Laser flash photolysis of fluorinated aryl azides in neutral and acidic solutions

Laser flash photolysis of perfluoro-4-biphenyl azide andN-propyl-4-azido-2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzylamide in acetonitrile, water-acetonitrile mixtures, and HCl-containing solutions was studied. The absorption spectra of primary intermediates, singlet arylnitrenes(2a(S) and2b(S), respectively), were recorded. The absolute rate constants of their intersystem crossing in MeCN were measured, and the corresponding Arrhenius parameters were found from the temperature dependences of the rate constants of isomerization of singlet arylnitrenes2a(S) and2b(S) to azirines. Protonation of singlet arylnitrenes2a(S) and2b(S) was observed, the rate constants of their protonation were measured, and the transient absorption spectra of arylnitrenium ions were recorded. It was shown by quantum-chemical calculations (the hybrid B3LYP method) that the arylnitrenium ions that formed have the singlet ground state and the singlet-triplet gap is ∼20 kcal mol⁻¹. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 49–54, January, 2000.     

Protonation enthalpies in fluorosulfonic acid using ab initio self-consistent reaction field theory

Electrostatic solvation free energies were computed for several small neutral bases and their conjugate acids using a continuum solvation model called the self-consistent isodensity polarizable continuum model (SCIPCM). The solvation energies were computed at the restricted Hartree–Fock (RHF) and second-order Møller–Plesset (MP2) levels of theory, as well as with the Becke3–Lee–Yang–Parr (B3LYP) density functional theory, using the standard 6–31G** Gaussian basis set. The RHF solvation energies are similar to those computed at the correlated MP2 and B3LYP theoretical levels. A model for computing protonation enthalpies for neutral bases in fluorosulfonic acid solvent leads to the equation ΔH(B)=−PA(B)+ΔE_t(BH⁺)−ΔE_t(B)+β, where PA(B) is the gas phase proton affinity for base B, ΔE_t(BH⁺) is the SCIPCM solvation energy for the conjugate acid, and ΔE_t(B) is the solvation energy for the base. A fit to experimental values of ΔH(B) for 10 neutral bases (H₂O, MeOH, Me₂O, H₂S, MeSH, Me₂S, NH₃, MeNH₂, Me₂NH, and PH₃) gives β=238.4±2.9 kcal/mol when ΔΔE_t is computed using the 0.0004 e⋅bohr⁻³ isodensity surface for defining the solute cavity at the RHF/6–31G** level. The model predicts that for carbon monoxide ΔH(CO)=10 kcal/mol. Thus, protonation of CO is endothermic, and the conjugate acid HCO⁺ (formyl cation) behaves as a strong acid in fluorosulfonic acid. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Comput Chem 19: 250–257, 1998     

N,N′-双-β-萘甲基哌嗪分子内激发态复合物形成的混合溶剂效应

本文测定了N,N′-双-β-萘甲基哌嗪(DMNP)在苯与乙腈混合溶剂中的荧光光谱。在乙腈含量<5(mol·dm^-3)时,乙腈猝灭DMNP苯溶液的荧光符合Stern-Volmer方程,表明极性溶剂分子乙腈与DMNP分子内激基复合物存在着相互作用。随着乙腈含量的增加,DMNP分子内激基复合物(exci-plex)荧光的猝灭与红移以及分子内激基缔合物(excimer)的逐步形成则仅与体系的极性有关。文中还讨论了DMNP激发态复合物形成的机理。     

[CH3ONO2]H+正离子与R-OH型分子相互作用的DFT研究

用密度泛函(DFT)(B_³LYP) 方法,在6-31G(d,p)基组水平上优化了两种质子化的硝酸甲酯异构体几何构型和能量,研究了异构体与H₂O、CH₃OH等分子之间的氢键的相互作用,提出了氢键超分子复合物的两种平面结构。研究发现在酯位质子化异构体的相对稳定性高于在硝氧位质子化的异构体。但当异构体在液相中与ROH类分子发生分子间相互作用后这一顺序发生了反转,说明了该体系中的分子间相互作用对异构体较强的影响。     

α-氨基酸在水-乙醇中羟基质子化热力学

α 氨基酸为重要的两性物质 ,其酸碱性质对于维持生物体内的酸碱平衡和蛋白质的生物活性起着十分重要的作用．α 氨基酸在纯水溶剂中的质子化反应热力学性质已进行了广泛的研究［１ -６］,但对球形蛋白来说 ,蛋白亚基间的作用是处在一个大量但不完全由水组成的非水环境中 ,因此 ,研究氨基酸在水 有机物混合溶剂中的质子化热力学性质具有重要意义．但这方面的工作 ,特别是用量热法直接研究溶剂对质子化焓变的影响开展得不多．本文选择乙醇和水组成的混合溶剂模拟蛋白质亚基所处的介质环境 ,利用精密微量流动热量计测定２９８．１５Ｋ时甘氨…     

α-氨基酸在水-乙醇中羧基质子化热力学

Enthalpy changes for the protonation of carboxyl group of four α-amino acids(glycine,L-α-alanine,L-valine and L-serine) were measured in water-ethanol mixtures (10－ 70wt％) at 298.15K using LKB-2277 Bioactivity Monitor.The corresponding entropy and Gibbs energy changes were also calculated.The results show that both enthalpy changes and entropy changes are favorable to the protonation of carboxyl groups of the investigated amino acids in water-ethanol mixtures.However,the influence of the composition of ethanol in the mixed solvents on the enthalpy change and entropy changes is complicated.Both sδ and sδ ,the differences of enthalpy changes and entropy changes in mixed solvents and in pure water respectively,show a minimum approximately at xEtOH=0.1.The effects of side chains on the enthalpy change and entropy changes were also investigated using the proton transfer process between glycine and the other three amino acids.The results demonstrate that the proton transfer processes for alanine and valine are spontaneous but not for serine,which could be interpreted in terms of the electrostatic interaction between amino group and carboxyl group within the molecule and the interaction between carboxyl group and the solvent.     

Investigation of the Fiban K-1 Sulfocationite by the IR Spectroscopy Method

Using the IR spectroscopy method, we have studied the state of water, sulfogroups, and adsorbed methanol in a Fiban K-1 fibrous cationite under different conditions of preparation of a sample. It is shown that on an air-dried cationite protonation of methanol is performed by the ionic pair [(H_2n+1O _n )⁺·SO₃ ^–] after vacuum treatment at 20°C and by the ionic pair [H⁺·SO₃ ^–] after vacuum treatment at 90°C.     

Protonation of leucoemeraldine in the solid state and in solution

The protonation of leucoemeraldine in power form and in N-methylpyrrolidinone (NMP) solution by HCIO₄ and HBF₄ has been studied by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), infrared (IR), and ultraviolet (UV)-visible absorption spectroscopy. In powder form, less than 25% of the amine nitrogens can be protonated in the absence of oxygen. The effects of oxygen on the degree of protonation and the distribution of amine and imine units upon deprotonation of the salt are investigated. The degree of protonation in leuccemeraldine can be increased to about 50% with 3 M HCIO₄, similar to that achievable with emeraldine base in powder form. In NMP solution, leucoemeraldine is easily oxidized by dissolved oxygen. Protonation of both leucoemeraldine and emeraldine base in NMP solutions results in metastable species which gradually undergo deprotonation. The resulting products are affected by the O₂ content of the solutions. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.