Reversible valence equilibrium reactions in main group compounds. A theoretical study

The potential energy surface for the intramolecular reaction of singlet state RR'E=ERR' (E = C, Si, Ge, Sn, and Pb) has been explored using density functional theory. All the stationary points, including the unsymmetrical reactant (R'R(2)E-ER'), the transition state, the symmetric product (R'RE=ERR'), and the monomer (R'RE) were completely optimized at the B3LYP/LANL2DZdp level of theory. Our theoretical findings suggest the following: (1) Both double-bonded RR'C=CRR' and RR'Si=SiRR' species are true minima on their potential energy surfaces and should be the only compounds existing at all temperatures. (2) The germanium system will occur either in the dimeric R(2)R'Ge-GeR' and RR'Ge=GeRR' structures or the monomeric RR'Ge structure, depending on the temperature. (3) If the size of the substituent (R) is small, then the unsymmetrical single-bonded R(2)R'Sn-SnR' molecule can exist at low temperatures. At room temperature, the unsymmetrical R(2)R'Sn-SnR' species can exist in equilibrium with its RR'Sn monomer. (4) The unsymmetrical R(3)Pb-PbR compound may be kinetically stable at low temperatures. On the other hand, it is predicted that both the unsymmetrical R(3)Pb-PbR and the symmetric R(2)Pb=PbR(2) species will spontaneously dissociate into R(2)Pb monomers at room temperature. Our theoretical results are in good agreement with available experimental observations (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 7520), and the results obtained allow a number of predictions to be made.     

混煤燃烧过程中砷/硒与飞灰中矿物质之间的高温原位反应

为了研究混煤燃烧过程中痕量元素与飞灰中矿物质的原位反应，选取烟煤（HLH）、无烟煤（ZW）及其混煤在1150 ℃时的沉降炉中进行燃烧，并分别收集和分析了高温段灰分（HTA）和低温段灰分（LTA）中砷和硒残留率。结果表明，砷在高温段灰分中的残留率低于低温段灰，说明在烟气冷却过程中砷会被灰重新吸附。ZW、Z3H1、Z1H1、Z1H3、HLH的高温段灰中砷的残留率分别为60.31%、26.85%、13.29%、20.23%、36.11%，说明混煤的高温段灰比原煤更难捕获砷。同时，硒在五种煤样的高温段灰中的残留率分别为24.68%、23.60%、20.58%、15.19%和38.13%，其残留规律与砷相同。此外，X射线衍射（XRD）分析结果表明，混煤燃烧过程中矿物形态发生了明显变化。与原煤不同的是，混煤的HTA中出现了莫来石，且莫来石的峰值随着混煤中ZW比例的增加而增强。这与HTA中砷和硒的残留趋势一致。说明在混煤燃烧过程中，矿物质种类的变化以及矿物质与痕量元素的原位反应对砷和硒的排放有显著影响。     

A theoretical study of electrophilic reactions

The electronic structures of protonated formyl and acetylium cations and their deprotonation paths leading to HCO⁺, COH⁺ and CH₃CO⁺have been studied by means of ab initio calculations. The results support Olah's theory that dipositive species can be the de facto reagents in electrophilic reactions.     

Microdetermination of selenium,tellurium, and arsenic in organic compounds

Summary A method is described for determination of selenium, tellurium and arsenic in organic compounds. Decomposition is carried out either by oxygen-flask combustion or by wet digestion with sulphuric and nitric acids. The analysis is completed by argentometric titration, at pH 8–8.5, of the selenite, tellurite or arsenate formed. Halogens can often be determined simultaneously, and procedures are given for dealing with metal-containing compounds. Results obtained are within the usual limits for microanalysis (±0.3%).

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Zusammenfassung Eine Methode zur Bestimmung von Selen, Tellur und Arsen in organischen Verbindungen wurde beschrieben. Deren Zerstörung erfolgt entweder im Sauerstoffkolben oder durch nasse Veraschung mit Salpetersäure-Schwefelsäure. Die Endbestimmung erfolgt argentometrisch bei pH 8–8,5. Oftmals kann gleichzeitig auch Halogen bestimmt werden. Arbeitsvorschriften für Organometallverbindungen wurden angegeben. Die Ergebnisse liegen innerhalb der üblichen Fehlergrenzen von ±0,3%.

     

Speciation analysis of arsenic and selenium compounds by capillary electrophoresis

High-performance capillary electrophoresis is applied to the separation of different inorganic and organic arsenic and selenium compounds. In comparison with UV-detection, an approach with conductivity detection is described expecting higher sensitivity and universality. In this case the capillary was statically modified with CTAB before the electromigration procedure. The separation was performed with an electrolyte system consisting of CHES and Triton X-100. Detection limits of 0.06 mg/L or lower were obtained for As(V) and Se(VI). Water samples of an arsenic-polluted tailing of tin mining processes were analysed for anions as well as arsenic and selenium species.     

Speciation analysis of arsenic and selenium compounds by capillary electrophoresis

High-performance capillary electrophoresis is applied to the separation of different inorganic and organic arsenic and selenium compounds. In comparison with UV-detection, an approach with conductivity detection is described expecting higher sensitivity and universality. In this case the capillary was statically modified with CTAB before the electromigration procedure. The separation was performed with an electrolyte system consisting of CHES and Triton X-100. Detection limits of 0.06 mg/L or lower were obtained for As(V) and Se(VI). Water samples of an arsenic-polluted tailing of tin mining processes were analysed for anions as well as arsenic and selenium species.     

煤燃烧过程中砷与氮氧化物的反应机理

应用量子化学密度泛函理论B3LYP方法,研究了砷与氮氧化物(N_2O、NO_2和NO)的反应机理。全参数优化了各反应物、中间体、过渡态和产物的几何构型,通过频率分析证实中间体和过渡态的真实性,并通过内禀反应坐标(IRC)计算以进一步确定过渡态。为了得到更精确的能量信息,在B2PLYP水平下计算各结构的单点能,并通过动力学参数深入分析其反应机理。结果表明,砷与三种氮氧化物(N_2O、NO_2和NO)的反应能垒分别为78.45、2.58、155.85 k J/mol。在298-1800 K,各反应速率随温度的升高而增大。由于砷与NO_2的反应能垒较低,其反应速率大于1012cm3/(mol·s),说明该反应容易发生且速率极快。砷与N_2O和NO的反应,在298-900 K,反应速率随温度的升高明显增加;当温度进一步升高,其增加的趋势有所减缓。     

A theoretical study of multiple bonding involving carbon and titanium

Multiple bonding involving carbon and titanium is investigated by FSGO calculations on Ti₂H₆, TiH₂=TiH₂, TiH=TiH, CH₃TiH₃, CH₂=TiH₂, and CHTiH. D_π(C=Ti) and D_π(Ti=Ti) are estimated to be about a third of D_π(C=C). The optimum wavefunctions are analysed and the effect of the electropositive titanium on the structure of the multiple bonds is discussed.     

Ab initio study of chain branching reactions involving second generation products in hydrocarbon combustion mechanisms

sec-Alkyl radicals are key reactive intermediates in the hydrocarbon combustion and atmospheric decomposition mechanisms that are formed by the abstraction of hydrogen from an alkane, or as a second generation product of n-alkyl H-migrations, C-C bond scissions in branched alkyl radicals, or the bimolecular reaction between olefins and n-alkyl radicals. Since alkanes and branched alkanes, which the sec-alkyl radicals are derived from, make up roughly 40-50% of traditional fuels an understanding of their chemistry is essential to improving combustion systems. The present work investigates all H-migration reactions initiated from an sec-alkyl radical that involve the movement of a secondary hydrogen, for the 2-butyl through 4-octyl radicals, using the CBS-Q, G2, and G4 composite methods. The resulting thermodynamic and kinetic parameters are compared to similar reactions in n-alkyl radicals in order to determine underlying trends. Particular attention is paid to the effect of cis/trans and 1,3-diaxial interactions on activation energies and rate coefficients. When combined with our previous work on n-alkyl radical H-migrations, a complete picture of H-migrations in unbranched alkyl radicals is obtained. This full data set suggests that the directionality of the remaining branched chains has a minimal effect on the rate coefficients for all but the largest viable transition states, which is in stark contrast to the differences predicted by the structurally similar dimethylcycloalkanes. In fact the initial location of the secondary radical site has a greater effect on the rate than does the directionality of the remaining alkyl chains. The activation energies for secondary to secondary reactions are much closer to those of the secondary to primary H-migrations. However, the rate coefficients are found to be closer to the corresponding primary to primary reaction values. A significant ramification of these results is that there will be multiple viable reaction pathways for these reactions instead of only one dominant pathway as previously believed.     

Importance of selenium in antioxidant behavior of ebselen: A theoretical study

The electronic structure, geometrical parameters, proton affinities, lone pair occupancies, and orbital interactions have been explored to understand the antioxidant behavior of ebselen at B3LYP/6-31+G1 level. The role of substituents in the nucleophilicity of selenium in eight model molecules containing SeN bond has been analyzed in terms of relative proton affinities. The free energy changes associated with probable catalytic reaction steps have also been evaluated.     

Mo/Fe3O4(111)表面对燃煤烟气汞吸附的密度泛函研究

利用CASTEP软件包采用密度泛函理论计算研究了过渡金属Mo掺杂Fe_3O_4(111)Fe_(tet)表面对Hg~0、HgCl和HgCl_2的吸附特征,分析了Mo掺杂前后Fe_3O_4(111)Fe_(tet)表面上不同汞物种的吸附形态。结果表明,Mo掺杂Fe_3O_4(111)Fe_(tet)表面对HgCl和HgCl_2为化学吸附,而对Hg~0的吸附为物理吸附;与纯净表面相比,HgCl在Mo原子掺杂表面上的吸附能提高了40%-66%。HgCl_2在纯净Fe_3O_4(111)Fe_(tet)表面形成"M"形结构;而掺杂Mo原子后,由于Cl原子与Mo原子之间更强的相互作用,使得HgCl_2发生了完全解离,两个Cl原子分别与Mo原子和Fe原子成键吸附在表面,Hg脱附。相关研究结果可为脱除燃煤烟气中的汞提供一定的理论指导。     

Oxide catalyst for the combustion of organic compounds in industrial waste gases

An oxide catalyst for combustion of organic compounds in exhaust gases from plastics plants has been developed. As the active catalyst phase, cupric cobaltate is supported on -Al₂O₃ carrier. Its catalytic activity in the test reaction of propylene oxidation was compared with that of the platinum catalyst used so far. The results show that the new catalyst can replace platinum in the above process.

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燃煤电厂煤及其燃烧副产物中砷形态分析

燃煤电厂煤中砷（As）的形态在燃烧过程中不可避免地会发生转化。煤及其副产物中砷的形态与人体健康和环境安全密切相关，亟待鉴别。然而目前针对煤燃烧相关产物中砷形态的前处理手段和分析方法尚缺乏。本研究采用高效液相色谱-氢化物发生-原子荧光光谱法（HPLC-HG-AFS）成功测定了电厂煤、粉煤灰和石膏中砷的形态，优化了仪器参数、提取试剂和前处理方法（超声和微波辅助）。优化后，无机砷的分离时间缩短至7 min，As（Ⅲ）和As（V）的检出限分别为1.8 ng/g和4.6 ng/g。砷形态的高效提取剂为1.0 mol/L 磷酸和0.1 mol/L 抗坏血酸的混合溶液。微波辅助（2000 W、80 ℃、40 min）和超声辅助（40 kHz、20 ℃、40 min）分别是煤/粉煤灰和石膏样品中砷形态的最佳提取方法。在微波和超声波辅助提取条件下，As（Ⅲ）/As（V）的回收率分别为95.8%/104.5%和90.6%/89.7%。样品分析结果表明，煤中砷主要以As（V）形式存在，As（Ⅲ）所占比例很小，而在粉煤灰和石膏中只观察到As（V）。该研究揭示了As（Ⅲ）向As（V）的转化是气态砷捕获的关键，可以为控制电厂砷排放提供科学依据。     

A theoretical study of the cohesion of noble gases on graphite

The interactions of the noble gases with a graphene sheet are investigated theoretically. The short range repulsive interaction between the noble gas and each carbon atom is described using Hartree-Fock atomic densities and a local density functional theory with the exchange functional corrected for the finite range of the interaction by introducing a Rae-type correction depending on the effective number of electrons. The long range interactions are introduced as the sum of the Axilrod-Teller triple-dipole interaction plus the dipole-dipole and dipole-quadrupole dispersive attractions damped according to the theory of Jacobi and Csanak. The energy arising from the interactions between the permanent quadrupoles on the carbon atoms with the dipole they induce on the noble gas is negligible, being nonzero only on account of the atomistic structure of graphene. The mobile and delocalized nature of the graphene pi electrons causes the effective number of electrons to be around 500 rather than that of 12 appropriate for a system of entirely localized interactions with individual carbon atoms. Inclusion of the Axilrod-Teller term is required to obtain reliable predictions for the binding energies and equilibrium geometries. Absorption of a noble gas atom is predicted to occur at the site above the center of a six membered ring although this is preferred over two other sites by only about 5 meV. The methods presented for generating all the potentials can be applied to derive the interactions between any ion and carbon atom in the wall of a single-walled nanotube. Knowledge of these interactions is required to study the alkali halide nanocrystals encapsulated in single-walled carbon nanotubes of current interest.     

Phenyl-substituted polycyclic aromatic compounds as intermediate products during pyrolytic reactions involving coal tars, pitches and related materials

Summary Several so far unreported phenyl-substituted polycyclic, aromatic compounds were detected in coal tars, coal tar pitches and ring furnace flue gases by their gas chromatographic retention and mass spectra. In the case of thiophene-derived compounds, the elemental sulfur traces obtained by GC-AED supplied further evidence of their identity. Pure authentic substances were synthesised and analysed by GC-MS and GC-AED to prove the identity of the unknown compounds. Concentration profiles of phenyldibenzofurans and phenyldibenzothiophenes in different coal tars, coal tar pitches and ring furnace flue gases are reported. Reaction mechanisms are proposed which suggest that during oxidative pyrolysis phenyldibenzofurans and phenyldibenthiophene are the intermediate products on the path from dibenzofuran and dibenzothiophene to triphenyleno[1,12-bcd]furan and benzobisbenzofurans, and the respective thiophenes.     

A theoretical study of catalytic hydration reactions of ethylene

The hydration reaction of ethylene, C₂H₄+H₂O → C₂H₅OH, catalyzed by oxoacids (H₃PO₄, H₂SO₄, and HClO₄) and metal cations (B³⁺, Al³⁺, Sc³⁺, Ga³⁺, La³⁺, Be²⁺, Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, Zn²⁺, and Sr²⁺) are studied systematically by density functional theory with a BLYP functional. The reaction profiles of the main reaction and some side reactions, such as ester formation, dimerization of ethylene, and dehydrogenation of ethanol, have been determined with a variety of catalysts. In each case, the intermediate states, the transition states, and their energetics are calculated. Metal cations react more efficiently for the main reaction than oxoacids, but they also make the dehydrogenation reaction active. While the dimerization reaction is strongly affected by the acidity of the catalyst, both the acidity and basicity of the catalyst are important for the dehydrogenation reaction. Efficient formation of ethanol from ethylene over a catalyst is suggested. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Comput Chem 21: 1292–1304, 2000     

膨润土-壳聚糖及其改性吸附剂脱除燃烧烟气中Hg0的性能研究

应用VM3000在线测汞仪作为检测手段,在固定床实验台架上,以改性膨润土 壳聚糖为吸附剂进行脱汞(Hg⁰)实验研究。采用N₂吸附/脱附、扫描电镜(SEM)和傅里叶变换红外光谱(FT-IR)等分析仪对吸附剂进行表征。分析发现改性后吸附剂的孔隙和比表面积降低;碘离子进入了膨润土的内部,碘、硫酸和壳聚糖中的氨基发生了化学反应。脱汞实验表明,负载壳聚糖的膨润土吸附剂表现出较膨润土差的脱汞效果,证明膨润土负载壳聚糖脱除气态中单质汞的机理和液相中二价汞的机理不同。经碘改性后,各吸附剂均可不同程度地提高其脱汞效率,且以碘改性膨润土的脱汞效果最好;碘改性吸附剂中添加适量的硫酸后,膨润土负载壳聚糖吸附剂的脱汞效率从85%提高至100%,因与膨润土负载壳聚糖不同的物理化学特性,碘和硫酸改性的膨润土的脱汞效率则降低。     

A theoretical study of malononitrile addition to carbonyl compounds

The nucleophilic addition of the malononitrile anion (MN⁻) to formaldehyde was studied theoretically by the AM1 semiempirical MO method. The addition is found to be endothermic with a late productlike transition state on the reaction coordinate. Additions of MN⁻ to a series of carbonyl compounds were studied in order to investigate the substituent effect on the energetics of the title addition and the nucleophilic attack reactivity. The solvent effect was stimulated by hydrogen bonding a single molecule of water to the formaldehyde oxygen and/or to the MN⁻ anion. Its influence on the energetics and the transition-state geometry was estimated. The Hammond postulate was satisfied for the studied additions. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Quant Chem 62 : 419–426, 1997