide, a thermal cleavage of the alkoxyamine and a hydrogen transfer reaction of the thiol, respectively. The addition of these macroradicals to multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were compared by performing grafting reactions at 160 °C in 1,3‐dichlorobenzene as solvent. Raman spectroscopy was utilized to follow the introduction of PE on the MWCNTs' surface while thermogravimetric and elemental analysis indicated the extent of this grafting. The grafting ratio was found to be in the range of 19–36 wt %. PE‐functionalized MWCNTs were imaged by transmission electronic microscopy showing a PE layer with various thicknesses covering the surface of nanotubes. It was found that higher levels of grafting were obtained using PE‐2,2,6,6‐tetramethylpiperidinyl‐1‐oxy and PE‐SH rather than a radical grafting reaction in which dicumyl peroxide, PE, and MWCNTs were reacted. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2011