Theoretical Study on Mechanism of C5H7·+O2 Reaction

The potential energy surface (PES) for the reaction of E,E-pentadienyl with molecular oxygen was theoretically studied at the G3B3//B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) level of theory. The first step of the reaction was found to be the direct adduction of molecular O2 on either the C1 or the C3 atoms of E,E-pentadienyl, forming two C5H7O2· isomers. These two C5H7O2· isomers undergo a series of isomerization processes through either the hydrogen-transfer or cyclization pathway. In the final step, the hydrogen-transferred and cyclized isomers decompose into unsaturated aldehydes, unsaturated ketones, and hydroxyl radicals. Involves 20 stable species and 14 transition states, and the energies and structures of all reactants, products and transition states were calculated. Based on the calculated barriers and heats of formation, the authors suggest that the C2H3O·+C3H4O formation channel is the dominant channel for the C5H7·+O2 reaction. The possible existence of C5H7O2· radicals as long lifetime intermediates is also proposed, which is consistent with the recent photoionization mass spectrometric experiments by Zils et al.     

Quantum Chemical Study on the Reaction Mechanism of OBrO Radical with OH Radical

The reaction mechanism of OBrO with OH has been studied using the B3LYP/6-311 G(d,p) and the high-level electron-correlation CCSD(T)/6-311 G(d,p) at single-point. The results show that the title reaction could probably proceed by four possible schemes, generating HOBr O2, HBr O3, BrO HO2 and HOBrO2 products, respectively. The main channel is the one to yield HOBr O2. The whole reaction involves the formation of three-membered, four-membered and five-membered rings, followed by the complicated processes of association,H-shift, Br-shift and dissociation. All routes are exothermic.     

Iridium(III)-Catalyzed Intermolecular C(sp3)−H Insertion Reaction of Quinoid Carbene: A Radical Mechanism

Described herein is an Ir^III/porphyrin-catalyzed intermolecular C(sp³)−H insertion reaction of a quinoid carbene (QC). The reaction was designed by harnessing the hydrogen-atom transfer (HAT) reactivity of a metal-QC species with aliphatic substrates followed by a radical rebound process to afford C−H arylation products. This methodology is efficient for the arylation of activated hydrocarbons such as 1,4-cyclohexadienes (down to 40 min reaction time, up to 99 % yield, up to 1.0 g scale). It features unique regioselectivity, which is mainly governed by steric effects, as the insertion into primary C−H bonds is favored over secondary and/or tertiary C−H bonds in the substituted cyclohexene substrates. Mechanistic studies revealed a radical mechanism for the reaction.     

Stoichiometric Photochemical Carbene Transfer by Bamford–Stevens Reaction

The photolysis of diazoalkanes is a timely strategy to conduct carbene-transfer reactions under mild and metal-free reaction conditions, and has developed as an important alternative to conventional metal-catalyzed carbene-transfer reactions. One of the major limitations lies within the rapidly occurring side reaction of the carbene intermediate with remaining diazoalkane molecules that result in the use of an excess of the reaction partner and thus impacts on the reaction efficiency. Herein, we describe a protocol that takes advantage of the in situ generation of donor–acceptor diazoalkanes by Bamford–Stevens reaction. Following this strategy, the concentration of the diazoalkane reaction partner can be minimized to reduce unwanted side reactions and to now conduct photochemical carbene transfer reactions under stoichiometric reaction conditions. We have explored this approach in the C−H and N−H functionalization and cyclopropanation reaction of N-heterocycles and could demonstrate the applicability of this method in 51 examples.     

Theoretical Study of the Photochemical Reaction Mechanism of Bicyclo [4.1.0 ] heptane

IntroductionPhotochemical reactions, which involve a three-membered ring, have been of great interest to experi-mental photochemists[1—10]. A main reason for thisphenomenon is that the cyclopropane ring exhibits somereaction characteristics of double bon…     

Structure of (C3H5NH3)2H2P2O7·H2O

The bis(cyclopropylammonium)dihydrogenodiphosphate monohydrate is a new diphosphate associated with the organic molecule C₃H₅NH₂. We report the chemical preparation and the crystal structure of this organic cation diphosphate. (C₃H₅NH₃)₂H₂P₂O₇.H₂O is orthorhombic (S.G. : P2₁2₁2₁), with Z = 4 and the following unit-cell parameters : a = 4.828(1) Å, b = 11.011(1) Å, c = 25.645(2) Å. The P₂O₇ groups and H₂O water molecules form a succession of bidimensional layers perpendicular to the c axis. The organic cations ensure the three-dimensional cohesion by NH-O hydrogen bonds.     

Quasi-classical Trajectory Study of the Intramolecular Isotope Effect in the Reaction O（3p）＋H2/HD

Theoretical studies of the dynamics of the reactions O（3p）＋H2/HD（ν=0, j=0）→OH＋H have been performed with quasi-classical trajectory method （QCT） on an ab initio potential surface for the lowest triplet electronic state of H2O（aA＂）. The QCT-calculated integral cross sections are in good agreement with the earlier time-dependent quantum mechanics results. The state-resolved rotational distributions reveal that the product OH rotational distributions for O＋HD have a preference for populating highly internally excited states compared with the O＋H2 reaction. Distributions of differential cross sections show that directions of scattering are strongly dependent on the choice of quantum state. The polarization dependent generalized differential cross-sections and the distributions were calculated and a pronounced isotopic effect is revealed. The calculated results indicate that the product polarization is very sensitive to the mass factor.     

Theoretical Study on the Reaction Mechanism of Ketene CH2CO with Isocyanate NCO Radical

The bimolecular single collision reaction potential energy surface of an isocyanate NCO radical with a ketene CH2CO molecule was investigated by means of B3LYP and QCISD（T） methods. The computed results indicate that two possible reaction channels exist on the surface. One is an addition-elimination reaction process, in which the CH2CO molecule is attacked by the nitrogen atom at its methylene carbon atom to lead to the formation of the intermediate OCNCH2CO followed by a C-C rupture channel to the products CH2NCO＋CO. The other is a direct hydrogen abstraction channel from CHzCO by the NCO radical to afford the products HCCO＋HNCO. Because of a higher barrier in the hydrogen abstraction reaction than in the addition-elimination reaction, the direct hydrogen abstraction pathway can only be considered as a secondary reaction channel in the reaction kinetics of NCO＋ CH2CO. The predicted results are in good agreement with previous experimental and theoretical investigations.     

Iron-Catalyzed Intramolecular C—H Amidation of N-Benzoyloxyureas

A redox-neutral Fe-catalyzed intramolecular C—H amidation of N-benzoyloxyureas is described.This methodology employs a simple iron complex in situ generated fro...     

Preparation of End Grafted Polyacrylonitrile Brushes through Surface Confined Radical Chain Transfer Reaction

End grafted polyacrylonitrile (PAN) brush was prepared through surface initiated polymerization via the chain transfer process.The thiol-terminated monolayer and PAN brushes were characterized by FTIR,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS),atomic force microscopy (AFM),ellipsometry and contact angle measurements etc.It is demonstrated that radical chain transfer reaction and surface initiated precipitate polymerization can used to prepare end-grafted polymer brushes.     

Quantum Chemical Study on a New Mechanism of One-carbon Unit Transfer Reaction： The Water-assisted Mechanism

It is a theoretical study on the water-assisted mechanism of one-carbon unit transfer reaction, in which the energy barrier for each transition state lowered by about 80-100 kJ/mol when compared with the one in no-water-involved mechanism. The water-assisted path 4 is the favorite reaction way. Our results well explained the presumption from experiments.     

Reaction Mechanism Investigation Using Vibrational Mode Analysis for the Multichannel Reaction of CH_3O+CO

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Mechanism of Mukaiyama-Michael Reaction of Ketene Silyl Acetal: Electron Transfer or Nucleophilic Addition?

Mechanism of Mukaiyama-Michael reaction of ketene silyl acetal has been discussed. The competition reaction employing various types of ketene silyl acetals reveals that those bearing more substituents at the beta-position react preferentially over less substituted ones. However, when ketene silyl acetals involve bulky siloxy and/or alkoxy group(s), less substituted compounds react preferentially. The Lewis acids play an important role in these reactions. Enhanced preference for the more sterically demanding Michael adducts is obtained with Bu(2)Sn(OTf)(2), SnCl(4), and Et(3)SiClO(4) in the former reaction while TiCl(4) gives the highest selectivity for the less sterically demanding products in the latter case. These results are interpreted in terms of alternative reaction mechanisms. The reaction of less bulky ketene silyl acetals are initiated by electron transfer from these compounds to a Lewis acid. On the other hand, bulkier ketene silyl acetals undergo a ubiquitous nucleophilic reaction. Such a mechanistic change is discussed based on a variety of experimental results as well as the semiempirical PM3 MO calculations.     

On the Reaction Mechanism of Br2 with OCS

The reaction mechanism of photochemical reaction between Br2 (^1∑) and OCS (^1∑) is predicted by means of theoretical methods. The calculated results indicate that the direct addition of Br2 to the CS bond of OCS molecule is more favorable in energy than the direct addition of Br2 to the CO bond. Furthermore, the intermediate isomer syn-BrC(O)SBr is more stablethe rmodynamically and kinetically than anti-BrC(O)SBr. The original resultant anti-BrC(O)SBr formed in the most favorable reaction channel can easily isomerize into the final product syn-BrC(O)SBr with only 31.72 kJ/mol reaction barrier height. The suggested mechanism is in good agreement with previous experimental study.     

Kinetics of Intramolecular Hydrogen Atom Transfer in the Radicals >Si(O·)(R) (R = H,D, CH3, CD3, and C2H5)

Methods are developed for obtaining oxy radicals by the photodecomposition and thermal decomposition of precursors (Si–O)₂Si(N=N–O^·)(R) and (Si–O)₂Si(O–C^·=O)(R). The mechanism of these processes is established. Kinetic data are obtained for the reaction of hydrogen atom transfer in oxy radicals (Si–O)₂Si(O^·)(R) (R = H, D, CH₃, CD₃, and C₂H₅). The activation energies of hydrogen atom transfer are found for three-, four-, and five-membered transition states: 13.5 ± 1, 18 ± 1, and <10 kcal/mol, respectively. For the reaction of H(D) atom transfer in the (Si–O)₂Si(O^·)(H(D)) radical, the kinetic isotope effect is found. Quantum-chemical calculations were used to determine the structures of transition states in the studied processes. Experimental studies were carried out using ESR spectroscopy.     

Nucleophilic Substitution Reaction of p-Dinitrobenzene by a Carbanion: Evidence for Electron Transfer Mechanism

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Theoretical Study of the Isomerization Reaction of 1-3 H Transfer on Formamidine Substituted by Halogen

The ab initio method has been used to study the 1-3 H transfer reaction on formamidine substituted by halogen. The calculation results show that the substituted halogen has two effects on the 1-3 H transfer reaction: decreasing the activation energy and stabilizing the C=N double bond owing to the conjugative effect of p-π-p of products and transition states.     

Crystal structure and properties of H3[PMo12O40] · 3C2H6O

The title compound H₃[PMo₁₂O₄₀]· 3C₂H₆O was prepared and characterized by X-ray crystallography, its i.r. spectrum, cyclic voltammetry and e.s.r. spectra. The anion of the title compound is a Keggin-type heteropoly structure based upon a central PO₄ tetrahedron surrounded by 12 MoO₆ octahedra arranged in four groups of three edge-shared octahedra Mo₃O₁₃. Weak hydrogen bonds exist between the organic solvent molecules and the heteropoly anion. The catalytic activity of the title compound was determined by the synthesis of butyl acetate. The conversion of n-BuOH reached 93.3% and the yield of MeCO₂Bu-n was 92.0% when the ratio of MeCO₂H to n-BuOH, catalyst amount, reaction time, reaction temperature were 2:1, 0.24% of the reactants (50 mg), 2.0 h and 115 120 °C, respectively.