scholarly journals Mechanism, kinetics and selectivity of selenocyclization of 5-alkenylhydantoins: an experimental and computational study

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 1865-1875 ◽  
Author(s):  
Biljana M Šmit ◽  
Radoslav Z Pavlović ◽  
Dejan A Milenković ◽  
Zoran S Marković

The mechanism and selectivity of a bicyclic hydantoin formation by selenium-induced cyclization are investigated. The proposed mechanism involves the intermediates formed by an electrophilic addition of the selenium reagent on a double bond of the starting 5-alkenylhydantoin prior the cyclization. These intermediates are readily converted into the more stable cyclic seleniranium cations. A key step of the mechanism is an intramolecular cyclization which is realized through an anti-attack of the internal nucleophile, the amidic nitrogen, to the seleniranium cation yielding the intermediate imidazolinium cations. Their deprotonation is followed by the formation of the fused bicyclic reaction products. Important intermediates and key transition states are studied by using density functional theory (DFT) methods. The pathways of the reaction are investigated in detail. There are two regioselective pathways related to 5-exo and 6-endo products. Theoretical calculations and the monitoring of the cyclization reaction using 1H NMR spectroscopy are in a good agreement with the proposed mechanism and are consistent with our experimental results. The preferred pathway for formation of 5-exo products is confirmed.

2011 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. U. Ingold ◽  
Gino A. DiLabio

The dynamics of the 1,4-migration of some O-substituted 3,5-di-tert-butyl-ortho-semiquinone radicals have been calculated by density-functional theory (DFT). There is very good agreement in the rate constant and Arrhenius parameters between these calculations and experimental values for migration of H, D, and the Me3Si group. For the Me3Sn group, the calculations indicate an incredibly fast migration (k293K = 2.0 × 1012 s–1), a result that is consistent with experimental data (k293K > 109 s–1). Other O-substituents examined by DFT and compared with experimental data were H3C and Me2ClSn.


2011 ◽  
Vol 391-392 ◽  
pp. 1368-1374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Ping Wu ◽  
Yuan Bing Sun ◽  
Ian S. Butler

Dibenzyl sulfoxide [C6H5CH2)2SO, DBzSO] has been studied using density functional theory (DFT) methods with a particular emphasis on the theoretical 1H-NMR spectra of the methylene protons. The 1H-NMR chemical shifts of the methylene protons of DBzSO can be divided into two main types. Four possible structures of DBzSO were considered and the total energies were calculated for both a vacuum and in CDCl3 solvent. The change of length of S-O and S-C bonds in solvent was more obvious than that of the C(CH2)-C(C6H5) bonds; The S-O bond was longer and S-C bond was shorter in CDCl3. The essence effect of solvent on the properties of dibenzyl sulfoxide should come from the change of the geometrical structure. The change of shift Δx, [shift (solvent) - shift (vacuum)] showed that the effect of solvent on methylene protons of dibenzyl sulfoxide was apparent. Except of the other H of the rings, the two ortho H which were near S-O bond appeared more sensitivity on the solvent. The optimized structures in CDCl3 were in good agreement with the experimental data. The NMR peaks of methylene protons should be split more apparently in actual circumstance and the complex split of CH2 1HNMR peaks should be explained in some degree.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihails Arhangelskis ◽  
Athanassis Katsenis ◽  
Novendra Novendra ◽  
Zamirbek Akimbekov ◽  
Dayaker Gandrath ◽  
...  

By combining mechanochemical synthesis and calorimetry with theoretical calculations, we demonstrate that dispersion-corrected periodic density functional theory (DFT) can accurately survey the topological landscape and predict relative energies of polymorphs for a previously inaccessible fluorine-substituted zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF). Experimental screening confirmed two out of three theoretically anticipated polymorphs, and the calorimetric measurements provided an excellent match to theoretically calculated energetic difference between them.<br>


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 1947
Author(s):  
Delano P. Chong

After geometry optimization, the electron spectra of indole and four azaindoles are calculated by density functional theory. Available experimental photoemission and excitation data for indole and 7-azaindole are used to compare with the theoretical values. The results for the other azaindoles are presented as predictions to help the interpretation of experimental spectra when they become available.


RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (30) ◽  
pp. 18246-18251
Author(s):  
Selçuk Eşsiz

A computational study of metal-free cyanomethylation and cyclization of aryl alkynoates with acetonitrile is carried out employing density functional theory and high-level coupled-cluster methods, such as [CCSD(T)].


2006 ◽  
Vol 84 (8) ◽  
pp. 1045-1049 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shabaan AK Elroby ◽  
Kyu Hwan Lee ◽  
Seung Joo Cho ◽  
Alan Hinchliffe

Although anisyl units are basically poor ligands for metal ions, the rigid placements of their oxygens during synthesis rather than during complexation are undoubtedly responsible for the enhanced binding and selectivity of the spherand. We used standard B3LYP/6-31G** (5d) density functional theory (DFT) to investigate the complexation between spherands containing five anisyl groups, with CH2–O–CH2 (2) and CH2–S–CH2 (3) units in an 18-membered macrocyclic ring, and the cationic guests (Li+, Na+, and K+). Our geometric structure results for spherands 1, 2, and 3 are in good agreement with the previously reported X-ray diffraction data. The absolute values of the binding energy of all the spherands are inversely proportional to the ionic radius of the guests. The results, taken as a whole, show that replacement of one anisyl group by CH2–O–CH2 (2) and CH2–S–CH2 (3) makes the cavity bigger and less preorganized. In addition, both the binding and specificity decrease for small ions. The spherands 2 and 3 appear beautifully preorganized to bind all guests, so it is not surprising that their binding energies are close to the parent spherand 1. Interestingly, there is a clear linear relation between the radius of the cavity and the binding energy (R2 = 0.999).Key words: spherands, preorganization, density functional theory, binding energy, cavity size.


1999 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 502-503
Author(s):  
Branko S. Jursic

High level ab initio and density functional theory studies are performed on highly protonated methane species.


Chemistry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 704-713
Author(s):  
Younas Aouine ◽  
Aaziz Jmiai ◽  
Anouar Alami ◽  
Abdallah El Asri ◽  
Souad El Issami ◽  
...  

The N-alkylation reaction of N-benzoyl 5-(aminomethyl)tetrazole (5-AMT) with benzyl bromide was carried out in the presence of K2CO3 as a base. Two separable regioisomers were obtained, thus their purification led to determine the proportion of each of them, and their structures were attributed essentially based on 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy in addition to the elemental analysis and MS data. In order to confirm the results obtained at the synthesis level, a computational study was carried out by application of density functional theory (DFT) using the Becke three-parameter hybrid exchange functional and the Lee-Yang-Parr correlation functional (B3LYP).


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