Adenine Radicals in the Gas Phase:  An Experimental and Computational Study of Hydrogen Atom Adducts to Adenine

2005 ◽  
Vol 109 (36) ◽  
pp. 8121-8132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohong Chen ◽  
Erik A. Syrstad ◽  
Minh Tho Nguyen ◽  
Pascal Gerbaux ◽  
František Tureček
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Computational Study

2-Deoxyribose Radicals in the Gas Phase and Aqueous Solution. Transient Intermediates of Hydrogen Atom Abstraction from 2-Deoxyribofuranose

2005 ◽  
Vol 70 (11) ◽  
pp. 1769-1786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luc A. Vannier ◽  
Chunxiang Yao ◽  
František Tureček
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Computational Study ◽  
Hydrogen Atom Abstraction ◽  
Oh Radical ◽  
Free Energies ◽  
Intramolecular Hydrogen ◽  
Solvation Free Energies ◽  
Transient Intermediates

A computational study at correlated levels of theory is reported to address the structures and energetics of transient radicals produced by hydrogen atom abstraction from C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, C-5, O-1, O-3, and O-5 positions in 2-deoxyribofuranose in the gas phase and in aqueous solution. In general, the carbon-centered radicals are found to be thermodynamically and kinetically more stable than the oxygen-centered ones. The most stable gas-phase radical, 2-deoxyribofuranos-5-yl (5), is produced by H-atom abstraction from C-5 and stabilized by an intramolecular hydrogen bond between the O-5 hydroxy group and O-1. The order of radical stabilities is altered in aqueous solution due to different solvation free energies. These prefer conformers that lack intramolecular hydrogen bonds and expose O-H bonds to the solvent. Carbon-centered deoxyribose radicals can undergo competitive dissociations by loss of H atoms, OH radical, or by ring cleavages that all require threshold dissociation or transition state energies >100 kJ mol-1. This points to largely non-specific dissociations of 2-deoxyribose radicals when produced by exothermic hydrogen atom abstraction from the saccharide molecule. Oxygen-centered 2-deoxyribose radicals show only marginal thermodynamic and kinetic stability and are expected to readily fragment upon formation.

scholarly journals Theoretical Study about the Effect of Halogen Substitution on the Reactivity of Antitumor 3-Formylchromones and Their Free Radicals

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Maximiliano Martínez-Cifuentes ◽  
Boris Weiss-López ◽  
Ramiro Araya-Maturana
Keyword(s):  
Free Radicals ◽  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Computational Study ◽  
Bond Dissociation Enthalpy ◽  
Radical Species ◽  
Anticancer Compounds ◽  
Dissociation Enthalpy ◽  
Polarizable Continuum

The mandatory presence of a chlorine atom on the aromatic ring of 6-hydroxy-3-formyl angular chromones, on the respiration inhibition of mammary carcinoma mouse, is explained through a computational study of these compounds. This study analyzes the reactivity of the neutral molecules and their free radicals, in gas phase and with water solvation, incorporated by the polarizable continuum medium (PCM) approach. Electrophilic reactivities were evaluated using Fukui (f+) and Parr (P+) functions. The stabilities of radical species formed by the abstraction of a hydrogen atom from the O-H bond were evaluated by bond dissociation enthalpy (BDE) and spin density (SD) calculations. This study has potential implications for the design of chromone analogues as anticancer compounds.

Explaining the magnetism of gold

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robson de Farias
Keyword(s):  
Gas Phase ◽  
Computational Study ◽  
Formation Enthalpy ◽  
Gold Atom ◽  
Orbital Energy ◽  
Knudsen Effusion ◽  
Energy Diagram ◽  
Unpaired Electrons ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Good Agreement

<p>In the present work, a computational study is performed in order to clarify the possible magnetic nature of gold. For such purpose, gas phase Au<sub>2</sub> (zero charge) is modelled, in order to calculate its gas phase formation enthalpy. The calculated values were compared with the experimental value obtained by means of Knudsen effusion mass spectrometric studies [5]. Based on the obtained formation enthalpy values for Au<sub>2</sub>, the compound with two unpaired electrons is the most probable one. The calculated ionization energy of modelled Au<sub>2</sub> with two unpaired electrons is 8.94 eV and with zero unpaired electrons, 11.42 eV. The difference (11.42-8.94 = 2.48 eV = 239.29 kJmol<sup>-1</sup>), is in very good agreement with the experimental value of 226.2 ± 0.5 kJmol<sup>-1</sup> to the Au-Au bond<sup>7</sup>. So, as expected, in the specie with none unpaired electrons, the two 6s<sup>1</sup> (one of each gold atom) are paired, forming a chemical bond with bond order 1. On the other hand, in Au<sub>2</sub> with two unpaired electrons, the s-d hybridization prevails, because the relativistic contributions. A molecular orbital energy diagram for gas phase Au<sub>2</sub> is proposed, explaining its paramagnetism (and, by extension, the paramagnetism of gold clusters and nanoparticles).</p>

A vibrational spectroscopic and computational study of the structures of protonated imidacloprid and its fragmentation products in the gas phase

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 3377-3388
Author(s):  
Kelsey J. Menard ◽  
Jonathan Martens ◽  
Travis D. Fridgen
Keyword(s):  
Computational Chemistry ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Vibrational Spectroscopy ◽  
Computational Study ◽  
Unimolecular Decomposition ◽  
Decomposition Products

Vibrational spectroscopy and computational chemistry studies were combined with the aim of elucidating the structures of protonated imidacloprid (pIMI), and its unimolecular decomposition products.

Computational study of the concerted gas-phase triple dissociations of 1,3,5-triazacyclohexane and its 1,3,5-trinitro derivative (RDX)

1991 ◽  
Vol 95 (20) ◽  
pp. 7699-7702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dariush Habibollahzadeh ◽  
Michael Grodzicki ◽  
Jorge M. Seminario ◽  
Peter Politzer
Keyword(s):  
Gas Phase ◽  
Computational Study

A computational study on the gas phase reaction of Os+ with N2O

2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 1010-1014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Hong Li ◽  
Chuan Ming Wang ◽  
Shi Wen Yu ◽  
Xiang Yi Liu ◽  
Hui Fu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Phase ◽  
Computational Study ◽  
Phase Reaction ◽  
Gas Phase Reaction

Molecular Geometry of Vanadium Dichloride and Vanadium Trichloride: A Gas-Phase Electron Diffraction and Computational Study

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 2816-2821 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoltán Varga ◽  
Brian Vest ◽  
Peter Schwerdtfeger ◽  
Magdolna Hargittai
Keyword(s):  
Electron Diffraction ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Computational Study ◽  
Molecular Geometry ◽  
Gas Phase Electron Diffraction
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