Crossed-beam radical-radical reaction dynamics of O(3P)+C3H3-->H(2S)+C3H2O

The radical-radical oxidation reaction, O(3P)+C3H3 (propargyl)-->H(2S)+C3H2O (propynal), was investigated using vacuum-ultraviolet laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy in a crossed-beam configuration, together with ab initio and statistical calculations. The barrierless addition of O(3P) to C3H3 is calculated to form energy-rich addition complexes on the lowest doublet potential energy surface, which subsequently undergo direct decomposition steps leading to the major reaction products, H+C3H(2)O (propynal). According to the nascent H-atom Doppler-profile analysis, the average translational energy of the products and the fraction of the average transitional energy to the total available energy were determined to be 5.09+/-0.36 kcal/mol and 0.077, respectively. On the basis of a comparison with statistical prior calculations, the reaction mechanism and the significant internal excitation of the polyatomic propynal product can be rationalized in terms of the formation of highly activated, short-lived addition-complex intermediates and the adiabaticity of the excess available energy along the reaction coordinate.     

Ionization efficiencies of C3H6, C4H8, C6H12, C2H6O,and C3H8O isomers

Ionization efficiencies of 14 organic compounds have been measured in the wavelength region from 105 to 134nm using an ionization chamber. The compounds examined are cyclopropane, propylene, l-butene, isobutene, cis-and trans-2-butenes, cyclohexane, 1-hexane, tetramethylethylene, ethyl alcohol, dimethyl ether, n-, and iso-propyl alcohol, and ethyl methyl ether. The ionization efficiencies of cyclopropane and cyclohexane monotonically increase with increasing photon energy, but those for the others show a peak or a shoulder in the wavelength region of the present work.     

Gaseous [C2H3O]+ ions

[C₂H₃O]⁺ ions with the initial structures [CH₃CO]⁺, and [CH₂CHO]⁺ cannot be distinguished on the basis of their collisional activation spectra, demonstrating that these isomers interconvert at energies below their threshold for decomposition. Self-protonation of ketene leads to the [CH₃CO]⁺ ion, while the [C₂H₃O]⁺ ion generated from glycerol most probably has the structure of an oxygen protonated ketene [CH₂?C?OH]⁺.     

Syntheses and crystal structures of [Na(H2O)](C17H13O6SO3)* 2H2O and [NKH2O)6]C17H13O6SO3)2*H2O

Two hydrates of sodium 5,7‐dihydroxy‐6,4′‐dimethoxyisoflavone‐3′‐sulfonate ([Na(H₂O)J(C₁₇H₁₃O₆SO₃)*2H₂O,] 1) and nickel 5,7‐dihydroxy‐6,4′‐dimethoxyisoflavone‐3′‐sulfonate ([Ni(H₂O)₆](C₁₇H₁₃O₆SO₃)₂*4H₂O, 2) were synthesized and characterized by IR, 'H NMR and X‐ray diffraction analyses. The hydrate 1 crystallizes in the mono‐clinic system, space group P2(1) with a=0.8201(9) nm, b=0.8030(8) nm, c= 1.5361(16) nm, β=102.052(12)°, V =0.9893(18) nm³, D,= 1.579 g/cm³, Z=2, μ=0.252 nm^?1, F(000)=488, R=0.0353, wR=0.0873. The hydrate 2 belongs to triclinic system, space group P‐1 with a=0.7411(3) nm, b=0.8333(3) nm, c=1.7448(7) nm, α= 86.361(6)°, β=86.389(5)°, γ= 88.999(3)°, V=1.0731(7) nm³, D,=1.587 g/cm³, Z=1, μ=0.649 m^?1, F(000)= 534. In the structure of 1, the sodium cation is coordinated by six oxygen atom and two adjacent ones are bridged by three oxygen atoms to form an octahedron chain. The C? H…?… hydrogen bonds exist between two isoflavone molecules in the structure of 2. Meanwhile, hydrogen bonds in two compounds, link themselves to assemble two three‐dimensional network structures, respectively.     

GF Calculations for some tricyclic molecules: C3H6, C3H4, C2H4NH,C2H4O and C2H4S

We have functions expressed as antisymmetrized products of strongly orthogonal geminals have been evaluated for some three membered ring molecules. GF results are compared with previously computed SCF-MO results, obtained employing the same atomic basis. Transferability features of bonds and inner shells are shown.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of [VO2（C17H11N3O2） ] [VO （C4H13N3）（C6H5N3O） ]（C2H5OH）

The reaction of VO（acac）2 with 2-hydroxyl-1-naphthaldehyde isonicotinyl hydrazone and amines （ethylenediamine or diethylenetriamine） in CH3OH yields crystals of novel vanadium compounds characterized by IR, NMR spectroscopic methods and X-ray single-crystal structure determination. Two different vanadium units exist in the crystal cell of [VO2（C17H11N3O2）][VO- （C4H13N3）（C6H5N3O）]（C2H5OH） which crystallizes in the triclinic system, space group P1 with a = 8.0104（17）, b = 13.898（3）, c = 14.955（3）A, α = 89.103（4）, β = 79.551（4）, γ = 78.352（4）°, V = 1603.3（6）A^3, Mr = 723.54, Dc = 1.499 g/cm^3, Z = 2, λ（MoKα） = 0.71073 ]A,μ= 0.644 mm^-1, F（000） = 748, the final R = 0.0547 and wR = 0.0997 for 8920 observed reflections with I 〉 2σ（I）. According to structure analysis, two different molecules are arranged in the lattice and the two vanadium atoms adopt octahedral and square pyramidal coordination geometries, respectively. The interactions between DNA and vanadium complexes have been investigated by UV-Vis absorption spectro- photometry.     

Thermal behaviour and vibrational spectra of (NH4)3Ga(C2O4)3 · 3H2O and (NH4)3Al(C2O4)3 · 3H2O

The IR and Raman spectra and the thermal behaviour of the isomorphous compounds (NH₄)₃Ga(C₂O₄)₃·3H₂O and (NH₄)₃Al(C₂O₄)₃·3H₂O were investigated. Detailed stoichiometries, sustained by TG, DTA and IR spectroscopic analyses, were found in both cases. Different results, associated with the different polarizing powers of the metal cations, were obtained. The first evidence was found of the formation of basic gallium carbonates.     

Radical-molecule reaction C3H+H2O: a mechanistic study

Despite the importance of the C(3)H radical in both combustion and interstellar space, the reactions of C(3)H toward stable molecules have never been studied. In this paper, we report our detailed mechanistic study on the radical-molecule reaction C(3)H+H(2)O at the Becke's three parameter Lee-Yang-Parr-B3LYP6-311G(d,p) and coupled cluster with single, double, and triple excitations-CCSD(T)6-311G(2d,p) (single-point) levels. It is shown that the C(3)H+H(2)O reaction initially favors formation of the carbene-insertion intermediates HCCCHOH (1a,1b) rather than the direct H- or OH-abstraction process. Subsequently, the isomers (1a,1b) can undergo a direct H- extrusion to form the well-known product propynal HCCCHO (P(5)). Highly competitively, (1a,1b) can take the successive 1,4- and 1,2-H-shift interconversion to isomer H(2)CCCHO(2a,2b) and then to isomer H(2)CCHCO(3a,3b), which can finally take a direct C-C bond cleavage to give product C(2)H(3) and CO (P(1)). The other products are kinetically much less feasible. With the overall entrance barrier 10.6 kcal/mol, the title reaction can be important in postburning processes. Particularly, our calculations suggest that the title reaction may play a role in the formation of the intriguing interstellar molecule, propynal HCCCHO. The calculated results will also be useful for the analogous C(3)H reactions such as with ammonia and alkanes.     

K2[Mo2O4(C2O4)2(H2O)2]·3H2O

The crystal and molecular structure of dipotassium di‐μ‐oxo‐bis[aqua(oxalato‐O¹,O²)oxomolybdenum(III)] trihydrate, K₂­[Mo₂O₄(C₂O₄)₂(H₂O)₂]·3H₂O, has been determined from X‐ray diffraction data. In the dimeric anion, which has approximate twofold symmetry, each Mo atom is in a distorted octahedral coordination, being bonded to one terminal oxo‐O atom, two bridging O atoms, two O atoms from the oxalato ligand and one from the water mol­ecule. Bond lengths trans to the multiple‐bonded terminal oxo ligand are larger than those in the cis position, confirming the trans influence as a generally valid rule.