scholarly journals Mechanisms of a Cyclobutane-Fused Lactone Hydrolysis in Alkaline and Acidic Conditions

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 3519
Author(s):  
Zhangxia Wang ◽  
Haibo Ma
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional ◽  
Quantum Chemical Study ◽  
Chemical Study ◽  
Alkaline Condition ◽  
Water Solvent ◽  
Solvent Models ◽  
Degradable Polyesters ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Acidic Conditions ◽  
Solvent Molecules

Searching for functional polyesters with stability and degradability is important due to their potential applications in biomedical supplies, biomass fuel, and environmental protection. Recently, a cyclobutane-fused lactone (CBL) polymer was experimentally found to have superior stability and controllable degradability through hydrolysis reactions after activation by mechanical force. In order to provide a theoretical basis for developing new functional degradable polyesters, in this work, we performed a detailed quantum chemical study of the alkaline and acidic hydrolysis of CBL using dispersion-corrected density functional theory (DFT-D3) and mixed implicit/explicit solvent models. Various possible hydrolysis mechanisms were found: BAC2 and BAL2 in the alkaline condition and AAC2, AAL2, and AAL1 in the acidic condition. Our calculations indicated that CBL favors the BAC2 and AAC2 mechanisms in alkaline and acidic conditions, respectively. In addition, we found that incorporating explicit water solvent molecules is highly necessary because of their strong hydrogen-bonding with reactant/intermediate/product molecules.

scholarly journals Flavones’ and Flavonols’ Antiradical Structure–Activity Relationship—A Quantum Chemical Study

Antioxidants ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maciej Spiegel ◽  
Tadeusz Andruniów ◽  
Zbigniew Sroka
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Hydrogen Abstraction ◽  
Quantum Chemical Study ◽  
Hydrogen Atom Transfer ◽  
Hydroxyl Group ◽  
Water Solvent ◽  
Intramolecular Hydrogen ◽  
Catechol Moiety

Flavonoids are known for their antiradical capacity, and this ability is strongly structure-dependent. In this research, the activity of flavones and flavonols in a water solvent was studied with the density functional theory methods. These included examination of flavonoids’ molecular and radical structures with natural bonding orbitals analysis, spin density analysis and frontier molecular orbitals theory. Calculations of determinants were performed: specific, for the three possible mechanisms of action—hydrogen atom transfer (HAT), electron transfer–proton transfer (ETPT) and sequential proton loss electron transfer (SPLET); and the unspecific—reorganization enthalpy (RE) and hydrogen abstraction enthalpy (HAE). Intramolecular hydrogen bonding, catechol moiety activity and the probability of electron density swap between rings were all established. Hydrogen bonding seems to be much more important than the conjugation effect, because some structures tends to form more intramolecular hydrogen bonds instead of being completely planar. The very first hydrogen abstraction mechanism in a water solvent is SPLET, and the most privileged abstraction site, indicated by HAE, can be associated with the C3 hydroxyl group of flavonols and C4’ hydroxyl group of flavones. For the catechol moiety, an intramolecular reorganization to an o-benzoquinone-like structure occurs, and the ETPT is favored as the second abstraction mechanism.

scholarly journals QUANTUM-CHEMICAL STUDY OF THE REACTION MECHANISM 1,2-ETHANEDIIOL WITH 1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE

2020 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-57
Author(s):  
Elena Chirkina ◽  
Leonid Krivdin ◽  
Nikolay Korchevin
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Atom ◽  
Sulfur Atom ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Quantum Chemical Study ◽  
Thiol Group ◽  
Chemical Study ◽  
Nucleophilic Attack ◽  
Substitution Product ◽  
Reaction Proceeds ◽  
Theoretical Mechanism

The theoretical mechanism of the interaction of 1,3-dichloropropene with 1,2- ethanedithiol in the system "hydrazine hydrate-KOH" has been proposed by the method of B3LYP / 6- 311 ++ G (d, p) in the framework of the theory of the electron-density functional according to which the reaction proceeds successively in several stages, including the nucleophilic substitution of the chlorine atom present in the sp3-hybridized carbon atom with a sulfur atom to form a mono-substitution product that undergoes a prototropic allylic rearrangement that migrates the double bond to the sulfur atom, followed by closure in the dithiolane cycle due to the nucleophilic attack of the sulfide anion of the second thiol group of the reagent per carbon atom located in the γ-position with respect to the second chlorine atom.

Studies on the structure and conformational flexibility of secondary structures in amyloid beta — A quantum chemical study

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (06) ◽  
pp. 2050014
Author(s):  
Mahendiraprabu Ganesan ◽  
Selvarengan Paranthaman
Keyword(s):  
Gas Phase ◽  
Amyloid Beta ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Conformational Transition ◽  
Intermolecular Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Quantum Chemical Study ◽  
Chemical Study ◽  
Secondary Structures ◽  
Conformational Flexibility ◽  
Solution Phase

Density functional theory (DFT) calculations are performed to study the conformational flexibility of secondary structures in amyloid beta (A[Formula: see text]) polypeptide. In DFT, M06-2X/6-31[Formula: see text]G(d, p) method is used to optimize the secondary structures of 2LFM and 2BEG in gas phase and in solution phase. Our calculations show that the secondary structures are energetically more stable in solution phase than in gas phase. This is due to the presence of strong solvent interaction with the secondary structures considered in this study. Among the backbone [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] dihedral angles, [Formula: see text] varies significantly in sheet structure. This is due to the absence of intermolecular hydrogen bond (H-bond) interactions in sheets considered in this study. Our calculations show that the conformational transition of helix/coil to sheet or vice-versa is due to the floppiness of the amino acid residues. This is observed from the Ramachandran map of the studied secondary structures. Further, it is noted that the intramolecular H-bond interactions play a significant role in the conformational transition of secondary structures of A[Formula: see text].

Quantum chemical study on the formation of isopropyl cyanide and its linear isomer in the interstellar medium

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Keshav Kumar Singh ◽  
Poonam Tandon ◽  
Alka Misra ◽  
Shivani ◽  
Manisha Yadav ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Interstellar Medium ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Quantum Chemical ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Quantum Chemical Study ◽  
Chemical Study ◽  
Dark Cloud ◽  
Water Ice ◽  
Hydrocarbon Radicals

Abstract The formation mechanism of linear and isopropyl cyanide (hereafter n-PrCN and i-PrCN, respectively) in the interstellar medium (ISM) has been proposed from the reaction between some previously detected small cyanides/cyanide radicals and hydrocarbons/hydrocarbon radicals. n-PrCN and i-PrCN are nitriles therefore, they can be precursors of amino acids via Strecker synthesis. The chemistry of i-PrCN is especially important since it is the first and only branched molecule in ISM, hence, it could be a precursor of branched amino acids such as leucine, isoleucine, etc. Therefore, both n-PrCN and i-PrCN have significant astrobiological importance. To study the formation of n-PrCN and i-PrCN in ISM, quantum chemical calculations have been performed using density functional theory at the MP2/6-311++G(2d,p)//M062X/6-311+G(2d,p) level. All the proposed reactions have been studied in the gas phase and the interstellar water ice. It is found that reactions of small cyanide with hydrocarbon radicals result in the formation of either large cyanide radicals or ethyl and vinyl cyanide, both of which are very important prebiotic interstellar species. They subsequently react with the radicals CH2 and CH3 to yield n-PrCN and i-PrCN. The proposed reactions are efficient in the hot cores of SgrB2 (N) (where both n-PrCN and i-PrCN were detected) due to either being barrierless or due to the presence of a permeable entrance barrier. However, the formation of n-PrCN and i-PrCN from the ethyl and vinyl cyanide always has an entrance barrier impermeable in the dark cloud; therefore, our proposed pathways are inefficient in the deep regions of molecular clouds. It is also observed that ethyl and vinyl cyanide serve as direct precursors to n-PrCN and i-PrCN and their abundance in ISM is directly related to the abundance of both isomers of propyl cyanide in ISM. In all the cases, reactions in the ice have smaller barriers compared to their gas-phase counterparts.

scholarly journals Quantum Chemical Study of Mixed-Ligand Monometallic Ruthenium(II) Complex of Composition [(bpy)2Ru(H3Imbzim)](ClO4)2·2H2O

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Mohsin Yousuf Lone ◽  
Prakash Chandra Jha
Keyword(s):  
Absorption Spectra ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Quantum Chemical Study ◽  
Chemical Study ◽  
Mixed Ligand ◽  
Excitation Energies ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Effect Of Solvent ◽  
The Density Functional Theory ◽  
Metal Ligand

On the basis of density functional theoretical approach, we have assessed the ground state geometries and absorption spectra of recently synthesized monometallic ruthenium (II) complex of composition [(bpy)2Ru(H3Imbzim)](ClO4)2·2H2O where bpy = 2,2′-bypyridine and H3Imbzim = 4,5-bis(benzimidazol-2-yl)imidazole. The all different kinds of charge transfers such as ligand-ligand, and metal-ligand have been quantified, compared, and contrasted with the experimental results. In addition, the effect of solvent on excitation energies has been evaluated. In spite of some digital discrepancies in calculated and observed geometries, as well as in absorption spectra, the density functional theory (DFT) seems to explain the main features of this complex.

scholarly journals Structural, Electronic, and Vibrational Properties of Isoniazid and Its Derivative N-Cyclopentylidenepyridine-4-carbohydrazide: A Quantum Chemical Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anoop kumar Pandey ◽  
Abhishek Bajpai ◽  
Vikas Baboo ◽  
Apoorva Dwivedi
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional ◽  
Quantum Chemical Study ◽  
Chemical Study ◽  
Basis Sets ◽  
Ground State Structure ◽  
Vibrational Modes ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Complete Assignment ◽  
Experimental Values ◽  
Homo Lumo

Isoniazid (Laniazid, Nydrazid), also known as isonicotinylhydrazine (INH), is an organic compound that is the first-line medication in prevention and treatment of tuberculosis. The optimized geometry of the isoniazid and its derivative N-cyclopentylidenepyridine-4-carbohydrazide molecule has been determined by the method of density functional theory (DFT). For both geometry and total energy, it has been combined with B3LYP functionals having LANL2DZ and 6-311 G (d, p) as the basis sets. Using this optimized structure, we have calculated the infrared wavenumbers and compared them with the experimental data. The calculated wavenumbers by LANL2DZ are in an excellent agreement with the experimental values. On the basis of fully optimized ground-state structure, TDDFT//B3LYP/LANL2DZ calculations have been used to determine the low-lying excited states of isoniazid and its derivative. Based on these results, we have discussed the correlation between the vibrational modes and the crystalline structure of isoniazid and its derivative. A complete assignment is provided for the observed FTIR spectra. The molecular HOMO, LUMO composition, their respective energy gaps, and MESP contours/surfaces have also been drawn to explain the activity of isoniazid and its derivative.

HYDRATION AND DISSOCIATION OF CALCIUM HYDROXIDE IN WATER CLUSTERS: A QUANTUM CHEMICAL STUDY

2007 ◽  
Vol 06 (03) ◽  
pp. 595-609 ◽  
Author(s):  
CLARA JIAYUN MEN ◽  
FU-MING TAO
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Hydroxide ◽  
Quantum Chemical ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Water Clusters ◽  
Quantum Chemical Study ◽  
Chemical Study ◽  
Structure Stability ◽  
Water Molecules ◽  
Aerosol Formation ◽  
Hydrated Clusters

The structure, stability, and properties of the hydrated clusters of calcium hydroxide, Ca ( OH )2( H 2 O )n, n = 1–6, were investigated using density functional and ab initio quantum chemical methods. The results show that six water molecules are needed to result in the complete dissociation of Ca ( OH )2. The stable and ionic conformer of Ca ( OH )2( H 2 O )6 has C 3 symmetry. Its surprising stability and high IR activity render hydrated clusters of Ca ( OH )2 potentially significant in the nucleation of noctilucent clouds in the mesosphere. Trends in the interaction energies (ΔEe) of the complexes show that water molecules in the first shell of Ca 2+ are highly stable, further alluding to the role of hydrated Ca ( OH )2 in aerosol formation.

scholarly journals The transition metal to ligand bonding nature: A quantum chemical study of π-allyl-ruthenacycle molecule

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aušra Vektarienė
Keyword(s):  
Transition Metal ◽  
Physical Properties ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Quantum Chemical Study ◽  
Decomposition Analysis ◽  
Computational Procedure ◽  
Chemical Study ◽  
Hartree Fock ◽  
Charge Decomposition Analysis ◽  
The Density Functional Theory

Understanding of the transition metal (TM) to ligand (L) bonding nature is important for characterization of experimental observations. One of the methods to explain the TM to L interactions is the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson (DCD) model. However, in most applications the validity of the DCD model is based on assumptions in order to explain trends in vibrational spectroscopy or other physical properties of TM complexes. In this paper the computational methodology for treatment of the π-allyl-ruthenacycle complex based on the density functional theory, restricted Hartree–Fock method, natural bond orbital and charge decomposition analysis is reported. It is shown how the DCD model emerges from the presented calculation scheme and how it relates with the physical properties and stability of this complex. It is important to note that in this work the determination of the DCD model operation is based on the defined computational procedure, not postulated beforehand. The calculated geometry parameters, vibrational frequencies and electron density arrangement for the π-allyl-ruthenacycle complex are in good agreement with the experiment and support the DCD model.

Effective corrosion inhibition of mild steel in acidic medium using inexpensive kermes natural dye: experimental and quantum chemical study

2018 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 626-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobl F. El Boraei ◽  
Shimaa Abdel Halim ◽  
Magdy A.M. Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Mild Steel ◽  
Corrosion Inhibition ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Steel Surface ◽  
Quantum Chemical Study ◽  
Chemical Study ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Visible Spectra ◽  
Corrosion Of Steel

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to test the Natural Kermes dye (NKD) as a cheap and stable corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in 1.0 M HCl and its adsorption mechanism on the steel surface.Design/methodology/approachThe inhibition action of NKD was studied using AC impedance, potentiodynamic polarization, scanning electron microscope (SEM) and UV-visible spectra techniques complemented with quantum study.FindingsHere, the authors show that addition of NKD inhibits effectively the corrosion of steel in HCl solution via its adsorption on the steel surface. The inhibition efficiency of NKD increases with increase in its concentration and decreases with temperature. Potentiodynamic results revealed that NKD acts as a mixed–type inhibitor. Thermodynamic parameters for corrosion and adsorption process were obtained from the experimental data. Moreover, the experimental inhibition efficiencies were correlated with the electronic properties of NKD using density functional theory.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first report showing the effect of NKD on the corrosion inhibition of steel.

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