We have attempted to form ethylidyne (CCH3) by the multiphoton dissociation of 1,1,1-tribromoethane. A neutral intermediate is formed that will react with a ground-state oxygen atom to form a chemi-ion with a mass-to-charge ratio of 43. By analogy with the known behavior of CH, we propose that the observed chemiions are formed by reaction 1, CCH3 + O(P-3) --> CH3CO+ + e(-). Using the rate of formation of chemi-ions as a surrogate for the ethylidyne concentration, rate constants for CCH3 could be measured. Ethylidyne reacts rapidly with O-2 and NO, with rate constants comparable to those observed for CH(a(4) Sigma(-)). The ethylidyne does not react with N2O or N-2, again similar to what is observed for CH(a(4) Sigma(-)) and in sharp contrast to the behavior of ground-state CH(X(2)II). Guided by its kinetic behavior and by previous ab initio calculations, we conclude that the ethylidyne is in its metastable quartet state, CCH3((a) over tilde(4)A(2)).
The Effect of the Dynamics of Revolving Gates on the Kinetics of Molecular Encapsulation-The Activity/Selectivity Relationship
作者:Stephen Rieth、Jovica D. Badjić
DOI:10.1002/chem.201003138
日期:2011.2.25
Gatedmolecular encapsulation: The relationship between the rate by which guest molecules enter/exit gated hosts and the rate by which gates revolve and thereby open/close the host were investigated. The results of kinetic measurements have indicated that more dynamic hosts are also more selective in trapping guests, thereby revealing an activity/selectivityrelationship pertaining molecular recognition
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作者:Dent et al.
DOI:——
日期:——
Gated Molecular Recognition and Dynamic Discrimination of Guests
作者:Stephen Rieth、Xiaoguang Bao、Bao-Yu Wang、Christopher M. Hadad、Jovica D. Badjić
DOI:10.1021/ja908436c
日期:2010.1.20
Some highly efficient enzymes, e.g., acetylcholinesterase, use gating as a tool for controlling the rate by which substrates access their active site to direct product formation. Mastering gated molecular encapsulation could therefore be important for manipulating reactivity in artificial environments, albeit quantitative relationships that describe these processes are unknown. In this work, we examined the interdependence between the thermodynamics (Delta G degrees) and the kinetics (Delta G(in)(double dagger) and Delta G(out)(double dagger)) of encapsulation as mediated by gated molecular basket 1. For a series of isosteric guests (2-6, 106-107 angstrom(3)) entering/exiting 1, we found a linear correlation between the host-guest affinities (Delta G degrees) and the free energies of the activation (Delta G(in)(double dagger) and Delta G(out)(double dagger)), which was fit to the following equation: Delta G(double dagger) = rho Delta G degrees+ delta. Markedly, the kinetics for the entrapment of smaller guest 7 (93 angstrom(3)) and bigger guest 8 (121 angstrom(3)) did not follow the free energy trends observed for 2-6. Thus, it appears that the kinetics of the gated encapsulation mediated by 1 is a function of the encapsulation's favorability (Delta G degrees) and the guest's profile. When the size/shape of guests is kept constant, a linear dependence between the encapsulation potential (Delta G degrees) and the rate of guests' entering/departing basket (Delta G(in/out)(double dagger)) holds. However, when the potential (Delta G degrees) is fixed, the basket discriminates guests on the basis of their size/shape via dynamic modulation of the binding site's access.