Theory of chemical bonds in metalloenzymes XXII: a concerted bond-switching mechanism for the oxygen–oxygen bond formation coupled with one electron transfer for water oxidation in the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II

ABSTRACT

QM(UB3LYP)/MM(AMBER) calculations were performed for the locations of the transition structure (TS) of the oxygen–oxygen (O–O) bond formation in the S₄ state of the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) of photosystem II (PSII). The natural orbital (NO) analysis of the broken-symmetry (BS) solutions was also performed to elucidate the nature of the chemical bonds at TS on the basis of several chemical indices defined by the occupation numbers of NO. The computational results revealed a concerted bond switching (CBS) mechanism for the oxygen–oxygen bond formation coupled with the one-electron transfer (OET) for water oxidation in OEC of PSII. The orbital interaction between the σ-HOMO of the Mn(IV)₄–O₍₅₎ bond and the π*-LUMO of the Mn(V)₁=O₍₆₎ bond plays an important role for the concerted O–O bond formation for water oxidation in the CaMn₄O₆ cluster of OEC of PSII. One electron transfer (OET) from the π-HOMO of the Mn(V)₁=O₍₆₎ bond to the σ*-LUMO of the Mn(IV)₄–O₍₅₎ bond occurs for the formation of electron transfer diradical, where the generated anion radical [Mn(IV)₄–O₍₅₎]^-? part is relaxed to the ?Mn(III)₄?…?O₍₅₎^- structure and the cation radical [O₍₆₎=Mn(V)₁]⁺ ? part is relaxed to the ⁺O₍₆₎–Mn(IV)₁? structure because of the charge-spin separation for the electron-and hole-doped Mn–oxo bonds. Therefore, the local spins are responsible for the one-electron reductions of Mn(IV)₄->Mn(III)₄ and Mn(V)₁->Mn(IV)₁. On the other hand, the O₍₅₎^- and O₍₆₎⁺ sites generated undergo the O–O bond formation in the CaMn₄O₆ cluster. The Ca(II) ion in the cubane- skeleton of the CaMn₄O₆ cluster assists the above orbital interactions by the lowering of the orbital energy levels of π*-LUMO of Mn(V)₁=O₍₆₎ and σ*-LUMO of Mn(IV)₄–O₍₅₎, indicating an important role of its Lewis acidity. Present CBS mechanism for the O–O bond formation coupled with one electron reductions of the high-valent Mn ions is different from the conventional radical coupling (RC) and acid-base (AB) mechanisms for water oxidation in artificial and native photosynthesis systems. The proton-coupled electron transfer (PC-OET) mechanism for the O–O bond formation is also touched in relation to the CBS-OET mechanism.     

Near-optimal design of Global Positioning System (GPS) networks using the Tabu Search technique

This paper describes an optimization technique based on an heuristic procedure which is applied to analyse and improve the efficiency of the design of Global Positioning System (GPS) surveying networks. GPS is a valuable survey tool because of its ability to increase the accuracy, speed and flexibility of a survey. A GPS network can be defined as a number of stations, which are co-ordinated by a series of sessions, formed by placing receivers on stations. The goal is to select the best order in which these sessions can be organised to give the best possible schedule. Generally, solving large networks to optimality requires impractical computational time. This paper proposes a Tabu Search technique which provides optimal or near-optimal solutions for large networks with an acceptable amount of computational effort. Computational results for several case studies with known and unknown optimal schedules have been presented to assess the performance of the proposed technique.     

不同沉淀剂制备的Ag／TS－1催化丙烯直接气相氧化合成环氧丙烷

 在423K、常压固定床石英反应器中，以丙烯直接气相氧化为探针反应，考察了催化剂制备方法、沉淀剂的种类和浓度对制备的Ag／TS－1催化剂催化性能的影响，采用TEM，XRD和UV－Vis等表征手段对Ag／TS－1催化剂进行了分析．结果表明，沉积－沉淀法是最佳的催化剂制备方法，但浸渍法也可制得具有环氧丙烷选择性的催化剂．K2CO3是一种良好的沉淀剂．以K2CO3为沉淀剂，硅钛比为64的TS－1为载体制备的Ag／TS－1催化剂上的丙烯转化率为1．72％，环氧丙烷选择性为98．2％．少量单质银的存在有利于环氧丙烷的生成，除银粒子的分散状态外，银粒子与载体TS－1间的相互作用对提高催化剂的选择性具有决定性作用．     

TS分子筛催化性能研究Ⅰ．TS－2分子筛催化1，2－丙二醇液相氧化反应的研究

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钛硅分子筛的结构表征及催化性能研究

以ＴＰＡＢｒ为模板剂，氨水等为碱源合成了钛硅分子筛ＴＳ－１，并利用ＸＲＤ，ＩＲ，元素分析，ＵＶ－ＶＩＳ，热分析等手段对合成的分子筛进行了表征，通过丙烯环氧化反应合成的ＴＳ－１催化性能。结果结果，ＴＳ－１凝胶与产品的硅钛与基本一致；随着硅钛比的降低，ＴＳ－１由单斜晶系过渡为正交晶系，在硅钛比为１２９－１６．７的范围内，随着进入骨架的钛量增加，单胞体积增大；     

Reaction Ergodography and Transition State Analyses of the Addition of AIH_3 to Acetylene

The present paper covers the reaction ergodography for the addition of AlH3 to acetylene investigated by ab initio calculation with RHF/3-21G basis set. The changes in some physical properties along the reaction path (IRC) are presented. The formations of FMOs of the transition state have been analyzed according to the Fukui' s method. On the basis of the perturbation theory and Wolfsborg Helmholtz formula, we calculated the FMO' s energy orders of TS and its formation that shows the HOMO of TS consists of LUMO, HOMO of AlH3 and HOMO of HCCH.     

Study of the Molecular Mobility in Polymers with the Thermally Stimulated Recovery Technique—A Review

Thermally stimulated recovery (TSR) is a non‐conventional mechanical spectroscopy technique that allows to analyse in detail the relaxation processes of polymeric systems in the low frequency region. This work reviews the main aspects and potentialities of this technique. The different kinds of TSR experiments that can be performed, global and thermal sampling (TS) experiments, are described and illustrated with several examples. Also, the different methods for the determination of the thermokinetic parameters (activation energy and pre‐exponential factor) of the thermal sampling (TS) procedure are explained and compared. In this context, the compensation phenomenon, which always appears in TSR results when the studies are performed in the glass transition region of a given system, is discussed. Examples of the application of this technique to different polymeric systems during the last 20 years are provided. An emphasis will be made on the analysis of the effect of crystallinity degree and crosslink density on the TSR response. A comparison between the results (characteristic times and activation energies) obtained by different techniques, namely TSR, dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), is made.     

TS3000总硫分析仪分析低压力硫化氢的研究

通过时TS3000 总硫分析仪气体进样模块的简单改装,利用仪器的富集功能,使其可以分析由质量流量控制器原理发生的低含量、低压力的硫化氢气体,解决了TS3000 总硫分析仪不能检测压力较低样品的难题.对不同含量硫化氢样气体的分析结果表明,改装后的仪器仍具有很好的线性及准确度,同时验证了仪器改装方法的可行性.     

Calculation of the anharmonic effect on the main reactions referring to ethylbenzene combustion mechanism

About 11 reactions related to ethylbenzene are studied in this paper using transition state theory. The YL method proposed by Yao and Lin is utilized to calculate the anharmonic and the harmonic rate constants in these reaction processes in the temperature range of 300–4,000 K, energy diagram and the temperature dependence of the rate coefficients are also presented. The calculations indicate that the harmonic rate constants are larger than the anharmonic rate constants in most cases. Especially, there is a temperature junction between the high and low relationship between the anharmonic and harmonic rate constants in several reactions. Furthermore, the calculated values are in good agreement with other theoretical ones within the allowable error. Finally, the kinetic parameters and the thermodynamic parameters are calculated. To sum up, it can be concluded that the anharmonic effect in these reactions is very significant and cannot be ignored.