Computational study on the mechanism of the three-component reaction of dimethylacetylene dicarboxylate and triphenylphosphine with 2-acetylbutyrolactone

2015 ◽  
Vol 93 (6) ◽  
pp. 666-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mina Haghdadi ◽  
Sakineh Asghari ◽  
Samaneh Ramezani

The molecular mechanism of the three-component reaction of triphenylphosphine, dialkyl acetylene dicarboxylate, and 2-acetylbutyrolactone to synthesize the stabilized phosphorus ylide and 1,3-butadiene derivative via the intramolecular Wittig reaction has been investigated using the density functional theory method at the B3LYP/6-31G level of theory. Two possible reaction pathways have been characterized in detail to form the cyclobutene intermediate and in the next step; the cyclobutene intermediate undergoes the conrotatory ring-opening reaction to produce the 1,3-butadiene derivative along two possible pathways. The calculated results indicate that two pathways (pathways II and II-a) are the most energy favorable among all of the pathways, so they occur more than do the others. Moreover, the phosphorus ylide is more stable than the corresponding 1,3-butadiene, demonstrating that the intramolecular Wittig reaction could not easily occur at room temperature, which is in agreement with the experimental results.

Organics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-37
Author(s):  
Karolina Zawadzińska ◽  
Karolina Kula

The regiochemistry of [3+2] cycloaddition (32CA) processes between benzonitrile N-oxide 1 and β-phosphorylated analogues of nitroethenes 2a–c has been studied using the Density Functional Theory (DFT) at the M062X/6-31+G(d) theory level. The obtained results of reactivity indices show that benzonitrile N-oxide 1 can be classified both as a moderate electrophile and moderate nucleophile, while β-phosphorylated analogues of nitroethenes 2a–c can be classified as strong electrophiles and marginal nucleophiles. Moreover, the analysis of CDFT shows that for [3+2] cycloadditions with the participation of β-phosphorylatednitroethene 2a and β-phosphorylated α-cyanonitroethene 2b, the more favored reaction path forms 4-nitro-substituted Δ2-isoxazolines 3a–b, while for a reaction with β-phosphorylated β-cyanonitroethene 2c, the more favored path forms 5-nitro-substituted Δ2-isoxazoline 4c. This is due to the presence of a cyano group in the alkene. The CDFT study correlates well with the analysis of the kinetic description of the considered reaction channels. Moreover, DFT calculations have proven the clearly polar nature of all analyzed [3+2] cycloaddition reactions according to the polar one-step mechanism.


2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 805-812
Author(s):  
Ahissandonatien Ehouman ◽  
Adjoumanirodrigue Kouakou ◽  
Fatogoma Diarrassouba ◽  
Hakim Abdel Aziz Ouattara ◽  
Paulin Marius Niamien

Our theoretical study of stability and reactivity was carried out on six (06) molecules of a series of pyrimidine tetrazole hybrids (PTH) substituted with H, F, Cl, Br, OCH3 and CH3 atoms and groups of atoms using the density function theory (DFT). Analysis of the thermodynamic formation quantities confirmed the formation and existence of the series of molecules studied. Quantum chemical calculations at the B3LYP / 6-311G (d, p) level of theory determined molecular descriptors. Global reactivity descriptors were also determined and analyzed. Thus, the results showed that the compound PTH_1 is the most stable, and PTH_5 is the most reactive and nucleophilic. Similarly, the compound PTH_4 is the most electrophilic. The analysis of the local descriptors and the boundary molecular orbitals allowed us to identify the preferred atoms for electrophilic and nucleophilic attacks.


2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 3016-3029 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. El-Yaktini ◽  
A. Lachiri ◽  
M. El-Faydy ◽  
F. Benhiba ◽  
H. Zarrok ◽  
...  

The inhibition ability of a new Azomethine derivatives containing the 8-hydroxyquinoline (BDHQ and MDHQ) towards carbon steel corrosion in HCl solution was studied at various concentrations and temperatures using weight loss, polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) methods. The experimental results reveal that BDHQ and MDHQ are efficient mixed type corrosion inhibitors, and their inhibition efficiencies increase with increasing concentration. The adsorption of these inhibitors on mild steel surface obeys Langmuir isotherm. Quantum chemical parameters are calculated using the Density Functional Theory method (DFT) and Monte Carlo simulations. Correlation between theoretical and experimental results is discussed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (12) ◽  
pp. 1071-1078
Author(s):  
Vahideh Zadsirjan ◽  
Sayyed Jalil Mahdizadeh ◽  
Majid M. Heravi ◽  
Masumeh Heydari

A novel series of N-functionalized 4-aryl-tetrahydrobiquinoline-2,5-(1H,3H)-diones were synthesized in high yields by a one-pot three-component reaction involving 2-chloroquinoline-3-carbaldehydes, Meldrum’s acid, and enaminones (dimedone-based enaminones) in the presence of K2CO3 in CH3CN under reflux condition. To gain a deep insight on the mechanism of the reaction, an extensive series of quantum mechanics calculations in the framework of density functional theory (DFT) were carried out for supporting the suggested reaction pathway.


2022 ◽  
Vol 1049 ◽  
pp. 180-185
Author(s):  
Viktor Mavrinskii ◽  
Evgeniy A. Belenkov

Calculations of the structural and energy parameters, band structure and density of electronic states of new structural varieties of graphyne have been performed by the density functional theory method. The initial structure of the nine polymorphs was theoretically constructed on the basis of the 5-7a graphene layer. As a result of the calculations, the structure of only five graphyne layers was found to be stable: α-L5-7a, β1-L5-7a, β2-L5-7a, β3-L5-7a and β4-L5-7a. The structure of layers γ1-L5-7a, γ2-L5-7a, and γ3-L5-7a is transformed into the structure of graphene layers by geometric optimization, and the graphyne layer γ4-L5-7a is transformed sp+sp2 layer L3-6-13. The sublimation energy of the stable graphyne polymorphs varies from 6.66 to 6.78 eV/atom. The density of electronic states at the Fermi energy level for all α-L5-7a and β-L5-7a layers of graphyne is different from zero, so the new graphyne polymorphs should have metallic properties.


Author(s):  
Alexei N. Pankratov ◽  
Nikolay A. Bychkov ◽  
Olga M. Tsivileva

Using the density functional theory method at the B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) level of theory, the formation of hydrogen-bonded complexes of L-cysteine with selenious and selenic acids has been studied. In both cases of selenium-containing acids, the complexes occur preferably by cysteine carboxylic group, therewith the enthalpy of formation values consist from –19 to –21 kcal/mol, and free energy from –6 to –9 kcal/mol. Probably, the initial act of interaction in the system hydroxyl-containing selenium compound - a-amino acid, proceeding with mutual orientation of the reactants molecules and intermolecular hydrogen bonds formation, serves as a prerequisite for the thiol group capability of participating in the subsequent stages (including more completed transformations) of biologically important reactions.


Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiaki Yoshida ◽  
Yasuteru Mawatari ◽  
Masayoshi Tabata

In this study, poly(oxyethyl propiolate)s (POP)s featuring various oxyethylene derivatives are synthesized using a [Rh(norbornadiene)Cl]2 catalyst. In particular, POPs featuring the normal oxyethylene chain in the side-chain exhibit excellent yields and high molecular weights in methanol and N,N-dimethylformamide at 40 °C, compared with poly(n-alkyl propiolate)s (PnAP)s. The high reactivity of the oxyethyl propiolate (OP) monomers is clarified by considering the time dependences of the polymerization yields of OPs and alkyl propiolates (Aps). Furthermore, the monomer structure and intermediate conformation of the Rh complex are optimized using Density Function theory (DFT) methods (B3LYP/6-31G** and B3LYP/LANL2DZ) and a polymerization mechanism is proposed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Rafael V. Arutyunyan ◽  
Alexander D. Vasiliev ◽  
Yuri N. Obukhov ◽  
Alexander V. Osadchy

We study the spontaneous emission processes for the quantum transitions between electron states of a charged C60 fullerene. Lifetimes for the transitions between the volume-localized electron levels and the surface-localized electron levels are evaluated and compared with the transitions between two surface-localized electron levels. We find the lifetimes by computing the transition dipole moments on the basis of the numeric calculations of the three-dimensional electron wave functions of a charged fullerene by making use of the density functional theory method implemented in the QuantumEspresso package. We show that the lifetime of a volume-localized level is of order of 1 μs for a transition energy of about 5 eV. This suggests to consider the possibility of using charged fullerenes for generating short-wavelength radiation, including coherent radiation in this range.


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