Correlations between hardness, electrostatic interactions, and thermodynamic parameters in the decomposition reactions of 3-buten-1-ol, 3-methoxy-1-propene, and ethoxyethene


Hasanzadeh N., Nori-Shargh D., KAYI H., Javid N. R.

STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY, vol.26, no.2, pp.547-554, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s11224-014-0514-3
  • Journal Name: STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.547-554
  • Keywords: Thermal decomposition, Reaction mechanism, Hardness, 3-Buten-1-ol, 3-Methoxy-1-propene, Ethoxyethene, THERMAL-DECOMPOSITION, AB-INITIO, INPLANE AROMATICITY, TRANSITION-STATES, MECHANISM, THERMOLYSIS, PYROLYSIS, DECARBOXYLATION, CYCLOADDITION, SELECTIVITY
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Decomposition of the three isomeric compounds, 3-buten-1-ol (1), 3-methoxy-1-propene (2), and ethoxyethene (3), at two different (300 and 550 K) temperatures has been investigated by means of ab initio molecular orbital theory (MP2/6-311+G**//B3LYP/6-311+G**), hybrid-density functional theory (B3LYP/6-311+G**), the complete basis set, nuclear magnetic resonance analysis, and the electrostatic model associated with the dipole-dipole interactions. All three levels of theory showed that the calculated Gibbs free energy differences between the transition and ground state structures (Delta G (not equal)) increase from compound 1 to compound 3. The variations of the calculated Delta G (not equal) values can not be justified by the decrease of the calculated global hardness (eta) differences between the ground and transition states structures (i.e., Delta[eta(GS)-eta(TS)]). Based on the synchronicity indices, the transition state structures of compounds 1-3 involve synchronous aromatic transition structures, but there is no significant difference between their calculated synchronicity indices. The optimized geometries for the transition state structures of the decomposition reactions of compounds 1-3 consist in chair-like six-membered rings. The variation of the calculated activation entropy (Delta S (not equal)) values can not be justified by the decrease of Delta[eta(GS)-eta(TS)] parameter from compound 1 to compound 3. On the other hand, dipole moment differences between the ground and transition state structures [Delta(A mu (TS)-A mu (GS))] decrease from compound 1 to compound 3. Therefore, the electrostatic model associated with the dipole-dipole interactions justifies the increase of the calculated Delta G (not equal) values from compound 1 to compound 3. The correlations between Delta G (not equal), Delta[eta(GS)-eta(TS)], (Delta S (not equal)), k(T), electrostatic model, and structural parameters have been investigated.