Asymmetric aza-Henry reaction of fluoromethylated imines catalyzed by cinchona-derived bifunctional thiourea

The asymmetric aza-Henry reaction of fluoromethyl imines derived from 4-methoxyaniline with nitromethane was achieved under mild conditions using cinchona-derived bifunctional thiourea as catalyst. A series of chiral fluoromethylated β-nitroamines were synthesized and their transformation to optically pure 4-fluoromethyl-2-imidazolidones was illustrated.     

高压下硝基甲烷分子温度的密度泛函计算

用密度泛函理论在B3LYP/6-311++G(2d,2P)计算水平上对硝基甲烷分子进行了结构优化、频率和热化学分析.发现:在相同温度条件下改变压强,分子熵函数产生了改变,当温度和压强条件相同时,对于不同物质熵函数的改变是相同的.以热力学理论中麦克斯韦关系为基础,通过计算等温过程中分子的熵函数对压强的变化率,用数值拟合方法得到不同压强条件下分子温度的表达式:T=T0+(1-B)[18.3858+0.5392P]V0,式中T0、V0分别表示分子系统初态的温度和体积,T、V分别表示系统在末态的温度和体积,B是体积的压缩比.在选定参数的情况下该表达式可以计算不同压强条件下CHNO含能材料的分子温度.同时,以硝基甲烷为验证,选取基本参数V0和B,计算其在C-J条件对应的爆压14GPa下,分子温度为3461K,对应爱因斯坦温度,相当于3228cm-1的能量,在实验中该能量足以激发硝基甲烷分子内振动能量重新分配过程,有可能激发C-N键的红外振动而引起单分子分解反应的发生.因此,此表达式可用于预测含能材料撞击点火过程单分子分解可能的反应通道.     

Double Michael addition of nitromethane to divinyl ketones: A remarkably positive effect of additive

An efficient double Michael addition of nitromethane to divinyl ketones was established in good to high yields (75–99%). A wide range of cyclohexanones were obtained with excellent diastereocontrol (up to >20:1 dr) and enantioinduction (91–99% ee) in a one-pot fashion. The involvement of basic additive significantly enhanced the reactivity of this cascade sequence.     

凝聚态硝基甲烷分解机理的密度泛函研究

用密度泛函理论在B3LYP/6-311++G(2d,2P)计算水平上对最低单态和最低三态的硝基甲烷分子进行了分子动力学计算分析,发现:基态硝基甲烷分子沿C-N键分解生成硝基和甲基反应通道上不存在过渡态,只能是在能量足够高的时候造成C-N键的断裂,键离解能为53.4kcal/mol;硝基甲烷分子在最低三态沿C-N键分解生成硝基和甲基的反应通道上,有一个活化能为87.8kcal/mol的能垒.计算得到硝基甲烷分子从基态到最低三态分解反应发生所需要的总能量为144.58kcal/mol.这个数值与硝基甲烷材料的电子碰撞实验在193nm处有强吸收峰的结论相符合.依据多声子迁移理论,结合硝基甲烷分子在最低三态动力学分解的可能性,可以认为在相同条件下,硝基甲烷材料在撞击条件下,分子沿CN键分裂生成硝基和甲基的反应在最低三态分子分解的可能性较大.文章用量化计算从分子构型、频率分析和势能面扫描方面对分析结论进行了加强和确定,并且,依据多声子迁移理论对硝基甲烷分子基态键离解过程、基态到三态激发过程和最低三态活化过程中的声子迁移进行了初步分析.     

A theoretical study on the intermolecular interaction of energetic system-Nitromethane dimer

Three optimized geometries of nitromethane dimer have been obtained at the HF/6-31G level.Dimer binding energies have been corrected for the basis set superposition error (BSSE) and the zero point energy.Computed results indicate that the cyclic structure of (CH3NO2)2 is the most stable of three optimized geometries,whose corrected binding energyis 17.29 kJ mol-1 at the MP4SDTQ/6-31G//HF/6-31G level.In the optimized structures of nitromethane dimer,the inter-molecular hydrogen bond has not been found; and the charge-transfer interaction between CH3NO2 subsystems is weak; and the correlation interaction energy makes a little contribution to the intermolecular interaction energy of the dimer.     

SiO2—Al2O3和MgO催化剂上吸附CH3NO2的TPD和IR研究

用TPD和IR方法研究了CH_3NO_2在典型固体酸SiO_2-Al_2O_3和固体碱MgO催化剂上的吸附分解。结果表明,在SiO_2-Al_2O_3表面CH_3NO_2吸附转化为表面甲酰胺物种,后者在高温下分解为CO_2和NH_3。在MgO表面CH_3NO_2吸附形成多种表面化学物种,它们在升温过程中脱附,并通过表面亚硝基甲烷物种分解为NO、C_2H_4、C_2H_6和N_2O.讨论了CH_3NO_2分解过程中表面酸、碱中心的作用。     

Reactions of CF3-enones with ethyl nitroacetate and nitromethane: synthesis of CF3-γ-nitroketones

Reactions of α,β-unsaturated CF₃-ketones with nitromethane and ethyl nitroacetate have been investigated. We found that α,β-unsaturated trifluoromethylketones react with ethyl nitroacetate in the presence of calcinated potassium fluoride to form two classes of 1,4-conjugated addition products: CF₃-γ-nitroketones and 6,6,6-trifluoro-2-nitro-5-oxohexanoates in nearly quantitative yields. The products obtained are precursors for CF₃-pyrrolidine synthesis.     

Daucus carota root enzyme catalyzed Henry reaction: A green approach

Enzyme from Daucus carota root catalyzed Henry reaction of substituted benzaldehydes and nitromethane in phosphate buffer of pH 7 at 28?°C to afford β-nitroalcohols in excellent yields (up to 94%).     

An experimental and kinetic modeling study of a premixed nitromethane flame at low pressure

A premixed nitromethane/oxygen/argon flame at low pressure (4.67 kPa) has been investigated using tunable vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photoionization and molecular-beam mass spectrometry. About 30 flame species including hydrocarbons, oxygenated and nitrogenous intermediates have been identified by measurements of photoionization efficiency spectra. Mole fraction profiles of the flame species have been determined by scanning burner position at some selected photon energies. The results indicate that N₂ and NO are the major nitrogenous products in the nitromethane flame. Compared with previous studies on nitromethane combustion, a number of unreported intermediates, including C₃H₄, C₄H₆, C₄H₈, C₂H₂O, C₂H₄O, CH₃CN, H₂CNHO, C₃H₃N and C₃H₇N, are observed in this work. Based on our experimental results and previous modeling studies, a detailed oxidation mechanism including 69 species and 314 reactions has been developed to simulate the flame structure. Despite some small discrepancies, the predictions by the modeling study are in reasonable agreement with the experimental results.