Modification of Reflectron Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer for Photodissociation of Mass-Selected Cluster lons

We introduce a modification of reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer for laser photodissociation of mass-selected ions. In our apparatus, the ions of interests were selected by a mass gate near the first space focus point and decelerated right after the mass gate, were then crossed by a laser beam for dissociation. The daughter ions and surviving parent ions were re-accelerated and analyzed by the reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer. Compared to the designs reported by other research groups, our selection-deceleration-dissociation-reacceleration approach has better daughter-parent-ions-separation, easier laser timing, and better overlapping between the ion beam and laser beam. We also conducted detailed cal- culations on the parent ion and daughter ion flight times, and provided a simplified formula for the calibration of daughter ion mass.     

Frist-principles Band Structures Calculation of Tin-phthalocyanine

We adopt the density function theory with generalized approximation by the Beeke exchange plus Lee-Yang-Parr correlation functional to calculate the electronic first-principles band structure of tin-phthalocyanine （SnPc）. The intermolecular interaction related to transport behavior was analyzed from the F-point wave function as well as from the bandwidths and band gaps. From the calculated bandwidths of the frontier bands as well as the effective masses of the electron and hole, it can be concluded that the mobility of the electron is about two times larger than that of the hole. Furthermore, when several bands near the Fermi surface are taken into account, we find that the interband gaps within the unoccupied bands are generally smaller than those of the occupied bands, indicating that the electron can hop from one band to another which is much easier than the hole. This may happen through electron-phonon coupling for instance, thus effectively yielding an even larger mobility for the electron than for the hole. These facts indicate that in SnPc the electrons are the dominant carriers in transport, in contrast to most organic materials.     

Experimental and Theoretical Study of Reactions between Manganese Oxide Cluster Cations and Hydrogen Sulfide

Manganese oxide cluster cations Mnm180n＋ were prepared by laser ablation and reacted with hydrogen sulfide （H2S） in a fast flow reactor under thermal collision conditions. A time-of-flight mass spectrometer was used to detect the cluster distributions before and after the interactions with H2S. The experiments suggest that oxygen-for-sulfur （O/S） ex- change reaction to release water took place in the reactor for most of the manganese oxide cluster cations： MnmlSOn＋＋H2S→Mnm18On-1S＋＋H218O. Density functional theory cal- culations were performed for reaction mechanisms of Mn202＋＋H2S, Mn203＋＋H2S, and Mn204＋＋H2S. The computational results indicate these O/S exchange reactions are both thermodynamically and kinetically favorable, thus in good agreement with the experimental observations. The O/S exchange reactions identified in this gas-phase cluster study parallel similar behavior of related condensed phase reaction systems.     

Density Functional Theory Study on Spin States of LaCoO3 at Room Temperature

The electronic structure of the perovskite LaCoO3 at room temperature structure （293 K） was calculated by using PBE, PBE＋U and HSE. Different spin configurations have been considered. Our calculations showed that the choice of the Hubbard U parameter in DFT＋U and mixing factor α in HSE significantly influenced the band gap as well as relative energies. For the spin exited states, the optimal value for U and α were 3.0 eV and 0.05, respectively. Our calculation also emphasized that when U〉5.0 eV, PBE＋U would lead to unreasonable electronic structure and energy order.     

Selective Sensing Characteristics of Ca Doped BeO Nano-sized Tube toward H20 and NH3

By means of density functional calculations, the structural and electronic properties of chemical modification of pristine and Ca-doped BeO nanotubes were investigated with NH3 and H20 molecules. It was found that the NH3 and H20 molecules can be adsorbed on the Be atom of the tube sidewall with the adsorption energies of about 36.1 and 39.0 kcal/mol, respectively. Density of states analysis shows that the electronic properties of the BeONT are slightly changed after the adsorption processes. Substitution of a Be atom in the tube surface with a Ca atom increases the adsorption energies by about 7.4 and 14.7 kcal/mol for NH3 and H20, respectively. Unlike the pristine tube, the electronic properties of Ca-doped BeONT are sensitive to NH3 and H20 molecules. Also, the Ca-doped tube is much more sensitive to H20 molecule than NH3 one.     

Theoretical Characterization of Chiral Carbon Nanotube Encapsulating Ellipsoidal C70

The molecular orientation of ellipsoidal C70 in carbon nanotubes is carefully studied by first principles calculations. Using （14, 7） single-wall carbon nanotube （SWCNT） as a prototype material, we explored that the weak chemical interaction between SWCNT and C70 was the crucial factor to determine the molecular orientation. However, the small energy difference makes the distinguishment of two possible molecular orientations difficult. By simulating scanning tunneling microscope images and optical properties, we found that local electronic states sensitively depended on the molecular orientation of ellipsoidal C70, which provided a practical way of using scanning tunneling microscope to recognize the molecular orientation of ellipsoidal C70.     

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.     

Theoretical Investigation on the Absence of Spore Photoproduct Analogue at Cytosine-Thymine Site

As a well known DNA photolesion product, the special UV induced pyrimidine dimmer called spore photoproduct （SP）, has aroused strong research interests. The SP formation was reported solely between two adjacent thymidine residues. It remains unclear in pervious experimental observations why there is an absence of the cytosine-derived SP-like photoprod- uct formation at the cytosine containing DNA strand, although the cytosine residue holds great similarity to thymine in terms of molecular structure. From a theoretical perspec- tive, we have explored this issue in this work by means of density functional theory at the B3LYP/6-311＋＋G（d,p） //B3LYP/6-31G（d,p） level for the DNA dinucleotide fragment, cy- tosine phosphate thymine （CpT）. Key factors blocking the formation of the SP-like product between two adjacent cytosine and thymidine residues are revealed. Instead of undergoing photochemical SP reaction, a photophysical deactivation pathway back to the ground state turns out to be favorable for the CpT dinucleotide fragment.     

Cyclic M（S02） （M=Zn,Cd） and its Anions： Matrix Infrared Spectra and DFT Calculations

Reaction of laser ablated zinc and cadmium atoms with SO2 molecules was studied by low temperature matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy. Cyclic M（SO2） and anion M（SO2）-（M=Zn, Cd） were produced in excess argon and neon, which were identified by 34SO2 and S18O2 isotopic substitutions. The observed infrared spectra and molecular structures were confirmed by density functional theoretical calculations. Natural charge distributions indicated significant electron transfer from s orbitals of zinc or cadmium metal atom to S02 ligand and cyclic M（SO2） complexes favored ＂ion pair＂ M＋（SO2）-formation, which were trapped in low temperature matrices. In addition Zn-O or Cd-O bond in M（SO2） exhibited strong polarized covalent character. Reaction of Hg atom with SO2 was also investigated, but no reaction product was observed, due to the relativistic effect that resulted in the contraction of 6s valence shell and high ionization potential of Hg atom.     

Infrared Photodissociation Spectroscopy of Ti＋（CO2）2Ar and Ti＋（CO2）n （n=3-7） Complexes

Ti＋（CO2）2Ar and Ti＋（CO2）n （n=3-7） complexes are produced by laser vaporization in a pulsed supersonic expansion. The ion complexes of interest are each mass-selected in a time- of-flight spectrometer, and studied with infrared photodissociation spectroscopy. For each complex, a sharp band in the CO stretching frequency region is observed, which confirms the formation of the OTi＋CO（CO2）~_l oxide-carbonyl species. Small OTi＋CO（CO2）~_1 complexes （n_〈5） exhibit CO stretching and antisymmetric CO2 stretching vibrational bands that are blue-shifted from those of free CO and CO2. The experimental observations indicate that the coordination number of CO and CO2 molecules around TiO＋ is five. Evidence is also observed for the presence of another electrostatic bonding Ti＋（CO2）2 structural isomer for the Ti＋（CO2）2Ar complex, which is characterized to have a bent OCO-Ti＋-OCO structure stabilized by argon coordination.     

Theoretical Investigation on Interaction between Guanine and Luteolin

The interacting patterns of the luteolin and guanine have been investigated by using the density functional theory B3LYP method with 6-31＋G＊ basis set. Eighteen stable structures for the luteolin-guanine complexes have been found respectively. The results indicate that the complexes are mainly stabilized by the hydrogen bonding interactions. Meanwhile, both the number and strength of hydrogen bond play important roles in determining the stability of the complexes which can form two or more hydrogen bonds. Theories of atoms in molecules and natural bond orbital have also been utilized to investigate the hydrogen bonds involved in all the systems. The interaction energies of all the complexes which were corrected by basis set superposition error are 6.04-56.94 kJ/mol. The calculation results indicate that there are strong hydrogen bonding interactions in the luteolin-guanine complexes. We compared the interaction between luteolin and four bases of DNA, and found luteolin-thymine was the strongest and luteolin-adenine was the weakest. The interaction between luteolin and DNA bases are all stronger than luteolin-water.     

Analysis of Potential Energy Surface for Butanone Isomerization

The potential energy surfaces for butanone isomerization have been investigated by density function theory calculation. Six main reaction pathways are confirmed using the intrinsic reaction coordinate method, and the corresponding isomerization products are 1-buten-2-ol, 2-buten-2-ol, butanal or 1-buten-l-ol, methyl 1-propenyl ether, methyl allyl ether, and ethyl vinyl ether, respectively. Among them, there are three pathways through butylene oxide, indicating butylene oxide is an important intermediate product during butanone isomer ization. The calculated vertical ionization energies of the reactant and its products are in a good agreement with the experimental values available. From the consideration for the relative energies Of transition states and the number of high-energy barriers we infer that the reaction pathway butanone-＊l-buten-2-ol---2-buten-2-oi is the most competitive. The obtained results are informative for future studies on isomerization of ketone molecules.     

Analytical Bond-order Potential for hcp-Y

The lattice parameters, elastic constants, cohesive energy, structural energy differences, as well as the properties of point defects and planar defects of hexagonal closepacked yttrium （hcpY） have been studied with ab initio density functional theory for constructing an ex tensive database. Based on an analytical bondorder poial scheme, empirical manybody interatomic potential for hcpY has been developed. The model is fitted to some properties of Y, e.g., the lattice parameters, elastic constants, bulk modulus, cohesive energy, vacancy formation energy, and the structural energy differences. The present potential has ability to reproduce defect properties including the selfinterstitial atoms formation energies, vacancy formation energy, divacancy binding energy, as well as the bulk properties and the thermal dynamic properties.     

Two New Low Dimensional Lead(Ⅱ) Diiodide Complexes by Introducing Carbonyls on 1,10-Phenanthroline: a Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study

Two new low dimensional lead(Ⅱ) diiodide complexes with 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione(Phendione), PbI2(Phendione)2(1) and PbI2(Phendione)(DMSO)2(2), have been synthesized by solution processes and structurally determined by X-ray diffraction method. Both compounds are mononuclear with the lead centers being in highly distorted octahedral environments. Hydrogen bonds and π-π stacking interactions contribute to the structural extension and stabilization. Theoretical calculations based on the DFT/B3 LYP level indicate that the introduction of electronic donating groups on the phenanthroline ring can improve the electron density of nitrogen atoms, and they can replace part of the bridged iodine atoms to lower the structural dimensions. Experimental band gaps of about 2.07 and 1.97 eV indicate their semiconductor nature.     

Influence of chelate substituents on the structure and spin state of unsaturated [N(SiMe2CH2PtBu2)2]Ru-X

Density functional theory calculations on the conformational preferences in the two fused five-membered rings of anionic N(SiR2CH2PR'2)2 chelated to RuX+ are compared to several experimental structures (X=halide). The calculations consider the structures of both singlet and triplet states and reveal that both the four tBu groups and the crowded juncture (N(SiMe2)2) of the two rings must be included computationally to understand the observed structures. Computational experiments with different substituents R and R' show the reality of N-->Ru pi donation. The cases where X=H and CH3 are also studied.     

A New Bismuth（llI） Iodide Inorganic/organic Hybrid Solid Containing Large Heterocyclic Conjugated Organic Ligand： Synthesis,Properties and Calculations

A new bismuth（III） iodide inorganic/organic hybrid containing larger heterocyclic conjugated organic ligand, [（dppz）2Bi2I6]·2DMF （1） （dppz = dipyrido[3,2-a：2＇,3＇-c]phenazine）, has been synthesized by solution process and structurally determined by X-ray diffraction method. 1 crystallizes in triclinic, space group Pī with Mr= 1844.08, α = 9.215（5）, b = 11.488（6）, c = 12.424（9） ？, α = 106.66（2）, β = 90.84（2）, γ = 92.34（2）°, V = 1258.5（13） ？3, Z = 1, Dc = 2.433 g/cm3, F（000） = 830, μ（MoKα） = 10.702 mm–1, the final R = 0.0834 and wR = 0.1947 for 2749 observed reflections with I 〉 2σ（I）. 1 consists of a dimeric structure [（dppz）2Bi2I6], in which two [（dppz）BiI3] fragments are bridged by a pair of iodine atoms. Hydrogen bonds and π···π stacking interactions contribute to the structural extension and stabilization. Experimental band gap of about 2.13 eV indicates its semiconductor nature. The optical absorption spectrum and electronic structure were also discussed.     

Structural and magnetic properties of a complete halide series of Ni(II) complexes with a pyridine-containing 14-membered macrocycle

The complete halide series of Ni(II) complexes containing the tetradentate macrocyclic ligand 3,11-dithia-7,17-diazabicyclo[11.3.1]heptadeca-1(17),13,15-triene (L), was fully characterized by X-ray diffraction. The fluoro, chloro, and bromo complexes are dinuclear species with formula [{Ni(L)}2(mu-X)2]2+ (X = halide), whereas only mononuclear species with formula [Ni(Y)(solv)(L)]n+ (Y = halide or solvent molecule), were obtained with I. To date, the fluoro derivative is the first nonorganometallic coordination compound containing the Ni(mu-F)2Ni core. The magnetic properties of these halo complexes have been studied. Intramolecular interactions were observed in the three dinuclear complexes, being antiferromagnetic in the fluoro derivative and ferromagnetic in both the chloro and bromo ones. The two iodo derivatives are paramagnetic species, as would be expected for mononuclear octahedral Ni(II) complexes. Density functional theory calculations led us to relate the magnetic behaviors of these compounds to the values of the corresponding Ni-X-Ni(i) angle. The analysis of the singly occupied molecular orbitals gave a clear comprehension of the different magnetic exchange interactions found in these Ni(II) complexes.     

The effect of the source pressure on the abundance of ions of noncovalent protein assemblies in an electrospray ionization orthogonal time-of-flight instrument

The effect of elevating the pressure in the interface region of an electrospray ionization orthogonal time-of-flight mass spectrometer on the ion intensity of different noncovalent protein assemblies has been investigated. Elevating the pressure in the interface region generally led to an enhanced detection of high m/z ions. The optimum pressure was found to be dependent on the m/z value of the ions. This pressure effect should be carefully addressed when relating ion abundance in the mass spectra to solution phase abundance of noncovalent protein assemblies.     

Unusual cationic trinuclear nickel clusters incorporating oxazolines or N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylene-1,2-diamine: applications in olefin polymerization

The synthesis and characterization of two rare examples of the nickel(II)-containing trinuclear clusters of the general formula μ(3)-halido-μ(3)-hydroxotris(μ-halido)tris(L) trinickel(II) halide [halide = Cl (2), Br (3); L = 4,4-dimethyl-2-(o-anilinyl)-2-oxazoline] are described. These materials are compared and contrasted to the "parent" chloride salt (1) of this series (L = N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylene-1,2-diamine and halide = Cl) and its congeners; 2 and 3 represent the first oxazoline-containing clusters of this structural class. Both 1 and 2 are shown to be active catalysts for the polymerization of olefins (styrene, methyl methacrylate, etc.) using a stoichiometric equivalent of methylaluminoxane as the copromoter, a situation that gives good yields of syndiotactic rich polymers. Density functional theory (B3LYP/6-31G*/LANL2DZ) is employed to hypothesize the likely origin of the activity demonstrated by these compounds.     

Electrospray ionization with ambient pressure ion mobility separation and mass analysis by orthogonal time-of-flight mass spectrometry.

Rapid screening and identification of drug and other mixtures are possible using a novel ambient pressure high-resolution ion mobility (APIMS) orthogonal reflector time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOFMS). Departing ions from the APIMS drift tube traversed a pressure interface between the APIMS and TOFMS where they were subjected to numerous gas collisions that could produce selective fragmentation. By increasing the accelerating field in the pressure interface region, the ions generated using water-cooled electrospray ionization (ESI) underwent collision-induced dissociation (CID). Mixtures of ESI ions were separated by APIMS based on their respective size-to-charge (s/z) ratios while CID and analysis of mass-to-charge (m/z) ratios occurred in the pressure interface and TOFMS. Product ions that were formed in this pressure interface region could be readily assigned to precursor ions by matching the mobility drift times. This process was demonstrated by the examination of a mixture of amphetamines and the resulting fragmentation patterns of the mobility-separated precursor ion species [M + H](+).