Testing the performance of density functionals for the calculation of energetic properties of complex-forming radical-molecule reactions

The performance of some popular and some more recent density functional methods for the calculation of energies of stationary points on the potential surfaces of radical-molecule reactions was examined. The functionals studied are B3-LYP, BH&H, BH&H-LYP, MPW1K, MPWB1K, TPSS, TPSSh, BB1K, M05 and M05-2X, in conjunction with nine different AO basis sets. The reaction energies, barrier heights and the relative energies of the pre-and post-reaction complexes were compared with those obtained at the CCSD(T)/CBS limit for the reactions of OH radicals with HOOH and CH₃OOH. Very poor barrier heights are provided by the B3-LYP, TPSS and TPSSh functionals. The best overall performance was obtained with the BB1K, MPW1K and MPWB1K functionals. In these reactions all of the studied functionals provide converged results only if they are used with large basis sets like aug-cc-pVTZ and def2-TZVP. The data show that before relying on a functional for a specific reaction, it is desirable to make some test calculations on the performance. The same functional can predict some relative energies very well and some others very poorly even in systems including chemically similar reactants.     

Reactions of the OOH radical with guanine: Mechanisms of formation of 8-oxoguanine and other products

The mutagenic product 8-oxoguanine (8-oxoGua) is formed due to intermediacy of peroxyl (OOR) radicals in lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation-induced DNA damage. The mechanisms of these reactions are not yet understood properly. Therefore, in the present study, the mechanisms of formation of 8-oxoGua and other related products due to the reaction of the guanine base of DNA with the hydroperoxyl radical (OOH) were investigated theoretically employing the B3LYP and BHandHLYP hybrid functionals of density functional theory and the polarizable continuum model for solvation. It is found that the reaction of the OOH radical with guanine can occur following seven different mechanisms leading to the formation of various products including 8-oxoGua, its radicals, 5-hydroxy-8-oxoguanine and CO₂. The mechanism that yields 8-oxoGua as an intermediate and 5-hydroxy-8-oxoGua as the final product was found to be energetically most favorable.     

Kinetics,mechanism and thermodynamics of reactions of CH3NHNH2 with OOH

Reactions between CH₃NHNH₂ and OOH radical were studied using computational methods. The activation energies (E_a) and Gibbs free energies of activation (ΔG^#) were calculated at the MP2 and B3LYP levels of theory. The calculated activation energies of the hydrogen abstraction reactions were less than 100 kJ/mol and those for the substitution reactions were about 150–250 kJ/mol. The calculated activation energies for the intra-molecular hydrogen transfer reactions in CH₃NHNH, CH₂NNH₂ and CH₃NN molecules were 210–250 kJ/mol. Catalytic effect of the water molecule on the intra-molecular hydrogen transfer reactions was studied. It was found that the water molecule decreases the activation energies by about 70–100 kJ/mol. Rate constants of the reactions were calculated using transition state theory in the temperature range of 298–2000 K. Consecutive hydrogen abstraction reactions from CH₃NHNH₂ led to the formation of CH₂NN, which was a very stable molecule.     

复合催化剂α-(Fe，Cu)OOH/RGO的制备、表征及其协同H2O2在可见光下去除环丙沙星性能

采用一步回流法制备了α-(Fe,Cu)OOH/RGO复合催化剂,通过粉末X射线衍射、扫描电子显微镜和X射线光电子能谱等对催化剂进行了表征,并以30 mg·L^-1的环丙沙星(CIP)为目标污染物,研究了不同制备条件下所得催化剂在可见光照射下协同H2O2对CIP的去除效果。结果表明,成功实现了α-(Fe,Cu)OOH纳米棒在石墨烯二维薄片上原位生长,α-(Fe,Cu)OOH/RGO复合材料的可见光吸收边发生红移,禁带宽度从2.02 eV变为1.76 eV。石墨烯复合不但增强了对污染物的吸附能力,而且加快了光生电子的分离、迁移速率,还提高了反应体系中电子的传导效率。当石墨烯复合比例(质量分数)为1%时,复合催化剂的催化性能最佳。当催化剂投加量为0.40 g·L^-1,H2O2浓度为0.10 mol·L^-1时,反应120 min,CIP被全部去除。α-(Fe,Cu)OOH/RGO循环使用5次,对CIP的去除率均在90%以上,表明催化剂具有较强的催化活性和较好的稳定性。     

α-Fe(Ga)OOH的液相催化合成及表征

采用液相催化相转化法, 以Fe(III)与Ga(III)的共沉淀为前驱物合成了α-Fe(Ga)OOH微粒. 探讨了镓离子的掺杂浓度和Fe(II)离子用量等因素对合成α-Fe(Ga)OOH微粒的影响, 并对产物进行了X射线衍射(XRD)、红外光谱(IR)、扫描电镜(SEM)、透射电镜(TEM)、电子衍射(ED)表征. 结果表明: 初始pH＝9, nFe(II)/nFe(III)＝0.02, nGa(III)/nFe(III)＝0.18时, 在沸腾回流条件下可制备出类多面体形的α-Fe(Ga)OOH微粒, 镓离子的掺杂对α-FeOOH的形成起了形貌调控作用, 电子衍射数据表明该α-Fe(Ga)OOH为单晶粒子.     

A theoretical investigation of (−)-deprenyl (selegiline) as a radical scavenger

The chemical reactions between (−)-deprenyl and ·OH or ·OOH were studied using molecular orbital theory, with N,N-dimethylpropargylamine as a model. (−)-Deprenyl was confirmed to be a good radical scavenger. The active site was the acetylenic part and ·OH- or ·OOH was trapped on either acetylenic carbon. The activation energies were about 10–20 kcal/mol. The resulting ·OH- or ·OOH-adducts, still radicals, trapped further radicals on the remaining carbon of the acetylenic part. The final double trapping products were at extraordinarily lower energy levels than the original reactants by 50–70 kcal/mol. The secondary transition states were not detected, suggesting that the reactions occurred at once or in a cascade. Some results with the model system were verified by the results with the real (−)-deprenyl system. Received: 6 October 1999 / Accepted: 5 March 2000 / Published online: 21 June 2000