Transient Phosphenium and Arsenium Ions versus Stable Stibenium and Bismuthenium Ions

Fluoride abstraction from bis-m-terphenylelement fluorides (2,6-Mes₂C₆H₃)₂EF (E=P, As) generated the highly reactive phosphenium ion [(2,6-Mes₂C₆H₃)₂P]⁺ and the arsenium ion [(2,6-Mes₂C₆H₃)₂As]⁺, which immediately underwent intramolecular electrophilic substitution and formation of an 1,2,4-trimethyl-6-mesityl-5-m-terphenyl-benzo[b]phospholium ion and an 1,2,4-trimethyl-6-mesityl-5-m-terphenyl-benzo[b]arsolium ion, respectively. The formation of the latter involved a methyl group migration from the ortho-position of a flanking mesityl group to the meta-position. This reactivity of [(2,6-Mes₂C₆H₃)₂E]⁺ (E=P, As) is in sharp contrast to the related stibenium ion [(2,6-Mes₂C₆H₃)₂Sb]⁺ and bismuthenium ion [(2,6-Mes₂C₆H₃)₂Bi]⁺, which have been recently isolated and fully characterized (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57 , 10080–10084). On the basis of DFT calculations, a mechanism for the rearrangement of the phosphenium and arsenium ions into the phospholium and arsolium ions is proposed, which is not feasible for the stibenium and bismuthenium ions.     

Cl对气态亚硝酸（HONO）直接提氢反应机理的研究

采用密度泛函理论研究了Cl对气态亚硝酸（HONO）直接提取氢的反应机理。在B3LYP/6-311G(d,p)水平上,优化得到了反应途径上的反应物、中间体、过渡态和产物的几何构型;通过频率分析对各分子构型进行了确认;并利用QCISD(T)方法计算了各分子单点能量。计算结果表明,HONO分子具有顺式和反式两种构型;常温条件下,Cl对顺式构型直接提取氢的反应竞争性具有明显优势,其主要反应途径为：cis-HONO+Cl→cis-M1→cis-TS→cis-M2→HCl+NO2。     

二苯甲酮与2-芳基-1,3-二噻烷衍生物光化夺氢反应中产生的活泼自由基的ESR研究

本文用自旋捕捉技术与ESR相结合的方法,研究了九种2-芳基-1,3-二噻烷衍生物与二苯甲酮光化夺氢反应中产生的活泼自由基。结果表明,与硫原子相联的两个碳上的C-H键(即2位和4或6位碳的C-H键),都能发生均裂而生成较稳定的自由基。并均可为ND和TBN捕获而生成两种自由基加合物,其浓度比约为1:1。     

A Free‐Radical Prompted Barrierless Gas‐Phase Synthesis of Pentacene

A representative, low‐temperature gas‐phase reaction mechanism synthesizing polyacenes via ring annulation exemplified by the formation of pentacene (C₂₂H₁₄) along with its benzo[a]tetracene isomer (C₂₂H₁₄) is unraveled by probing the elementary reaction of the 2‐tetracenyl radical (C₁₈H₁₁^.) with vinylacetylene (C₄H₄). The pathway to pentacene—a prototype polyacene and a fundamental molecular building block in graphenes, fullerenes, and carbon nanotubes—is facilitated by a barrierless, vinylacetylene mediated gas‐phase process thus disputing conventional hypotheses that synthesis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) solely proceeds at elevated temperatures. This low‐temperature pathway can launch isomer‐selective routes to aromatic structures through submerged reaction barriers, resonantly stabilized free‐radical intermediates, and methodical ring annulation in deep space eventually changing our perception about the chemistry of carbon in our universe.     

Theoretical Studies on the Reaction Mechanism of Hydroxyl Radical with 1,1,1-Trichloroethane

Ab initio and density functional theory calculations have been carried out to investigate the reaction of hydroxyl radical (OH) and 1,1,1-trichloroethane (CH3CCl3). The potential energy surface has been given according to the relative energies calculated at the MP2/cc-pVTZ level after the spin projection (PMP2). Five reaction channels were identified and the intramolecular hydrogen bonding was observed in some transition state structures. The barrier heights and reaction enthalpies calculated for all possible channels show that the hydrogen abstraction channel is predominant kinetically and thermodynamically. The contribution from other channels was predicted to be minor.     

High temperature vapor phase reactions of nitrogen trifluoride with benzylic substrates

At temperatures around 400 °C, nitrogen trifluoride (NF₃) readily reacts with benzylic substrates. Products vary with the substrate, but are all the result of difluoroamination at the benzylic position. Toluene and ethylbenzene produce benzonitrile. Cumene produces α-methylstyrene. Diphenylmethane produces benzanilide. Little or no direct fluorination or radical dimerization is observed.     

对二嗪N,N’-二氧化物光还原的电子自旋共振研究

报道了利用原位电子自旋共振(ESR)技术研究对二嗪N,N′-二氧化物光解的结果。研究结果表明,化合物5,6,7和8通过光还原过程从溶剂分子夺取氢原子分别生成稳定的自由基,记录出它们分辨良好的ESR谱。文中还讨论了对二嗪N,N′-二氧化物的光化学反应的自由基机理。     

Synthesis,Structure, and Reactivity of Metal Complexes with Alkoxysilylmethyl Ligands

The synthesis and properties of the new metal complexes 1 , 6 – 12 with alkoxysilylmethy substituents (RO–SiR′₂–CH₂–ML_n) is described. The complexes 14 , 15 and 18 with a chloromethylsiloxy ligand were also prepared. These molecules should serve as starting compounds for the synthesis of metallasilaoxetanes. Several reactions which should lead to these new metallacycles have been performed, but it was never possible to isolate them or to proof their existence spectroscopically. However, chloride abstraction from (C₅H₅)₂Ti(Cl)CH₂Si(CH₃)₂O^tBu ( 7 ) by silver cations led to the activation of the Si–O–R group. This indicates an interaction of the oxygen atom with the metal atom, but there was no proof for the intermediate formation of a four membered metallacycle.