Molecular mechanics study on conformation of perylene-quinonoid photosensitizers

Using molecular mechanics method,values of the heat of formation (HF) of different conformations,of perylenequinonoid photosensitizes hypocrellin A (HA) and hypocrellin B (HB) were calculated and the variance of HF after phenolic protons' dissociation were calculated as well The following was found:(i) The HF values of lour conformational isomers of HA and HB are similar to each other,so the four isomcrs can transform to each other room temperature,(ii) There exists the difference between the ability of dissociation of phenolic protons of HA and that of HB,the former is higher than the latter (iii) There exist two intramolecular hydrogen bonds in HA and HB The bond energy is approximately 8 kJ/mol and the energy of conformation Ⅰ is lower than that of conformationⅡ The bond energy of HA is lower than that of HB.(iv) There exists a low energy snot when phenolic hydroxyl bond twists 180° from the position where hydrogen bond is formed,which suggests that this kind of conformation probably exists,(v) Th     

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.     

Studies on Electrophilic Substitution of Quasi-Aromatic Metal Ion Complexes

The electrophilic substitution reaction occurring to the chelate ring of the complexes could be regarded as an indication of quasi-aromaticity of the ring systems, no catalyst was used and only triethylamine was employed, implying that the aroylating agents with different p-substituents are polarized enough to be effective electrophiles to attack the methine carbon of the electron-rich substrate 1. This property is probably the clue to polarization of the ligand electrons by the nickel( Ⅱ ) ion and to the participation of the nickel( Ⅱ ) in the π-bond systems of the two coordinated conjugated rings. The linearity relationship between vd-d maxima, E1/2OX(1) and σp are obtained, respectively. The electronic environment of central metal ion as well as the aromaticity of the ring system are affected by the electronic properties of the p-substituents. A comparison of the electrochemical results with each other showed .that when the electronegativity of the substituent was higher, the oxidation(Ni2+/Ni3+)     

Ab initio studies on the thermolysis of azetidine

The reaction mechanism of the thermolysis of azetidine to form ethylene and methylen-imine has been studied by ab initio SCF MO method at STO--3G and 3-21G levels. Two possible step-wise pathways are explored. One is the breaking of C--C bond as the first step, while the other is thebreaking of C--N bond. All the stationary points on the potential energy surface (PES) are fully optimiz-ed. MP2 / 3-21G single point calculations on all stationary points and MCSCF / STO-3G computationsfor some stationary points are also carried out. The calculations indicate that azetidine decomposesvia biradicaloid intermediates and the cleavage of C--N bond is preferable to that of C--C bond.     

STUDY ON ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND BONDING OF CLUSTER COMPOUND Sc_7Cl_(10)C_2

<正> The electronic structure and bonding of the cluster compound Sc7Cl10C2 have been studied by INDO method. In contract to the weak interaction between metal-metal in the compound Gd10Cl18C4, the bonding between metal atoms (Sc-Sc) in Sc7Cl10C2 is rather strong. The contribution of the orbitals 4s and 4p is larger than that of 3d to the Sc-Sc bond. In the cluster compound, besides Sc-Sc bonding, there are Sc -C and Sc -Cl bonds. The contribution of 3d is larger than that of 4s and 4p to the bond Sc-C. The contribution of 3d is slightly less than that of 4p and 4s to the bond Sc-Cl. Among the three kinds of bonds, the Sc-Cl bond is the weakest, the bond order of the Sc-Sc is close to that of the Sc-C.     

Highly Chemical and Regio－selective Catalytic Oxidation with a Novel Manganese Catalyst

The chemical selectivity of a novel active manganese compound [Mn2^IVμ-O)3(TMTACN)2] (PF6)2 (1) in catalytic oxidation reactions depended on the structure of substrates and 1 was able to catalyze the oxidation of toluene into benzaldehyde and/or benzoic acid under very mild conditions. The following results were obtained: (1) The selectivity of the oxidation depended on the electronic density of double bonds. Reactivity was absent when strong electron-witherawing groups were conjugated with double bonds. (2) Allylic oxidation reactions mostly take place when double bond is present inside a ring system, whilst epoxiclarion reactions occur when the alkene moiety is part of linear chain. (3) In ring systems, the methylene group was more likely to be oxidized than the methyl group on ailylic position. As expected, the C--H bonds at the bridgeheads were unreactive.The secondary hydroxyl groups are more easily to be oxidized than the primary hydroxyl groups.     

Effect of intramolecular energy transfer on the rate of unimolecular isomerization: HCN --HNC

This paper reports calculations of the rate of isomerization of HCN - HCN based on the theory of Gary and Rice as extended by Zhao and Rice. The major task is to determine the effect of intramolecular energy transfer on the prediction of the rate of isomerization. Both the full three-dimensional (3D) system and the reduced two-dimensional (2D) system obtained from freezing CN bond at 1.159 A are analyzed to check the validity of the freezing bond approximation. Meanwhile, RRKM rates are calculated to test RRKM choice of the transition state by comparing to Gary-Rice three-state model. The comparison shows that the rates from 2D model and 3D model are differing up to 20% with 2D rates consistently larger. The intramolecular energy transfer modifies the isomerization rate for HCN system up to 30% that is modestly small by the expectation. The isomerization rate predicted from RRKM theory is greater than those of Gary-Rice three-state model theory up to 65%, and it overstimates the rates under all consider     

Study of Two Puzzled Questions on the Fullerene C_（70）：A First-principles Study

The cycloaddition reactions of NH to different bonds on C70 have been studied by the first-principles calculations.The results indicate that the reactivity of cycloaddition reactions is determined by the directional curvature,KD,and the larger binding energy of Eb on the bond C5-C'5 can be ascribed to the unique bond which can be treated as the shortest bond of(5.5)-SWCNT in the four [6,6] ring fusion bonds.This work also discloses that the energy gap of different spin states is decided by the electronic density,and that of the frontier obitals for the bond C5-C'5 is larger than the value for the C4-C'4 bond.Furthermore,the transition state investigation of the two bond addition reactions provides a reaction barrier of 11.10 kcal/mol for the NH cycloaddition to the C5-C'5 bond;whereas,the addition reaction on C4-C'4 is a spontaneous pathway.Herein,the dynamics effect illustrates the [2+1] cycloaddition reaction on the equatorial C5-C'5 bond to be unfavorable.     

Crystal Structure of Tris(2,2'-bipyridine)nickel (Ⅱ) Tetrachlorozincate

A bimetallic complex Ni[C10H8N2]3[ZnCl4] has been synthesized and its crystal structure determined at room temperature. The complex crystallizes in the trigonal system, space group R3c, with a = 13.343(2), b = 13.343(2), c =58. 932(12) A, V= 9087(3) A 3, Z = 12, NiZnC30N6CI14H24, Mr=734.30, Dc=1.611 g/cm3, μ= 1. 799 mm-1, F(000)=4464. Least-squares refinement of the structure leads to the agreement factors R1=0. 0278 and wR2=0. 0741 for the observable reflections. The complex consists of discrete tris (2, 2'-bipyridine) nickel (Ⅱ)cation, [Ni-(bipy)3]2+, and tetrachlorozincate anion, [ZnCl4]2-. Each nickel (Ⅱ)atom is six coordinated in an octahedron with six nitrogen atoms of three 2,2'-bipyridine ligands. The mean Ni(Ⅱ)-N bond length is 2. 089(2) A. The zinc(Ⅱ) atom is coordinated with four chloride atoms in tetrahedral geometry. The mean Zn (Ⅱ)- Cl bond length is 2. 264(1) A.     

Regioselective 1,2-Addition of Ti(IV)-enolate to α, β–Unsaturated Compounds

The nucleophilic addition to α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds is a fundamental C-C bond forming reaction in organic chemistry1. Since there are two reaction sites in the α, β–unsaturated carbonyl group, the regioselectivity of the nucleophilic addition (1, 2 vs. 1, 4 addition) is of primary importance when applying this type of reaction in organic synthesis. Factors that control the regioselectivity include the softness and hardness of the attacking nucleophiles2, solvent and temperatu…     

Theoretical Investigations on the Structure,Density, Thermodynamic and Performance Properties of Bis（2,2-dinitropropyl） formal

Density functional method was used to investigate the IR spectrum,heat of formation and thermal stability of a new energetic material bis(2,2-dinitropropyl) formal(BDNPF).The detonation velocity and pressure were evaluated by using the Kamlet-Jacobs equations based on the theoretical density and heat of formation.The bond dissociation energies for the weakest bonds were analyzed to investigate the thermal stability of the title compound.The results show that the C(1)-N(1) bond is predicted to be the trigger bond during pyrolysis.The crystal structure obtained by molecular mechanics belongs to the P21 space group,with the lattice parameters to be Z = 2,a = 11.5254,b = 6.2168,c = 9.5000  and ρ= 1.66 g/cm3.     

A DFT Study of Thiophene Adsorption on the Rh（111） Surfaces

Thiophene adsorption on the Rh(111) surfaces has been investigated by density functional theory.The results show that the adsorption at the hollow and bridge sites is the most stable.The molecular plane of the thiophene ring is distorted,the C=C bond is stretched to 1.448  and the C-C bond is shortened to 1.390.The C-H bonds tilt 22～42oaway from the surface.The calculated adsorption geometries are in reasonable agreement with population analysis and density of states.The thiophene molecule obtains 0.74 electrons,reflecting the interaction between the lone pair of sulfur and the d-orbitals of metal.The reaction paths and transition states for desulfurization of the molecule have been investigated.The bridge adsorption structure of thiophene leads to a thiol via an activated reaction with an energetic barrier of 0.30 eV.This second step is slightly difficult,and dissociation into a C4H4 fragment and a sulfur atom is possible,with an energetic barrier of 0.40 eV.     

RESEARCH ON TRINUCLEAR MOLYBDENUM CLUSTER COMPOUNDS——CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF Mo_3(μ_3—O)(μ_2—S_2)_3[S_2P(OEt)_2]_3I

The title crystals are golden yellow rhomboic plates, belonging to the monoelinic system. The space group is P_(B_1)/n with unit cell parameters a=16.570(2), b=12.370(1), c=20.007(2), β=99.97(1)°, Z=4, D_c=1.938 g.cm~(-3). The crystal structure was solved mainly by the heavy atom method and refined by the full-matrix least-squares to a final R factor of 0.047 based on 4387 unique reflections with intensities I≥2σ(I). The results show that the crystal structure consists of neutral mono-oxo-capped trinuclear molybdenum cluster molecules with an average Mo-Mo bond length of 2.626(4) and an average Mo-O bond length of 2.036(2) respectively. Each pair of Mo atoms is further bridged by an S_2~(2-) radical, in which one S atom is essentially situated on the triangular plane formed by these three Mo atoms and the other one is situated on the side of the plane opposite to the μ_3-O atom. Besides, each Mo atom is coordinated to two S atoms belonging to an [S_2P(OEt)_2]~-radical so as to complete a nearly pen     

An MP2 study on pre-reactive complexes (CH_2)_2O … XY (X,Y = H,F,Cl,Br,I)

The structures, energies, atomic chaiges and IR spectra of complexes (CH2)2O…XY (X, Y = H, F, Cl, Br, and I) have been examined by means of ab initio molecular orbital theory at the second-order level of Moller-Plesset perturbation correction. It is found that the hydrogen bond O…H-X is non-linear. The attraction between X and the H atoms in oxirane ring causes O…H-X bond bending. The hydrogen bond slighdy weakens the bond strength of C-O, and leads the bending and stretching mode of IR to shift to the red. The calculation results show that there is no evidence of a significant extent of proton transfer to give (CH2)2OH …X- in the isolated complexes.     

Synthesis of Modified Methylaluminoxane

Methylaluminoxane (MAO) is one of the most important cocatalysts of metallocene catalysts. The yield and activity of MAO is low when using Al2(SO4)3 nH2O and other inorganic hydrates to synthesize methylaluminoxane. The repeatability of this reaction is not good. The product cost is very high because one of the raw materials (Trimethylaluminium, TMA) to prepare MAO is very expensive. In addition, on standing, MAO toluene solution tends to gel. Gelled MAO can not be used to prepare su…     

Cleavage of the Fe—Fe Bond of （Me2SiSiMe2） [η^5－C5H4Fe（CO）2]2 with Na／Hg and Molecular Structure of the Ring－Opened Complex

The reaction of the rifle cyclic complex (1) with sodium amalgam in THF resulted in the expected cleavage of the Fe-Fe bond to afford his-sodium salt ( Me2SiSiMe2 ) [η^5-C5H4Fe(CO)2]2 (4). The latter was not isolated and was used directly to react with MeI, PhCH2Cl, CH3C(O)Cl, PhC(O)Cl,Cy3SnCl (Cy= cyclohexyl) or Ph3SnCl to afford corresponding ring-opened derivatives (Me2SiSiMe2) [η^5-C5H4Fe(CO)2]2 [5, R=Me; 6, R=PhCH2; 7, R=CH3C(O); 8, R=PhC(O); 9, R = Cy3Sn or 10, R = Ph3Sn ]. The crystal and molecular structures of 10 were determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. The molecule took the desired ant/ conformation around the Si-Si bond. The length of the Si--Si bond is 0.2343(3)nm, which is essentially identical to that in the cyclic structure of 1[0.2346(4) tun]. This result unambiguously demonstrates that the Si--Si bond in the cyclic structure of 1 is not subject to obvious strain.     

Synthesis of Novel High Energy Polyaniline Derivative Containing S-S Bond in Six-membered Cycle

A novel conducting polymer as new class of high energy storage material, [1,2] which has one six-membered cycle containing S-S bond in the moiety of aniline was synthesized. The polymer had enhanced redox progress due to an intramolecular electrocatalytic effect of polyaniline on S-S bond. The polymer has some advantages because of its high theoretical specific energy and fast kinetics when used in lithium batteries. The most promised advantage of it is that the intramolecular cleavage and recombination of the S-S bond improve the cyclicability greatly.     

The thiamine-dependent enzyme of the vitamin K biosynthesis catalyzes reductive C-N bond ligation between nitroarenes and α-ketoacids

The thiamine-dependent enzyme(1R,2S,5S,6S)-2-succinyl-5-enolpyruvyl-6-hydroxyl-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxylate(SEPHCHC) synthase,also known as MenD,catalyzes a Stetter-like reaction in the biosynthesis of vitamin K.It is found to catalyze a novel reductive C N bond ligation reaction between nitroarenes and-ketoacids to form N-hydroxamates.This reaction likely proceeds through an enzyme-mediated,slow two-electron reduction of the nitroalkanes to form a nitroso intermediate,which serves as the electrophilic acceptor of the ketoacid-derived acyl anion.The involvement of the nitroso intermediate is supported by the fact that similar N-hydroxamates are readily formed at a much higher rate when nitroso compounds replace the nitro substrates in the chemoenzymatic reactions.These results demonstrate that the thiamine-dependent enzyme is able to catalyze novel,nonnative reactions that may find new chemoenzymatic applications.     

Synthesis and Structure of Dibenzoyl-bissemicarbazone Neodymium(Ⅲ) Perchlorate

A new Schiff base Dibenzoyl-bissemicarbazone C15H16N6O2(L) and its complex with neodymium(Ⅲ ) perchlorate [NdL2(H2O)2](ClO4)3 were synthesized. The crystal and molecular structure of the title complex were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystal is monoclinic and conforms to space group P. with cell constants a=10. 893(2) A, b= 12. 118(3) A , c=22. 494(5) A , β=89. 86(3)% V = 2969.19A3. The final standard deviation R=0. 0919. In the complex Nd is coordinated by four nitrogen and six oxygen atoms, of which four nitrogen and four oxygen atoms are provided by two neutral ligands L, and the other two oxygen atoms are provided by two water molecules, forming a ten-coordinated complex cation, which the perchlorate groups exist in the outer sphere. The coordination polyhedron takes a bicapped anti-square prism arrangement. That the average bond length of Nd-N is 2. 735 A indicates that the coordination of N in groups to Nd( Ⅲ ) is very weak.