A theoretical study of reactivity and regioselectivity in the hydroxylation of adamantane by ferrate(VI)

The conversion of adamantane to adamantanols mediated by ferrate (FeO(4)(2)(-)), monoprotonated ferrate (HFeO(4)(-)), and diprotonated ferrate (H(2)FeO(4)) is discussed with the hybrid B3LYP density functional theory (DFT) method. Diprotonated ferrate is the best mediator for the activation of the C-H bonds of adamantane via two reaction pathways, in which 1-adamantanol is formed by the abstraction of a tertiary hydrogen atom (3 degrees ) and 2-adamantanol by the abstraction of a secondary hydrogen atom (2 degrees ). Each reaction pathway is initiated by a C-H bond cleavage via an H-atom abstraction that leads to a radical intermediate, followed by a C-O bond formation via an oxygen rebound step to lead to an adamantanol complex. The activation energies for the C-H cleavage step are 6.9 kcal/mol in the 1-adamantanol pathway and 8.4 kcal/mol in the 2-adamantanol pathway, respectively, at the B3LYP/6-311++G level of theory, whereas those of the second reaction step corresponding to the rebound step are relatively small. Thus, the rate-determining step in the two pathways is the C-H bond dissociation step, which is relevant to the regioselectivity for adamantane hydroxylation. The relative rate constant (3 degrees )/(2 degrees ) for the competing H-atom abstraction reactions is calculated to be 9.30 at 75 degrees C, which is fully consistent with an experimental value of 10.1.     

Atmospheric oxidation mechanism of naphthalene initiated by OH radical. A theoretical study

The atmospheric oxidation mechanism of naphthalene (Nap) initiated by the OH radical is investigated using density functional theory at B3LYP and BB1K levels. The initial step is dominated by OH addition to the C(1)-position of Nap, forming radical C(10)H(8)-1-OH (R1), followed by the O(2) additions to the C(2) position to form peroxy radical R1-2OO, or by the hydrogen abstraction by O(2) to form 1-naphthol. In the atmosphere, R1-2OO will react with NO to form R1-2O, undergo intramolecular hydrogen transfer from -OH to -OO to form R1-P2O1 radicals, or possibly undergo ring-closure to R1-29OO bi-cyclic radical; while the formation of other bi-cyclic intermediate radicals is negligible because of the extremely high Gibbs energy barriers of >100 kJ mol(-1) (relative to R1+O(2)). The mechanism is different from the oxidation mechanism of benzene, where the bi-cyclic intermediates play an important role. Radicals R1-P2O1 will dissociate to 2-formylcinnamaldehyde, while R1-2O will be transformed to stable products C(10)H(6)O(3) via epoxide-like intermediates. A few reaction pathways suggested in previous experimental studies are found to be invalid.     

The kinetics of oxidation of low molecular weight aldehydes by potassium ferrate

Summary Oxidation of simple aldehydes is shown to follow a mixed order rate equation(¹), which contains three terms: the first, first order in the concentration of potassium ferrate (K₂FeO₄); the second, second order in K₂FeO₄; and the third contains the conditional rate constants which are substrate (aldehyde) concentration dependent. The third term is first order dependent on (K₂FeO₄). Aldehydes studied included chloral, acetaldehyde, and trimethylacetaldehyde.     

The kinetics of oxidation of simple aliphatic sulphur compounds by potassium ferrate

Potassium ferrate (K₂FeO₄) is highly soluble in water and a very strong oxidizing agent^{(1, 2)}. Other properties include a strong bacteriacidal action which has been documented by Murmann and Robinson⁽¹⁾. These characteristics, and others, suggest that potassium ferrate would be useful in the advanced treatment of municipal waste water. The efficiency of oxidation of various organic compounds by potassium ferrate must be investigated before conclusions can be drawn.When K₂FeO₄ is placed into aqueous solution a purple colour is produced which disappears as K₂FeO₄ is reduced. At a spectrophotometric wavelength of 505 nm this affords a convenient method for measuring the decomposition kinetics of K₂FeO₄.Rate constants were obtained by algorithmic analysis of spectral absorbance data by the Cornell method⁽³⁾. This work will present a mechanism of reaction for oxidation of simple aliphatic sulphur compounds by potassium ferrate. The oxidation of simple aliphatic sulphur compounds produces the corresponding sulphoxide or sulphone^{(4, 5)} Compounds studied included dimethyl sulphoxide, diethylsulphide, dimethylsulphone, and 2,2-thiodiethanol.     

The kinetics and mechanism of the oxidation of seleno-DL- methionine by potassium ferrate

The kinetics of the reaction of seleno-DL-methionine with potassium ferrate were investigated under pseudo first-order conditions. The oxidation to the selenoxide is complete within the timeframe of 7.5ms to 2s. The kinetics are first-order in each of the hydrogen ion, selenomethionine and ferrate ion concentrations over the pH range 8.53 to 10.13, but zeroth-order in hydrogen ion concentration at lower pH values. The results are very similar for methionine, except that the overall rate constant is over two orders of magnitude lower. The proposed mechanism involves a rate- determining step between selenomethionine and the protonated ferrate ion.     

高铁酸钾氧化脱除模拟轻质油中的含硫化合物

考察了K2FeO4对模拟轻质油中苯并噻吩（BT）及二苯并噻吩（DBT）的氧化性能。结果表明,水相中K2FeO4对BT、DBT的氧化活性比较低,水的存在使K2FeO4水解成黄色的Fe(OH)3而失去氧化有机硫化物的能力;在冰乙酸反应介质中,K2FeO4对BT及DBT的氧化活性有了明显的提高;固体催化剂KM的加入显著提高了乙酸反应介质中K2FeO4对BT及DBT的氧化活性。常温、常压,醋酸/模拟油体积比为1.0,K2FeO4/S摩尔比为1.0,KM/K2FeO4质量比为1.0的条件下,DBT的转化率达98.4%,BT的转化率为70.1%。     

Mechanism of the catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons by N-hydroxyphthalimide: a theoretical study

The mechanism of the recently proposed catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons by oxygen in the presence of N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) was established by quantum chemical calculations, consistent with experiments.     

Mechanism of cysteine oxidation by a hydroxyl radical: a theoretical study.

Cysteine oxidation by HO(.) was studied at a high level of ab initio theory in both gas phase and aqueous solution. Potential energy surface scans in the gas phase performed for the model system methanethiol+HO(.) indicate that the reactants can form two intermediate states: a sulfur-oxygen adduct and a hydrogen bound reactant complex. However these states appear to play a minor role in the reaction mechanism as long as they are fast dissociating states. Thus the main reaction channel predicted at the QCISD(T)/6-311+G(2df,2pd) level of theory is the direct hydrogen atom abstraction. The reaction mechanism is not perturbed by solvation which was found to induce only small variations in the Gibbs free energy of different reactant configurations. The larger size reactant system cysteine+HO* was treated by the integrated molecular orbital+molecular orbital (IMOMO) hybrid method mixing the QCISD(T)/6-311+G(2df,2pd) and the UMP2/6-311+G(d,p) levels of theory. The calculated potential energy, enthalpy, and Gibbs free energy barriers are slightly different from those of methanethiol. The method gave a rate constant for cysteine oxidation in aqueous solution, k=2.4 x 10(9) mol(-1) dm(3) s(-1), which is in good agreement with the experimental rate constant. Further analysis showed that the reaction is not very sensitive to hydrogen bonding and electrical polarity of the molecular environment.     

Possible DNA damage by oxidation products of guanine: A density functional and electron propagator theoretical study

The stability and reactivity of seven guanine oxidation products (GOP), which contain 8‐oxo‐7,8‐dihydroguanine (8‐oxoG) have been studied and compared with the four nucleobases, such as adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine. It has been possible with the use of density functional theory and electron propagator theory (EPT), to evaluate their relation with certain ionization induced process, which produce damage to DNA. Using the application of Koopmans's theorem, EPT provides alternatively a reliable way to calculate the vertical ionization potential (VIP) and vertical electron affinity (VEA). This process has been used to obtain other reactivity indexes, such as: electronegativity and hardness. In the nucleobases and the GOP studies, we observed the following: guanine and 8‐oxo‐7,8‐dihydroguanine were the lowest VIP, and 8‐oxoG was the lowest hardness. This let us confirm that these species are the most susceptible to change their electron densities and transform in other GOP. Particularly, the GOP, Sp(R), Sp(S), and Z were the highest VIP. It allows us to say that they are the most stable. Z and Iz were the highest VEA; this suggests that they have a big capacity to accept electrons and form anionic centers in DNA. The GOP, which was considered in this study, showed hardness values between 9.1 and 10.4 because of π‐conjugation; therefore, these GOP could be good candidates to participate in DNA transversions. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Oligomerization of 3,5-dimethyl benzyl alcohol promoted by clay: experimental and theoretical study

Linear oligomerization of 3,5-dimethyl benzyl alcohol is induced by a montmorillonite clay (Tonsil Optimum Extra), producing 1,3,5,7-tetramethyl-9,10-dihydro-anthracene, which, by loss of protons results in the product 1,3,5,7-tetramethylanthracene. It was also found that the compounds 4-(3′,5′-dimethylbenzyl)-1,3,5,7-tetramethyl-9,10-dihydroanthracece and 4-(3′,5′-dimethylbenzyl)-1,3,5,7-tetra-methylanthracene were formed from 1,3,5,7-tetramethyl-9,10-dihydroanthracene. 1,3,5,7-Tetramethylanthryl radical cation was formed from 1,3,5,7-tetramethyl-9,10-dihydroanthracene; it was characterized by Electronic Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR). On the other hand, a theoretical analysis was performed, allowing the rationalization of the observed products and some of the key reaction steps.     

Selenocysteine versus cysteine reactivity: a theoretical study of their oxidation by hydrogen peroxide

The cysteine and selenocysteine oxidation by H2O2 in vacuo and in aqueous solution was studied using the integrated molecular orbital + molecular orbital (IMOMO) method combining the quadratic configuration method QCISD(T) and the spin projection of second-order perturbation theory PMP2. It is shown that including in the model system of cysteine (selenocysteine) residue up to 20 atoms has significant consequences upon the calculated reaction energy barrier. On the other hand, it is demonstrated that free cysteine and selenocysteine have very similar reaction energy barriers, 77-79 kJ mol(-1) in aqueous solution. It is thus concluded that the high experimental reaction rate constant reported for the oxidation of the selenocysteine residue in the glutathione peroxidase (GPx) active center is due to an important interaction between selenocysteine and its molecular environment. The sensitivity of the calculated energy barrier to the dielectric constant of the molecular environment observed for both cysteine and selenocysteine as well as the catalytic effect of the NH group emphasized in the case of cysteine supports this hypothesis.     

OH-initiated oxidation mechanism and kinetics of organic sunscreen benzophenone-3: A theoretical study

Benzophenone-3 (BP-3), as an important organic UV filter, is widely used in the sunscreen, cosmetic, and personal care products. The chemical reaction mechanism and kinetics of BP-3 degradation initiated by hydroxyl (OH) radical was investigated in the atmosphere based on the density functional theory (DFT). The results showed that the OH radical is more easily added to the C3 position of the aromatic ring (pathway 3), while the H atom abstraction from the OH group on the aromatic ring (pathway 23) is an energetically favorable reaction pathway. At ambient temperature, 298 K, the overall rate constant for the primary reaction is about 1.50 × 10^?10 cm³ mol^?1 s^?1 with the lifetime of 1.92 h. OH addition reactions play the key role in the OH-initiated reaction of BP-3. The study is helpful for better understanding of the removal, transformation, and fate of BP-3 in the atmosphere.     

The kinetics and mechanism of the oxidation of DL ethionine and thiourea by potassium ferrate

The kinetics of the reaction between ethionine and thiourea were investigated under pseudo and non-pseudo-first-order conditions. Ethionine was oxidized to the sulfoxide within 500 s and thiourea was oxidized to urea within 10 s. Above a pH of ca. 8.5 the reaction was first-order in the concentration of the organosulfur compound, the hydrogen ions and the ferrate ions, whereas, below this pH, the kinetics were independent of the hydrogen ion concentration. A possible mechanism for both compounds is initial protonation of the ferrate ion followed by the two electron rate-determining step of addition of oxygen to the organosulfur compound. The kinetic parameters for ethionine compare favorably with those for similar compounds, whereas thiourea tends to be more active. The rate constant for the rate-determining step is 4.1 × 10² M^–1 s^–1 for ethionine and 4.1 × 10³ M^–1 s^–1 for thiourea.     

A multipolymer system for organocatalytic alcohol oxidation

A system involving two polymer-supported reagents for the selective and organocatalytic oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes or ketones has been developed in which both polymeric reagents can be recovered and reused.     

A theoretical study of pericyclic rearrangements catalyzed by lithium

The role of lithium cation in the isomerization from diademane to triquinacene and in the Claisen reaction from phenyl allyl ether to 6-allyl-2,4-cyclohexadienone was analyzed. The nature of the interaction of the lithium ion with the reacting molecules in the transition state was studied using supermolecule and perturbational methods. The aromaticity of the transition state in presence of lithium was compared with that for the same reaction in absence of catalyst, employing tools such as nucleus-independent chemical shift and anisotropy of the induced current density. Our results support that the catalytic effect is caused principally by a more favorable electrostatic interaction of lithium cation with the transition states of both reactions.     

Kinetics of oxidation of benzyl alcohol by sodium N-chloro-p-toluenesulfonamide

The kinetics of oxidation of benzyl alcohol and substituted benzyl alcohols by sodium N-chloro-p-toluenesulfonamide (chloramine-T, CAT) in HClO₄ (0.1–1 mol/dm³) containing Cl^? ions, over the temperature range of 30–50°C have been studied. The reaction is of first order each with respect to alcohol and oxidant. The fractional order dependence of the rate on the concentrations of H⁺ and Cl^? suggests a complex formation between RNCl^? and HCl. In higher acidic chloride solution the rate of reaction is proportional to the concentrations of both H⁺ and Cl^7hyphen;. The observed solvent isotope effect (k/k) is 1.43 at 30°C. The reaction constant (p = ?1.66) and thermodynamic parameters are evaluated. Rate expressions and probable mechanisms for the observed kinetics have been suggested.     

Homopolymers: A theoretical study of neighbor-group effects in repeated periodate oxidation of polysaccharides. I

Periodate oxidation of polysaccharides shows inhibitory neighbor effects due to hemiacetal formations. A second periodate oxidation may be performed after removal of all protecting hemiacetals formed in the first oxidation. We give the theoretical analysis of the kinetics of such repeated oxidations. For complete protection the oxidation limit of the second reaction, as function of the extent of the first oxidation, lies between 41.1 and 43.2%, in good agreement with experiments on alginate. For general protection effects we calculate the degree of oxidation and the mean sequence lengths of the three types of monomer units. Second-oxidation data, in contradistinction to first-oxidation results, allow separate determination of left-and right-hand inhibitory effects.     

One-electron oxidation and reduction potentials of nitroxide antioxidants: a theoretical study

High-level ab initio calculations have been used to determine the oxidation and reduction potentials of a large number of nitroxides including derivatives of piperidine, pyrrolidine, isoindoline, and azaphenalene, substituted with COOH, NH2, NH3+, OCH3, OH, and NO2 groups, with a view to (a) identifying a low-cost theoretical procedures for the determination of electrode potentials of nitroxides and (b) studying the effect of substituents on these systems. Accurate oxidation and reduction potentials to within 40 mV (3.9 kJ mol(-1)) of experimental values were found using G3(MP2)-RAD//B3-LYP/6-31G(d) gas-phase energies and PCM solvation calculations at the B3-LYP/6-31G(d) level. For larger systems, an ONIOM method in which G3(MP2)-RAD calculations for the core are combined with lower-cost RMP2/6-311+G(3df,2p) calculations for the full system, was able to approximate G3(MP2)-RAD values (to within 1.6 kJ mol(-1)) at a fraction of the computational cost. The overall ring structure has more effect on the electrode potentials than the inclusion of substituents. Azaphenalene derivatives display the lowest oxidation potentials and least negative reduction potentials and are thus the most promising target to function as antioxidants in biological systems. Piperidine and pyrrolidine derivatives have intermediate oxidation potentials but on average pyrrolidine derivatives display more negative reduction potentials. Isoindoline derivatives show higher oxidation potentials and more negative reduction potentials. Within a ring, the substituents have a relatively small effect with electron donating groups such as amino and hydroxy groups stabilizing the oxidized species and electron withdrawing groups such as carboxy groups stabilizing the reduced species, as expected.     

分光光度法测定高铁酸钠的浓度

目前 ,测定高铁酸盐浓度的方法有铬酸盐法[1] 、溴酸盐法及铈酸盐法[2 ] 、量气法[3] 、直接分光光度法[4] 。铬酸盐法、溴酸盐法、铈酸盐法是基于高铁酸盐的强氧化性 ,在碱性条件下将Ｃｒ(Ⅲ )、Ａｓ(Ⅲ )、Ｃｅ(Ⅱ )等化合物氧化为对应的高价化合物 ,再用已知浓度的还原剂滴定而测定高铁酸盐的浓度。该类方法操作简单、准确度高 ,但样品用量大 ,方法的灵敏度较低 ,环境污染较严重。量气法是依据高铁酸盐与非还原性酸反应放出Ｏ2 ,通过测定放出Ｏ2 的体积 ,而测定高铁酸盐的浓度。该法简便可行 ,但装置较复杂 ,环境温度、气压对测定结果的…