Surface tension of binary mixtures of imidazolium and ammonium based ionic liquids with alcohols, or water: cation, anion effect

The surface tensions were measured at atmospheric pressure, with use of a ring tensiometer, of a series of alcoholic solutions of closely related ionic liquids: 1-methyl-3-methylimidazolium methylsulfate, [MMIM][CH3SO4] in alcohol (methanol, or ethanol, or 1-butanol at 298.15 K), 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium methylsulfate, [BMIM][CH3SO4] in alcohol (methanol, or ethanol, or 1-butanol at 298.15 K), 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium octylsulfate, [BMIM][OcSO4] in alcohol (methanol, or 1-butanol at 298.15 K) and of 1-hexyloxymethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, [C6H(13)OCH2MIM][BF4], 1,3-dihexyloxymethylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, [(C6H13OCH2)2IM][BF4] in alcohol (methanol, or 1-butanol, or 1-hexanol at 308.15 and 318.5 K) and hexyl(2-hydroxyethyl)dimethylammonium bromide, C6Br in 1-octanol at 298.15 K. The set of ammonium ionic liquids of different cations and anions (C2Br, C2BF4, C2PF6, C2N(CN)2, C3Br, C4Br and C6Br) was chosen to show the influence of small amount of the ammonium ionic liquid on the surface tension of water at 298.15 K. The influence of the cation, or anion alkyl chain length on the properties under study (densities and surface tension) was tested.     

Dynamic Ring-chain Equilibrium of Nucleophilic Thiol-yne “Click” Polyaddition for Recyclable Poly(dithioacetal)s

We report a dynamic polymerization system based on the reversible nucleophilic Michael polyaddition of activated alkynes and dithiols. Four poly(dithioacetal)s(P1-P4) were prepared via the base-catalyzed thiol-yne "click" polyaddition of two dithiols(1,4-butanedithiol(4 S) and 1,5-pentanedithiol(5 S)) and two alkynones(3-butyn-2-one(Y1) and 1-phenyl-2-propyn-1-one(Y2)) at high concentrations. We systematically investigated the base-catalyzed polymerization of 4 S and Y1(for polymer P1) under dif...     

Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Pseudopteroxazole and Ileabethoxazole

Enantioselective total syntheses of pseudopteroxazole ( 1 ) and ileabethoxazole ( 2 ) are presented. The two original stereocenters were constructed in excellent enantioselectivity and good diastereoselectivity through Carreira's asymmetric dual catalytic allylation, which shows potential for accessing diastereoisomers at C2 and C3 of 1 and 2 . Cationic cyclizations of 13 and 24 demonstrated an effective pathway for the construction of the opposite configurations at C1 in 1 and 2 . Additionally, an approach for the introduction of methyl at C4 is a feasible solution for structural modifications at C4 in 1 and 2 .     

锂离子电池正极材料Li2FeSiO4/C的改性研究

采用改进的溶胶-凝胶法合成了Li2Fe1-xMnxSiO4/C(x=0, 1/4, 1/3, 1/2)复合材料. 用X射线衍射(XRD)、拉曼光谱和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)对材料的结构和形貌进行了表征. 通过恒流充放电对材料的电化学性能进行了测试. 结果表明, 在室温、1.5~4.8 V电压范围内, 于C/16倍率下进行充放电测试时, Li2Fe3/4Mn1/4SiO4/C具有较高的首次放电比容量(201.0 mA·h/g), 具有良好的电化学性能.     

Photodissociation dynamics of pyrimidine

Photodissociation of pyrimidine at 193 and 248 nm was investigated separately using vacuum ultraviolet photoionization at 118.4 and 88.6 nm and multimass ion imaging techniques. Six dissociation channels were observed at 193 nm, including C4N2H4 --> C4N2H3 + H and five ring opening dissociation channels, C4N2H4 --> C3NH3 + HCN, C4N2H4 --> 2C2NH2, C4N2H4 --> CH3N + C3NH, C4N2H4 --> C4NH2 + NH2, and C4N2H4 --> CH2N + C3NH2. Only the first four channels were observed at 248 nm. Photofragment translational energy distributions and dissociation rates indicate that dissociation occurs in the ground electronic state after internal conversion at both wavelengths. The dissociation rates were found to be >5 x 10(7) and 1 x 10(6) s(-1) at 193 and 248 nm, respectively. Comparison with the potential energies from ab initio calculations have been made.     

CeO2-promoted W-Mn/SiO2 catalysts for conversion of methane to C3-C4 hydrocarbons at elevated pressure

A CeO2-doped Na-Mn-W/SiO2 catalyst for oxidative conversion of methane has been studied in a micro-stainless-steel reactor under elevated pressure; a CH4 conversion of 47.2% with a C3-C4 selectivity of 47.3% (C2:C3:C4 = 1:1:3.3) was obtained at 983 K with 1.0 x 10(5) ml g-1 h-1 GHSV, CH4/O2 = 2.5 and P = 0.6 MPa.     

Adding a new dimension to the investigation of platinum-mediated arene C-H activation reactions using 2D NMR exchange spectroscopy. Dynamics of Pt(II) phenyl/benzene site exchange

Protonation of (N-N)PtPh(2) (1; N-N = diimine ArN=CMe-CMe=NAr with Ar = 2,6-Me(2)C(6)H(3) (a), 2,4,6-Me(3)C(6)H(2) (b), 4-Br-2,6-Me(2)C(6)H(2) (c), 3,5-Me(2)C(6)H(3) (d), and 4-CF(3)C(6)H(4) (e)) in the presence of MeCN at ambient temperature generates (N-N)Pt(Ph)(NCMe)(+) (2). At -78 degrees C, protonation of 1a yielded (N-N)PtPh(2)(H)(NCMe)(+) (3a), which produced benzene and 2a at ca. -40 degrees C. Protonation of 1a-e in CD(2)Cl(2)/Et(2)O-d(10) furnished (N-N)Pt(C(6)H(5))(eta(2)-C(6)H(6))(+) (4a-e). The pi-benzene complexes 4a-c, sterically protected at Pt, eliminate benzene at ca. 0 degree C. The sterically less protected 4d-e lose benzene already at -30 degrees C. SST and 2D EXSY NMR demonstrate that phenyl and pi-benzene ligand protons undergo exchange with concomitant symmetrization of the diimine ligand, most likely via oxidative insertion of Pt into a C-H bond of coordinated benzene. The kinetics of the exchange processes for 4a-c were probed by quantitative EXSY spectroscopy, resulting in DeltaH() of 70-72 kJ mol(-1) and DeltaS of 37-48 J K(-1) mol(-1). A large, strongly temperature-dependent H/D kinetic isotope effect (9.7 at -34 degrees C; 6.9 at -19 degrees C) was measured for the dynamic behavior of 4a versus 4a-d(10), consistent with the proposed pi-benzene C-H bond cleavage. The fact that the pi-benzene complex 4a is thermally more robust in the absence of MeCN than is the Pt(IV) hydridodiphenyl complex 3a in the presence of MeCN agrees with the notion that arene elimination from Pt(IV) hydridoaryl complexes occurs via Pt(II) pi-arene intermediates that eliminate the hydrocarbon associatively, in this case, promoted by MeCN. Compounds 1a, 1b, 1d, 2a, and 2b have been crystallographically characterized.     

Bulky aluminum alkyl scavengers in olefin polymerization with group 4 catalysts

The binding of H2O to MeAl(OAr)2 (1: Ar = 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenyl) in THF-d8 at -40 degrees C provides aquo complex 2, the structure of which was determined by X-ray crystallography. Complex 2 is unstable above 0 degrees C in THF-d8 and decomposes to form ArOH (major), CH4 (minor), and a methyl aluminoxane of undetermined structure. Decomposition of 2 follows first-order kinetics with k = 3.0 x 10-4 s-1 at 5 degrees C. The hindered phenol ArOH slowly reacts with [Cp2ZrMe][MeB(C6F5)3] (4) in bromobenzene-d5 solution at 25 degrees C to furnish CH4 and [Cp2ZrOAr][MeB(C6F5)3] (5), the structure of which was confirmed by X-ray crystallography. This reaction follows second-order kinetics for [ArOH] = [4] = 0.045 M and with k = 2.8 x 10-3 M-1 s-1 at 25 degrees C. This corresponds to a rate that is >107 x slower than the apparent rate of ethylene insertion for 4 at 25 degrees C at typical concentrations encountered in olefin polymerization. The kinetic data, as well as control experiments involving the addition of ArOH to active catalyst producing poly(ethylene), demonstrate that ArOH has essentially no effect on polymerization kinetics involving 4.     

激光促进乙烯在硫酸镍上表面反应

制备了硫酸镍固体材料.采用红外光谱(IR)、程序升温脱附(TPD)和激光促进表面反应(LSSR)技术,研究了乙烯在NiSO4表面上的化学吸附态和激光促进C2H4表面反应性能.实验结果表明,C2H4以H原子与固体材料表面Lewis碱位(S=O键中的端氧)作用,形成分子吸附态.在常压和100 ℃条件下,用1079 cm－1激光激发吸附有C2H4分子中H的S=O键100次, C2H4转化率可达15％,生成丁二烯的选择性为100％.根据表征和反应结果,讨论了C2H4在NiSO4上的LSSR机理和影响LSSR性能的因素.     

Electronic transitions of CsC2, CsC2-, and CsC4 in neon matrixes

The anions of CsC2 and CsC4 produced by sputtering a graphite surface with Cs+ were mass-selected and trapped in neon matrixes at 6 K. The electronic absorption spectra of CsC2 and CsC4, obtained by photodetachment of electrons from the anions, were measured subsequently and reveal strong absorptions in the visible range, which resemble the known band systems of C2- and C4-, respectively. The origin band of CsC2 (500.4 nm) and CsC4 (442.6 nm) is shifted by approximately 1100 or by approximately 700 cm(-1) to the blue from the position of the 0(0)0 band of C2- or C4-. The observed system of CsC2 is assigned to the 2B2-X 2A1 electronic transition of the T-shaped form. The CsC4 spectrum is consistent with a C4- chain slightly perturbed by the Cs atom. The oscillator strength of the observed electronic transition of CsC2 and CsC4 is an order of magnitude larger than for the respective carbon anions. CsC2- has a weak electronic transition, assigned to 1B2-X 1A1 in the C2v form, with origin band at 516.5 nm.     

Palladium-catalyzed intramolecular oxidative alkylation of 4-pentenyl beta-dicarbonyl compounds

Reaction of 8-nonene-2,4-dione with a catalytic amount of [PdCl2(CH3CN)2] (2; 5 mol %) and a stoichiometric amount of CuCl2 (2.5 equiv) at room temperature for 3 h led to oxidative alkylation and formation of 2-acetyl-3-methyl-2-cyclohexenone in 80 % isolated yield. The oxidative alkylation of 4-pentenyl beta-diketones tolerated a number of terminal acyl groups and substitution at the C1 and C3 carbon atoms of the 4-pentenyl chain. Likewise, 4-pentenyl beta-keto esters that possessed geminal disubstitution at the C1, C2, or C3 carbon atom of the 4-pentenyl chain cyclized to form 2-carboalkoxy-2-cyclohexenones in moderate to good yield as the exclusive cyclized product. Deuterium-labeling experiments provided information regarding the mechanism of the palladium-catalyzed oxidative alkylation of 4-pentenyl beta-dicarbonyl compounds.     

Mechanistic study on the coupling reaction of aryl bromides with arylboronic acids catalyzed by (iminophosphine)palladium(0) complexes. Detection of a palladium(II) intermediate with a coordinated boron anion

The complexes [Pd(eta2-dmfu)(P-N)] [P-N = 2-(PPh2)C6H4-1-CH=NR, R = C(6)H(4)OMe-4; CHMe2; C6H3Me2-2,6; C6H3(CHMe2)-2,6] react with an excess of BrC6H4R1-4 (R1= CF3; Me) yielding the oxidative addition products [PdBr(C6H4R1-4)(P-N)] at different rates depending on R [C6H4OMe-4 > C6H3(CHMe2)-2,6 > CHMe2 approximately C6H3Me2-2,6] and R1 (CF3> Me). In the presence of K2CO3 and activated olefins (ol = dmfu, fn), the latter compounds react with an excess of 4-R2C6H4B(OH)2 (R2= H, Me, OMe, Cl) to give [Pd(eta2-ol)(P-N)] and the corresponding biaryl through transmetallation and fast reductive elimination. The transmetallation proceeds via a palladium(II) intermediate with an O-bonded boron anion, the formation of which is markedly retarded by increasing the bulkiness of R. The intermediate was isolated for R = CHMe2, R1 = CF3 and R2= H. The boron anion is formulated as a diphenylborinate anion associated with phenylboronic acid and/or as a phenylboronate anion associated with diphenylborinic acid. In general, the oxidative addition proceeds at a lower rate than transmetallation and represents the rate-determining-step in the coupling reaction of aryl bromides with arylboronic acids catalyzed by [Pd(eta2-dmfu)(P-N)].     

Tuning the metal-metal bonds in the linear tricobalt compound Co3(dpa)(4)Cl2: bond-stretch and spin-state isomers

Sixteen crystal structures have been determined for the Co3(dpa)(4)Cl2 (1) molecule in the following five crystalline solvates: 1.0.85(C2H5)(2)O.0.15CH2Cl2 (at 120, 213, 296 K); 1.C(4)H(8)O (at 120, 295 K); 1.C(6)H(6) (at 170, 213, 260, 316 K); 1.C(6)H(12) (at 120, 213, 295 K); and 1.1.75C(7)H(8).0.5C(6)H(14) (at 90, 110, 170, 298 K). For 1.0.85(C(2)H(5))(2)O.0.15CH2Cl2 the molecule of 1 is almost symmetrical at 120 K (Co-Co distances of 2.3191(3) and 2.3304(3) A) and remains so at 296 K (2.2320(3) and 2.3667(4) A). For 1.C(4)H(8)O the Co(3) chain is precisely symmetric at both 120 and 295 K though the Co-Co distances increase from 2.3111(4) to 2.3484(4) A as the temperature rises. Compound 1.C(6)H(6) is isomorphous with 1.C(4)H(8)O at 213 and 295 K and has rigorously symmetrical molecules at these two temperatures. Between 213 and 120 K the space group changes from Pccn to P2(1)/c, so that a symmetrical arrangement is no longer required and the two Co-Co distances then differ slightly (by 0.013 A). For 1.C(6)H(6) there is a phase change between 316 K (Pca2(1)) and 260 K (Pna2(1)). At all four temperatures, however, the molecule is almost symmetrical, with the two independent Co-Co distances never differing by more than 0.026 A. 1.1.75C(7)H(8).0.5C(6)H(14) contains, at all temperatures between 90 and 298 K, two crystallographically independent molecules, each of which is distinctly unsymmetrical at 298 K (Co-Co distances of 2.312(2) and 2.442(2) A for one and 2.310(2) and 2.471(2) for the other). In the first of these the distances converge to a much smaller separation (0.056 A) at 90 K while in the second the difference decreases to only 0.006 A at 90 K. Magnetic susceptibility measurements from 1.8 to 350 K indicate in each case that a gradual spin crossover, from a doublet to a quartet state, occurs over this temperature range.     

石墨烯掺杂LiFePO4电极材料的合成及其电化学性能

采用水热辅助法合成石墨烯改性的LiFePO4多孔微球电极材料.并对材料进行了X射线衍射(XRD),扫描电子显微镜(SEM),透射电子显微镜(TEM),傅里叶变换红外(FT-IR)光谱,充放电等表征.从结果可以看出在2 mol·L-1LiNO3电解液体系中单纯包碳的LiFePO4微球在1C、50C倍率时的比容量分别为137、64 mAh·g-1,而石墨烯改性的LiFePO4微球的比容量分别为141、105 mAh·g-1,表现出较好的倍率特性.恒流循环充放电测试60次后两种材料容量保持率分别为70.2％、83.7％.说明掺杂石墨烯构成的三维导电网络能明显改善LiFePO4的电化学性能.     

pH-selective synthesis and structures of alkynyl, acyl, and ketonyl intermediates in anti-Markovnikov and Markovnikov hydrations of a terminal alkyne with a water-soluble iridium aqua complex in water

Chemoselective synthesis and isolation of alkynyl [Cp*Ir(III)(bpy)CCPh]+ (2, Cp* = eta5-C5Me5, bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine), acyl [Cp*Ir(III)(bpy)C(O)CH2Ph]+ (3), and ketonyl [Cp*Ir(III)(bpy)CH2C(O)Ph]+ (4) intermediates in anti-Markovnikov and Markovnikov hydration of phenylacetylene in water have been achieved by changing the pH of the solution of a water-soluble aqua complex [Cp*Ir(III)(bpy)(H2O)]2+ (1) used as the same starting complex. The alkynyl complex [2]2.SO4 was synthesized at pH 8 in the reaction of 1.SO4 with H2O at 25 degrees C, and was isolated as a yellow powder of 2.X (X = CF3SO3 or PF6) by exchanging the counteranion at pH 8. The acyl complex [3]2.SO4 was synthesized by changing the pH of the aqueous solution of [2]2.SO4 from 8 to 1 at 25 degrees C, and was isolated as a red powder of 3.PF6 by exchanging the counteranion at pH 1. The hydration of phenylacetylene with 1.SO4 at pH 4 at 25 degrees C gave a mixture of [2]2.SO4 and [4]2.SO4. After the counteranion was exchanged from SO4(2-) to CF3SO3-, the ketonyl complex 4.CF3SO3 was separated from the mixture of 2.CF3SO3 and 4.CF3SO3 because of the difference in solubility at pH 4 in water. The structures of 2-4 were established by IR with 13C-labeled phenylacetylene (Ph12C13CH), electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), and NMR studies including 1H, 13C, distortionless enhancement by polarization transfer (DEPT), and correlation spectroscopy (COSY) experiments. The structures of 2.PF6 and 3.PF6 were unequivocally determined by X-ray analysis. Protonation of 3 and 4 gave an aldehyde (phenylacetaldehyde) and a ketone (acetophenone), respectively. Mechanism of the pH-selective anti-Markovnikov vs Markovnikov hydration has been discussed based on the effect of pH on the formation of 2-4. The origins of the alkynyl, acyl, and ketonyl ligands of 2-4 were determined by isotopic labeling experiments with D2O and H2(18)O.     

大功率LiFePO4/C复合材料的简易合成

本文采用碳热还原法,以廉价的FeCl3.6H2O、LiOH.H2O和NH4H2PO4为原料,以淀粉为还原剂和碳源,经600℃烧结制备了LiFePO4/C复合材料,方法重现性好且易规模化生产.采用X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电镜(SEM)和透射电镜(TEM)测试材料结构,观察材料形貌.结果表明,经600℃烧结10 h所得产物具有纯相的橄榄石型晶体结构,良好的结晶性和规整的球状形貌,粒径为60～100 nm.包覆LiFePO4晶粒的碳层厚度为2 nm左右,碳含量为5%(by mass).材料的振实密度高达1.3 g·cm-3,在0.2C倍率下首次放电比容量为162 mAh·g-1,在0.5C、1C、2C、5C和10C倍率下首次放电比容量分别为143、135、127、116和105 mAh·g-1,10C倍率下500周期循环,其比容量仍有81 mAh·g-1.     

Two metal centers bridging two C60 cages as a wide passage for efficient interfullerene electronic interaction

The reaction of Ir4(CO)8(PMe3)4 with excess C60 in refluxing 1,2-dichlorobenzene, followed by treatment by CNR (R = CH2C6H5) at 70 degrees C, affords a fullerene-metal sandwich complex Ir4(CO)3(mu4-CH)(PMe3)2(mu-PMe2)(CNR)(mu-eta2,eta2-C60)(mu4-eta1,eta1,eta2,eta2-C60) (1), which exhibits an interesting structural feature of two metal atoms bridging the two C60 centers as well as the first example of a mu4-eta1,eta1,eta2,eta2-C60 bonding mode. Compound 1 has been characterized by NMR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and X-ray diffraction study. A cyclic voltammetry study reveals strong electronic communication between the two C60 centers in 1, which is due to the presence of a wide channel of two metal centers between the two C60 cages for efficient electronic interaction.     

Regioselective nucleophilic addition of triphenylphosphine to the nitrosylruthenium alkynyl complexes having a hydrotris(pyrazol-1-yl)borate: formation of phosphonio-alkenyl, alkynyl, and allenyl species

A nitrosylruthenium alkynyl complex of TpRuCl(C[triple bond]CPh)(NO)(1a) was reacted with PPh3 in the presence of HBF4.Et2O at room temperature to give a beta-phosphonio-alkenyl complex (E)-[TpRuCl{CH=C(PPh3)Ph}(NO)]BF4(2.BF4). On the other hand, for gamma-hydroxyalkynyl complexes TpRuCl{C[triple bond]CC(R)2OH}(NO)(R = Me (1b), Ph (1c), H (1d)), similar treatments with PPh3 were found to give gamma-phosphonio-alkynyl [TpRuCl{C[triple bond]CC(Me)2PPh3}(NO)]BF4(3.BF4),alpha-phosphonio-allenyl [TpRuCl{C(PPh3)=C=CPh2}(NO)]BF4(4.BF4), and a novel product of gamma-hydroxy-beta-phosphonio-alkenyl (E)-[TpRuCl{CH=C(PPh3)CH2OH}(NO)]BF4(5.BF4), respectively. Dominant factors for the selectivity in affording 3-5 were associated with the steric congestion and electronic properties at the gamma-carbons, along with those around the metal fragment. From the bis(alkynyl) complex TpRu(C[triple bond]CPh)2(NO)6, a bis(beta-phosphonio-alkenyl)(E,E)-[TpRu{CH=C(PPh3)Ph}2(NO)](BF4)2{7.(BF4)2} was produced at room temperature. However, similar reactions at 0 degrees C gave an alkynyl beta-phosphonio-alkenyl complex (E)-[TpRu(C[triple bondCPh){CH=C(PPh3)Ph}(NO)]BF4(8.BF4) as a sole product, of which additional hydration in the presence of HBF4.Et2O afforded a [small beta]-phosphonio-alkenyl ketonyl (E)-[TpRu{CH2C(O)Ph}{CH=C(PPh3)Ph}(NO)]BF(.9BF4). Five complexes, 2-5 and 7 were crystallographically characterized.     

一种新碳源包覆的LiFePO4/C正极材料的合成及性能

以富含植物蛋白的豆浆作为碳源, 以FePO₄·4H₂O和LiOH·H₂O为原料, 采用流变相方法合成了锂离子电池正极材料LiFePO₄/C. X射线衍射(XRD)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)的表征结果显示, 样品具有良好的结晶性能, 平均粒径约200 nm, 颗粒表面有均匀网络状的碳包覆. 充放电循环研究结果表明: LiFePO₄/C具有稳定的电化学循环性能, LiFePO₄/C正极材料在0.1C倍率下首次放电比容量达到156 mAh·g^-1, 首次充放电效率达到98.7%; 循环40次后, 放电比容量为149 mAh·g^-1, 电池容量保持率在95%以上, 1C倍率下首次放电比容量达到134.7 mAh·g^-1, 显示出较高的电化学容量和优良的循环稳定性.     

Ab initio/Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus study of the singlet C4H4 potential energy surface and of the reactions of C2(X1 Sigmag+) with C4H4(X1A1g) and C(1D) with C3H4 (allene and methylacetylene)

Ab initio modified Gaussian-2 G2M(RCC,MP2) calculations have been performed for various isomers and transition states on the singlet C4H4 potential energy surface. The computed relative energies and molecular parameters have then been used to calculate energy-dependent rate constants for different isomerization and dissociation processes in the C4H4 system employing Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus theory and to predict branching ratios of possible products of the C2(1Sigmag+)+C2H4, C(1D)+H2CCCH2, and C(1D)+H3CCCH reactions under single-collision conditions. The results show that C2 adds to the double C=C bond of ethylene without a barrier to form carbenecyclopropane, which then isomerizes to butatriene by a formal C2 "insertion" into the C-C bond of the C2H4 fragment. Butatriene can rearrange to the other isomers of C4H4, including allenylcarbene, methylenecyclopropene, vinylacetylene, methylpropargylene, cyclobutadiene, tetrahedrane, methylcyclopropenylidene, and bicyclobutene. The major decomposition products of the chemically activated C4H4 molecule formed in the C2(1Sigmag+)+C2H4 reaction are calculated to be acetylene+vinylidene (48.6% at Ecol = 0) and 1-buten-3-yne-2-yl radical [i-C4H3(X2A'), H2C=C=C=CH*]+H (41.3%). As the collision energy increases from 0 to 10 kcal/mol, the relative yield of i-C4H3+H grows to 52.6% and that of C2H2+CCH2 decreases to 35.5%. For the C(1D)+allene reaction, the most important products are also i-C4H3+H (55.2%) and C2H2+CCH2 (30.1%), but for C(1D)+methylacetylene, which accesses a different region of the C4H4 singlet potential energy surface, the calculated product branching ratios differ significantly: 65%-69% for i-C4H3+H, 18%-14% for C2H2+CCH2, and approximately 8% for diacetylene+H2.