The behavior of oxygen as a collision-induced dissociation target gas

The unusual and unique ability of O2 as target gas in kV collision-induced dissociations, to enhance a specific fragmentation of a mass selected ion, has been examined in detail. The affected dissociations studied were the loss of CH3* from CH3CH+X (X = OH, CH3, NH2, SH); CH3* and C1* loss from CH3C+(C1)CH3; C2H5* loss from CH3CH2CH+X (X = OH and NH2); H* loss from +CH2OH and +CH2NH2; O loss from 1,2-, 1,3-, and 1,4-C6H4(NO2)2+*; CH3NO+*; C6HsNO2+*; C5H5NO+* (pyridine N-oxide); 3- and 4-CH3C5H4NO+*. A general explanation of the phenomena, which was semiquantitatively tested in the present work, can be summarized as follows: the ion - O2 encounter excites the target molecules to their 3sigma(g)- state which resonantly return this energy to electronic state(s) in the ion. The excited ion now contains a sharp excess of a narrow range of internal energies, thus significantly and only enhancing fragmentations whose activation energies lie within this small energy manifold.     

Building blocks for coordination polymers: self-assembled cleft-like and planar discrete metallo-macrocyclic complexes

Discrete dinuclear metallo-macrocyclic complexes have been prepared from the flexible amide ligand N-6-[(3-pyridylmethylamino)carbonyl]pyridine-2-carboxylic acid (L1-CH(3)), and its more rigid analogue, N-6-[(3-pyridylamino)carbonyl]pyridine-2-carboxylic acid (L3-CH(3)). With ligands L1-CH(3) and L3-CH(3), discrete dinuclear metallo-macrocyclic complexes with the generic formula [Cu(2)(L1-CH(3))(2)(X)(2)(Y)(2)] (7, X = NO(3); 8, X = Cl, Y = H(2)O; 9, X = ClO(4), Y = CH(3)OH) and [Cu(2)(L3-CH(3))(2)(X)(2)(Y)(2)] (10, X = NO(3), Y = H(2)O; 11, X = ClO(4), Y = CH(3)OH) are obtained. For complexes 7-9, containing the more flexible link L1-CH(3), these complexes are cleft-shaped and hinged at the methylene spacer, which allows the cleft to widen and contract to accommodate different packing modes in the solid-state. In contrast, the rigid link L3-CH(3) gives near planar metallo-macrocyclic structures. These metallo-macrocyclic compounds may be useful building blocks for coordination polymers.     

State-to-state dynamics of the Cl + CH3OH --> HCl + CH2OH reaction

Molecular chlorine, methanol, and helium are co-expanded into a vacuum chamber using a custom designed "late-mixing" nozzle. The title reaction is initiated by photolysis of Cl2 at 355 nm, which generates monoenergetic Cl atoms that react with CH3OH at a collision energy of 1960 +/- 170 cm(-1) (0.24 +/- 0.02 eV). Rovibrational state distributions of the nascent HCl products are obtained via 2 + 1 resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization, center-of-mass scattering distributions are measured by the core-extraction technique, and the average internal energy of the CH3OH co-products is deduced by measuring the spatial anisotropy of the HCl products. The majority (84 +/- 7%) of the HCl reaction products are formed in HCl(v = 0) with an average rotational energy of [Erot] = 390 +/- 70 cm(-1). The remaining 16 +/- 7% are formed in HCl(v = 1) and have an average rotational energy of [Erot] = 190 +/- 30 cm(-1). The HCl(v = 1) products are primarily forward scattered, and they are formed in coincidence with CH2OH products that have little internal energy. In contrast, the HCl(v = 0) products are formed in coincidence with CH2OH products that have significant internal energy. These results indicate that two or more different mechanisms are responsible for the dynamics in the Cl + CH3OH reaction. We suggest that (1) the HCl(v = 1) products are formed primarily from collisions at high impact parameter via a stripping mechanism in which the CH2OH co-products act as spectators, and (2) the HCl(v = 0) products are formed from collisions over a wide range of impact parameters, resulting in both a stripping mechanism and a rebound mechanism in which the CH2OH co-products are active participants. In all cases, the reaction of fast Cl atoms with CH3OH is with the hydrogen atoms on the methyl group, not the hydrogen on the hydroxyl group.     

Étude comparative,par spectroscopie infrarouge,des vibrations v(ch) de quelques alcools et thiols ne comportant qu'un seul vibrateur ch

Infrared spectra of some deuterated alcohols and thiols with only one α-CH or β-CH have been obtained in order to compare α and β heteroatom effects on v(CH). The spectra of RR'CHOH alcohols show two bands (Δv? 50 cm^?1) due to the α-CH bond trans to an oxygen lone-pair and the α-CH bond trans to OH.The α sulphur effect is found very weak or non-existent in thiols. The study of CD₂H-CD ₂OH and CD₂HCD₂SH spectra shows the same β-gauche effect of both the heteroatoms while only the sulphur atom seems to have a β-trans effect.     

N_2H_4-CH_3OH氢键团簇体系的从头计算

用从头计算法研究了 (N2 H4-CH3OH)氢键团簇体系。分别在HF/6 31G 和HF/6 31G 水平上对它们的中性和离子团簇进行几何全优化 ,得到了 3种中性混合团簇稳定构型和离子混合团簇稳定构型 ,并对其能量和稳定性进行了比较。讨论了 3种不同构型离子团簇可能的解离通道。给出了质子化混合团簇的稳定构型 ,并对其可能的解离通道进行了讨论。文中最后计算出N2 H4,CH3OH ,(N2 H4-CH3OH)团簇的质子亲和能 (PA) ,分别为 :2 0 6.7kcal/mol,1 78.3kcal/mol,2 2 7.5kcal/mol,其中质子亲和能PAcalc[N2 H4]与实验值PAexp[N2 H4]=2 0 4 .8kcal/mol符合得很好。     

Influence of the boron atom on the solvatochromic properties of 4-nitroaniline-functionalized boronate esters

Para-nitroaniline derivatives with peripheral 1,2- and 1,3-diol functionalities [O(2)N-C(6)H(4)-NR(1)-CH(2)CH(OH)CH(2)OH; O(2)N-C(6)H(4)-NR(1)-CH(CH(2)OH)(2); R(1) = -H, -CH(3)] covalently bonded to the amino group are esterified with various para-substituted phenylboronic acids [R(2)-C(6)H(4)-B(OH)(2); R(2) = -OCH(3), -CH(3), -H, -Br, -CHO, -NO(2), -B(OH)(2)], and the solvatochromic properties of these esters are investigated in 33 solvents of different polarity. To interpret the solvent effects, the established linear solvation energy (LSE) multiparameter equations of Kamlet-Taft and the improved Catalán scales are used. Although the boron atom is separated by two or three sp(3)-hybridized carbon atoms from the actual chromophore, solvation effects have a significant positive solvatochromic effect on the nitroaniline unit (R(1) = -CH(3)) as result of the solvent acting as a donor at the boron atom. The influence of the substituent R(2) on the coefficient b of the LSE relationship according to Kamlet-Taft and Catalán, which reflects the quantitative influence of the hydrogen-bonding acceptor or the electron-pair donor capacity of the solvent on the position of the UV-vis absorption maximum, can be determined via a linear Hammett relationship [b = f(σ(p))]. The interpretation of the effects is based on the electronic influence of the solvated boronic acid ester unit on the 4-nitroaniline group, predominantly through inductive interactions.     

光促进温和条件下烯烃与二氧化碳的羰基化反应

羰基化反应是有机合成化学中常用的方法之一,但常规的羰基化反应大多要求高温(150～200℃)、高压(10～20 M Pa)或使用贵金属催化剂(如钌、铑、铱等),并且C₁源多用一氧化碳^[1].开发和利用CO₂这一丰富的C₁资源,并最大限度地降低其排放量具有挑战意义.但CO₂活化比较困难,在通常条件下难以转化成其它化学品^[2].在光促进下的羰基化反应可克服上述困难,使反应在温和条件及非贵金属催化下完成,同时可用CO₂代替CO作为C₁源,因此这是一个对环境友好的工艺^[3].本文报道烯烃在光促进常温常压和非贵金属钴配合物催化下与二氧化碳的羰基化反应,同时通过¹³CO₂和¹³CH₃OH同位素实验,对反应产物的结构进行了分析.     

Aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohols catalyzed by aryl substituted N-hydroxyphthalimides. Possible involvement of a charge-transfer complex

A series of aryl-substituted N-hydroxyphthalimides (X-NHPIs) containing either electron-withdrawing groups (4-CH(3)OCO, 3-F) or electron-donating groups (4-CH(3), 4-CH(3)O, 3-CH(3)O, 3,6-(CH(3)O)(2)) have been used as catalysts in the aerobic oxidation of primary and secondary benzylic alcohols. The selective formation of aromatic aldehydes was observed in the oxidation of primary alcohols; aromatic ketones were the exclusive products in the oxidation of secondary alcohols. O-H bond dissociation enthalpies (BDEs) of X-NHPIs have been determined by using the EPR radical equilibration technique. BDEs increase with increasing the electron-withdrawing properties of the aryl substituent. Kinetic isotope effect studies and the increase of the substrate oxidation rate by increasing the electron-withdrawing power of the NHPI aryl substituent indicate a rate-determining benzylic hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) from the alcohol to the aryl-substituted phthalimide-N-oxyl radical (X-PINO). Besides enthalpic effects, polar effects also play a role in the HAT process, as shown by the negative rho values of the Hammett correlation with sigma(+) and by the decrease of the rho values (from -0.54 to -0.70) by increasing the electron-withdrawing properties of the NHPI aryl substituent. The relative reactivity of 3-CH(3)O-C(6)H(4)CH(2)OH and 3,4-(CH(3)O)(2)-C(6)H(3)CH(2)OH, which is higher than expected on the basis of the sigma(+) values, the small values of relative reactivity of primary vs secondary benzylic alcohols, and the decrease of the rho values by increasing the electron-withdrawing properties of the NHPI aryl substituent, suggest that the HAT process takes place inside a charge-transfer (CT) complex formed by the X-PINO and the benzylic alcohol.     

Phase transitions in the crystals of L- and DL-cysteine on cooling: intermolecular hydrogen bonds distortions and the side-chain motions of thiol-groups. 1. L-cysteine

The role of the distortion of the hydrogen bond network and of the motions of the -CH 2SH side chains in the phase transition in the orthorhombic L-cysteine ( (+)NH 3-CH(CH 2SH)-COO (-)) on cooling and the reverse transformation on heating is discussed. The extended character of the phase transition, which was recently discovered by adiabatic calorimetry [ J. Phys. Chem. B 2007, 111, 9186 ], and its very high sensitivity to the thermal prehistory of the sample could be interpreted based on the changes in the polarized Raman spectra measured for the single-crystals in several orientations in the temperature range 3-300 K and precise diffraction data on the changes in intramolecular conformations and intermolecular hydrogen bonding. In the low-temperature phase the SH...S hydrogen bonds dominate as compared to the weaker SH...O contacts, and at ambient temperature the situation is inverse. The transition from one phase to another goes via a series of states differing in conformations of the cysteine zwitterions and the intermolecular contacts of the thiol-group. Motions of different molecular fragments (NH 3 (+), CH 2, CH, SH) are activated at different temperatures. Structural strain on cooling involves several dynamic processes, such as a rigid rotation of the molecule in the lattice, a rigid rotation of the NH 3 group with respect to NH 3-CH bond, and the rotation of the thiol side chain resulting in the switching of S-H hydrogen bonding from one type to another. Different NH...O hydrogen bonds forming the framework in the L-cysteine crystal structure are distorted to a different extent, and this provokes the rotation of the -CH 2SH side chains within the cavities of this framework resulting in a change in the coordination from SH...O to SH...S at low temperatures. The results are interesting for understanding the polymorphism of molecular crystals and the factors determining their dynamics and structural instability, and also for biophysical chemistry, since the properties of the hydrogen bonded thiole-groups in biomolecules can be mimicked using L-cysteine in the crystalline state, variations in temperature and pressure serving as powerful tools, to modify the intramolecular conformations and the intermolecular hydrogen bonding.     

Energetics and mechanism of the decomposition of trifluoromethanol

The thermal instability of alpha-fluoroalcohols is generally attributed to a unimolecular 1,2-elimination of HF, but the barrier to intramolecular HF elimination from CF3OH is predicted to be 45.1 +/- 2 kcal/mol. The thermochemical parameters of trifluoromethanol were calculated using coupled-cluster theory (CCSD(T)) extrapolated to the complete basis set limit. High barriers of 42.9, 43.1, and 45.0 kcal/mol were predicted for the unimolecular decompositions of CH2FOH, CHF2OH, and CF3OH, respectively. These barriers are lowered substantially if cyclic H-bonded dimers of CF3OH with complexation energies of approximately 5 kcal/mol are involved. A six-membered ring dimer has an energy barrier of 28.7 kcal/mol and an eight-membered dimer has an energy barrier of 32.9 kcal/mol. Complexes of CF3OH with HF lead to strong H-bonded dimers, trimers and tetramers with complexation energies of approximately 6, 11, and 16 kcal/mol, respectively. The dimer, CH3OH:HF, and the trimers, CF3OH:2HF and (CH3OH)2:HF, have decomposition energy barriers of 26.7, 20.3, and 22.8 kcal/mol, respectively. The tetramer (CH3OH:HF)2 gives rise to elimination of two HF molecules with a barrier of 32.5 kcal/mol. Either CF3OH or HF can act as catalysts for HF-elimination via an H-transfer relay. Because HF is one of the decomposition products, the decomposition reactions become autocatalytic. If the energies due to complexation for the CF3OH-HF adducts are not dissipated, the effective barriers to HF elimination are lowered from approximately 20 to approximately 9 kcal/mol, which reconciles the computational results with the experimentally observed stabilities.     

Syntheses and Structural Characterization of Dimethyltin Complexs of N-（3-Methoxysalicylidene）-α-amino Acid

Three new dimethyltin complexes of N-(3-methoxysalicylidene)-α-amino acid,(CH3)2Sn(3-CH3O-2-OC6H3CH=NCHRCOO)(R = H,1;CH3,2;(CH3)2CH,3),have been synthe-sized by treating dimethyltin dichloride with the potassium salt of the ligand and characterized by elemental analysis,IR and 1H NMR spectra.The crystal structure of [(CH3)2Sn(3-CH3O-2-OC6H3CH=NCH2COO)(CH3OH)]2 H2O(1a),formed from methanol solution of 1,has been deter-mined.The crystal belongs to the monoclinic system,space group C/2c with a = 20.636(3),b = 7.8854(9),c = 20.668(2) ,β= 113.265(2)°,V = 3089.7(6) 3,Z = 4,Dc = 1.707 g/cm3,= 1.675 mm-1,F(000) = 1592,R = 0.0301 and wR = 0.0841.In complex 1a,the tin atom is six-coordinate and possesses a distorted [SnC2NO3] octahedral geometry with the two methyl groups occupying the trans positions.The weak Sn O interactions and intermolecular hydrogen bonds connected the molecules into an infinite chain.     

气相质子转移反应中热化学和动力学的关系

质子键合的分子簇的离子－分子反应中的热化学和动力学关系的考察结果表明：对于非烷基锁闭的分子簇,如（C2H5OH）nH＋（5＝1-3）和（CH3OH）3H＋;与中性碱B的质子转移反应,属快速反应,其反应效率r是由总反应的自由能变化△γGm控制,而与反应过渡态的本质无关。那些反应可能存在两个中间体,因电子转移导致质子从分子簇内部转移到中性碱,进而导致二个或三个溶剂分子的直接蒸发;烷基锁闭的质子键合的二聚体,如（CH3CN）2H＋,（CH3OCH3）2H＋,（CH3COCH3）2H＋和（C3COOCH3）2H＋,与中性碱的质子转移反应,其效率远小于1;与总反应的△γGm无关     

Sensitivity of methyl thiolate desulfurization selectivity to reaction temperature and hydroxyl coverage

The adsorption and reaction of methanethiol (CH3SH) and dimethyl disulfide (CH3SSCH3) on Mo(110)-(1 x 6)-O have been studied using temperature-programmed reaction spectroscopy and reflection-absorption infrared spectroscopy over the temperature range of 110-550 K. The S-H bond is broken upon adsorption to form adsorbed OH, water, and methyl thiolate (CH3S-) at low temperature. Water is evolved at 210 and 310 K via molecular desorption and disproportionation of OH, respectively. Some hydroxyl remains on the surface up to 350 K. Methyl thiolate is also formed from CH3SSCH3 on Mo(110)-(1 x 6)-O. Methyl thiolate undergoes C-S cleavage above 300 K, yielding methane and methyl radicals. There is also a minor amount of nonselective decomposition leading to the formation of carbon and hydrogen. Methane production is promoted by adsorbed hydroxyl. As the hydroxyl coverage increases, the yield of methyl radicals relative to methane diminishes. Accordingly, there is more methane produced from methanethiol reaction than from dimethyl disulfide, since S-H dissociation in CH3SH produces OH. The maximum coverage of the thiolate is approximately 0.5 monolayers, based on the amount of sulfur remaining after reaction measured by Auger electron spectroscopy. In contrast to cyclopropylmethanethiol (c-C3H5CH2SH), for which alkyl transfer from sulfur to oxygen is observed, there is no evidence for transfer of the methyl group of methyl thiolate to oxygen on the surface. Specifically, there is no evidence for methoxy (CH3O-) in infrared spectroscopy or temperature-programmed reaction experiments.     

Diketo compounds with (trifluoromethyl)trimethylsilane: double nucleophilic trifluoromethylation reactions

Reactions of various diketo compounds with (trifluoromethyl)trimethylsilane (Me3SiCF3) in the presence of catalytic amounts of cesium fluoride have been studied. gamma-Ketoesters, CH3COCH2CH2CO2R (R = Et, Bu), were reacted with 2 equiv of Me3SiCF3 at room temperature to give CH3C(OH)(CF3)CH2CH2COCF3 in good yield after hydrolysis. alpha-Diketones, R1COCOR2 (R1 = R2 = Ph; R1 = Ph, R2 = Me; R1 = R2 = Me; R1 = Me, R2 = Et), when reacted with Me3SiCF3, formed 1:1 or 1:2 addition products depending on the reaction conditions and stoichiometry used. Reactions of diones CH3COXCOCH3 (X = -CH2CH2-, -C6H4C6H4-, -CH2-) with Me3SiCF3 also led to the formation of the mono- or diaddition products depending on reaction conditions. With various kinds of substituted arylglyoxals, 2 equiv of Me3SiCF3 produced monoaddition products in 70-75% yield and diaddition products in 5-10% yield. One of the monoalcohols and two of the diols have been characterized by single-crystal X-ray analysis, and the presence of inter- and intramolecular hydrogen bonding has been confirmed.     

Study on Reaction of Tolylene Diisocyanate with Polyolefine Polyols

Polyurethane(PU) has been used widely. It is produced by polyisocyanate with polyol. There are many polyisocyanates and polyols. For polyols it is mainly concentrated on polyester and polyether, there is any study on polyolefine polyol. The paper mainly discuss it.By using tolylene diisocyanate(TDI,C6H4CH3(NCO)2) to react with hydroxyterminated polybutadiene(HTPB,HO-[-CH2-CH=CH-CH2-]n-OH,Mn=3805,) and hydroxy-terminated poly(butadiene-co-acrylonitrile)(HTBN, HO-[(-CH2-CH=CHCH2-)x-(-CHCN-CH2)y-]n-OH,Mn=2267), various NCO/OH equivalent ratio NCOterminated polyurethane(PU) prepolymers are synthesized.     

Direct dynamics studies on hydrogen abstraction reactions of CH3CHFCH3 and CH3CH2CH2F with OH radicals

The hydrogen abstraction reactions of CH3CHFCH3 and CH3CH2CH2F with the OH radicals have been studied theoretically by a dual-level direct dynamics method. The geometries and frequencies of all the stationary points are optimized by means of the DFT calculation. There are complexes at the reactant side or exit route, indicating these reactions may proceed via indirect mechanisms. To improve the reaction enthalpy and potential barrier of each reaction channel, the single point energy calculation is performed by the MC-QCISD/3 method. The rate constants are evaluated by canonical variational transition state theory (CVT) with the small-curvature tunneling correction method (SCT) over a wide temperature range 200-2000 K. The canculated CVT/SCT rate constants are consistent with available experimental data. The results show that both the variation effect and the SCT contribution play an important role in the calculation of the rate constants. For reactions CH3CHFCH3 and CH3CH2CH2F with OH radicals, the channels of H-abstraction from -CHF- and -CH2- groups are the major reaction channels, respectively, at lower temperature. Furthermore, to further reveal the thermodynamics properties, the enthalpies of formation of reactants CH3CHFCH3, CH3CH2CH2F, and the product radicals CH3CFCH3, CH3CHFCH2, CH3CH2CHF, CH3CHCH2F, and CH2CH2CH2F are studied using isodesmic reactions.     

The cysteine radical cation: structures and fragmentation pathways

A theoretical study on the structures, relative energies, isomerization reactions and fragmentation pathways of the cysteine radical cation, [NH(2)CH(CH(2)SH)COOH].+, is reported. Hybrid density functional theory (B3LYP) has been used in conjunction with the 6-311++G(d,p) basis set. The isomer at the global minimum, Captodative-1, has the structure NH(2)C.(CH(2)SH)C(OH)(2)+; the stability of this ion is attributed to the captodative effect in which the NH(2) functions as a powerful pi-electron donor and C(OH)(2)+ as a powerful pi-electron acceptor. Ion Distonic-S-1, H(3)N(+)CH(CH(2)S.)COOH, in which the radical is formally situated on the S atom, is higher in enthalpy (DeltaH degrees (0)) than Captodative-1 by 6.1 kcal mol(-1), but is lower in enthalpy than another isomer Distonic-C-1, H(3)N(+)C.(CH(2)SH)COOH, by 8.2 kcal mol(-1). Isomerization of the canonical radical cation of cysteine, [H(2)NCH(CH(2)SH)COOH].+, (Canonical-1), to Captodative-1 has an enthalpy of activation of 25.8 kcal mol(-1), while the barrier against isomerization of Canonical-1 to Distonic-S-1 is only 9.6 kcal mol(-1). Two additional transient tautomers, one with the radical located at C(alpha) and the charge on SH(2), and the other a carboxy radical with the charge on NH(3), are reported. Plausible fragmentation pathways (losses of small molecules, CO(2), CH(2)S, H(2)S and NH(3), and neutral radicals COOH. , HSCH(2). and NH(2).) from Canonical-1 are examined.     

Atmospheric chemistry of C2F5CH2OCH3 (HFE-365mcf)

FTIR smog chamber techniques were used to measure k(Cl + C(2)F(5)CH(2)OCH(3)) = (2.52 ± 0.37) × 10(-11) and k(OH + C(2)F(5)CH(2)OCH(3)) = (5.78 ± 1.02) × 10(-13) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1) in 700 Torr of air diluent at 296 ± 1 K. The atmospheric lifetime of C(2)F(5)CH(2)OCH(3) is estimated to be 20 days. Reaction of chlorine atoms with C(2)F(5)CH(2)OCH(3) proceeds 18 ± 2% at the -CH(2)- group and 82 ± 2% at the -CH(3) group. Reaction of OH radicals with C(2)F(5)CH(2)OCH(3) proceeds 44 ± 5% at the -CH(2)- group and 56 ± 5% at the -CH(3) group. The atmospheric fate of C(2)F(5)CH(2)OCH(2)O radicals is reaction with O(2) to give C(2)F(5)CH(2)OCHO. The atmospheric fate of C(2)F(5)CH(O)OCH(3) radicals is C-C bond-cleavage to give C(2)F(5) radicals and CH(3)OCHO (methyl formate). The infrared spectrum was recorded and used to estimate a global warming potential of 6 (100 year time horizon) for C(2)F(5)CH(2)OCH(3).