Energy of the C = C Double Bond

Determination of the bond energy as the difference between the experimental energy of the double bond and standard value of the C-C bond energy does not take into account changes in the energy of the C-C bond as it becomes shorter. The change in the single bond energy upon its shortening by 0.2 Å was evaluated from the compressibilities of diamond and polyethylene, and also by quantum-chemical calculations. With this value taken into account, the energies of the and bonds in ethylene become close, which proves the equivalence of the traditional and banana models of the C = C bond.     

Evidence that alkyl substitution provides little stabilization to radicals: the C-C bond test and the nonbonded interaction contradiction

Although the C-H bond dissociation energies of alkanes have been widely employed as measures of radical stability, it is shown here that the assumptions needed for that conclusion are incompatible with experimental and computational data related to C-C bond dissociation energies. Calculations at the QCISD(T)/6-311+G(d,p) level on model systems show that 1,3 nonbonded interactions in alkanes are repulsive, whereas the conventional radical stabilization analysis of bond dissociation energies requires that they become more attractive with increasing steric bulk. This result puts a severe limit on the role that radical stabilization can play and indicates that another factor must be responsible for the observed variation in the C-H bond dissociation energies of alkanes.     

An economic and efficient tetrahydrofuranylation of alcohols, imines and alkynes

The tetrahydrofuranyl radical, generated by heating tetrahydrofuran in the presence of air and allyl or benzyl chloride, becomes a useful tool in order to transform the hydroxyl functions into ethers, or the CN double bond into amine, or the C-C triple bond into vinyl derivatives. A radical mechanism is proposed followed by a nucleophilic substitution for the alcohol substrate and a radical addition for the iminic and the acetylenic reactants.     

Effects of chain length on the rates of C-C bond dissociation in linear alkanes and polyethylene

Molecular dynamics modeling of C-C bond dissociation is performed for a series of linear alkanes and polyethylene macromolecules with the chain lengths ranging from one to a thousand constituent ethylene monomers (PE-1-PE-1000). The rate constants obtained in molecular dynamics calculations are compared with those determined using variational transition state theory with the same potential energy surface. The results of simulations demonstrate a significant accelerating effect of chain length on the rates of C-C bond scission. Per-bond rate constant values increase with the increasing chain length, up to an order of magnitude, in the sequence of linear alkanes from PE-1 (ethane) to PE-5 (decane); this dependence becomes saturated for longer chain lengths. Stiffening the potentials of bending and especially the torsional degrees of freedom diminishes the accelerating effect of chain length, while constraining the bond distances for all C-C bonds except the one undergoing dissociation has no effect. The results of the calculations are compared with existing experimental data on the dependences of the rates of thermal decomposition of linear alkanes on the alkane chain length.     

Steric structure of some 1,2-diaryl-substituted ethanes

Conclusions In the investigated 1,2-diaryl-substituted ethanes, the content of the trans and gauche conformers relative to the C-C bond is practically identical; the trans form shows some predominance. In these compounds, the aromatic rings are orientated in parallel and are turned by an average of 120±10 relative to the central C-C bond.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 95–100, January, 1987.The authors are grateful to A. Kh. Plyamovatii for submitting the MAP-3 program.     

Iridium phosphine abnormal N-heterocyclic carbene complexes in catalytic hydrogen transfer reactions

Several iridium complexes bearing chelating abnormal N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are shown to be active catalysts for transfer hydrogenation of ketones or enones, dehydrative C-C coupling between primary and secondary alcohols, and dehydrogenation of benzyl alcohol to benzyl benzoate. In the transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone, abnormal NHC complexes give higher activity than a normal analogue. Dehydrative C-C coupling reactions between primary and secondary alcohols result in β-alkylation of the secondary alcohols, using primary alcohols as the apparent alkylating reagents, and such reactions proceed with high yield and selectivity. These catalytic processes are known to involve metal-mediated temporary borrowing of hydrogen from alcohols and subsequent delivery of the hydrogen to CC and /or CO bonds.     

Reactivity of the -C(Cl)C-CN- moiety towards AlCl3-induced C-C bond forming reactions: a new synthesis of 7-(hetero)aryl-substituted pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines

The reactivity of the -C(Cl)C-CN- moiety towards an AlCl₃-induced C-C bond forming reaction was investigated through the reaction of 7-chloro-5-phenyl-pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine with arenes and heteroarenes. This study furnished a novel and highly selective methodology for the preparation of 7-(hetero)aryl substituted-pyrazolopyrimidines in good to excellent yields under mild reaction conditions.     

Nickel alkynyl and allenylidene complexes: Synthesis and properties

Copper-catalyzed reaction of [Cp(PPh₃)NiCl] with the terminal alkynes H-CC-C(O)R (R = O-Menthyl, NMe₂, Ph) yields the alkynyl complexes [Cp(PPh₃)Ni-CC-C(O)R]. Subsequent O-methylation with either [Me₃O]BF₄ or MeSO₃CF₃ affords cationic allenylidene complexes, [Cp(PPh₃)NiCCC(OMe)R]⁺X¯ (X = BF₄, SO₃CF₃). N-Alkylation of Cp(PPh₃)Ni-pyridylethynyl complexes likewise gives cationic allenylidene complexes. [Cp(PPh₃)Ni-CC-C(CH)₄N] adds BF₃ at nitrogen. Modification of the ligand sphere in these nickel allenylidene complexes is possible by replacing PPh₃ by PMe₃ in the alkynyl complex precursors. The first allenylidene(carbene)nickel cation, [Cp(SIMes)NCCC(OMe)NMe₂]⁺, is accessible by successive reaction of [Cp(SIMes)NiCl] with H-CC-C(O)NMe₂ and [Me₃O]BF₄. By the analogous sequence an allenylidene complex containing the chelating (diphenylphosphanyl)ethylcyclopentadienyl ligand can be prepared. DFT Calculations were carried out on the allenylidene complex cation [Cp(PPh₃)NiCCC(OMe)NMe₂]⁺ and on its precursor, the alkynyl complex [Cp(PPh₃)Ni-CC-C(O)NMe₂]. Based on the spectroscopic data and a X-ray structure analysis the bonding in the new nickel allenylidene complexes is best represented by several resonance forms, an alkynyl resonance form considerably contributing to the overall bond.     

Theoretical conformational analysis of some agonists of the H1- and H2-receptors of histamine

The conformational equilibrium of -(aminoethyl)pyridines has been studied by molecular-mechanics using the geometry optimization. It has been determined that the equilibrium is characterized by the nearly statistical distribution of the ap- and sc-conformers about the bond. Substitution of the dimethylamino-group for the amino-group results in a slight shift of the equilibrium toward the ap-rotamers. The global minimum in -(ammoniumethyl)pyridines corresponds to the conformation with the +sc-orientation about the central C-C bond and the -sc-orientation (in the case of the dimethylammonium derivatives) about the bond. In the latter conformation, the bond of the ammonium group is oriented toward the pyridine cycle. For charged compounds, the regular orthogonal conformation of the aromatic-ring plate is distorted (the vicinal C-C bond becomes eclipsed).Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1833–1840, August, 1991.The authors are grateful to P. P. Shagidullin and A. Kh. Plyamovatyi for their interest in this work and for fruitful discussions.     

Reactions of β-alkoxyvinyl trihalogenomethyl ketones with triethyl phosphite

The Perkow reaction of triethyl phosphite and β-alkoxyvinyl trihalogenomethyl ketones, which have common acyclic or cyclic structural fragment: -O-CC-C(O)CX₂Cl, yielded dienyl phosphates: -O-CC-C[OP(O)(OEt)₂]CX₂ where X = F or Cl, whereas γ-bromo-β-methoxy-α,β-unsaturated trifluoromethyl ketone CF₃C(O)CHC(OMe)CH₂Br gave diene CF₃C[OP(O)(OEt)₂]CH-C(OMe)CH₂.     

Very low-pressure pyrolysis (VLPP) of methyl- and ethynyl-cyclopentanes and cyclohexanes

Studies of the kinetics of thermal unimolecular decomposition of methylcyclopentane, methylcyclohexane, ethynylcyclopentane, and ethynylcyclohexane have been carried out at temperatures in the range 861–1218 K using the technique of very low-pressure pyrolysis (VLPP). Multiple reaction pathways and secondary decomposition of primary products results in a complex array of reaction products. VLPP rate data (fall-off regime) were obtained for the overall decompositions and interpreted via the application of RRKM theory. The data for methylcyclopentane and methylcyclohexane were interpreted in terms of ring-opening bond fission pathways and bond fission to methyl and cycloalkyl radicals. By selecting Arrhenius parameters consistent with the analogous pathways in open-chain alkanes, a good fit to the overall decomposition is obtained. The data for ethynylcyclopentane and ethynylcyclohexane were interpreted in terms of ring-opening bond fission and alkyne to allene isomerization. The A factors for ring opening were based on known values for C-C fission in open-chain alkynes and the Arrhenius parameters for isomerization were chosen to be consistent with previously reported alkyne to allene isomerizations. The VLPP data are consistent with the following high-pressure rate expressions (at < T > = 1100 K) for the dominant primary reaction channel of ring opening adjacent to the substitutent group: where θ = 2.303RT kJ mol^?. Comparison of the activation energies for the ethynyl-cycloalkanes with those for the methyl-cycloalkanes shows that the effect of the ethynyl substituent is consistent with the propargyl resonance energy. This evidence supports the assumption of a biradical mechanism for ring opening in these cycloalkanes.     

Mechanism of the carbopalladation of alkynes by aryl-palladium complexes

The reaction between trans-PhPdI(PPh₃)₂ and EtO₂C-CCH has been investigated. This carbopalladation step involved in palladium-catalyzed multicomponent reactions with alkynes gives the unusual trans-adduct EtO₂C-C(PdIL₂)CHPh 1 as the major complex formed by isomerization of the primary cis-adduct EtO₂C-C(PdIL₂)CHPh 2. The carbopalladation was regiospecific. A multicarbopalladation was also observed by successive carbopalladation of EtO₂C-CCH by the vinyl-palladium complexes themselves generated in carbopalladation steps, leading to cationic complexes.     

Conformational investigation of α-methylthio-substituted acetone,cyclohexanone, and caran-4-one

Trans-3-methylthiocaran-4-one was synthesized. Its structure was established by x-ray structural analysis. The dipole moment was determined. The molar Kerr constants were measured, and the dipole moments were determined, for -methylthioacetone and -methylthiocyclohexanone. It was found that the lowpolar gauche conformer at the C-S bond is realized in all cases for the acstate at the C-C(O) bond in the methylthiocarbonyl fragment.Deceased.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1563–1569, July, 1990.     

Selective stoichiometric and catalytic oxidation of lower alkanes in the system Co(III)-CF3COOH

It has been found that cobalt(III) trifluoroacetate is capable of oxidizing with a high selectivity (90%) methane to methyltrifluoroacetate at 130–180°C and 10–40 atm. In the presence of oxygen the selective oxidation of methane proceeds catalytically with respect to the cobalt salt. Ethane and propane are oxidized with the formation of ethanol and isopropanol trifluoroacetates, respectively (yield 80%). The further oxidation of triethanol trifluoroacetate leads to the formation of the ethyleneglycol ester, together with products of the splitting of the C-C bond in the alkyl group of the initial ester. The data obtained lead to the assumption that the reactions of the alkanes and alkyl esters with Co(III) include an electron transfer stage from the RH molecule to the Co(III) ion, with the intermediate formation of the cation radical RH⁺.N. S. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 301–307, May–June, 1991. Original article submitted February 19, 1991.     

一个新的拓扑指数用于有机化合物的QSPR/QSAR研究

在分子图的邻接矩阵和距离矩阵的基础上提出了一个新的拓扑指数Xu,该拓扑指数易于计算,对C~2-C~1~6饱和烷烃有较高的结构区分能力,通过适当的处理可方便地推广到含多重键杂原子体系。该指数与饱和烷烃的正常沸点等理化性质,不饱和链烃类化合物的热容以及某些脂肪醇的毒性和疏水性参数均具有较好的性质相关性。绝大多数理化性质与Xu指数均能建立简单线性模型,且相关系数均大于0.99,表明该指数有望在QSPR/QSAR研究中作为一个新的参数而获得推广应用。     

Progressive systematic underestimation of reaction energies by the B3LYP model as the number of C-C bonds increases: why organic chemists should use multiple DFT models for calculations involving polycarbon hydrocarbons

[reaction: see text] Computational studies of three different reaction types involving hydrocarbons (homolytic C-C bond breaking of alkanes, progressive insertions of triplet methylene into C-H bonds of ethane, and [2+2] cyclizations of methyl-substituted alkenes to form polymethylcyclobutanes) show that the B3LYP model consistently underestimates the reaction energy, even when extremely large basis sets are employed. The error is systematic and cumulative, such that the reaction energies of reactions involving hydrocarbons with more than 4-6 C-C bonds are predicted quite poorly. Energies are underestimated for slightly and highly methyl-substituted cyclic and acyclic hydrocarbons, so the errors do not arise from structural issues such as steric repulsion or ring strain energy. We trace the error associated with the B3LYP approach to its consistent underestimation of the C-C bond energy. Other DFT models show this problem to lesser extents, while the MP2 method avoids it. As a consequence, we discourage the use of the B3LYP model for reaction energy calculations for organic compounds containing more than four carbon atoms. We advocate use of a collection of pure and hybrid DFT models (and ab initio models where possible) to provide computational "error bars".     

Correlation between MO eigenvectors and enthalpies of formation for alkanes

A new model for the calculation of enthalpies of formation of alkanes (up to C₈) is presented. An additive bond energy scheme, using the experimental methane and diamond values for the CH and CC bond energies, respectively, is supplemented by correction for the CC π antibonding character of the highest occupied molecular orbitals (HOMOs), effectively adjusting the CC bond energies. The effect is calculated by the summation of products of appropriate eigenvectors from semiempirical PM3 or HF/STO-3G calculations, after orthogonal transformation. The enthalpy of formation can then be expressed in terms of only one adjustable parameter. With HF/STO-3G eigenvectors, the mean discrepancy between experimental and calculated enthalpies of formation, after a one-parameter correction for 1,4 steric interactions, is 2.2 kJ mol⁻¹, comparable with more highly parameterized models. The results using PM3 eigenvectors are less satisfactory, probably on account of the neglect of overlap in the semiempirical scheme.     

An alternative interpretation of the C-H bond strengths of alkanes

A new model based on 1,3 repulsive steric interactions (geminal repulsion) is proposed for explaining the variation in the C-H bond strengths of the alkanes. The model builds from the assumption that 1,3 repulsive interactions are the major factor in determining the stability of a C-C or C-H bond in an alkane. From this simple premise, the model successfully reproduces the effect of branching on the stability of alkanes, alkyl radicals, and alkenes. The results suggest that geminal repulsion can provide a simple, unified explanation for these fundamental stability trends. Although previous explanations have been widely accepted, it is shown that the theoretical support for them is relatively shallow and that the current hyperconjugative stabilization model is inconsistent with several experimental and computational results concerning alkyl radicals. In contrast, an explanation based on geminal repulsion provides a general conceptual framework for rationalizing each of these stability trends and is based on a physical effect that is known to play a role in the stability of alkanes and related species.     

Iron-mediated cross dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) of terminal alkynes with benzylic ethers and alkanes

Iron-mediated sp-sp3 C-C bond formation through the cross dehydrogenative coupling(CDC) of terminal alkynes with benzylic ethers or alkanes has been developed.The inexpensive iron salt is used as the catalyst to make this transformation environmentally benign.Iron-mediated sp-sp3 C-C bond formation through the cross dehydrogenative coupling(CDC) of terminal alkynes with benzylic ethers or alkanes has been developed.The inexpensive iron salt is used as the catalyst to make this transformation environmentally benign.