Ab Initio Calculation of Room Temperature Ionic Liquid 1-Ethyl-3-Methyl-Imidazolium Chlorocuprate (Ⅰ)

The Hartree-Fock method has been employed to investigate the electronic structures of EMIM (1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium ), CuCl2-, Cu2Cl3-, CuCl32-, EMIM -CuCl2-, EMIM -Cu2Cl3- , and EMIM -CuCl32- pairs. Full optimization and frequency analyses of EMIM , CuCl2-, Cu2Cl3-, CuCl32-, eight initial EMIM -CuCl2-, six EMIM -Cu2Cl3-, and four EMIM -CuCl32- geometries have been carried out using Gaussian-94 soft-package at 6-31 G(d,p) basis set level for hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, chlorine atoms and Hay-Wadt effective core potential for copper atom. The electronic structures of lowest energy of EMIM -CuCl2-, EMIM -Cu2Cl3-, EMIM -CuCl32-, single EMIM , CuCl2-, Cu2Cl3-, and CuCl32- have been comparatively studied. The calculated results showed that EMIM -CuCl2- pair conformer of lowest energy was five ring parallel to Cl—Cu—Cl with 3.2 A distance, EMIM -CuCl32- pair conformer of lowest energy was five ring parallel to CuCl32-plane with 3.4 A distance, and the optimized EMIM -Cu2Cl3- pair conformer of lowest energy was five ring perpendicular to Cl—Cu—Cl—Cu—Cl plane with 3.0 (?) distance between the terminal Cl atoms and the 5-ring of EMIM . The cohesion between cations and anions is brought about by C—H…Cl hydrogen bonds that are reinforced by charge assistance. The frequency analyses suggested that all stationary points are minimum because of no appearing of imaginary frequency. The assigned frequencies were in agreement with the experimental report. The low energy of interaction because of the bulky asymmetry of EMIM and the charge dispersion of cation and anion leads to the low melting point of the ionic liquids, EMIM -CuCl2-, EMIM -Cu2Cl3-, and EMIM -CuCl32-. The interaction energy of EMIM -CuCl2-, EMIM -Cu2Cl3-, and EMIM -CuCl32- is 309.0 kJ/mol, 316.8 kJ/mol, and 320.2 kJ/mol, respectively. The relationship of interaction energy via distance between cations and anions was also investigated by single point energy scan.     

Vibrational Spectroscopic Study on Ion Solvation and Association of Lithium Perchlorate in 4-Methoxymethyl-ethylene Carbonate

Solvation interaction and ion association in solutions of lithium perchlorate/4-methoxymethyl-ethylene carbonate （MEC） have been studied by using Infrared and Raman spectra as a function of concentration of lithium perchlorate. The splitting of ring deformation band and ring ether asymmetric stretching band, and the change of carbonyl stretching band suggest that there should be a strong interaction between Li^＋ and the solvent molecules, and the site of solvation should be the oxygen atom of carbonyl group. The apparent solvation number of Li^＋ was calculated by using band fitting technique. The solvation number was decreased from 3.3 to 1.1 with increasing the concentration of LiClO4/MEC solutions. On the other hand, the band fitting for the ClO4^- band revealed the presence of contact ion pair, and free ClO4^- anion in the concentrated solutions.     

Computational studies of the structure and cation-anion interactions in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium lactate ionic liquid

Quantum chemical calculations of the structures and cation-anion interaction of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium lactate ([Emim][LAC]) ion pair at the B3LYP/6-31++G** theoretical level were performed. The relevant geometrical characteristics, energy properties, intermolecular H-bonds (H-bonds), and calculated IR vibrations with respect to isolated ions were systematically discussed. The natural bond orbital (NBO) and atoms in molecule (AIM) analyses were also employed to understand the nature of the interactions between cation and anion. The five most stable geometries were verified by analyzing the relative energies and interaction energies. It was found that the most of the C-H···O intermolecular H-bonds interactions in five stable conformers have some covalent character in nature. The elongation and red shift in IR spectrum of C-H bonds which involve in H-bonds is proved by electron transfers from the lone pairs of the carbonyl O atom of [LAC] to the C-H antibonding orbital of the [Emim]+. The interaction modes are more favorable when the carbonyl O atoms of [LAC] interact with the C2-H of the imidazolium ring and the C-H of the ethyl group through the formation of triple H-bonds.     

Preparation and Luminescence Behavior of CaSiO3：Eu^3＋（Bi^3＋）

CaSiO3：Eu0.08^3＋Bi0.002^3＋ with a monoclinic perovskite structure was synthesized by using sol-gel method, and its luminescence characteristics were investigated. From the excitation spectrum, it can be seen that the main peaks located at 238,396,415,437 and 359 nm correspond to the charge-transfer band of Eu^3＋-O^2- , the absorption transitions of ^7F0.1→^3L6, ^7F0→^5D3, ^7F1→^5D3 of Eu^3＋ ions, and ^3P1→^1S0 of Bi^3＋ ions, respectively. When the samples were excited with a light of wavelength 359 or 395 nm, it can be seen from the emission spectrum that the electronic dipole transition located at 609 nm corresponding to ^5D0→^7F2 of Eu^3＋ ions was stronger than the magnetic dipole transition located at 587 nm corresponding to ^5D0→^7F1 of Eu^3＋ ions, which shows that more Eu^3＋ ions were located in nonreversion center lattices. The energy transfer from Bi^3＋ ions to Eu^3＋ ions in the phosphor was also discussed. The results show that Eu^3＋ ions could be well sensitized by ^3＋ions, and the energy-transfer pattern between Bi^3＋ ions and Eu^3＋ ions was resonance energy transfer.     

UV-Vis Spectrum and the Third-order Nonlinear Optical Properties of the Chiral Camphorderived β-diketonate Platinum Complexes

UV-Vis spectrum and the third-order nonlinear optical properties of the chiral camphor-derived β-diketonate have been studied at the B3LYP/6-31G* level. The results showed that the introduction of electron-drawing group-CF3 and-C3F7 on β-diketonate made the strongest absorption peak red-shift and the lowest energy absorption blue-shied. Introduction of-OC2H5 on the benzene or pyridine ring made the lowest energy absorption blue-shift. When the-C2H3 was introduced on the benzene or pyridine ring, the lowest energy absorption was red-shifted. Introduction of electron-donating group on β-diketonate can enlarge their nonlinear optical properties. On the contrary, the introduction of electron-drawing group dropped it down.     

Geometries, Electronic Structures, and Electron Detachment Energies of Small Boron Sulfide Anions： A Density Functional Theory Investigation

A density functional theory investigation on the geometries, electronic structures, and electron detachment energies of BS, BS2, B（BS）2 and B（BS）3 has been performed in this work. The linear ground-state structures of BS （C∞v, ^1∑^＋） and BS2^- （O∞h, ^1∑g^＋） prove to be similar to the previously reported BO and BO2 with systematically lower electron detachment energies. Small boron sulfide clusters are found to favor the formation of -B=S groups which function basically as a-radicals and dominate the ground-state structures of the systems. The perfect linear B（BS）2^-（D∞h, ^3∑g） and beautiful equilateral triangle B（BS）3^- （D3h,^2A1”） turn out to be analogous to the well-known C2v BH2 and O3h BH3, respectively. The electron affinities of BS, BS2, B（BS）2 and B（BS）3 are predicted to be 2.3, 3.69, 3.00 and 3.45 eV, respectively. The electron detachment energies calculated for BS^-, BS2^-, B（BS）2^-, and B（BS）3^- may facilitate future photoelectron spectroscopy measurements to characterize the geometrical and electronic structures of these anions.     

New ab initio Potential Energy Surfaces for Cl（^2P3/2,^2P1/2）＋H2 Reaction

New global three dimensional potential energy surfaces for the Cl＋H2 reactive system have been constructed using accurate multireference configuration interaction calculations with a large basis set. The three lowest adiabatic potential energy surfaces correlating asymptotically with Cl（^2p）＋H2 have been transformed to adiabatic representation, which leads to a fourth coupling potential for non-linear geometries. In addition, the spin-orbit coupling surfaces have also been computed using the Breit-Pauli Hamiltonian. Properties of the new potential are described. Reaction dynamics based on the new potential agrees with the recent experimental results quite well.     

Ab Initio Study of the Mechanism of Forming a Spiro-Si-heterocyclic Ring Compound Involving Ge from Cl_2Ge=Si:and Formaldehyde

The X2Ge=Si:(X = H, Me, F, Cl, Br, Ph, Ar···) is a new species. Its cycloaddition reaction is a new area for the study of silylene chemistry. The mechanism of cycloaddition reaction between singlet Cl2Ge=Si: and formaldehyde has been investigated with CCSD(T)//MP2/6-31G* method. From the potential energy profile, it can be predicted that the reaction has two competitive dominant reaction pathways. The reaction rule presented is that the two reactants firstly form a four-membered Ge-heterocyclic ring silylene through the [2+2] cycloaddition reaction. Owing to the 3p unoccupied orbital of Si: atom in the four-membered Ge-heterocyclic ring silylene and the π orbital of formaldehyde forming a π→p donor-acceptor bond, the four-membered Ge-heterocyclic ring silylene further combines with formaldehyde to form an intermediate. Because the Si: atom in intermediate shows sp3 hybridization after transition state, the intermediate isomerizes to a spiro-Si-heterocyclic ring compound involving Ge via a transition state. Simultaneously, the ring strain of the four-membered Ge-heterocyclic ring silylene makes it isomerize to a twisted four-membered ring product. The research result indicates the laws of cycloaddition reaction between X2Ge=Si:(X = H, Me, F, Cl, Br, Ph, Ar···) and the asymmetric π-bonded compounds, which are significant for the synthesis of small-ring and spiro-Si-heterocyclic ring compound involving Ge. The study extends the research area and enriches the research content of silylene chemistry.     

1,2,3-三氮杂苯－(水)3复合物多体相互作用

The interaction between 1,2,3-triazine and three water molecules was studied using density functional theory B3LYP method at 6-31-t＋＋G^＊＊ basis set. Various structures for 1,2,3-triazine-（water）n （n= 1, 2, 3） complex were investigated and the different lower energy structures were reported. Many-body analysis was also carded out to obtain relaxation energy and many-body interaction energy （two, three, and four-body）, and the most stable conformer has the basis set superposition error corrected interaction energy of -- 102.61 kJ/mol. The relaxation energy, two- and three-body interactions have significant contribution to the total interaction energy whereas four-body interaction was very small for 1,2,3-triazine-（water）3 complex.     

Density Functional Investigation of Methanethiol and Dimethyl Sulfide Adsorption on Zeolite

The density functional theory and cluster model methods have been employed to investigate the interactions between methanethiol, dimethyl sulfide and zeolites. The molecular complexes formed by adsorption of methanethiol or dimethyl sulfide on silanol H3SiOSi(OH)2OSiH3 with five coordination forms or four coordination forms, and complexes formed by interactions of Bronsted acid sites of bridging hydroxyl H3Si(OH)Al(OH)2OSiH3 with methanethiol or dimethyl sulfide have been investigated. Full optimization and frequency analysis of all cluster models have been carried out using the B3LYP hybrid method at 6-31 G (d,p) basis set level for hydrogen, silicon, aluminum, oxygen, carbon, and sulfur atoms. The structures and energy changes of different coordination forms between methanethiol and H3Si(OH)Al(OH)2OSiH3, dimethyl sulfide and H3Si(OH)Al(OH)2OSiH3, methanethiol and H3SiOSi(OH)2OSiH3, dimethyl sulfide and H3SiOSi(OH)2OSiH3 complexes have been comparatively studied. The calculated results showed the nature of interactions that led to the formation of all complexes was van der Waals force confirmed by an insignificant change of geometric structures and properties. The conclusions that methanethiol and dimethyl sulfide molecules were adsorbed on bridging hydroxyl group prior to silanol group were obtained on the basis of adsorption heat, the most stable adsorption models of a 6 ring structure for interaction between bridging hydroxyl and methanethiol, and a 7 ring structure for interaction between bridging hydroxyl and dimethyl sulfide.     

Ab Initio Calculation of Room Temperature Ionic Liquid 1-Ethyl-3-Methyl-Imidazolium Chlorocuprate (Ⅰ)

The Hartree-Fock method has been employed to investigate the electronic structures of EMIM (1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium ), CuCl2-, Cu2Cl3-, CuCl32-, EMIM -CuCl2-, EMIM -Cu2Cl3-,and EMIM -CuCl32- pairs. Full optimization and frequency analyses of EMIM , CuCl2-, Cu2Cl3-, CuCl32-,eight initial EMIM -CuCl2-, six EMIM -Cu2Cl3-, and four EMIM -CuCl32- geometries have been carried out using Gaussian-94 soft-package at 6-31 G(d,p) basis set level for hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, chlorine atoms and Hay-Wadt effective core potential for copper atom. The electronic structures of lowest energy of EMIM -CuCl2-, EMIM -Cu2Cl3-, EMIM -CuCl32-, single EMIM , CuCl2-, Cu2Cl3-, and CuCl32- have been comparatively studied. The calculated results showed that EMIM -CuCl2- pair conformer of lowest energy was five ring parallel to Cl-Cu-Cl with 3.2 (A) distance, EMIM -CuCl32- pair conformer of lowest energy was five ring parallel to CuCl32-plane with 3.4 (A) distance, and the optimized EMIM -Cu2Cl3- pair conformer of lowest energy was five ring perpendicular to Cl-Cu-Cl-Cu-Cl plane with 3.0 (A) distance between the terminal Cl atoms and the 5-ring of EMIM . The cohesion between cations and anions analyses suggested that all stationary points are minimum because of no appearing of imaginary frequency.The assigned frequencies were in agreement with the experimental report. The low energy of interaction because of the bulky asymmetry of EMIM and the charge dispersion of cation and anion leads to the low melting point of the ionic liquids, EMIM -CuCl2-, EMIM -Cu2Cl3-, and EMIM -CuCl32-. The interaction energy of EMIM -CuCl2-, EMIM -Cu2Cl3-, and EMIM -CuCl32- is 309.0 k J/mol, 316.8 k J/mol, and 320.2 k J/mol, respectively. The relationship of interaction energy via distance between cations and anions was also investigated by single point energy scan.     

CuCl3]- and [CuCl4]2- hydrates in concentrated aqueous solution: a density functional theory and ab initio study

In this work, structures and thermodynamic properties of [CuCl(3)](-) and [CuCl(4)](2-) hydrates in aqueous solution were investigated using density functional theory and ab initio methods. Contact ion pair (CIP) and solvent-shared ion pair (SSIP) structures were both taken into account. Our calculations suggest that [CuCl(3)(H(2)O)(n)](-) clusters might favor a four-coordinated CIP structure with a water molecule coordinating with the copper atom in the equatorial position for n = 3 and 4 in aqueous solution, whereas the four-coordinated SSIP structure with one chloride atom dissociated becomes more stable as n increases to 5. For the [CuCl(4)](2-) cluster, the four-coordinated tetrahedron structure is more stable than the square-planar one, whereas for [CuCl(4)(H(2)O)(n)](2-) (n ≥ 1) clusters, it seems that four-coordinated SSIP structures are slightly more favorable than CIP structures. Our calculations suggest that Cu(2+) perhaps prefers a coordination number of 4 in CuCl(2) aqueous solution with high Cl(-) concentrations. In addition, natural bond orbital (NBO) calculations suggest that there is obvious charge transfer (CT) between copper and chloride atoms in [CuCl(x)](2-x) (x = 1-4) clusters. However, compared with that in the [CuCl(2)](0) cluster, the CT between the copper and chloride atoms in [CuCl(3)](-) and [CuCl(4)](2-) clusters becomes negligible as the number of attached redundant Cl(-) ions increases. This implies that the coordination ability of Cl(-) is greatly weakened for [CuCl(3)](-) and [CuCl(4)](2-) clusters. Electronic absorption spectra of these different hydrates were obtained using long-range-corrected time-dependent density functional theory. The calculated electronic transition bands of the four-coordinated CIP conformer of [CuCl(3)(H(2)O)(n)](-) for n = 3 and 4 are coincident with the absorption of [CuCl(3)](-)(aq) species (～284 and 384 nm) resolved from UV spectra obtained in CuCl(2) (ca. 10(-4) mol·kg(-1)) + LiCl (>10 mol·kg(-1)) solutions, whereas the calculated bands of [CuCl(3)(H(2)O)(n)](-) in their most stable configurations are not when n = 0 - 2 or n > 4, which means that the species [CuCl(3)](-)(aq) exists in those CuCl(2) aqueous solutions in which the water activity is neither too low nor too high. The calculated bands of [CuCl(4)(H(2)O)(n)](2-) clusters correspond to the absorption spectra (～270 and 370 nm) derived from UV measurements only when n = 0, which suggests that [CuCl(4)](2-)(aq) species probably exist in environments in which the water activity is quite low.     

Electrodeposition of copper on a Pt(111) electrode in sulfuric acid containing poly(ethylene glycol) and chloride ions as probed by in situ STM

This study employed real-time in situ STM imaging to examine the adsorption of PEG molecules on Pt(111) modified by a monolayer of copper adatoms and the subsequent bulk Cu deposition in 1 M H(2)SO(4) + 1 mM CuSO(4)+ 1 mM KCl + 88 μM PEG. At the end of Cu underpotential deposition (~0.35 V vs Ag/AgCl), a highly ordered Pt(111)-(√3 × √7)-Cu + HSO(4)(-) structure was observed in 1 M H(2)SO(4) + 1 mM CuSO(4). This adlattice restructured upon the introduction of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG, molecular weight 200) and chloride anions. At the onset potential for bulk Cu deposition (~0 V), a Pt(111)-(√3 × √3)R30°-Cu + Cl(-) structure was imaged with a tunneling current of 0.5 nA and a bias voltage of 100 mV. Lowering the tunneling current to 0.2 nA yielded a (4 × 4) structure, presumably because of adsorbed PEG200 molecules. The subsequent nucleation and deposition processes of Cu in solution containing PEG and Cl(-) were examined, revealing the nucleation of 2- to 3-nm-wide CuCl clusters on an atomically smooth Pt(111) surface at overpotentials of less than 50 mV. With larger overpotential (η > 150 mV), Cu deposition seemed to bypass the production of CuCl species, leading to layered Cu deposition, starting preferentially at step defects, followed by lateral growth to cover the entire Pt electrode surface. These processes were observed with both PEG200 and 4000, although the former tended to produce more CuCl nanoclusters. Raising [H(2)SO(4)] to 1 M substantiates the suppressing effect of PEG on Cu deposition. This STM study provided atomic- or molecular-level insight into the effect of PEG additives on the deposition of Cu.     

1-乙基-3-甲基咪唑四氟硼酸盐离子液体的量子化学研究

The results of the quantum chemistry study of the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (EMIM+BF4-) were reported. The ab initio method and density functional theory (B3LYP method) was used to optimize the stable structure of the gas phase ion pair at the level of 6-311++G** basis set, respectively. An IR spectra for EMIM+BF4- were obtained through the vibrational analysis. The changes of atomic charge assignments have been investigated using the Natural Bond Orbital method. The computational results show that there exist hydrogen bonds and other weak interactions between the cation and the anion. Using counterpoise correction method to estimate the basis set superposition error, the interaction energy between the cation and anion is 346.78 kJ/mol.     

A microwave and quantum chemical study of the conformational properties and intramolecular hydrogen bonding of 1-fluorocyclopropanecarboxylic acid

The structural and conformational properties of 1-fluorocyclopropanecarboxylic acid have been explored by microwave spectroscopy and a series of ab initio (MP2/6-311++G(d,p) level), density functional theory (B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ level), and G3 quantum chemical calculations. Four "stable" conformers, denoted conformers I-IV, were found in the quantum chemical calculations, three of which (conformers I -III) were predicted to be low-energy forms. Conformer I was in all the quantum chemical calculations predicted to have the lowest energy, conformer III to have the second lowest energy, and conformer II to have the third lowest energy. Conformers II and III were calculated to have relatively large dipole moments, while conformer I was predicted to have a small dipole moment. The microwave spectrum was investigated in the 18-62 GHz spectral range. The microwave spectra of conformers II and III were assigned. Conformer I was not assigned presumably because its dipole moment is comparatively small. Conformer II is stabilized by an intramolecular hydrogen bond formed between the fluorine atom and the hydrogen atom of the carboxylic acid group. Conformer III has a synperiplanar orientation for the F-C-C=O and H-O-C=O chains of atoms. Its dipole moment is: mua = 3.4(10), mub = 10.1(13), and muc = 0.0 (assumed) and mu(tot) = 10.6(14) x 10(-30) C m [3.2(4) D]. Several vibrationally excited states of the lowest torsional mode of each of II and III were also assigned. The hydrogen-bonded conformer II was found to be 2.7(2) kJ/mol less stable than III by relative intensity measurements. Absolute intensity measurements were used to show that the unassigned conformer I is the most abundant form present at a concentration of roughly 65% at room temperature. Conformer I was estimated to be ca. 5.0 kJ/mol more stable than the hydrogen-bonded rotamer (conformer II) and ca. 2.3 kJ/mol more stable than conformer III. The best agreement with the theoretical calculations is found in the MP2 calculations, which predict conformer I to be 5.1 kJ/mol more stable than III and 1.7 kJ/mol more stable than II.     

Conformers of gaseous proline

Accurate geometries, relative energies, rotational and quartic centrifugal distortion constants, dipole moments, harmonic vibrational frequencies, and infrared intensities were determined from ab initio electronic structure calculations for eighteen conformers of the neutral form of the amino acid L-proline. Only four conformers have notable population at low and moderate temperature. The second most stable conformer is only 2+/-2 kJ mol(-1) above the global minimum, while the third and fourth conformers are nearly degenerate and have an excess energy of 7+/-2 kJ mol(-1) relative to the global minimum. All four conformers have one hydrogen bond: N.HO in the lower energy pair of conformers, and NH.O in the higher energy pair of conformers. The conformer pairs differ only in their ring puckering. The relative energies of the conformers include corrections for valence electron correlation, extrapolated to the complete basis set limit, as well as core correlation and relativistic effects. Structural features of the pyrrolidine ring of proline are discussed by using the concept of pseudorotation. The accurate rotational and quartic centrifugal distortion constants as well as the vibrational frequencies and infrared intensities should aid identification and characterization of the conformers of L-proline by rotational and vibrational spectroscopy, respectively. Bonding features of L-proline, especially intramolecular hydrogen bonds, were investigated by the atoms-in-molecules (AIM) technique.     

Matrix isolation FTIR spectroscopic and theoretical study of dimethyl sulfite

The preferred conformations of dimethyl sulfite and their vibrational spectra were studied by matrix-isolation Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and theoretical methods (density functional theory (DFT) and Moller-Plesset (MP2), with basis sets of different sizes, including the quadruple-zeta, aug-cc-pVQZ basis). Five minima were found at these levels of theory. At the MP2/6-31++G(d,p) and DFT/B3LYP/aug-cc-pVQPZ levels, the GG conformer (where the O-S-O-C dihedral angles are 73.2 and 70.8 degrees ) resulted in the conformational ground state. At the highest level of theory used, the GT conformer (O-S-O-C = +68.5 and -173.2 degrees ) is 0.83 kJ mol(-1) higher in energy than the GG form, while conformer GG' (O-S-O-C = +85.7 and -85.7 degrees ) has a relative energy of 1.18 kJ mol(-1). The remaining two conformers (G'T and TT) are high-energy forms and not experimentally relevant. In consonance with the theoretical predictions, conformer GG was found to be the most stable conformer in the gaseous phase as well as in the low-temperature matrices. Annealing of the argon matrices first promotes the GG'-->GT isomerization, which is followed by conversion of GT into the most stable conformer. There is no evidence of occurrence of GG'-->GG direct conversion in the low-temperature matrices. On the other hand, during deposition of the xenon matrices conformer GG' totally converts to conformer GT. Two observations demonstrated this fact: no evidence of bands corresponding to GG' were observed in xenon matrices and the GG/GT intensity ratio became similar to the GG/(GT + GG') intensity ratio observed in argon matrices. All these results could be explained by taking into account the relative values of the theoretically predicted energy barriers for the different isomerization processes: GG'-->GT, 1.90 kJ mol(-1); GT-->GG, 9.64 kJ mol(-1); and GG'-->GG, 19.46 kJ mol(-1).     

Dynamics of the gas-phase reactions of chloride ion with fluoromethane: high excess translational activation energy for an endothermic S(N)2 reaction.

Guided ion beam tandem mass spectrometry techniques are used to examine the competing product channels in the reaction of Cl(-) with CH(3)F in the center-of-mass collision energy range 0.05-27 eV. Four anionic reaction products are detected: F(-), CH(2)Cl(-), FCl(-), and CHCl(-). The endothermic S(N)2 reaction Cl(-) + CH(3)F --> CH(3)Cl + F(-) has an energy threshold of E(0) = 181 +/- 14 kJ/mol, exhibiting a 52 +/- 16 kJ/mol effective barrier in excess of the reaction endothermicity. The potential energy of the S(N)2 transition state is well below the energy of the products. Dynamical impedances to the activation of the S(N)2 reaction are discussed, including angular momentum constraints, orientational effects, and the inefficiency of translational energy in promoting the reaction. The fluorine abstraction reaction to form CH(3) + FCl(-) exhibits a 146 +/- 33 kJ/mol effective barrier above the reaction endothermicity. Direct proton transfer to form HCl is highly inefficient, but HF elimination is observed above 268 +/- 95 kJ/mol. Potential energy surfaces for the reactions are calculated using the CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ and HF/6-31+G(d) methods and used to interpret the dynamics.     

The NMR Coupling Constants,and Conformational and Structural Properties of Flexible Aldopyranosyl Rings: α- and β-D-Idopyranose

ABSTRACT

The flexible ring structures of α- and β-D-idopyranose have been investigated by conformational analysis using structures generated by MacroModel and GMMX search protocols. The lowest energy structures found during the conformer search for the ⁴ C ₁, ¹ C ₄, ^O S ₂ and the ³ S ₁ structures were then examined by AM1 and Gaussian ab initio methods at the HF/6-311G** and HF/6-31+G* levels. The B _2,5 conformer found for β-D-idopyranose at 14 kJ/mol by GMMX and 29.5 kJ/mol for α-D-idopyranose by MacroModel would not contribute to Boltzmann-averaged ¹H NMR coupling constants. The Merck MMFF force field tends to overweight the ¹ C ₄ structures, making these the lowest energy conformers for both anomers. Boltzmann-averaged coupling constants are heavily weighted by this structure in the MMFF search conformer ensemble. Averaged proton coupling constants determined using MMFF fit very well for α-D-idopyranose compared to the observed values, but fit poorly for the β-anomer. Ab initio results place the ¹ C ₄ conformer at lowest energy for the α-anomer and place the ⁴ C ₁ conformer at lowest energy for the β-anomer. The GMMX and MM3* force fields find the ⁴ C ₁ conformer to have the lowest energies for both anomers.