Theoretical Study of Remote Substituent Effects on X-H （X=CH2, NH,O） Bond Dissociation Energies of Azulene

In the study, the X-H （X=CH2, NH, O） bond dissociation energies （BDE） of para-substituted azulene （Y-C10H8X-H） were predicted theoretically for the first time using Density Functronal Theory （DFT） methods at UB3LYP/6-311 ＋ ＋g（2df,2p）//UB3LYP/6-31 ＋g（d） level. It was found that the substituents exerted similar effects on the X-H BDE of azulene as those on benzene, except for 6-substituted 2-methylazulene. Owing to the substituent-dipole interaction, the reaction constants （ρ^＋） of 2- and 6-Y-CIoHsX-H （X=NH and O only） varied violently. The origin of the substituent effects on the X-H BDE of azulene was found, by both GE/RE and SIE theory, to be directly associated with variation of the radical effects, although the ground effects also played a modest role in determining the net. substituent effects.     

Theoretical Study of the N-NO2 Bond Dissociation Energies for Energetic Materials with Density Functional Theory

The N-NO2 bond dissociation energies （BDEs） for 7 energetic materials were computed by means of accurate density functional theory （B3LYP, B3PW91 and B3P86） with 6-31G＊＊ and 6-311G＊＊ basis sets. By comparing the computed energies and experimental results, we find that the B3P86/6-311G＊＊ method can give good results of BDE, which has the mean absolute deviation of 1.30kcal/mol. In addition, substituent effects were also taken into account. It is noted that the Hammett constants of substituent groups are related to the BDEs of the N-NO2 bond and the bond dissociation energies of the energetic materials studied decrease when increasing the number of NO2 group.     

异丁烯在不同硅铝比的NanZSM-5型分子筛中的吸附：分子模拟研究

Frameworks of NanZSM-5 type zeolites with various Si/A1 ratios have been constructed and optimized with molecular dynamic quench simulation. The results show that the structure parameters of NanZSM-5 type zeolite, including the bond length and atomic charges, are consistent with those predicted by ab initio cluster calculations. It was also observed that atomic charges of Si atoms were shifted to higher field in NanZSM-5 type zeolite with lower Si/Al ratio. Then, the adsorption of isobutene on NanZSM-5 with various Si/Al ratios has been investigated using grand canonical ensemble Monte Carlo simulation and Cvff-300-1.01 forcefield. The simulated adsorption amount was in good agreement with the experimental data. Based on these facts, the effects of Si/Al ratio on the adsorption amount and adsorption isotherms of isobutene on NanZSM-5 were predicted. The results indicated that Si/Al ratio was important for the adsorption of isobutene and the adsorption amount was decreased as the Si/Al ratio was increased, which can be explained that the atomic charge of Na^＋ cation would influence greatly the π electrons of the isobutene double bond due to the Coulomb force. In addition, the adsorption sites of isobutene and interaction energy of isobutene with NanZSM-5 were also discussed.     

Effect of charge at an amino acid of basic fibroblast growth factor on its mitogenic activity

<正>The amino acid at the 119th position of human basic fibroblast growth factor(hbFGF),lysine(K119),is a critical component for its mitogenic activity.However,little is known about the effects of the characteristics of this residue including charge on the mitogenic activity of hbFGF.Herein,this basic residue was replaced with neutral glutamine residue and acidic glutamic acid residue to construct mutants hbFGF~(K119Q) and hbFGF~(K119E),respectively.The mutants were produced by BL21(DE3)/pET3c expression system and purified to homogeneity by ionic exchange and heparin affinity chromatography from the supernatant of bacteria lysate. The mitogenic activity analysis showed that neutralization of charge at the 119th residue diminished the mitogenic activity of hbFGF,whereas change of positive charge to negative charge at this residue had no significant effect on its mitogenic activity. Further MAP kinase activation assay revealed that the influence of different charge at the 119th position on the mitogenic activity of hbFGF was related to the signal molecular activation in MAPK pathway.It was deduced that the charge,either positive or negative, at the 119th position of hbFGF is crucial for its full mitogenic activity.     

Insights into bishemicyanines with long emission wavelengths and high sensitivity in viscous environments

A systematic spectral analysis was presented for bishemicyanine dyes(Hsd and D2) and monohemicyanine dyes(Hs and DSMI).The bishemicyanine dyes displayed long emission wavelengths,large Stokes shifts,low background quantum yields in aqueous solutions and high sensitivity in viscous environments.Better understanding of the structure-property relationships could benefit the design of improved dyes.Computational studies on these dyes revealed the three conjugated forms of bishemicyanines are in equilibrium due to two positive charges and a branched bulk substituent.Bishemicyanines possessed obviously lower rotating energy barrier of C-C bond rotation compared to the monohemicyanine dyes.Moreover,the synergetic effects of the rotation about the φ_4 bond,φ_5 bond and φ_7 bond of the bishemicyanines(Hsd and D2) lead to lower fluorescence quantum yields in a free state and larger fluorescence quantum yield enhancements in viscous environment compared to that of monohemicyanine dyes(Hs and DSMI).The results demonstrate a foundation for interpretation of the behavior of the dyes,thus providing guidelines for future of new bishemicyanine fluorophores with specific applications.     

DFT Study on Homolytic Dissociation Enthalpies of C-I Bonds

The C-I bond dissociation enthalpies （BDE） of various organic iodides were calculated using high-level theoretical methods including MP2 and CCSD（T） with extrapolated basis set as well as a number of density functional theory methods. After systematic evaluation of the theoretical results against available experimental C-I BDEs, it was found that the MPW LYPIM method gave the lowest root mean square error. We, therefore, used this method to examine the substituent effects on different categories of C（sp3）-I and C（sp2）-I bonds. Fur thermore, the remote substituent effects on the C-I BDEs of substituted iodobenzenes and substituted （iodomethyl）benzenes were also investigated at the same level. The C-I BDEs of typical heteroaromatic iodides including five-membered and six-membered heterocyclic iodides were also examined.     

A DFT Study on Intramolecular Hydrogen Bond in Substituted Catechols and Their Radicals

Density functional theory(DFT)at B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) level was employed to calculate intramolecular hydrogen bond enthalpies (H1HB),O-H charge differencces,O-H bond lengths and bond orders for various substituted catechols and their radicals generated after H-abstraction.It was found that although the charge difference between hydrogen-bonded H and O played a role in determining H1HB,H1HB was mainly governed by the hydrogen bond length.As the oxygen-centedred radiocal has great tendency to form a chemical bond with the H atom,hydrogen bond lengths in catechloic radicals are systematically shorter than those in catechlos,hence,the H1HB for the former are higher than those for the latter.     

THEORETICAL STUDIES ON THE SUBSTITUTION EFFECT OF FLUORINE ON ETHANE

<正> The substitution effect of fluorine on ethane has been investigated by means of studying the properties of the charge distribution at the bond critical points with the theory of atoms in molecule.It is found that the major substitution effects of fluorine atom are positive a inductive and polarity effect.At the same time,fluorine atom partially provides π electrons to other chemical bonds by means of hy-perconjugation in molecules with two fluorine atoms and one or two carbon atoms in the same plane,and these effects are reflected in the quantity of bond ellipticity,Laplacian and the charge density of charge distribution at the bond critical points.The substitution of hydrogen by fluorine in ethane strengthens all the bonds in substituted ethanes.Other effects originating from the substitution of hydrogen by fluorine have also been discussed.     

Recent progress in quantifying substituent effects

This paper summarizes significant progress in quantifying organic substituent effects in the last 20 years. The main content is as follows: (1) The principle of electronegativity equalization has gained wide acceptance, and has been used to calculate the intramolecular charge distribution and inductive effect of groups. A valence electrons equalization method was proposed to compute the molecular electronegativity on the basis of geometric mean method, harmonic mean method, and weighted mean method. This new calculation method further extended the application of the principle of electronegativity equalization. (2) A scale method was established for experimentally determining the electrophilic and nucleophilic ability of reagents, in which benzhydryliumions and quinone methides were taken as the reference compounds, and the research field was extended to the gas phase conditions, organometallic reaction and radicals system. Moreover, the nucleophilicity parameters N and electrophilicity parameters E for a series of reagents were obtained. The definition and quantitative expression of electrophilicity index and nucleophilicity index were proposed theoretically, and the correlation between the parameters from experimental determination and the indexes from theoretical calculation was also investigated. (3) The polarizability effect parameter was initially calculated by empirical method and further developed by quantum chemistry method. Recently, the polarizability effect index of alkyl (PEI) and groups (PEI X ) were proposed by statistical method, and got wide applications in explaining and estimating gas-phase acidity and basicity, ionization energy, enthalpy of formation, bond energy, reaction rate, water solubility and chromatographic retention for organic compounds. (4) The excited-state substituent constant ex CC obtained directly from the UV absorption energy data of substituted benzenes, is different from the polar constants in molecular ground state and the radical spin-delocalization effects constants in molecular radical state. The proposed constant ex CC correlated well with the UV absorption energy of many kinds of organic compounds, such as 1,4-disubstituted benzenes, substituted stilbenes, and disubstituted N-benzylidenebenzenamine. (5) The establishment of the steric shielding effect distinguished the three traditional steric effects. The stereoselectivity index C i was proposed to quantify the stereoselectivity of the addition reaction of carbonyl with nucleophilic reagent. The shielding parameter S R was defined to quantitatively express the specific surface of the reaction center screened by a group. Further, the Topological Steric Effect Index (TSEI) of a group was proposed on the basis of the relative specific volume of reaction center screened by the atoms of substituents. These parameters can be applied in estimating the intramolecular dihedral angles, stereoselectivity of reaction, enthalpies of formation of alkenes and alkylbenzene, acidity of substitutedimidazolium ionic liquid, and the reaction rate of alkane and hydroxyl radical. In addition, some suggestions and prospects for further studies on quantifying the organic substituent effects were presented in this paper.     

The Isoelectric Point and the Points of Zero Charge of Fe-Al-Mg Hydrotalcite-like Compounds

The relation of the isoelectric point (IEP) and the point of zero net charge (PZNC) of the hydrotalcite-like compounds was discussed. It was found that the IEP does not equal to the PZNC and the IEP is higher than the PZNC. The structural positive charges existing in the HTlc,which cause the difference between the IEP and the PZNC. The effects of the structural positive charges of the HTlc on its IEP and PZNC are the same as the specific adsorption of metal cations.     

Triel–hydride triel bond between ZX3 (Z = B and Al; X = H and Me) and THMe3 (T = Si,Ge and Sn)

Complexes between THMe₃ (T = Si, Ge and Sn) and ZX₃ (Z = B and Al; X = H and Me) have been characterized using MP2/aug‐cc‐pVTZ calculations. These complexes are chiefly stabilized by a triel–hydride triel bond with the T–H bond pointing to the π‐hole on the triel atom. The triel–hydride interaction is mainly attributed to the charge transfer from the T–H bond orbital to the empty p orbital of the triel atom. These complexes are very stable with a large interaction energy (>10 kcal mol^?1) excluding THMe₃···BMe₃ (T = Si and Ge), indicating that the sp²‐hydridized triel atom has a strong affinity for the T–H bond. The formation of THMe₃···BH₃ results in proton transfer, characterized by conversion of orbital interaction and large charge transfer (ca 0.5e). The large deformation is primarily responsible for the abnormally greater interaction energy in THMe₃···BH₃ (>30 kcal mol^?1) than in the AlH₃ analogue. Methyl substitution on the triel atom weakens the triel–hydride interaction and causes a larger interaction energy in THMe₃···AlMe₃ with respect to its BMe₃ counterpart. Most of these interactions possess characteristics of covalent bonds. Polarization makes a contribution to the stability of most complexes nearly equivalent to the electrostatic term.     

Borane–Lewis Base Complexes as Homolytic Hydrogen Atom Donors

Radical stabilization energies (RSE)s have been calculated for a variety of boryl radicals complexed to Lewis bases at the G3(MP2)‐RAD level of theory. These are referenced to the B? H bond dissociation energy (BDE) in BH₃ determined at W4.3 level. High RSE values (and thus low BDE(B? H) values) have been found for borane complexes of a variety of five‐ and six‐membered ring heterocycles. Variations of RSE values have been correlated with the strength of Lewis acid–Lewis base complex formation at the boryl radical stage. The analysis of charge‐ and spin‐density distributions shows that spin delocalization in the boryl radical complexes constitutes one of the mechanisms of radical stabilization.     

Tight‐binding molecular dynamics simulation of Si?H bond dissociation in silicon clusters

New model of Si? H bond dissociation is proposed and tested in the cluster Si₁₀H₁₆ by the simulation approach that combines classic molecular dynamics method and the self‐consistent tight‐binding electronic and total energy calculation one. It is shown that the monohydride Si? H bond is unstable with respect to silicon dangling bond and bend‐bridge Si? H? Si bond formation when this cluster traps the single positive charge and that hydrogen migrates through a path involving rather rotation around the Si? Si bond than the center of this bond (the bond‐centered position). These results can be useful for understanding hydrogen‐related phenomena at surfaces, interfaces, and internal voids of various hydrogenated silicon systems: electronic devices, silicon solar cells, and nanocrystalline and porous silicon. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem 93: 351–359, 2003     

Synthese verbrückter binuklearer Titanocenverbindungen – Kristallstruktur von Cl2Ti[(C5H4)(C5H4)(Me)Si–Si(Me)(C5H4)(C5H4)]TiCl2 · PhMe

Synthesis of Bridged Binuclear Titanocene Compounds – Crystal Structure of Cl₂Ti[(C₅H₄)(C₅H₄)(Me)Si–Si(Me)(C₅H₄)(C₅H₄)]TiCl₂ · PhMe Starting from Cp₂(Me)Si–Si(Me)Cp₂ 1 the complexes X₂Ti[(C₅H₄)(C₅H₄)(Me)Si–Si(Me)(C₅H₄)(C₅H₄)]TiX₂ (X = Cl ( 2 a ); X = Me ( 3 )) were synthesized. The compounds were characterized by means of their ¹H‐ and ¹³C‐n.m.r. and MS‐spectra. The crystal structure of 2 a · PhMe was determined.     

Structural trends of 29Si–1H spin–spin coupling constants across double bond

The calculations of geminal and vicinal ²⁹Si–¹H spin–spin coupling constants across double bond in 15 alkenylmethylsilanes and alkenylchlorosilanes were carried out at the second‐order polarization propagator approach level in a good agreement with experiment. Two structural trends, namely, (i) the geometry of the coupling pathway and (ii) the effect of the electrowithdrawing substituent, have been interpreted in terms of the natural J‐coupling analysis within the framework of the natural bond orbital approach. Thus, the marked difference between cisoidal and transoidal ²⁹Si–¹H spin–spin coupling constants across double bond was accounted for the delocalization contributions including bonding and antibonding Si–C and C–H orbitals, whereas the chlorine effect was explained in terms of the steric contributions including bonding Si–Cl orbitals. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Cocrystals of 6‐propyl‐2‐thiouracil: N—H...O versus N—H...S hydrogen bonds

In order to investigate the relative stability of N—H...O and N—H...S hydrogen bonds, we cocrystallized the antithyroid drug 6‐propyl‐2‐thiouracil with two complementary heterocycles. In the cocrystal pyrimidin‐2‐amine–6‐propyl‐2‐thiouracil (1/2), C₄H₅N₃·2C₇H₁₀N₂OS, (I), the `base pair' is connected by one N—H...S and one N—H...N hydrogen bond. Homodimers of 6‐propyl‐2‐thiouracil linked by two N—H...S hydrogen bonds are observed in the cocrystal N‐(6‐acetamidopyridin‐2‐yl)acetamide–6‐propyl‐2‐thiouracil (1/2), C₉H₁₁N₃O₂·2C₇H₁₀N₂OS, (II). The crystal structure of 6‐propyl‐2‐thiouracil itself, C₇H₁₀N₂OS, (III), is stabilized by pairwise N—H...O and N—H...S hydrogen bonds. In all three structures, N—H...S hydrogen bonds occur only within R₂²(8) patterns, whereas N—H...O hydrogen bonds tend to connect the homo‐ and heterodimers into extended networks. In agreement with related structures, the hydrogen‐bonding capability of C=O and C=S groups seems to be comparable.     

复合物HNO···H2O2内N-H···O蓝移氢键的理论研究

A theoretical study on the blue-shifted H-bond N-H…O and red-shifted H-bond O-H…O in the complexHNO…H_2O_2 was conducted by employment of both standard and counterpoise-corrected methods to calculate thegeometric structures and vibrational frequencies at the MP2/6-31G(d),MP2/6-31 G(d,p),MP2/6-311 q G(d,p),B3LYP/6-31G(d),B3LYP/6-31 G(d,p) and B3LYP/6-311 G(d,p) levels.In the H-bond N-H…O,the calcu-lated blue shift of N-H stretching frequency is in the vicinity of 120 cm~(-1) and this is indeed the largest theoreticalestimate of a blue shift in the X-H…Y H-bond ever reported in the literature.From the natural bond orbital analy-sis,the red-shifted H-bond O-H…O can be explained on the basis of the dominant role of the hyperconjugation.For the blue-shifted H-bond N-H…O,the hyperconjugation was inhibited due to the existence of significant elec-tron density redistribution effect,and the large blue shift of the N-H stretching frequency was prominently due tothe rehybridization of sp~n N-H hybrid orbital.     

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Cationic Complexes with Hexacoordinate Silicon(IV) and Three Bidentate 1‐Oxopyridine‐2‐olato(1–) Ligands

The cationic complexes with hexacoordinate silicon(IV), tris[1‐oxopyridine‐2‐olato(1–)]silicon(IV) trifluoromethanesulfonate ( 4 ), 4 · ¹/₂ C₅H₅NO₂, tris[1‐oxopyridine‐2‐olato(1–)]silicon(IV) ethyl sulfate–ethanol ( 5 · EtOH), and tris[1‐oxopyridine‐2‐olato(1–)]silicon(IV) isopropyl sulfate ( 6 ), were synthesized. The identities of 4 , 4 · ¹/₂ C₅H₅NO₂, 5 · EtOH, and 6 were established by elemental analyses (C, H, N, S), mass‐spectrometric studies (FAB MS) as well as solid‐state (²⁹Si) and solution (¹H, ¹³C, ¹⁹F, ²⁹Si) NMR experiments. In addition, 4 · ¹/₂ C₅H₅NO₂ was structurally characterized by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction.     

On the Synthesis,Characterization and Reactivity of N‐Heteroaryl–Boryl Radicals,a New Radical Class Based on Five‐Membered Ring Ligands

The synthesis and physical characterization of a new class of N‐heterocycle–boryl radicals is presented, based on five membered ring ligands with a N(sp²) complexation site. These pyrazole–boranes and pyrazaboles exhibit a low bond dissociation energy (BDE; B?H) and accordingly excellent hydrogen transfer properties. Most importantly, a high modulation of the BDE(B?H) by the fine tuning of the N‐heterocyclic ligand was obtained in this series and could be correlated with the spin density on the boron atom of the corresponding radical. The reactivity of the latter for small molecule chemistry has been studied through the determination of several reaction rate constants corresponding to addition to alkenes and alkynes, addition to O₂, oxidation by iodonium salts and halogen abstraction from alkyl halides. Two selected applications of N‐heterocycle–boryl radicals are also proposed herein, for radical polymerization and for radical dehalogenation reactions.