scholarly journals Further Astrochemical Insights From Bond Strengths of Small Molecules Containing Atoms From the First Three Rows of the Periodic Table

Author(s):  
Edmund S. Doerksen ◽  
Ryan C. Fortenberry

The atoms contributing to the strongest “single bonds” on the periodic table do not continue to produce the strongest “double bonds” or “triple bonds.” In fact, the opposite appears to be the case. This quantum chemical examination of nominal X = Y and X ≡ Y bonds in model molecules of atoms from the first three rows of the periodic table shows that the strongest “double bond” is in formaldehyde once the astrophysically-depleted Be and B atoms are removed from consideration. The strongest “triple bond” is a close match between acetylene and N2. However, these results indicate that astrophysical regions containing a high abundance of hydride species will likely be areas where inorganic oxide formation is favored. Those where H2 molecules have already been dissociated will favor organic/volatile astrochemistry.

1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 1073-1076 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne R. Abrams ◽  
Donato D. Nucciarone ◽  
Warren F. Steck

The lithium and sodium salts of 1,2-diaminoethane, 1,3-diaminopropane, n-butylamine, and the lithium salt of isobutylamine were studied as potential reagents for isomerization of triple bonds in alkyn-1-ols. The sodium salts of the diamines afforded high yields of the ω-alkyn-1-ol. Somewhat surprisingly, the sodium salt of n-butylamine also effects isomerization to the terminal position. The lithium salt of 1,3-diaminopropane gave the highest conversion of 2- to 3-alkyn-1-ol. A novel, selective rearrangement of one triple bond of a diynol, a 2, ω- to 3, ω-diyn-1-ol isomerization, was incorporated into a synthesis of the insect sex pheromone 3,13-octadecadienol acetate.


2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (59) ◽  
pp. 8210-8213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena Winner ◽  
Alexander Hermann ◽  
Guillaume Bélanger-Chabot ◽  
Oscar F. González-Belman ◽  
J. Oscar C. Jiménez-Halla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  

A silylene and a 1,2-diaminoalkyne respectively cleave the strong BN triple bond in iminoboranes.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (9) ◽  
pp. e1500857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bitao Pan ◽  
Jun Xiao ◽  
Jiling Li ◽  
Pu Liu ◽  
Chengxin Wang ◽  
...  

Carbyne is the one-dimensional allotrope of carbon composed of sp-hybridized carbon atoms. Definitive evidence for carbyne has remained elusive despite its synthesis and preparation in the laboratory. Given the remarkable technological breakthroughs offered by other allotropes of carbon, including diamond, graphite, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and graphene, interest in carbyne and its unusual potential properties remains intense. We report the first synthesis of carbyne with finite length, which is clearly composed of alternating single bonds and triple bonds, using a novel process involving laser ablation in liquid. Spectroscopic analyses confirm that the product is the structure of sp hybridization with alternating carbon-carbon single bonds and triple bonds and capped by hydrogen. We observe purple-blue fluorescence emissions from the gap between the highest occupied molecular orbital and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of carbyne. Condensed-phase carbyne crystals have a hexagonal lattice and resemble the white crystalline powder produced by drying a carbyne solution. We also establish that the combination of gold and alcohol is crucial to carbyne formation because carbon-hydrogen bonds can be cleaved with the help of gold catalysts under the favorable thermodynamic environment provided by laser ablation in liquid and because the unique configuration of two carbon atoms in an alcohol molecule matches the elementary entity of carbyne. This laboratory synthesis of carbyne will enable the exploration of its properties and applications.


Synthesis ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshimichi Ohmura ◽  
Kaito Yagi ◽  
Takeru Torigoe ◽  
Michinori Suginome

Intramolecular addition of a C(sp3)–H bond of a dimethylamino group across a C–C triple bond in 2-alkynyl-N,N-dimethylanilines was effectively catalyzed by a new iridium complex IrCl(DTBM-SEGPHOS)(C2H4) in mesitylene at 150 °C. The intramolecular C(sp3)–H addition was followed by double bond isomerization to afford 3-substituted indoles in good to high yields.


1982 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 1155-1162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johann W. Buchler ◽  
Christine Dreher ◽  
Kiong Lam Lay

AbstractThe first complexes containing a manganese-nitrogen triple bond, nitrido(octaethylporphinato) manganese(V) [MnN(OEP)]** and nitrido[meso-tetra(p-tolyl)porphinato]manganese( V) [MnN(TTP)], are prepared by hypochlorite oxidation of the corresponding methoxomanganese( III) porphyrins, Mn(OEP)OMe and Mn(TTP)OMe, in the presence of ammonia. The red, pentacoordinated, diamagnetic species are identified by UV/VIS-, IR-, 1H NMR, and mass spectra. While the isoelectronic oxochromium(IV) or oxomolybdenum( IV) porphyrins behave as weak oxidants or reductants, respectively, the nitridomanganese( V) unit in the square pyramidal environment is chemically remarkably stable.


1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (22) ◽  
pp. 6796-6816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malcolm H. Chisholm ◽  
David L. Clark ◽  
John C. Huffman ◽  
William G. Van der Sluys ◽  
Edward M. Kober ◽  
...  

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document