H2S在氧化石墨烯表面的吸附和分解的理论研究

用周期性密度泛函方法对H₂S在氧化石墨烯(GO)上的吸附和分解进行了理论计算, 讨论了H₂S和GO上的羟基和环氧基团的反应过程．结果表明,反应过程是通过H₂S或-SH上的H转移使得GO的环氧基开环和羟基氢化,当GO相反面存在羟基时有助于环氧基团的开环和羟基氢化反应．H₂S在GO上吸附和分解到S原子的反应机理中引入了相应的中间态,计算两次脱氢过程能垒分别为3.2和10.4 kcal/mol,第二个H原子的转移是GO还原过程的速率决定步骤．结果还表明GO上的羟基和环氧基团有助于加强S原子和石墨烯的结合．     

Palladium‐catalyzed cyclization of 2‐alkynyl‐N‐ethanoyl anilines to indoles: synthesis,structural, spectroscopic,and mechanistic study

This study reports a facial regio‐selective synthesis of 2‐alkyl‐N‐ethanoyl indoles from substituted‐N‐ethanoyl anilines employing palladium (II) chloride, which acts as a cyclization catalyst. The mechanistic trait of palladium‐based cyclization is also explored by employing density functional theory. In a two‐step mechanism, the palladium, which attaches to the ethylene carbons, promotes the proton transfer and cyclization. The gas‐phase barrier height of the first transition state is 37 kcal/mol, indicating the rate‐determining step of this reaction. Incorporating acetonitrile through the solvation model on density solvation model reduces the barrier height to 31 kcal/mol. In the presence of solvent, the electron‐releasing (–CH₃) group has a greater influence on the reduction of the barrier height compared with the electron‐withdrawing group (–Cl). These results further confirm that solvent plays an important role on palladium‐catalyzed proton transfer and cyclization. For unveiling structural, spectroscopic, and photophysical properties, experimental and computational studies are also performed. Thermodynamic analysis discloses that these reactions are exothermic. The highest occupied molecular orbital?lowest unoccupied molecular orbital gap (4.9–5.0 eV) confirms that these compounds are more chemically reactive than indole. The calculated UV–Vis spectra by time‐dependent density functional theory exhibit strong peaks at 290, 246, and 232 nm, in good agreement with the experimental results. Moreover, experimental and computed ¹H and ¹³C NMR chemical shifts of the indole derivatives are well correlated. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Heterogeneous reaction mechanism of elemental mercury oxidation by oxygen species over MnO2 catalyst

MnO₂-based catalysts have attracted great attention in the field of elemental mercury (Hg⁰) catalytic oxidation because of their superior catalytic performance and wide temperature window. Quantum chemistry calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) combined with periodic slab models were carried out to investigate the heterogeneous mechanism of Hg⁰ oxidation by oxygen species (gas-phase O₂, chemisorbed oxygen, and lattice oxygen) on MnO₂ surface. The results indicate that Hg⁰ and HgO are chemically adsorbed on MnO₂ surface with the adsorption energies of ?69.50 and ?226.48?kJ/mol, respectively. The adsorption of O₂ on MnO₂ surface belongs to chemisorption. O₂ can decompose on MnO₂ surface with an energy barrier of 97.46?kJ/mol to produce two atomic adsorbed oxygen. The perpendicular adsorbed O₂ and dissociative adsorbed O₂ are more favorable for Hg⁰ catalytic oxidation than lattice oxygen, and perpendicular adsorbed O₂ is the most active oxygen for Hg⁰ oxidation. The reaction pathway of Hg⁰ oxidation by perpendicular adsorbed O₂ includes three reaction steps: Hg⁰?→?Hg(ads)?→?HgO(ads)?→?HgO. The third step (HgO(ads)?→?HgO) is endothermic by 168.17?kJ/mol with an energy barrier of 179.48?kJ/mol, and it is the rate-limiting step of the whole Hg⁰ oxidation reaction.     

Adsorption CO2 on the perfect and oxygen vacancy defect surfaces of anatase TiO2 and its photocatalytic mechanism of conversion to CO

The adsorption energies for physisorption and the most stable chemisorption of CO₂ on the neutral charge of perfect anatase [TiO₂] (0 0 1) are −9.03 and −24.66 kcal/mol on the spin-unpolarized and −12.98 and −26.19 kcal/mol on the spin-polarized surface. The small activation barriers of 1.67 kcal/mol on the spin-unpolarized surface and of 6.66 kcal/mol on the spin-unpolarized surface were obtained. The adsorption mechanism of CO₂ on the oxygen vacancy defect [TiO₂ + V_O] surface of anatase TiO₂ using density functional theory calculations was investigated. The energetically preferred conversion of CO₂ to CO was found either on the spin-unpolarized or spin-polarized surfaces of oxygen vacancy defect surface [TiO₂ + V_O] as photocatalyst.     

DFT studies on catalytic dehydrogenation of ammonia borane by Ni(NHC)2

The catalytic dehydrogenation mechanism of ammonia borane (NH₃BH₃, AB) by Ni N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes has been investigated by density functional theory. Two possible mechanisms of the dehydrogenation of NH₃BH₃ have been theoretically studied: intramolecular reaction at Ni dicarbene and intermolecular reaction at Ni monocarbene and dicarbene. The facile occurrence of the dehydrogenation of AB was demonstrated by the low activation barriers of the rate‐determining step. It was found that the intramolecular pathway is mostly kinetically favorable with lower activation barrier of 15.51 kcal/mol than the intermolecular pathway. Moreover, for intermolecular dehydrogenation of AB, the activation prefers to take place at monocarbene Ni(NHC) catalyst. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Theoretical study on structures and stability of SiC3S isomers

Various levels of calculations are carried out to explore the potential energy surfaces (PES) of singlet and triplet SiC₃S, a molecule of potential interest in interstellar chemistry. At the DFT/B3LYP/6-311G(d) level, a total of 57 minimum isomers and 92 interconversion transition states are located. The structures of the most relevant isomers and transition states are further optimized at the QCISD/6-311G(d) level followed by CCSD(T)/6-311?+?G(2df) single-point energy calculations. At the QCISD level, the lowest-lying isomer is the chain-like SiCCCS ³ 1 (0.0?kcal/mol) with a great kinetic stability of 54.1?kcal/mol. In addition, ring isomers CC-cCSSi ¹ 9 (19.8?kcal/mol), S-cCCCSi ¹ 12 (30.4?kcal/mol), S-cCCSiC ¹ 18 (9.4?kcal/mol), S-cSiCCC ¹ 21 (34.4?kcal/mol) and cage-like isomer cage-SiSCCC ¹ 23 (51.8?kcal/mol) also possess considerable kinetic stability (more than 10.0?kcal/mol). As a result, these six isomers are predicted to be possible candidates for future experimental and astrophysical detection. The bond natures and possible formation pathways in interstellar space of the SiCCCS are discussed. The predicted structure and spectroscopic properties for it are expected to be informative for the identification of SiC₃S and even larger SiC _n S species either in laboratory or in space.     

过氧硝酸分解势能面的理论研究

使用密度泛函理论B3LYP/6-311+ G(2d,2p)研究了过氧硝酸的最低能量结构．采用耦合簇方法CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ首次分别扫描了过氧硝酸沿氧-氮和氧-氧键的分解势能面．计算结果表明在氧-氮势能面上,当O3—N4键长是2.82 ?时,对应的疏松过渡态的能垒是25.6 kcal/mol;在氧$-$氧键的势能面上,当O2—O3键长是2.35 ?时,对应的疏松过渡态的能垒是37.4 kcal/mol．这表明过氧硝酸更容易分解为HO₂和NO₂．     

Mechanistic insights into N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC)‐catalyzed N‐acylation of N‐sulfonylcarboxamides with aldehydes

In the current work, density functional theory calculations were performed to elucidate the detailed reaction mechanism for N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC)‐catalyzed oxidative N‐acylation reaction of amides with aldehydes affording imide products. According to the calculated results, the reaction is initiated by the nucleophilic attack of NHC to aldehydes forming zwitterionic intermediate, which can then form Breslow intermediate via proton transfer. The Breslow intermediate can then be oxidized affording the oxidative intermediate, which can then go through 1,2‐addition with the deprotonated N‐sulfonylcarboxamides. Subsequently, elimination of NHC catalyst produces the final imide product. Our results reveal that the proton in N‐sulfonylcarboxamides is probably abstracted by base t‐BuOK or DPQH, and the deprotonation process is barrier‐less. Moreover, for the second step, ie, the formation of Breslow intermediate, direct proton transfer is impossible to occur. On the contrary, the results reveal that t‐BuOH can mediate the proton transfer in this step and significantly lower the energy barrier to 24.1 kcal/mol, which is also the highest energy barrier for the whole reaction. The work provides not only valuable clues for elucidating the detailed reaction mechanism for the invaluable NHC‐catalyzed oxidative reactions but also mechanistic insights for the rational design of novel NHC‐catalyzed oxidative reactions in the future.     

A complete active-space self-consistent-field study on cubic N8

Summary Complete Active-Space Self-Consistent-Field (CAS-SCF) calculations for cubic N₈ are presented. We studied the N₈↔4N₂ reaction inD _4h symmetry and found its energy release and activation barrier with three different atomic basis sets. The energy release for this reaction is predicted to be around 526 kcal/mol, while the energy barrier to dissociation is estimated about 159 kcal/mol. These results are in substantial agreement with previousab initio estimates. The authors of this paper have agreed to not receive the proofs for correction.     

Effect of spin contamination error on surface catalytic reaction: NO reduction by core-shell catalysts

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The effects of spin contamination errors on the activation barriers of catalytic NO reduction by TiO₂/Ag and ZrO₂/Cu core-shell catalyst models were investigated using an approximate spin projection method and an unrestricted density functional theory calculation with the plane-wave basis set. The estimated barrier of the TiO₂/Ag system increased (0.03?eV), whereas that of the ZrO₂/Cu system decreased (0.04?eV) after the correction of the spin contamination error. This difference in the estimated barriers of the two systems can be attributed to the difference in their surface structures. The error obtained for the TiO₂/Ag system was larger than that obtained for the gas phase, i.e. the spin contamination error was induced by the molecule/surface interaction. Moreover, the error correction also changed the rate-determining step of ZrO₂/Cu. These results demonstrate the importance of the correction of spin contamination errors for the detailed investigation of catalytic reactions.     

Computational study of singlet and triplet sulfonylnitrenes insertion into 1,3‐butadienes: 1,2‐ or 1,4‐cycloaddition?

The formation of N‐trifluoromethylsulfonyl‐2‐vinylaziridine and N‐trifluoromethylsulfonyl‐3‐pyrroline by the reaction of the singlet and triplet trifluoromethanesulfonylnitrenes with s‐cis‐ and s‐trans‐1,3‐butadienes was studied theoretically at the B3LYP/6‐311++G(d,p) and M06‐2X/6‐311++G(d,p) levels of theory. The singlet trifluoromethanesulfonylnitrene adds to s‐cis‐ and s‐trans‐1,3‐butadiene exothermally in one step to give the product of 1,2‐cycloaddition, N‐trifluoromethylsulfonyl‐2‐vinylaziridine, the energy decreasing by 88.5 and 86.2 kcal/mol at the B3LYP level and by 105.2 and 103.0 kcal/mol at the M06‐2X level, respectively. The formed 2‐vinylaziridine can undergo rotation about the C(2)–C_sp2 bond with the barrier not exceeding 3.5 kcal/mol and to rearrange into N‐trifluoromethylsulfonyl‐3‐pyrroline. The triplet trifluoromethanesulfonylnitrene reacts with s‐cis‐ and s‐trans‐1,3‐butadiene in two steps. The first exothermic step is the formation of the triplet diradical adducts. The second step is the spin inversion with the energy raising by 5.8 and 17.8 kcal/mol at the B3LYP level and by 11.0 and 20.8 kcal/mol at the M06‐2X level for the adducts to s‐cis‐ and s‐trans‐1,3‐butadiene, respectively. Recombination of the radical centers occurs selectively to give N‐trifluoromethylsulfonyl‐2‐vinylaziridine that is exothermally rearranged into N‐trifluoromethylsulfonyl‐3‐pyrroline with the energy barrier of 40 kcal/mol at the B3LYP level and of 50 kcal/mol at the M06‐2X level. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Reaction of C2HCl2+O2: Combined TR-FTIR Spectroscopy and Electronic Structure

用时间分辨傅立叶变换红外发射光谱(TR-FTIR)和G3MP2//B3LYP/6-311G(d,p)水平的电子结构计算研究了环境化学中重要的二氯代乙烯自由基C₂HCl₂和O₂分子的基元反应通道和机理. 通过0.5 cm^-1高分辨的TR-FTIR发射光谱观察到三种振动激发态产物CO₂、CO和HCl,由光谱拟合得到CO和HCl的振动态分布,结合电子结构计算的反应势能曲线,提出反应机理和能量上最可能的反     

CO2 dissociation on Ni(2 1 1)

The direct and H-mediated dissociation of CO₂ on Ni(2 1 1) were investigated at the level of density functional theory. Although formate (HCOO) formation via CO₂ hydrogenation was widely reported for CO₂ adsorption on metal surfaces, it is found that on Ni(2 1 1) HCOO dissociation into CHO and O is much difficult, while direct dissociation of adsorbed CO₂ into CO and O is more favorable. It is also found that the degree of electron transfer from surface to adsorbed CO₂ correlates with the elongation of C-O bond lengths and the reduction of the CO₂ dissociation barrier.     

Quantum chemical study on the mechanism of intramolecular cyclization of 2‐benzyloxyphenyl trimethylsilyl ketone to give the benzofuran derivatives

Quantum chemical calculations have been performed to explore the mechanism of intramolecular cyclization of 2‐benzyloxyphenyl trimethylsilyl ketone (acylsilane) to give the benzofuran derivatives stereoselectively. This reaction involves a formation of siloxycarbene intermediate and a C–H bond insertion of siloxycarbene. The comparative studies on three possible insertion of siloxycarbene show that the concerted insertion of siloxycarbene into C–H bond (pathway a), which needs overcoming an energy barrier of 45.1 kcal/mol, is the most unlikely pathway, and the stepwise insertion of siloxycarbene without spin multiplicity change (pathway c) is energetically more favorable than the stepwise insertion of siloxycarbene with spin multiplicity change (pathway b). More importantly, this work can provide an insight into the stereoselectivity in this reaction in atomic molecular level. The formation of siloxycarbene is calculated to be endergonic by 22.9 kcal/mol with an energy barrier of 30.2 kcal/mol, being the rate‐determining step of the whole process. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Interaction of Ga<Subscript>3</Subscript> cluster with molecular hydrogen: combined DFT and CCSD(T) theoretical study

We have explored the lowest doublet and quartet potential energy surfaces (PES) for the reaction of gallium trimer with H₂. This reaction was studied experimentally by Margrave and co-workers in a noble gas matrix. The detailed reaction paths ending up with the low-energy Ga₃H₂ hydride isomers have been predicted based on the high level ab initio coupled-cluster calculations (CCSD(T)) with large basis set. We have found that the reaction occuring on the lowest doublet PES is described by the activation barrier for H₂ cleavage of about 15 kcal/mol, consistent with experiment. In the most stable Ga₃H₂ hydride structure, whose formation is exothermic by 15 kcal/mol, both H atoms assume three-fold bridged positions. The diterminal planar structure of Ga₃H₂, proposed experimentally from the observed IR spectra, is found to be only 1 kcal/mol less stable than the dibridged form.     

The reaction of carbon and water as catalyzed by a nickel surface

Many of the individual steps which make up the reaction of carbon and water to produce CO and H₂ were studied on a nickel foil surface using temperature-programmed reaction spectroscopy (TPRS), Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS). Surface graphite and carbide, two metastable surface carbon forms, were prepared by dehydrogeneration of C₂H₂ and served as reactant carbon. UPS of the graphite monolayer in contact with the metal yielded a valence electronic structure that could be interpreted in terms of the bulk band structure of graphite. The fully carbided Ni surface was active for H₂O dissociation with an estimated activation energy ≤ 5 kcal/mol. The reaction of graphitic carbon in contact with the nickel surface and adsorbed oxygen occurs directly without isolated prior breaking of carbon-carbon bonds. The estimated activation energy for the direct reaction was 44 kcal/mol. A different catalytic reaction cycle involving carbon-carbon bond breaking followed by oxidation of the carbide is energetically more demanding. The activation energy for direct carbon-carbon bond breaking was estimated to be between 65 and 70 kcal/mol. Following this demanding step, the reaction between carbidic carbon and oxygen proceeded with estimated activation energy of 31 kcal/mol.     

Comprehensive evolution mechanism of SOx formation during pyrite oxidation

Pyrite (FeS₂) oxidation during coal combustion is one of the main sources of harmful SO₂ emission from coal-fired power plants. Density functional theory (DFT) study was performed to uncover the evolution mechanism of SO_x formation during pyrite oxidation. The results show that chemisorption mechanism is responsible for O₂, SO₂ and SO₃ adsorption on FeS₂ surface. The presence of formed oxidation layer (Fe₂O₃) weakens the interaction between O₂ molecule and FeS₂ surface. The adsorbed O₂ molecule easily dissociates into active surface O atom for SO_x formation. The dissociation reaction of O₂ is activated by 77.38?kJ/mol, and exothermic by 138.46?kJ/mol. Compared to the further oxidation of SO₂ into SO₃, SO₂ prefers to desorb from FeS₂ surface. The dominant reaction pathway of SO₂ formation from the oxidation of the outermost FeS₂ surface layer is a three-step process: surface lattice S oxidation, SO₂ desorption and replenishment of S vacancy by activated surface O atom. The elementary reaction of surface lattice S oxidation has an activation energy barrier of 197.96?kJ/mol, and is identified as the rate-limiting step. SO₂ formation from the further oxidation of bulk FeS₂ layer is controlled by a four-step process: bulk lattice S migration, lattice S oxidation, SO₂ desorption and surface O atom deposition. Migration of lattice S from bulk position to the outermost surface shows a high activation energy barrier of 175.83?kJ/mol. The deposition process of surface O atom is a relatively easy step, and is activated by 21.05?kJ/mol.     

Substituent effect on electron affinity,gas‐phase basicity,and structure of monosubstituted propargyl radicals and their anions: a theoretical study

The substituent effect of electron‐withdrawing groups on electron affinity and gas‐phase basicity has been investigated for substituted propargyl radicals and their corresponding anions. It is shown that when a hydrogen of the α‐CH₂ group or acetylenic CH in the propargyl system is substituted by an electron‐withdrawing substituent, electron affinity increases, whereas gas‐phase basicity decreases. The calculated electron affinities are 0.95 eV (CH?C? CH₂?), 1.15 eV (CH?C? CHF?), 1.38 eV (CH?C? CHCl?), 1.48 eV (CH?C? CHBr?) for the isomers with terminal CH and 1.66 eV (CF?C? CH₂?), 1.70 eV (CCl?C? CH₂?), 1.86 eV (CBr?C? CH₂?) for the isomers with terminal CX at B3LYP level. The calculated gas‐phase basicities for their anions are 378.4 kcal/mol (CH?C? CH₂:^?), 371.6 kcal/mol (CH?C? CHF:^?), 365.1 kcal/mol (CH?C? CHCl:^?), 363.5 kcal/mol (CH?C? CHBr:^?) for the isomers with terminal CH and 362.6 kcal/mol (CF?C? CH₂:^?), 360.4 kcal/mol (CCl?C? CH₂:^?), 356.3 kcal/mol (CBr?C? CH₂:^?) for the isomers with terminal CX at B3LYP level. It is concluded that the larger the magnitude of electron‐withdrawing, the greater is the electron affinity of radical and the smaller is the gas‐phase basicity of its anion. This tendency of the electron affinities and gas‐phase bacisities is greater in isomers with the terminal CX than isomers with the terminal CH. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Kinetic aspect of CO2 reforming of CH4 on Ni(1 1 1): A density functional theory calculation

Reaction pathways of CO₂ reforming of CH₄ on Ni(1 1 1) were investigated by using density functional theory calculation. The computed kinetic parameters agree with the available experimental data, and a new and simplified mechanism was proposed on the basis of computed energy barriers. The first step is CO₂ dissociation into surface CO and O (CO₂ → CO + O) and CH₄ sequentially dissociation into surface CH and H (CH₄ → CH₃ → CH₂ → CH). The second step is CH oxygenation into CHO (CH + O → CHO), which is more favored than its dissociation into C and hydrogen (CH → C + H). The third step is the dissociation of CHO into surface CO and H (CHO → CO + H). Finally, H₂ and CO desorb from Ni(1 1 1) and form free H₂ and CO. The rate-determining step is the CH₄ dissociative adsorption, and the key intermediate is surface adsorbed CHO. Parameters, which might modify the proposed mechanism, have been analyzed. In addition, the formation, deposition and elimination of surface carbon have been discussed accordingly.     

Mechanistic insights into C‐C cross coupling activities of Pd/Ni‐doped heterofullerenes

Mechanistic insights into Heck and Suzuki‐Miyaura cross coupling reactions with C₅₉M (M = Pd/Ni) catalysts were developed. Density functional theory was used for the analysis of all the intermediates and transition states possible during C‐C cross coupling reactions over the catalysts under study. Oxidative addition, a step common to both Heck and Suzuki‐Miyaura cross coupling reactions, was observed to proceed with smaller activation barriers over C₅₉Pd. Heck coupling of iodobenzene with styrene was observed to proceed via oxidative addition, migratory insertion, and reductive elimination steps. The free energy barriers for oxidative addition, migratory insertion, and reductive elimination steps were 14.8, 11.6, and 4.8 kcal/mol, respectively, over C₅₉Pd, and 17.4, 79.3, and 17.4 kcal/mol, respectively, over C₅₉Ni, indicating oxidative addition and migratory insertion to be the rate‐determining steps over C₅₉Pd and C₅₉Ni, respectively. Similarly for Suzuki‐Miyaura coupling reaction, activation barriers for oxidative addition, transmetalation, and reductive elimination steps were 14.8, 52.4, and 7.9 kcal/mol, respectively, over C₅₉Pd, and 17.4, 64.7, and 60.2 kcal/mol, respectively, over C₅₉Ni, indicating transmetalation step to be the rate‐determining step over both the heterofullerenes.