气相反应84/70 C_(70)(D_(5h))=C_(84)(D_2)热力学函数的计算

计算了不同温度下气相反应84／70C70（D5h）＝C84（D2）的热力学函数，讨论了C70（D5h）与C84（D2）之间相互转化的热力学条件；结果表明，温度低于2392K时C84（D2）比C70（D5h）稳定，温度高于2392K时气相中C70（D5h）比C84（D2）稳定；同时给出了气相C84（D2）的标准热力学函数。     

气相反应76/70C_(70)=C_(76)(D_2)热力学函数的计算

采用统计热力学方法计算了气相C76（D2）的标准热力学函数，在此基础上计算了不同温度下气相反应76／70C70＝C76（D2）的热力学函数，讨论了C70与C76（D2）之间相互转化的热力学条件．结果表明，气相中温度低于536K时C70转化为C76（D2），温度高于536K时气相中C76（D2）转化为C70。     

C60晶体在有序相的分子取向结构

以C60晶体中分子两种取向排列形成的双能级系统为基础,通过探讨C60晶体在有序相的热力学性质,得到了38o和98o两种取向排列的分子在晶体中均匀分布的结构稳定性结论.根据已报道的C60晶体在有序相两端点温度85 K 和260 K取向分布的实验结果,将较高的分子取向(38o)能级的概率转化成分数值1/6和3/8,得到了有序相两种取向分子在两温度端点的分布规律.当概率的分数值为1/4和1/3时,C60晶体将具有较大的结构稳定性和较小的介电损耗及内耗值,对应的温度分别为122.6和194.3 K.因而解释了介电实验结果出现异常的现象是由38o取向分子均匀分布的"规则-无规-规则"变化所造成的.     

气相反应C_(60)+O_3=C_(6O)(C_(2v))+O_2热力学函数的计算

计算了气相反应C60＋O3＝C6O（C2v）＋O2的热力学函数．得到了该反应Gibbs自由能的具体数值，结果表明在所研究的温度范围内Gibbs自由能为负值，从热力学角度来说，该反应可以自发进行,在计算该气相反应热力学函数的基础上，给出了气相C6O（C2v）的标准热力学函数     

ANTA的结构、性质及其互变异构的理论研究

对3-硝基-5-氨基-1,2,4-三唑(ANTA)的三种异构体,1H-ANTA(Ⅰ),2－ANTA(Ⅱ)和4H-ANTA(Ⅲ)在,bainitio-HF/3-21G和DFT-B3LYP/3-21G势能面计算的基础上,进行6-311G^**几何参数全优化,MP2总能量和SCRF溶剂(四氢呋喃)效应计算。以振动分析和统计热力学为基础,作标题物热力学性质以及Ⅰ和Ⅱ之间的互变异构反应计算,求得分子几何,电子结构和300～1000K范围的焓、熵和热容以及Ⅰ和Ⅱ互变异构平衡常数和速率常数。发现在三种异构体中在通常温度下以Ⅱ在气相下最稳定,Ⅰ在溶液中最稳定。低温下难以发生异构化反应,温度可提高Ⅰ与Ⅱ之间的互变速率,在800K时两种异构体在气相中等量共存;大于800K时Ⅰ更为稳定。     

C60分子间相互作用的Morse势函数及应用

利用C60晶体的升华焓、晶胞参数等性质,得到C60分子间相互作用的Morse势函数，其解析表达式为 u(r)=30.05 exp[－24.96(r－1.005)]－60.10 exp[－12.48(r－1.005)] 采用该作用势研究了C60及其晶体的一些性质, 如计算得到C60晶体(100)面的表面能为7.46×10－2 J•m－2, 在650～4500 K温度范围内计算了C60分子的第二维里系数, 研究了C60面心立方晶体的晶格振动, 并计算得到了晶格振动的态密度分布,还利用该作用势研究了不同晶型时C60晶体的稳定性.     

不饱和类卡宾H_2C=CLiF的结构及氢迁移反应的DFT研究

用量子化学中的密度泛函DFT方法,在B3LYP/6-311G~*水平上研究了不饱和类 卡宾H_2C=CLiF的结构。结果表明,只有1种平衡结构是稳定的。对稳定的平衡结构 ,找到了分子内氢迁移反应的过渡态,并计算了不同温度下不饱和类卡宾 H_2C=CLiF的平均寿命τ,在200 K时,τ = 7.9 d,在300 K仅为τ = 2.4 s。     

不饱和类卡宾H_2C=CLiF的结构及氢迁移反应的DFT研究

用量子化学中的密度泛函DFT方法，在B3LYP/6-311G~*水平上研究了不饱和类 卡宾H_2C=CLiF的结构。结果表明，只有1种平衡结构是稳定的。对稳定的平衡结构 ，找到了分子内氢迁移反应的过渡态，并计算了不同温度下不饱和类卡宾 H_2C=CLiF的平均寿命τ，在200 K时，τ = 7.9 d，在300 K仅为τ = 2.4 s。     

甲苯热解机理的AM1研究(Ⅰ)热力学分析

在实验的基础上,本文用Gaussian98程序包中AM1法UHF计算,对碳材料用碳前驱体甲苯的热裂解反应机理进行了研究。在对反应物,产物自由基的结构进行能量梯度法全优化的同时,计算了不同温度下的标准热力学参数（298－1073K）。热力学计算结果表明：（1）当甲苯的热裂解温度相对较低时（773K左右）,热力学计算结果首先支持苯环上甲基C－H键的断裂生成苯基自由基并继而生成联二甲苯的反应;随着温度的提高（达1073K时）,生成苯自由基和甲基自由基的反应比例将大生成苄基自由基的比例;该反应机理与实验结果基本一致。（2）采用Gaussian98程序包中AM1法中的UHF计算,较适合低级芳香烃热裂解反应机理的理论研究。     

4种C_(12)H_(12)多面体烷振动频率及生成焓的DFT研究

采用密度泛函方法,在B3LYP/D95*水平上对4种C12H12多面体分子的构型进行了全优化,计算了其振动频率及红外吸收强度,并模拟了它们的红外光谱图。采用统计热力学方法,在200～600K的温度范围内,分别计算了立方烷生成这4种C12H12多面体分子的热力学函数。由计算得到的自由能得知,这些分子都比立方烷稳定,因此从热力学角度来说,既然立方烷能够合成,这4种C12H12多面体分子也应该能够合成出来。根据计算得到的热力学函数及立方烷的生成焓,求出了这4种C12H12多面体分子的生成焓。     

Inclusion properties of 3-fluoromesotetraphenylporphyrin with C60 and C70

To improve the selectivity ratio of C70 over C60, a new designer molecule, viz., 3-fluoromesotetraphenylporphyrin (1) has been reported in the present investigations. Fluorescence studies reveal that the Q-absorption band of 1 gets sufficient quenching effect upon addition of both C60 and C70. Binding constants (K) of the C60/1 and C70/1 complexes are estimated to be 580 and 10,800 dm3 mol(-1), respectively. Thus, K(C70)/K(C60) is approximately 19 which is very large and even comparable with other macrocyclic host molecules like calix[5]arene, azacalix[m]arene[n]pyridine, cyclotriveratrylenophane and calixarene bisporphyrin. 1H NMR chemical shift measurements show that the -NH- proton of 1 suffers more shifts in presence of C70 compared to C60. This finding also offers a good support in favor of high K value for C70/1 complex as well as large selectivity ratio of C70 over C60.     

Density functional study of chemical stability and nitrogen encapsulation of C48N12 and C58N12

On the basis of calculations using density functional theory, we show that C58N12, just as C48N12, can be a stable N-dopant of C70. By considering many different isomers of the product, we find that the chemical stability of C48N12 and C58N12, with respect to oxygenation, is not significantly different from that of C70, thereby indicating that the N-dopant would not easily be oxygenated in air under normal conditions. In both C48N12O and C58N12O, many different isomers are expected, in which oxygenation occurs at different C-N bonds as well as at C-C bonds, among which specific C-N bonds are the most amenable to the reaction. Investigation of their hydrogenations shows that C48N12 is slightly more easily hydrogenated than C60, while C58N12 is less easily hydrogenated. In addition, we expect a regiospecificity in the hydrogenated products of C58N12, which prefers to react at equatorial sites, while C70 prefers reaction at polar sites. Meanwhile, comparison of the encapsulation energy of a nitrogen atom (=N en) in C60, C48N12, C70, and C58N12 shows that the N-doped fullerenes, particularly C58N12, can encase the atom much better than the undoped ones, allowing us to expect the existence of N@C48N12 and N@C58N12. Spin multiplicities are doublet for most of their stable structures. These observations correlate with the formation of N en-C bonds, which are not found in N@C60 and N@C70. Various isomers of the N-encapsulating fullerenes were identified. The relative stability of these isomers heavily depends on the number of substitutional nitrogen atoms around N en-C bonds.     

Close-packed C(70)(3-) phases - synthesis, structure, and electronic properties

The high symmetry and resulting electronic degeneracy of the C(60)(3)(-) anion is viewed as the key molecular feature in the high superconducting transition temperatures of fulleride and oxidized fullerene systems. The experimental evaluation of this hypothesis requires the synthesis of face-centered cubic (fcc) trivalent fulleride anion salts derived from higher fullerenes such as C(70), which have thus far proved elusive with only stable A(1)C(70), A(4)C(70), and A(6)C(70) phases known. In this paper, we report the synthesis of fcc A(3)C(70) phases stabilized by size-matching the tetrahedral site with the sodium cation. The structures are strongly dependent on the cooling protocol due to the existence of metastable partially or completely orientationally disordered phases. EPR data indicate that the phases are metallic but not superconducting. The densities of states at the Fermi level appear too low to give superconductivity at above 5 K, consistent with recent observations that four electrons per C(70) anion are required for superconductivity. Size-matching on both the octahedral and tetrahedral sites is required for A(3)C(70) stability - K(2)CsC(70) is only stable at elevated temperature and Na(2)C(70) is unstable, the composition corresponding to C(70) and a sodium-rich trigonal phase.     

Double photoionization of C(60) and C(70) in the valence region

Photoion yields from gaseous fullerenes, C(60) and C(70), for production of singly and doubly charged ions are measured by mass spectrometry combined with tunable synchrotron radiation at hnu=25-150 eV. Since the signal of triply or highly charged ions is very weak, the total photoionization yield curve can be estimated from the sum of the yields of the singly and doubly charged ions. A distinct feature appears in the resultant curve of C(60) which is absent in the calculated total photoabsorption cross section previously reported. This difference is attributed to C(60) (2+) ions chiefly produced by spectator Auger ionization of the shape resonance states followed by tunneling of the trapped electron or by cascade Auger ionization. Ratios between the yields of doubly and singly charged ions for C(60) and C(70) are larger than unity at hnu>50 eV. These ratios are quite different from those reported in the experiments using electron impact ionization.     

UV-Vis, fluorescence and NMR spectroscopic investigations on inclusion properties of a designed tetrahomocalix[8]arene with fullerenes C60 and C70 in solution

The present article reports the spectroscopic investigations on non-covalent interaction of fullerenes C(60) and C(70) with a macrocyclic receptor molecule, namely, 1,3,5,7-tetrahomo-p-tert-butylcalix[8]arene (1) in toluene. Jobs method of continuous variation reveals 1:1 stoichiometry for the fullerene complexes of 1. The most fascinating feature of the present study is that 1 binds selectively C(60) compared to C(70) as obtained from binding constant (K) data of C(60)-1 (K(C60-1)) and C(70)-1 (K(C70-1)) complexes which are enumerated to be 265,000 dm(3) mol(-1) and 63,43 dm(3) mol(-1), respectively, and selectivity in binding (K(C60-1)/K(C70-1)) is estimated to be 4.18 as obtained from UV-Vis study. Steady state fluorescence studies reveal quenching of fluorescence of 1 in presence of fullerenes and the K value of the C(60)-1 and C(70)-1 complexes are estimated to be 80,760 and 68,780 dm(3) mol(-1), respectively, with selectivity in binding (K(C60-1)/K(C70-1)) ~1.18. (1)H NMR analysis provides very good support in favor of strong binding between C(60) and 1. The high value of K value for C(60)-1 complex indicates that 1 forms an inclusion complex with C(60).     

Stabilizing effect of oxygen on thermal degradation of poly(methyl methacrylate)

The thermal degradation of poly(methyl methacrylate) has been studied under nitrogen and air. The presence of oxygen increases the initial decomposition temperature by 70°C. The stabilizing effect of oxygen is explained by the formation of thermally stable radical species that suppress unzipping of the polymer. This assumption is supported by the experimental fact that introduction of NO into the gaseous atmosphere increases the initial decomposition temperature by more than 100°C.     

Thermodynamics of high-purity calcium production

We present the results of thermodynamic analysis of the behavior of gaseous and gas-forming impurities at different stages of calcium production, including electrolysis of calcium chloride, vacuum distillation of calcium from copper–calcium alloy, mechanical dispersing, and remelting and granulation of distilled calcium from the melt. The mechanisms of transfer of H, C, N, and O impurities at all stages of the processes under study are discussed. It is shown that in order to produce high-purity calcium, deep degassing needs to be performed when heating the materials loaded at the distillation, remelting, and granulation stages under condition that the equipment is highly air-tight. Distillation of calcium is recommended to be carried out at temperatures that exceed the process start temperature by no more than 20 K.