Computer-Assisted Solution of Chemical Problems—The Historical Development and the Present State of the Art of a New Discipline of Chemistry

The topic of this article is the development and the present state of the art of computer chemistry, the computer-assisted solution of chemical problems. Initially the problems in computer chemistry were confined to structure elucidation on the basis of spectroscopic data, then programs for synthesis design based on libraries of reaction data for relatively narrow classes of target compounds were developed, and now computer programs for the solution of a great variety of chemical problems are available or are under development. Previously it was an achievement when any solution of a chemical problem could be generated by computer assistance. Today, the main task is the efficient, transparent, and non-arbitrary selection of meaningful results from the immense set of potential solutions—that also may contain innovative proposals. Chemistry has two aspects, constitutional chemistry and stereochemistry, which are interrelated, but still require different approaches. As a result, about twenty years ago, an algebraic model of the logical structure of chemistry was presented that consisted of two parts: the constitution-oriented algebra of be- and r-matrices, and the theory of the stereochemistry of the chemical identity group. New chemical definitions, concepts, and perspectives are characteristic of this logic-oriented model, as well as the direct mathematical representation of chemical processes. This model enables the implementation of formal reaction generators that can produce conceivable solutions to chemical problems—including unprecedented solutions—without detailed empirical chemical information. New formal selection procedures for computer-generated chemical information are also possible through the above model. It is expedient to combine these with interactive methods of selection. In this review, the Munich project is presented and discussed in detail. It encompasses the further development and implementation of the mathematical model of the logical structure of chemistry as well as the experimental verification of the computer-generated results. The article concludes with a review of new reactions, reagents, and reaction mechanisms that have been found with the PC-programs IGOR and RAIN.     

Bifurcations and transition states

Bifurcations of reaction channels are related to valley-ridge inflection points and it is examined what happens when these do not coincide with transition states. Under such conditions there result bifurcating regions. There exist a number of different prototypes for such regions which are discussed explicitly on the basis of the pertinent Taylor expansions. When bifurcations occur close enough to transition states then there result bifurcating transition regions. An example for a bifurcating transition region is exhibited which is obtained from a quantum mechanical ab initio calculation for the ring opening of cyclopropylidene to aliene. In general there exist no orthogonal trajectory patterns which could serve as simplified models for channel bifurcations.Operated for the U.S. Department of Energy by Iowa State University under Contract No. W-7405-ENG-82. This work was supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences     

铝镧修饰MCM-41介孔分子筛的合成、表征及在乙氧基化反应中的催化性能

以十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTAB)为模板剂,正硅酸乙酯(TEOS)为硅源,乙二胺为碱性介质,水热法合成了硅铝、硅镧及硅(铝 镧)摩尔比为30的Al-MCM-41、La-MCM-41和Al-La-MCM-41介孔分子筛,通过XRD、IR、NH3-TPD吸附脱附、BET、热分析及CCl4吸附等方法对分子筛的晶体结构和表面物性进行了研究,XRD及BET研究结果表明,所合成的分子筛具有典型的六方介孔结构特征及较大的比表面积.NH3-TPD结果表明所合成的介孔分子筛均达到中强酸酸度.将Al-MCM-41、La-MCM-41和Al-La-MCM-41分别用于催化乙氧基化反应,研究结果表明Al-La-MCM-41具有更高的催化活性,Al-La-MCM-41为正辛醇质量的5%,反应温度为120℃,反应压力0.2MPa,n(醇)∶n(环氧乙烷)=1∶3时,正辛醇聚氧乙烯醚产品的收率达92%.     

DFT法研究离子液中EMIM~ 催化丁烯双键异构反应机理(II)

用密度泛函理论(DFT)在B3LYP/6鄄31G(d,p)的计算水平上研究了离子液中1鄄乙基鄄3鄄甲基咪唑阳离子(EMIM )的4鄄H和5鄄H原子催化丁烯双键异构反应的可能途径,优化了反应体系的平衡态和过渡态的几何构型,分析了反应过程中键参数的变化,通过振动分析对平衡态和过渡态进行了验证.计算结果表明,离子液中的EMIM 首先通过4鄄H和5鄄H原子吸附丁烯,进而催化丁烯的双键异构反应,EMIM 的4鄄H和5鄄H催化1鄄丁烯异构为2鄄丁烯的正反应活化能分别为204.2和207.3kJ·mol-1,逆反应活化能约为220.9和223.8kJ·mol-1,反应为基元反应.     

动力学体系二维数据的秩分析及其应用

详细论证了动力学体系中存在的多种共线性情况,以及在此情况下二维数据阵的秩与独立反应数及组分数的关系.分析了通过增秩这一方式来判断体系组分数的条件.讨论了反应间存在物质交换对数据阵秩的影响.建立起一套通过秩分析判断未知动力学体系中存在的反应组分数、独立反应数以及可能反应机理的方法.将秩分析技术应用到聚苯胺与质子酸反应,初步分析了该体系存在的多种吸光性结构及结构变化.确定了[H＋]=0.01～0.1 mol•L－1范围内,聚苯胺与质子酸反应存在一个三结构两步互变过程.     

Alkylidenverbrückte, symmetrische, zweikernige Metallocenkomplexe als Katalysatoren für die Propylenpolymerisation

The synthesis is described of symmetric alkylidene bridged dinuclear zirconocene complexes. The influence of structural parameters and different cocatalysts such as methylaluminoxane (MAO), triphenyl tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate- or tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane has been investigated for homogeneous propylene polymerization. The dinuclear catalysts show highest polymerization activities by activation with MAO. Activation with triphenyl tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate results in polypropylenes with the highest degree of isotacticity. Compared to the mononuclear reference catalyst the dinuclear MAO activated complex achieved higher propylene polymerization activity and the polypropylene obtained from the dinuclear complex has a higher molecular weight than that one that was produced with the mononuclear complex.     

The use of bis(diphenylphosphino)amines with N-aryl functionalities in selective ethylene tri- and tetramerisation

A systematic study was conducted on the Cr catalysed tri- and tetramerisation of ethylene using bis(diphenylphosphino)amine ligands with N-aryl functionality. This study revealed that the oligomerisation reaction product selectivity is primarily dependent on the structure and size of the N-aryl groups.

Addition of sufficient steric bulk to the N-phenyl group via ortho-alkyl substitution increased the combined 1-hexene and 1-octene selectivity (overall alpha selectivity) to above 82% at an overall 1-octene selectivity of 56%. The introduction of a single carbon spacer between the N-atom and the aryl-moiety, as well as the addition of branching on this carbon, resulted in further selectivity improvements, achieving an overall 1-octene selectivity of 64% and an overall alpha selectivity of 84%. This was obtained at catalyst productivities in excess of 1,000,000 g/g Cr/h.     

Organometallic Aspects of the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

The Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis counts among the industrial-scale processes having a versatile and broad product range, and has for decades offered the most attractive possibility for the use of coal as a source of heating oil and fuels. This conceivably simple reaction, the catalytic hydrogenation of carbon monoxide, generally leads to simple hydrocarbons as well (i.e. short chain olefins) that have been sought as chemical feedstocks since the oil crisis of the seventies, but fails to provide the large-scale, economic process required, due in large part to the minimal selectivity of traditional Fischer-Tropsch processes. In an effort to solve this problem current research in this sector is concerned not only with the optimization of old and the development of new catalytic systems, but also increasingly with the elucidation of numerous relevant reaction mechanisms. This article will discuss, from the viewpoint of an organometallic chemist, the significance of typical model reactions, both with regard to some fundamental aspects of synthesis gas chemistry, and in comparison with previous views concerning the mechanism of the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis. The importance of various unique classes of complexes that have been studied in the context of Fischer-Tropsch chemistry is also evaluated with regard to their importance in the synthesis of hydrocarbons from carbon monoxide and hydrogen. It emerges that the primary steps of the reductive oligomerization of carbon monoxide are best described by the carbide/methylene mechanism, as originally proposed by Hans Fischer and Franz Tropsch.     

Qualitative properties of pulsating fronts for reaction–advection–diffusion equations in periodic excitable media

In this paper, we study the pulsating fronts of reaction–advection-diffusion equations with two types of nonlinear term in periodic excitable media. Firstly, for the case with combustion nonlinearity, the unique front is proved to decay exponentially when it approaches the unstable limiting state. Secondly, for the degenerate monostable type nonlinearity, it is shown that the front with critical speed is unique, monotone and decays exponentially at negative end, while the fronts of noncritical speeds decay to zero non-exponentially.     

Kinetics of Oxidation of 4-Oxoacids by <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-Chlorosaccharin in Aqueous Acetic Acid Medium

The oxidation kinetics of substituted and unsubstituted 4-oxoacids (S) by N-chlorosaccharin (NCSA) have been studied in aqueous acetic acid media. The reaction follows first-order kinetics in each of the 4-oxoacids, NCSA and H⁺. The effect of changes in the electronic nature of the substrate reveals that positive charge develops in the transition state. Based on the kinetic results and product analysis, a suitable mechanism has been proposed for the reaction of NCSA with 4-oxoacids.