Vibrational assignment and conformational equilibrium for 3-fluoropropene based on ab initio calculations and high resolution far-infrared spectroscopy

Mechanism and kinetic study of 3-fluoropropene with hydroxyl radical reaction

Potential energy surface for the reaction of hydroxyl radical (OH) with 3-fluoropropene (CH₂CHCH₂F) has been studied to evaluate the reaction mechanisms, possible products and rate constants. It has been shown that the CH₂CHCH₂F with OH reaction takes place via a barrierless addition/elimination and hydrogen abstraction mechanism. It is revealed for the first time that the initial step for the barrierless additional process involves a pre-reactive loosely bound complex (CR1) that is 1.60 kcal/mol below the energy of the reactants. Subsequently, the reaction bifurcates into two different pathways to form IM1 (CH₂CHOHCH₂F) and IM2 (CH₂OHCHCH₂F), which can decompose or isomerize to various products via complicated mechanisms. Variational transition state model and multichannel RRKM theory are employed to calculate the temperature-, pressure-dependent rate constants and branching ratios. At atmospheric pressure with He as bath gas, IM1 formed by collisional stabilization is dominated at T≤600 K; whereas the direct hydrogen abstraction leading to CH₂CHCHF and H₂O are the major products at temperatures between 600 and 3000 K, with estimated contribution of 72.9% at 1000 K. Furthermore, the predicted rate constants are in good agreement with the available experimental values.

Infrared and Raman spectra, conformational stability, vibrational assignment and ab initio calculations of methylvinyl silyl chloride

The infrared spectra (3200-50 cm(-1)) of gaseous and solid and Raman spectra (3200-10 cm(-1)) of the liquid and solid methylvinyl silyl chloride, CH(2)=CHSiH(CH(3))Cl, and the Si-d isotopomer have been recorded. The three expected stable conformers (the three different groups eclipsing the double bond) have been identified in the fluid phase, but it was not possible to obtain an annealed solid with a single conformer. Variable temperature (-105 to -150 degrees C) studies of the infrared spectra of the sample dissolved in liquid krypton has been carried out. From these data the enthalpy differences between the most stable conformer with the hydrogen atom (HE) eclipsing the double bond to that with the chlorine atom (ClE) and the methyl group (ME) eclipsing the double bond have been determined to be 17+/-4 cm(-1) (203+/-48 Jmol(-1)) and 80+/-12 cm(-1) (957+/-144 Jmol(-1)), respectively. However in the liquid state the ME conformer is the most stable form with enthalpy differences of 13+/-4 and 27+/-7 cm(-1) to the HE and ClE rotamers, respectively. It is estimated that there is 39% of the HE conformer, 35% of the ClE conformer, and 26% of the ME conformer present at ambient temperature. A complete vibration assignment is proposed for the HE conformer which is based on infrared band contours and group frequencies, which is supported by normal coordinate calculations utilizing the force constants from ab initio MP2/6-31G(d) calculations. Additionally, several of the fundamentals for the other two conformers have been assigned. The optimal geometries, conformational stabilities, harmonic force fields, infrared intensities, Raman activities, depolarization ratios, and vibrational frequencies are reported for all three conformers from MP2/6-31G(d,p) ab initio calculations with full electron correlation. Optimized geometrical parameters and conformational stabilities have been obtained from MP2/6-311+G(d,p) calculations. At this highest level of calculations, the HE conformer is predicted to be more stable by 62 and 84 cm(-1) than the ME and ClE conformers, respectively. The coefficients from the potential function governing the conformational interchange have been obtained from the MP2/6-31G(d) ab initio calculations. By utilizing the frequency of the SiH stretching mode, the r(0)-H distance has been determined to be 1.481 A for the HE conformer. The ab initio calculated quantities are compared to the experimentally determined values where applicable, as well as to some corresponding results for some similar molecules.

Multidimensional conformational analysis of allyl methyl disulfide: a key component of garlic

Organosulfur compounds in garlic, like allyl methyl disulfide, have been found to be involved in antimutagenic, anticarcinogenic, antithrombotic, and lipid-lowering activities, and it has also been found to act as an antioxidant. Ab initio molecular computations were performed on dihydrogen disulfide (1) with respect to torsional angle τ1 = τ(H·S-S·H), hydrogen methyl disulfide (2) with respect to torsional angle τ1 = τ(H·S-S·CH3), and allyl methyl disulfide (3) with respect to torsional angles τ1 = τ(H3C2·CH2·S-S·CH3), τ2 = τ(H3C2·CH2-S·S·CH3), and τ3 = τ(H3C2-CH2·S·S·CH3). Potential energy curves (PEC) were obtained from 1 and 2, i.e., E = E(τ1), from which optimized structures were obtained at the HF/6-31G* level of theory. These optimized structures were used to investigate the potential energy hypersurface surface (PEHS) of 3, i.e., E = E(τ1,τ2,τ3). One-dimensional scans along τ2 and τ3 (where τ1 = ±90°; τ1 = 180°) were performed at the HF/3-21G* level of theory. From these scans, six lower energy pairs of enantiomeric minima (i.e., [g+g+g+| g-g-g-], [g+ag- | g-ag+], [g+g-g+ | g-g+g-], [g+g+g-| g-g-g+], [g+ag- | g-ag+], and [g+g-g-| g-g+g+]) as well as 3 higher energy minima (i.e., [g+g+s | g-g-s], [g+as | g-as], and [g+g-s | g-g+s]) were optimized at τ1 = ±90° at the HF/6-31G* and B3LYP/6-31G* levels of theory. The global minimum was determined to be the [g+g-g+ | g-g+g-] enantiomeric pair of conformers, and the fully symmetrical anti-anti-anti [a a a] structure was determined to be a second-order saddle point on the PEHS of 3. Although there are no stereocentres in 3, there is chirality in the conformational twist with respect to the [a a a] conformation through τ1 = τ2 = τ3 = 180°. Based on the energies and MO diagrams of the HUMO and LUMO +1 of 3, the anticarcinogenic and cholesterol lowering activity mechanism of 3 is presented.Key words: ab initio MO computations, allyl methyl disulfide, multidimensional conformational analysis (MDCA), anticarcinogenic, cholesterol lowering.

Intramolecular Vibrational Dynamics of the Asymmetric &dbond;CH2 Hydride Stretch of Isobutene

The eigenstate-resolved, high-resolution (5 MHz) infrared spectrum of the asymmetric &dbond;CH2 hydride stretch of isobutene has been measured using an electric resonance optothermal spectrometer (EROS). This vibrational band near 3087 cm-1 was rotationally assigned with ground state microwave-infrared double-resonance spectroscopy. IVR rates from rotationally homogeneous IVR multiplets at values of total angular momentum, J ranging from J = 0 to J = 3 and Ka values of Ka = 0 to Ka = 2, were obtained. The average IVR lifetime for this vibrational mode is 105 ps and independent of rotational state. The experimental state density of the rotationless 000 vibrational state, approximately 150 states/cm-1, is in good agreement with the direct count result of 99 states/cm-1 using the C+3 v multiply sign in circle C-3 v (G36) molecular symmetry group. The lineshape profiles of the IVR multiplets are investigated in order to elucidate information concerning the dependence of IVR rates on the symmetry of the torsional wavefunction. We find that there is a common IVR rate among the various torsional symmetries. IVR lifetimes observed in the present study are compared to other asymmetric ethylenic hydride stretch IVR rates measured in our laboratory. Copyright 1999 Academic Press.