CH3NO2和CH3自由基吸氢反应途径和变分速率常数计算

采用MP2(full)/6-311G(d, p)从头算方法,优化了硝基甲烷和甲基自由基吸氢反应的过渡态结构,经QCISD(T)方法进行能量校正,得出该反应的正逆向反应的活化位垒分别是58.21 kJ•mol－1和67.17 kJ•mol－1.沿IRC分析指出该反应是氢转移协同反应,而且在反应途径上存在一个引导反应进行的振动模式,这一反应模式引导反应进行的区间在反应坐标S的-0.9～1.0(amu)1/2bohr之间;在温度为800～2600 K范围内,运用改进的变分过渡态理论(ICVT),计算了该反应的速率常数,并与实验类比所得的速率常数随温度的变化趋势进行了比较.     

CH3NO2+X(X=H,OH, CH3, CH2[^3B1], O[^3P])→CH2NO2+XH吸氢反应过渡态 结 构和反应位垒的DFT计算研究

采用DFT(B3LYP)方法,分别在6-311g(d,p),6-311++g(d,p)和自洽相关基组cc-pVIZ水平上优化了基态硝基甲烷和自由基H,OH,CH3,CH2[^3B1]以及O[^3P]等发生吸氢反应时的过渡态结构,并计算了反应的位垒。研究表明,对同一反应,不同基组下优化得到的过渡态几何结构基本一致;反应位垒数值的大小也基本接近,经校正,硝基甲烷同自由基反应位垒的理论计算值同实验结果基本吻合。     

噁唑硼烷催化前手性酮肟醚不对称还原反应的密度泛函研究

对噁唑硼烷催化前手性酮肟醚不对称还原反应进行了密度泛函理论(DFT)研究. 在B3LYP/6-31G(d)水平下对反应主要中间体和过渡态结构进行了完全优化, 并通过振动分析确认了过渡态. 结果表明, 该不对称还原反应的手性控制步骤是氢从BH3向酮肟醚羰基碳和肟基碳的转移, 还原产物的手性由这两步反应所决定. 在所有的反应途径中, 第一个氢的转移都是通过一个六元环的过渡态完成, 而第二个氢的转移则是通过一个五元环或四元环的过渡态完成.     

H+NH3反应势能面的量子化学研究

本文采用UCCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ方法研究了H NH3反应势能面,获得了夺氢反应和交换反应过渡态的的几何结构和振动频率。夺氢反应的过渡态具有Cs对称性,其能垒为61.92 kJ/mol。交换反应的过渡态具有C3v对称性,其能垒为39.69 kJ/mol。H NH3发生形成Td对称性的反应中间体NH4里德堡自由基。与夺氢反应相比,交换反应具有更低的反应能垒,并且NH4自由基在反应中可形成长寿命的共振态,和夺氢反应形成竞争关系,因此在H NH3反应的量子动力学研究中必须同时考虑这两类反应。本文还采用更大的基组aug-cc-pVQZ和aug-cc-pV5Z研究了势能面对基组的收敛行为。     

HNCO+HCO→NCO+CH2O氢转移反应的从头算及动力学研究

在UMP2(Full)/6-311G(d,p)计算水平上,优化了标题反应的反应物、过渡态、产物的几何结构,沿最小能量途径讨论了异氰酸(HNCO)和甲酰自由基(HCO)发生氢转移反应位能面上驻点的结构以及相互作用分子结构变化.指出该反应是一个N-H键断裂和C-H键生成的协同反应.进一步采用UQCISD(T,Full)方法对反应途径上的驻点进行了单点能量校正,得出该反应的计算位垒是91.47 kJ/mol,与实验值108.92 kJ/mol接近在500～2500K实验温度范围内,运用变分过渡态理论(CVT)计算得到的速率常数与实验观测值进行了比较     

苯甲醛肟偶极互变反应的理论研究

研究了苯甲醛肟Z构型和E构型两种异构体与相应偶极体的3条互变反应途径:(1)单分子内质子转移反应,质子由肟羟基转移至邻位的氮上,过渡态为三角形结构,反应能垒较高;(2)二聚体内的质子互换反应,质子分别从一个肟羟基转移到另一个肟的氮上,过渡态为六元环结构,能垒较低,理论反应速度较大,但平衡常数较小;(3)肟羟基与甲醇的质子互换反应,过渡态具有五元环结构,能垒和反应速度介于上述两者之间.结果表明,在3条反应途径上,Z构型和E构型均有类似的过渡态,Z构型有利于偶极体存在.在室温下主要通过二聚体内质子交换进行互变反应,实际体系中由于偶极体不断被消耗,反应可以持续进行.     

烷基氟化物热消除反应的理论研究-1

用RHF从头计算法研究了氟代乙烷消除氟化氢反应的取代基效应．对所有构型均采用能量梯度法在3-21G基级水平上进行了优化，过渡态的构型用振动分析确认．计算结果表明，对所讨论的基团-F，-CH_3，－CN，－NH_2，在α位和β位取代，均对过渡态的结构有一定的影响，电荷分布表明，标题反应的过渡态为部分极化的四元环过渡态．－F在α位和β位的取代均使氟代烷1－2消除氟化氢反应的活化位垒升高，且前者的活化位垒高于后者；－CN在α位的取代使反应的活化位垒升高，在β位的取代使反应的活化位垒降低．－CH_3和-NH_2在α位的取代使反应的活化位垒降低，在β位的取代使反应的活化位垒升高，只是-NH_2的效应强于-CH_3．这些结果与由实验结果推测的结论一致表明，本消除反应与其它卤代烷的消除反应有显著的差别．     

3-羟基-3-甲基-2-丁酮和苯甲酰甲酸甲酯热分解反应的 理论研究

用从头算的方法在6-31G水平上研究了3-羟基-3-甲基-2-丁酮(1)和苯甲酰甲酸甲酯(2)热分解反应的机理。结果是:前一反应是经历五元环过渡态到达氢键中间体,它接着直接分解成乙醛的异构体和丙酮,最后乙醛的异构体异构化成乙醛;后一反应经历六元环过渡态形成中间体1(INT1),中间体1(INT1)直接分解成中间体2(INT2)和甲醛,中间体2(INT2)经过第二个过渡态分解成苯甲醛的异构体和一氧化碳,最后苯甲醛异构体异构化成苯甲醛。其中氢迁过程是反应的速控步骤。在MP~2/6-31G//HF/6-31G+ZPE水平上,对应于这两个反应速控步骤的活化位垒分别是251.42kJ/moL和247.94kJ/mol。采用传统过渡态理论计算了两反应的热反应速率常数,理论的计算结果与实验值吻合较好。     

β-羟基丙醛基态与激发态氢迁移反应的从头算研究

本文用从头算RHF和UHF方法在3-21G基组上研究了β-羟基丙醛基态和激发态分解为甲醛和乙烯醇的反应机理。优化得到了各反应途径的过渡态和中间体, 其结果为: 基态β-羟基丙醛经过一个六元环过渡态和一个氢键中间体形成产物, 反应属于氢迁移和断键的协同过程; 激发三态β-羟基丙醛的分解途径首先经过一个氢迁移六元环过渡态形成双自由基中间体, 然后该中间体的分解包括两条相互竞争的途径, 它们各自经过一个断碳碳键的过渡态和一个氢键激-基态配合物中间体而形成两类产物, 一类为甲醛的基态和乙烯醇的激发态, 另一类为甲醛的激发态和乙烯醇的基态。激发态反应的两条通道均属于先氢迁移后断键分解的分步过程, 且反应的第二步为速控步骤。计算结果表明, 激发态反应活化位垒都比基态的低。     

聚对苯二甲酸丁二醇酯二聚体热降解机理的理论研究

采用密度泛函理论(DFT)方法 M06-2X/6-311G(d)研究了聚对苯二甲酸丁二醇酯(PBT)二聚体的热降解机理,对PBT二聚体热解过程设计了八条可能反应路径,计算了每条反应路径的各基元反应步的热力学及动力学参数。计算结果表明,在PBT初始热解过程中,主链发生协同反应的反应能垒明显低于自由基反应的能垒,因此,通过协同反应生成的对苯二甲酸、对苯二甲酸单丁烯酯、对苯二甲酸二丁烯酯和二对苯二甲酸-1,4-丁二酯是PBT初始热解主要产物。主链通过六元环过渡态进行的协同反应的反应能垒低于通过四元环过渡态的,PBT主链的断裂主要通过六元环过渡态的协同反应而进行。此外,还讨论了PBT主要产物的二次降解反应,研究发现,在二次降解反应过程中主要以协同反应为主,生成1,3-丁二烯、四氢呋喃、苯、CO₂、苯甲酸等主要产物。     

Identity hydride-ion transfer from C-H donors to C acceptor sites. Enthalpies of hydride addition and enthalpies of activation. Comparison with C...H...C proton transfer. An ab initio study

Enthalpies of addition of hydride ion to eleven carbonyl acceptors (X-CHO), two conjugate addition sites (X-CH=CH2; X = CHO, NO2), eight carbenium ion acceptors, fulvene, borane, and SiH3(+) were calculated at the MP2/6-311+G level. Correlation between calculated and experimental enthalpies of addition of hydride ion is excellent. Transition states (ts) for the identity hydride transfers between the acceptors and their corresponding hydride adducts (hydride donors) were also calculated. The carbonyl and fulvene reactions have transition states with one imaginary frequency: the hydrogen transfer coordinate. The carbenium ions, borane, and SiH3(+) gave not transition states but stable compounds upon addition of the hydride donor. Computational differences between these hydride transfers and previously reported proton transfers include shorter partial C...H bonds and a tendency toward bent C...H...C angles for the hydride transfer ts and addition compound structures, particularly when a bent geometry improves interactions elsewhere in the structure. These and other differences are explained by modeling the hydride transfer ts and addition compounds as two-electron, three-center systems involving the transfer termini and the shared hydrogen but the proton transfer ts structures as four-electron, three-center systems. Charge and geometry measures suggest transition states in which these features change synchronously, again in contrast to many proton transfer reactions. For the X-CHO set, polar effects dominate enthalpies of hydride addition, with resonance effects also important for resonance donors; these preferentially stabilize the acceptor, reducing its hydride ion affinity. Activation enthalpies are dominated by resonance stabilization of the acceptors, greatly attenuated in the transition states.     

Thermodynamic origin of the increased rate of hydrolysis of phosphate and phosphorothioate esters in DMSO/water mixtures

The hydrolysis rates of the dianions of phosphate and phosphorothioate esters are substantially accelerated by the addition of polar aprotic solvents such as DMSO and acetonitrile. The activation barrier DeltaG is smaller due to a lower enthalpy of activation. The enthalpy of transfer of p-nitrophenyl phosphate (pNPP) and p-nitrophenyl phosphorothioate (pNPPT), from water to 0.6 (mol) aq DMSO (60 mol % water in DMSO) were measured calorimetrically. The enthalpies of activation for the hydrolysis reactions in the two solvents permitted the calculation of the enthalpy of transfer of the transition states. This transfer is thermodynamically favorable for both the reactants and the transition states but is more favorable for the transition states. In the case of pNPP, the enthalpy of transfer of the reactant is -23.9 kcal/mol, compared to -28.3 for the transition state. The difference is greater for pNPPT, where the enthalpy of transfer of the reactant is -23.2 kcal/mol and that for the transition state is -35.3. The results show that the reduced enthalpies of activation in both hydrolysis reactions arise not from a destabilization of the reactants in the mixed solvent, but from the fact that the enthalpy of transfer of the transition states to the mixed solvent is significantly more negative than the enthalpy of transfer of the reactants.     

Transition states for glucopyranose interconversion

Glucose is a central molecule in biology and chemistry, and the anomerization reaction has been studied for more than 150 years. Transition-state structure is the last impediment to an in-depth understanding of its solution chemistry. We have measured kinetic isotope effects on the rate constants for approach of alpha-glucopyranose to its equilibrium with beta-glucopyranose, and these were converted into unidirectional kinetic isotope effects using equilibrium isotope effects. Saturation transfer 13C NMR spectroscopy has yielded the relative free energies of the transition states for the ring-opening and ring-closing reactions, and both transition states contribute to the experimental kinetic isotope effects. Both transition states of the anomerization process have been modeled with high-level computational theory with constraints from the primary, secondary, and solvent kinetic isotope effects. We have found the transition states for anomerization, and we have also concluded that it is forbidden for the water molecule to form a hydrogen bond bridge to both OH1 and O5 of glucose simultaneously in either transition state.     

Theoretical study of the reaction mechanism of proton transfer in glycinamide

To investigate the tautomerism of glycinamide that is induced by proton transfer, we present detailed theoretical studies on the reaction mechanism of both the isolated gas phase and H₂O‐assisted proton transfer process of glycinamide, using density functional theory calculations by means of the B3LYP hybrid functional. Twenty‐six geometries, including 10 significant transition states, were optimized, and these geometrical parameters are discussed in detail. The relative order of the activation energy for hydrogen atom transfer of all the conformers has been systematically explored in this essay. For the amido hydrogen atom transfer process, the relative order of the activation energy is: IV < II < III < I, while in the carbonic hydrogen atom transfer process, the relative order is IV > II > III > I. Meanwhile, the most favorable structure for both the amido hydrogen atom transfer and the carbonic hydrogen atom transfer has been found. The involvement of the water molecule not only can stabilize the transition states and the ground states, but can also reduce the activation energy greatly. The superior catalytic effect of H₂O has been discussed in detail. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2006     

Theoretical investigations on the mechanism of chalcogens exchange reaction between P(V) and P(III) compounds

Two mechanistic pathways for chalcogens transfer from P(V) to P(III) compounds were explored using density functional theory calculations and for both of them the corresponding transition states were identified. The calculations showed that transfer of sulfur and selenium proceeds most likely via an X-philic attack of the phosphorus nucleophile on the chalcogen, while for the oxygen transfer reaction, a mechanism involving a three-membered cyclic transition state is equally likely.     

5,10-CH+-THF向邻苯二胺转移一碳单元反应的理论研究

叶酸辅酶在酶催化的一碳单元转移过程中具有重要的作用,已有大量的实验及实验模拟对其生物学功能进行了研究分析.本文用PM3半经验方法对5,10-CH⁺-THF向邻苯二胺转移一碳单元的反应进行了理论研究.结果表明,5,10-CH⁺-THF中的咪唑啉环有两种开环方式,从而使得该反应可以通过两种途径实现,每一种途径都经历了6个反应步骤,其中包括限制速度的两次质子转移步骤.优化计算了每个步骤所有可能的中间体和过渡态的结构和能量,并通过比较分析得到了各反应阶段的最优中间体和过渡态结构.     

Electronic structure of the [MNH2]+ (M = Sc-Cu) complexes

B3LYP geometry optimizations for the [MNH2]+ complexes of the first-row transition metal cations (Sc+-Cu+) were performed. Without any exception the ground states of these unsaturated amide complexes were calculated to possess planar geometries. CASPT2 binding energies that were corrected for zero-point energies and including relativistic effects show a qualitative trend across the series that closely resembles the experimental observations. The electronic structures for the complexes of the early and middle transition metal cations (Sc+-Co+) differ from the electronic structures derived for the complexes of the late transition metal cations (Ni+ and Cu+). For the former complexes the relative higher position of the 3d orbitals above the singly occupied 2p(pi) HOMO of the uncoordinated NH2 induces an electron transfer from the 3d shell to 2p(pi). The stabilization of the 3d orbitals from the left to the right along the first-row transition metal series causes these orbitals to become situated below the HOMO of the NH2 ligand for Ni+ and Cu+, preventing a transfer from occurring in the [MNH2]+ complexes of these metal cations. Analysis of the low-lying states of the amide complexes revealed a rather unique characteristic of their electronic structures that was found across the entire series. Rather exceptionally for the whole of chemistry, pi-type interactions were calculated to be stronger than the corresponding sigma-type interactions. The origin of this extraordinary behavior can be ascribed to the low-lying sp2 lone pair orbital of the NH2 ligand with respect to the 3d level.     

Mechanistic Investigation on the Reaction of O- with CH3CN Using Density Functional Theory

The potential energy profile of the reaction between the atomic oxygen radical anion and acetonitrile has been mapped at the G3MP2B3 level of theory. Geometries of the reactants, products, intermediate complexes, and transition states involved in this reaction have been optimized at the (U)B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p) level, and then their accurate relative energies have been improved using the G3MP2B3 method. The potential energy profile is confirmed via intrinsic reaction coordinate calculations of transition states. Four possible production channels are examined respectively, as H⁺ transfer, H-atom transfer, H²⁺ transfer, and bi-molecular nucleophilic substitution (S_N2) reaction pathways. Based on present calculations, the H²⁺ transfer reaction is major among these four channels, which agrees with previous experimental conclusions     

Influence of localized excited states on the transition moment directions of charge transfer complex absorptions

The influence of localized excited (LE) states on the spectroscopy of charge transfer (CT) complexes has been examined for a series of complexes formed between methyl-substituted benzene donors and 1,2,4,5-tetracyanobenzene as acceptor in 1,2-dichloroethane and octanenitrile solvents. A molecular orbital model was used to describe the appearance of multiple CT absorption bands that occur in the spectra of these complexes. The influence of LE states in these CT absorptions was explored using time-resolved linear dichroism spectroscopy where the direction of the CT transition moment vector (TMV) was used to probe the magnitude of intensity borrowing. The TMV directions for each of the observed CT transitions within the absorption spectra were determined for several complexes. In some cases, the observed CT transitions were interpreted as being pure CT transitions; in others the observed transitions are influenced significantly by a LE transition. The correlation between the TMV directions and the transition energy suggests that the magnitude of intensity borrowing is influenced not only by the energy difference between the CT and LE transitions but also by the specific character of the transitions under consideration.     

Double proton transfer reactions with plateau-like transition state regions: pyrazole-trifluoroacetic acid clusters

The double proton transfer reactions between carboxylic acids and pyrazole were studied by computational methods up to the coupled-cluster level. Introduction of substituents allowed for a systematic modulation of the reaction profile, resulting in imaginary frequencies of the associated transition states between -1180 and -45 cm(-1). In the latter case, a local transition state is replaced by an extremely flat (plateaulike) transition region, which constitutes the transition from a concerted toward a stepwise mechanism. Vertical excitation energies along the reaction path reveal that the feature of a plateau in the ground state is mirrored in the excited states.