Bonding between the cesium cation and substituted benzoic acids or benzoate anions in the gas phase: A density functional theory and mass spectrometric study

2009 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charly Mayeux ◽  
Lionel Massi ◽  
Jean-François Gal ◽  
Pierre-Charles Maria ◽  
Jaana Tammiku-Taul ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Kinetic Method ◽  
Ion Pairs ◽  
Interaction Strength ◽  
Quadrupole Ion Trap ◽  
Benzoic Acids ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Cesium Cation

Substituent effects on the formation of cesium cation complexes with a series of 17 benzoic acids (AH), benzoates (A–), and the ion pairs (Cs+A–) are studied by density functional theory (DFT) and mass spectrometry. This study is positioned in the context of the fate of cesium in the environment, with emphasis of the influence of natural organic matter and humic substances. The bond length Cs+-(carboxylic O) in the various adduct geometries are discussed as regards the interaction strength, but quantitative relationships are limited by secondary effects arising mostly from long-distance interactions in systems bearing polar groups in meta-position. Relative cesium cation affinities of [Cs+A–] were experimentally determined by the kinetic method, i.e. by dissociating the required cesium cluster formed by electrospray ionization in a quadrupole ion-trap. Experiments and calculations are in agreement, except for the adducts derived from 3- and 4-hydroxybenzoic acids. A change in the localization of the negative charge is proposed as a possible explanation for the divergence.

Density Functional Theory Study on the Absorption of CO2 by the Ionic Liquid of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium Acetate

2013 ◽  
Vol 807-809 ◽  
pp. 543-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Fei Chen ◽  
Yan Hong Cui ◽  
Dong Shun Deng ◽  
Ning Ai
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Ionic Liquid ◽  
Ionic Liquids ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Ion Pairs ◽  
Ion Pair ◽  
Frontier Molecular Orbitals ◽  
Density Functional Theory Study ◽  
Electronic Density ◽  
Functional Theory

The absorptions of CO2on the 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([Bmi [Ac]) with different substituents are calculated systematically at GGA/PW91 level. Three hydrogen bonds are formed between [A and cations of 1-n-[Bmi [A ([NBmi+) and 1-tert-[Bmi [A ([TBmi+). The interaction between CO2and the [NBmi [A by a C-O bond is much weaker than that with the [TBmi [A by forming a O...O...C...C four member-ring. The chemisorption of CO2on the ion pairs of [NBmi [A is much weaker than that on the [TBmi [A, resulted from the absorption energies analysis. The frontier molecular orbitals shows the electronic density overlap between absorbed CO2and the [A in CO2-[NBmi [A is much weaker than that in [TBmi [A. Therefore, the chemisorption of CO2on the ion pair of [NBmi [A is much weaker than that on the [TBmi [A. The ionic liquids based [NBmi+can be used repetitively, and the adsorbed CO2would be easier desorbed.

Density functional theory (DFT) calculations on the structures and stabilities of [CnO2n+1]2– and [CnO2n+1]X2 polycarbonates containing chainlike (CO2)n units (n = 2–6; X = H or Li)

2011 ◽  
Vol 89 (6) ◽  
pp. 671-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo J. Bruna ◽  
Friedrich Grein ◽  
Jack Passmore
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Ion Pairs ◽  
Dicarboxylic Acids ◽  
Polarizable Continuum Model ◽  
Weakly Bound ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
The Density Functional Theory ◽  
Weakly Bound Complexes

The structures and stabilities of chainlike (CO2)n (n = 2–6) polycarbonates, where adjacent C atoms are linked by C–O–C bonds, were investigated at the density functional theory (DFT) level (B3PW91/6–311G(2d,p)), including dicarboxylic dianions, [CnO2n+1]2–, and the corresponding acids, [CnO2n+1]H2, and Li salts, [CnO2n+1]Li2. At equilibrium, the most stable systems have Cs, C2, or C2v symmetries. In the gas phase, these dianions are generally metastable with respect to spontaneous ejection of one electron, yet in the presence of counterions they become stabilized, for example, as [CnO2n+1]2–(Li+)2 ion pairs. [CnO2n+1]2– linkages are also stabilized as dicarboxylic acids, [CnO2n+1]H2; we find the latter to have equilibrium conformations of higher symmetry than previously reported in the literature. To the best of our knowledge, none of the [CnO2n+1]X2 (X = Li or H) compounds with n ≥ 2 have been reported in the experimental literature (albeit, the alkyl esters C2O5R2 and C3O7R2 are commercially available). All CO bonds in C2O5X2 to C6O13X2 have single- to double-bond character (≈140–118 pm), indicating that the [CnO2n+1] moieties are held together by strong chemical forces (in contrast to the weakly bound complexes (CO2)n and (CO2)n–, n > 1). Vibrational frequencies were calculated to ensure all conformations were true minima. The IR and Raman intensities show that the high intensity C=O stretching modes (1750 ± 100 cm–1) will help in the spectral characterization of these compounds. Solvation calculations using the polarizable continuum model (PCM) find that C2O52– can be formed via CO32– + CO2 as well as CO3–[Formula: see text], each reaction having ΔG298 < 0 in practically all solvents. This result confirms the experimentally observed large solubility of CO2(g) in molten carbonates, CO3M2 (M = Li, Na, or K). In contrast, starting with n = 2, the reactions [CnO2n+1]2– + CO2 do not proceed spontaneously in any solvent (ΔG298 > 0).

scholarly journals The Mechanism of the Propagation in the Anionic Polymerization of Polystyryllithium in Non-Polar Solvents Elucidated by Density Functional Theory Calculations. A Study of the Negligible Part Played by Dimeric Ion-Pairs under Usual Polymerization Conditions

Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1022
Author(s):  
Hideo Morita ◽  
Marcel Van Beylen
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Transition State ◽  
Anionic Polymerization ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Ion Pairs ◽  
Density Functional Theory Calculations ◽  
Dft Method ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Elementary Processes ◽  
Rate Of Reaction

The elementary processes occurring in the anionic polymerization of styrene with dimerically associated polystyryllithium (propagation during the anionic polymerization of dimeric polystyryllithium) in the gas phase and cyclohexane were studied using MX062X/6-31+G(d), a recently developed density functional theory (DFT) method and compared with the polymerization of styrene with non-associated polystyryllithium, which was described in a previous study. The most stable transition state in the reaction of styrene with dimeric polystyryllithium has a structure in which the side chains of styrene and the two chain end units of polystyryllithium are located in the same direction around the Li atom near the reactive site. The relative enthalpy for this transition state in cyclohexane is 28 kJ·mol−1, which is much lower than that for the reaction of non-associated polystyryllithium (51 kJ·mol−1). However, the relative free energy (which determines the rate constant) for the former is 93 kJ·mol−1, which is greater than that for the latter by 7 kJ·mol−1, indicating that the latter reaction (reaction with non-associated polystyryllithium) is advantageous over the former (reaction with dimeric polystyrylllithium). Their rates of reaction are also affected by initiator concentrations; in the case of reactions with low initiator concentrations, from which high molecular weight polymers are usually obtained, the rate of reaction corresponding to non-associated polystyryllithium is much larger than that corresponding to dimeric polystyryllithium.

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