Unimolecular reactions of the isolated immonium ions CH3CH = NH+C4H9, CH3CH2Ch = NH+C4H9 and (CH3)2C = NH+C4H9

The reactions of ten metastable immonium ions of general structure R¹R²C?NH⁺C₄H₉ (R¹ = H, R² = CH₃, C₂H₅; R¹ = R² = CH₃) are reported and discussed. Elimination of C₄H₈ is usually the dominant fragmentation pathway. This process gives rise to a Gaussian metastable peak; it is interpreted in terms of a mechanism involving ion-neutral complexes containing incipient butyl) cations. Metastable immonium ions ontaining an isobutyl group are unique in undergoing a minor amount of imine (R¹R²C?NH) loss. This decomposition route, which also produces a Gaussian metastable peak, decreases in importance as the basicity of the imine increases. The correlation between imine loss and the presence of an isobutyl group is rationalized by the rearrangement of the appropriate ion-neutral complexes in which there are isobutyl cations to the isomeric complexes containing the thermodynamically more stable tert-butyl cations. A sizeable amount of a third reaction, expulsion of C₃H₆, is observed for metastable n-C₄H₉ ⁺NH?CR¹R² ions; in contrast to C₄H₈ and R¹R²C?NH loss, C₃H₆ elimination occurs with a large kinetic energy release (40–48 kJ mol^?1) and is evidenced by a dish-topped metastable peak. This process is explained using a two-step mechanism involving a 1,5-hydride shift, followed by cleavage of the resultant secondary open-chain cations, CH₃CH⁺ CH₂CH₂NHCHR¹R².     

Heat of formation for the CH3CH=NH2+ cation by photoionization mass spectrometry

The m/z 44 appearance energies for five primary amines have been measured by threshold photoionization mass spectrometry. Following an analysis of the thermochemistry associated with these unimolecular fragmentations, a value of 665.1 +/- 1.4 kJ mol(-1) is obtained for the 298 K heat of formation for the ethylidenimmonium cation (CH(3)CH=NH(2)(+)). When combined with high-level ab initio calculations, this results in absolute proton affinities of 906.4 +/- 2.7 and 909.2 +/- 2.8 kJ mol(-1) for the ethylidenimines E-CH(3)CH=NH and Z-CH(3)CH=NH, respectively.     

CH3NO2和CH3自由基吸氢反应途径和变分速率常数计算

采用MP2(full)/6-311G(d,p)从头算方法,优化了硝基甲烷和甲基自由基吸氢反应的过渡态结构,经QCISD(T)方法进行能量校正,得出该反应的正逆向反应的活化位垒分别是58.21kJ@mol-1和67.17kJ@mol-1.沿IRC分析指出该反应是氢转移协同反应,而且在反应途径上存在一个引导反应进行的振动模式,这一反应模式引导反应进行的区间在反应坐标S的-0.9～1.0(amu)1/2bohr之间;在温度为800～2600K范围内,运用改进的变分过渡态理论(ICVT),计算了该反应的速率常数,并与实验类比所得的速率常数随温度的变化趋势进行了比较.     

Theoretical Study of CH3CH=CH2+O(1D) Reaction: Mechanism and Kinetics

The mechanism and kinetics for the reaction of propene(CH₃CH=CH₂) molecule with O(¹D) atom were investigated theoretically. The electronic structure information of the potential energy surface(PES) was obtained at the B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p) level, and the single-point energies were refined by the multi-level MCG3-MPWB method. The calculated results show that O(¹D) atom can attack CH₃CH=CH₂ via the barrierless insertion mechanism to form four energy-riched intermediates CH₃C(OH)CH₂(IM1), CH₃CHCHOH(IM2), CH₂OHCHCH₂(IM3) and cyclo- CH₂OCHCH₃(IM4), respectively, on the singlet PES. The branching ratios as well as the pressure- and temperaturedependence of various product channels for this multi-well reaction were predicted by variational transition-state and Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus(RRKM) theories. The present results will be useful to gain a deep insight into the reaction mechanism and kinetics of CH₃CH=CH₂+O(¹D) reaction.     

The role of distonic ions in the formation of CH3NH 3 + and (CH3)2NH 2 + from the molecular ions of octopamine and synephrine

It is shown by mass-analyzed ion kinetic energy spectrometry that the metastably decomposing molecular ions of octopamine (p-HOC₆H₄CH(OH)CH₂NH₂) and synephrine (p-HOC₆H₄CH(OH)CH₂NHCH₃) yield only protonated methylamine and dimethylamine, respectively, as product ions. From deuterium labeling and variation of the internal energy of the molecular ions, experimental support has been obtained that these product ions are generated via the occurrence of a distonic ion-neutral complex. In the case of octopamine, this complex would consist of a nitrogen-protonated aminomethyl radical and p-hydroxylbenzaldehyde in which the former species abstracts the aldehydic or phenolic hydrogen atom from the latter to give protonated dimethylamine.     

Reaction mechanism of HSH and CH3SH with NH2CH2COCH2X (X = F and Cl) molecules

The reaction mechanism of model compounds H₂S and CH₃SH for cysteine proteases with NH₂CH₂COCH₂X (X = F and Cl) molecules has been investigated using DFT methods with B3LYP and B3PW91 hybrid density functionals at 6‐31+G* basis sets. The single point energy has been calculated for the above reactions with B3LYP and B3PW91 functionals using aug‐cc‐PVDZ infinite basis set in both gas and solution phases. The intrinsic reaction coordinates calculations have been performed to confirm that each transition state is linked by the desired reactants and products. The geometries and relative energies for various stationary points have been determined and discussed. The zero point vibrational energy corrections have been made to predict the reliable energy. The negative value of reaction energy indicates that the overall reaction profile is found to be exothermic. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2008     

Competing dissociation of and bond formation between CH3CHOH+ and .CH2CH3 formed by bimolecular processes

The C₄H₁₀O^.+ potential energy surface was accessed at several energies through different ion/molecule reactions. Reaction of CH₃CH^.+₃ with CH₃CHO and CH₃CHO^.+ with CH₃CH₃ gave predominantly CH₃CHOH⁺ +^. CH₂CH₃ and small amounts of CH₃CH₂CHOH⁺ +^. CH₃. CH₃CH^.+₃ also produced a small amount of CH₃CHO⁺CH₃ +^. CH₃ upon reaction with CH₃CHO. CH₂ = CHOH^. + did not react with CH₃CH₃. CH₃CH₂OH^. + reacted CH₂ = CH₂ and CH₂ = CH^.+₂ with CH₃CH₂OH to produce CH₃CH₂OH⁺₂ and CH₃CHOH⁺, but only the second pair of reactants produced detectable C₃H₇O⁺ ions. CH₃CH₂CHO.+⁺CH₄ produced only CH₃CH₂CHOH⁺. In all of the reactions examined, initial proton or H-transfer was much more often followed by simple dissociation than by CC bond formation or multiple H-transfers. This contrasts with the metastable decompositions of ionized 2-butanol, in which elimination of ethane and methane through the complexes [CH₃CHOH^+.CH₂CH₃] and [CH₃CH₂CHOH^+.CH₃] are important processes. This contrast is attributed to the ion/molecule reactions taking place in a higher energy regime than the metastable decompositions.     

Is the CH2OH + O2 → CH2 = O + HO2 Reaction Barrierless? An Ab Initio Study on the Reaction Mechanism

The reaction mechanism of the CH₂OH + O₂ gas-phase reaction was investigated by means of ab initio calculations. MP2 and QCISD methodologies were used to obtain the stationary points on the potential energy surface. Single-point high-level QCISD(T) calculations were performed over the QCISD results in order to refine the energy of the transition states and the minima found. A new transition state concerning the initial O₂ addition to the CH₂OH radical was found, not reported so far for this reaction. Extra CCSD optimisation and single-point high-level CCSD(T) calculations upon the QCISD results confirm this TS. Additional RASSCF calculations show that its wave function has no significant multireferential character.Electronic Supplementary Material Supplementary material is available for this article at and is accessible for authorized users.     

CH2=CHCl与O(3P)反应的理论研究

用量子化学密度泛函理论和QCISD(Quadratic configuration interaction calculation)方法,对0(^3P)与CH2CHCl的反应进行了理论研究．在UB3LYP／6—311 G(d,p),UB3LYP／6—31 (3df,3pd)计算水平上,优化了反应物、产物、中间体和过渡态的几何构型,并在UQCISD(T)／6—311 G(2df,2pO)水平上计算了单点能量．为了确证过渡态的真实性,在UB3LYP／6—311 G(3df,3pd)水平上进行了内禀坐标(IRC)计算和频率分析,并确定了反应机理．研究结果表明,反应主要产物为CH2CHO和Cl．     

Methanesulfonamide in Superacids: Investigations of the CH3SO2NH3+ Cation

The preparation of protonated methanesulfonamide was carried out using the superacidic systems HF/AsF₅ and HF/SbF₅. The vibrational spectroscopic characterization was supported by quantum chemical calculations performed with the PBE1PBE method using the 6‐311G++(3df, 3pd) basis set. A remarkable long nitrogen–sulfur bond length of 1.804(6) Å was observed in a single‐crystal X‐ray structure analysis of [CH₃SO₂NH₃]⁺[Sb₂F₁₁]^–. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group P2₁/c with four formula units in the unit cell. Furthermore the crystal structure of CH₃SO₂NH₂ was revisited.     

A shock tube study of the reaction NH2 + CH4 → NH3 + CH3 and comparison with transition state theory

The rate coefficient for NH₂ + CH₄ → NH₃ + CH₃ (R1) has been measured in a shock tube in the temperature range 1591–2084 K using FM spectroscopy to monitor NH₂ radicals. The measurements are combined with a calculation of the potential energy surface and canonical transition state theory with WKB tunneling to obtain an expression for k₁ = 1.47 × 10³ T ^3.01 e^?5001/T(K) cm³ mol^?1 s^?1 that describes available data in the temperature range 300 –2100 K. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 35: 304–309, 2003     

CH3SH与NO2的反应机理及动力学

在G3B3,CCSD(T)/6-311++G(d,p)//B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p)水平上详细研究了CH3SH与基态NO2的微观反应机理.在B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p)水平得到了反应势能面上所有反应物、过渡态和产物的优化构型,通过振动频率分析和内禀反应坐标(IRC)跟踪验证了过渡态与反应物和产物的连接关系.在CCSD(T)/6-311++G(d,p)和G3B3水平计算了各物种的能量,得到了反应势能面.利用经典过渡态理论(TST)与变分过渡态理论(CVT)并结合小曲率隧道效应模型(SCT),分别计算了在200～3000K温度范围内的速率常数kTST,kCVT和kCVT/SCT.研究结果表明,该反应体系共存在5个反应通道,其中N进攻巯基上H原子生成CH3S+HNO2的通道活化势垒较低,为主要反应通道.动力学数据也表明,该通道在200～3000K计算温度范围内占绝对优势,拟合得到的速率常数表达式为k1CVT/SCT=1.93×10-16T0.21exp(-558.2/T)cm3·molecule-1·s-1.     

Mechanism and Rate Constants of the CH3+ CH2CO Reaction: A Theoretical Study

The mechanism of the reaction of ketene with methyl radical has been studied by ab initio CCSD(T)‐F12/cc‐pVQZ‐f12//B2PLYPD3/6‐311G** calculations of the potential energy surface. Temperature‐ and pressure‐dependent reaction rate constants have been computed using the Rice–Ramsperger–Kassel–Marcus (RRKM)–Master Equation and transition state theory methods. Three main channels have been shown to dominate the reaction; the formation of the collisionally stabilized CH₃COCH₂ radical and the production of the C₂H₅ + CO and HCCO + CH₄ bimolecular products. Relative contributions of the CH₃COCH₂, C₂H₅ + CO, and HCCO + CH₄ channels strongly depend on the reaction conditions; the formation of thermalized CH₃COCH₂ is favored at low temperatures and high pressures, HCCO + CH₄ is dominant at high temperatures, whereas the yield of C₂H₅ + CO peaks at intermediate temperatures around 1000 K. The C₂H₅ + CO channel is favored by a decrease in pressure but remains the second most important reaction pathway after HCCO + CH₄ under typical flame conditions. The calculated rate constants at different pressures are proposed for kinetic modeling of ketene reactions in combustion in the form of modified Arrhenius expressions. Only rate constant to form CH₃COCH₂ depends on pressure, whereas those to produce C₂H₅ + CO and HCCO + CH₄ appeared to be pressure independent.     

Secondary kinetics of methanol decomposition: theoretical rate coefficients for 3CH2 + OH, 3CH2 + 3CH2, and 3CH2 + CH3

Direct variable reaction coordinate transition state theory (VRC-TST) rate coefficients are reported for the (3)CH(2) + OH, (3)CH(2) + (3)CH(2), and (3)CH(2) + CH(3) barrierless association reactions. The predicted rate coefficient for the (3)CH(2) + OH reaction (approximately 1.2 x 10(-10) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1) for 300-2500 K) is 4-5 times larger than previous estimates, indicating that this reaction may be an important sink for OH in many combustion systems. The predicted rate coefficients for the (3)CH(2) + CH(3) and (3)CH(2) + (3)CH(2) reactions are found to be in good agreement with the range of available experimental measurements. Product branching in the self-reaction of methylene is discussed, and the C(2)H(2) + 2H and C(2)H(2) + H2 products are predicted in a ratio of 4:1. The effect of the present set of rate coefficients on modeling the secondary kinetics of methanol decomposition is briefly considered. Finally, the present set of rate coefficients, along with previous VRC-TST determinations of the rate coefficients for the self-reactions of CH(3) and OH and for the CH(3) + OH reaction, are used to test the geometric mean rule for the CH(3), (3)CH(2), and OH fragments. The geometric mean rule is found to predict the cross-combination rate coefficients for the (3)CH(2) + OH and (3)CH(2) + CH(3) reactions to better than 20%, with a larger (up to 50%) error for the CH(3) + OH reaction.     

H+CH3NO2H2+CH2NO2反应途径和变分速率常数计算研究

采用MP2(FULL)/6-311G**从头算方法, 优化了H+CH3NO2H2+ CH2NO2反应的过渡态结构, 得出该反应的正逆反应的活化位垒分别是82.73和57.14 kJ*mol-1. 沿IRC分析指出该反应是一个H-H键生成和C-H键断裂的协同反应, 而且在反应途径上存在一个引导反应进行的振动模式, 这一反应模式引导反应进行的区间在-0.7～0.2( amu)1/2*a0之间; 在1 000～1 400 K温度范围内, 运用变分过渡态理论(CVT), 计算了该反应的速率常数, 计算结果与实验相一致.     

A semi-empirical calculation of the potential surface for the CH 3 . +CH2=CH2 reaction

A model for the reaction CH ₃ ^. +CH₂=CH₂ is studied including the hybridization change of the reaction center. The interaction energy is devided into two parts. The first is a stabilization energy — the contribution due to the -electron delocalization (including the hybridization effects). It is computed by the PPP method. The second part is an exchange repulsion due to all valence electrons of the three carbon atoms. Correlation corrections are considered. A potential energy surface is constructed, giving a saddle point value close to the experimental activation energy. A discussion is given of the approximations involved. The method suggested is a generalization of the reactivity indices method of the theory of chemical reactivity. It can be regarded as a justification of this more empirical approach.

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Zusammenfassung Ein Modell für die Reaktion CH ₃ ^. +CH₂=CH₂ wird untersucht, einschließlich der Änderung der Hybridisation des Reaktionszentrums. Die Wechselwirkungsenergie wird in zwei Teile zerlegt. Der erste Teil ist eine Stabilisationsenergie — der Beitrag, der der Delokalisierung des -Elektrons (einschließlich Hybridisationseffekte) entspricht. Der zweite Teil ist eine Austauschabstoßung, die von allen Valenzelektronen der drei Kohlenstoffatome herrührt. Korrellationskorrekturen werden berücksichtigt. Eine Fläche der potentiellen Energie wird konstruiert mit einem Sattelpunktswert, der dicht an der experimentellen Aktivierungsenergie liegt. Die verwendeten Näherungsmethoden werden diskutiert. Die vorgeführte Methode ist eine Verallgemeinerung der Methode der Reaktivitätsindices aus der Theorie der chemischen Reaktivität. Sie kann als eine Rechtfertigung dieser mehr empirischen Näherung angesehen werden.

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Résumé Etude d'un modèle pour la réaction CH ₃ ^. +CH₂=CH₂ où l'on tient compte du changement d'hybridation du centre réactif. L'énergie d'interaction est divisée en deux termes. Le premier est une énergie de stabilisation; c'est la contribution dela délocalisation des électrons (effets d'hybridation compris). Il est calculé par la méthode PPP. Le second terme est une répulsion d'échange dûe à tous les électrons de valence des trois atomes de carbone. Les corrections de corrélation sont introduites.Une surface d'énergie potentielle est construite; elle fournit une valeur de l'énergie d'activation proche de celle obtenue expérimentalement. Les approximations utilisées sont discutées. La méthode proposée est une généralisation de celles des indices de réactivité. On peut la considérer comme justifiant cette approche plus empirique.

     

Theoretical investigation on the reaction of HS+ with CH3NH2

The singlet and triplet potential energy surfaces for the reaction of HS⁺ with the simplest primary amine, CH₃NH₂, were determined at the CCSD(T)/6-311+G(d,p) level using the B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) and QCISD/6-311G(d,p) geometries. All possible reaction channels were explored. The results show that three paths on the singlet potential energy surface and one path on the triplet potential energy surface are competitive. These four feasible paths provide products which are presented in the paper and they are consistent with previous experimental results. On the other hand, the stationary points involved in the most favourable path all lie below those of the reactant and thus the title reaction is expected to be rapid, which is also consistent with the experiment.