ion. The oxidative addition mechanism was originally proposed22i because of the lack of a strong rate dependence on polar factors and on the acidity of the medium. Later, however, the electrophilic substitution mechanism also was proposed. Recently, the oxidative addition mechanism was confirmed by investigations into the decomposition and protonolysis of alkylplatinum complexes, which are the reverse of alkane activation. There are two routes which operate in the decomposition of the dimethylplatinum(IV) complex Cs2Pt(CH3)2Cl4. The first route leads to chloride-induced reductive elimination and produces methyl chloride and methane. The second route leads to the formation of ethane. There is strong kinetic evidence that the ethane is produced by the decomposition of an ethylhydridoplatinum(IV) complex formed from the initial dimethylplatinum(IV) complex. In D2O-DCl, the ethane which is formed contains several D atoms and has practically the same multiple exchange parameter and distribution as does an ethane which has undergone platinum(II)-catalyzed H-D exchange with D2O. Moreover, ethyl chloride is formed competitively with H-D exchange in the presence of platinum(IV). From the principle of microscopic reversibility it follows that the same ethylhydridoplatinum(IV) complex is the intermediate in the reaction of ethane with platinum(II). Important results were obtained by Labinger and Bercaw62c in the investigation of the protonolysis mechanism of several alkylplatinum(II) complexes at low temperatures. These reactions are important because they could model the microscopic reverse of C-H activation by platinum(II) complexes. Alkylhydridoplatinum(IV) complexes were observed as intermediates in certain cases, such as when the complex (tmeda)Pt(CH2Ph)Cl or (tmeda)PtMe2 (tmeda ) N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylenediamine) was treated with HCl in CD2Cl2 or CD3OD, respectively. In some cases H-D exchange took place between the methyl groups on platinum and the, CD3OD prior to methane loss. On the basis of the kinetic results, a common mechanism was proposed to operate in all the reactions: (1) protonation of Pt(II) to generate an alkylhydridoplatinum(IV) intermediate, (2) dissociation of solvent or chloride to generate a cationic, fivecoordinate platinum(IV) species, (3) reductive C-H bond formation, producing a platinum(II) alkane σ-complex, and (4) loss of the alkane either through an associative or dissociative substitution pathway. These results implicate the presence of both alkane σ-complexes and alkylhydridoplatinum(IV) complexes as intermediates in the Pt(II)-induced C-H activation reactions. Thus, the first step in the alkane activation reaction is formation of a σ-complex with the alkane, which then undergoes oxidative addition to produce an alkylhydrido complex. Reversible interconversion of these intermediates, together with reversible deprotonation of the alkylhydridoplatinum(IV) complexes, leads to multiple H-D exchange

Activation of c-h bonds by metal complexes

This critical review presents a comprehensive study of transition-metal carboxylate clusters which may serve as secondary building units (SBUs) towards construction and synthesis of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). We describe the geometries of 131 SBUs, their connectivity and composition. This contribution presents a comprehensive list of the wide variety of transition-metal carboxylate clusters which may serve as secondary building units (SBUs) in the construction and synthesis of metal–organic frameworks. The SBUs discussed here were obtained from a search of molecules and extended structures archived in the Cambridge Structure Database (CSD, version 5.28, January 2007) which included only crystals containing metal carboxylate linkages (241 references).

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Secondary building units, nets and bonding in the chemistry of metal–organic frameworks

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Nitrogen and carbon isotopic composition of bone collagen from marine and terrestrial animals

Publisher Summary The chapter focuses on a general description of the force fields that are most commonly used at present, and it gives an indication of the directions of current research that may yield better functions in the near future. After a brief survey of current models, mostly generated during the 1990s, the focus of the chapter is on the general directions the field is taking in developing new models. The most commonly used protein force fields incorporate a relatively simple potential energy function: The emphasis is on the use of continuum methods to model the electrostatic effects of hydration and the introduction of polarizability to model the electronic response to changes in the environment. Some of the history and performance of widely used protein force fields based on an equation on simplest potential energy function or closely related equations are reviewed. The chapter outlines some promising developments that go beyond this, primarily by altering the way electrostatic interactions are treated. The use of atomic multipoles and off-center charge distributions, as well as attempts to incorporate electronic polarizability, are also discussed in the chapter.

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Force fields for protein simulations

: The unpolarized absorption and circular dichroism spectra of the fundamental vibrational transitions of the chiral molecule, 4-methyl-2-oxetanone, are calculated ab initio. Harmonic force fields are obtained using Density Functional Theory (DFT), MP2, and SCF methodologies and a 5S4P2D/3S2P (TZ2P) basis set. DFT calculations use the Local Spin Density Approximation (LSDA), BLYP, and Becke3LYP (B3LYP) density functionals. Mid-IR spectra predicted using LSDA, BLYP, and B3LYP force fields are of significantly different quality, the B3LYP force field yielding spectra in clearly superior, and overall excellent, agreement with experiment. The MP2 force field yields spectra in slightly worse agreement with experiment than the B3LYP force field. The SCF force field yields spectra in poor agreement with experiment.The basis set dependence of B3LYP force fields is also explored: the 6-31G* and TZ2P basis sets give very similar results while the 3-21G basis set yields spectra in substantially worse agreements with experiment. jg

Ab initio calculation of vibrational absorption and circular dichroism spectra using density functional force fields

Infrared multiple photon dissociation spectroscopy of protonated histidine and 4-phenyl imidazole

A quasi-classical study of the endoergic Au+(1S) + H2(X1Σg+) → AuH+ (2Σ+) + H(2S) reaction, and isotopic variants, is performed to compare with recent experimental results [F. Li, C. S. Hinton, M. Citir, F. Liu, and P. B. Armentrout, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 024310 (2011)].10.1063/1.3514899 For this purpose, a new global potential energy surface has been developed based on multi-reference configuration interaction ab initio calculations. The quasi-classical trajectory results show a very good agreement with the experiments, showing the same trends for the different isotopic variants of the hydrogen molecule. It is also found that the total dissociation into three fragments, Au++H+H, is the dominant reaction channel for energies above the H2 dissociation energy. This results from a well in the entrance channel of the potential energy surface, which enhances the probability of H–Au–H insertion.

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Communication: Theoretical exploration of Au++H2, D2, and HD reactive collisions

Guided ion‐beam techniques are used to measure the cross sections for reaction of SiF4 with Ar+, Ne+, and He+ from thermal to 50 eV. Charge transfer followed by loss of F atoms are the sole processes observed. All SiF+x (x=0–4) products are observed, except for SiF+4 from reaction with Ne+ and He+, and Si+ from reaction with Ar+. At high energies, the dominant products are SiF+3 in the Ar system, and SiF+ in both the Ne and He systems. There is some evidence in the Ne system for an excited state of SiF+3 at 5.7 eV. In the Ar+ and Ne+ reactions, the observed energetics are consistent with literature thermochemistry, but with He+, reaction barriers are observed. A value of ΔH0f,298 (SiF+3)=−30.1±0.9 kcal/mol is derived, which is in agreement with previous values but is much more precise. The observed product distributions and energetics are explained by consideration of the potential energy surfaces and the difference in ionization potentials of the rare gases. Finally, the relationships of these reactions ...

Reactions of Ar+, Ne+, and He+ with SiF4 from thermal energy to 50 eV c.m.

Gas phase metal ion chemistry: from fundamentals to biological interactions

Guided ion beam mass spectrometry is used to study the ligand exchange reactions of Na+L1 with L2, where L1, L2 = H2O, C6H6, CH3OH, CH3OCH3, NH3, and C2H5OH, as a function of kinetic energy. For the endothermic ligand exchange reactions, reaction endothermicities are obtained by analyzing the kinetic energy dependence of the cross sections using our empirical threshold modeling equation. The thresholds are found to be systematically higher than values previously determined using competitive CID experiments by 0.07−0.2 eV. An analysis of the endothermic cross sections using a bimolecular, polyatomic phase theory model and a competitive, bimolecular RRKM model demonstrates that the systematic deviations result from a competitive shift between the thermoneutral reactions back to the reactants and the endothermic reactions to the ligand exchange products. For all reactions, thermal rate constants, k(298), are determined by modeling the cross sections in the low-energy region and integrating the model over a M...

Ligand Exchange Reactions of Sodium Cation Complexes Examined Using Guided Ion Beam Mass Spectrometry: Relative and Absolute Dissociation Free Energies and Entropies

P. B. Armentrout

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Infrared multiple photon dissociation spectroscopy of protonated histidine and 4-phenyl imidazole

Communication: Theoretical exploration of Au++H2, D2, and HD reactive collisions

Reactions of Ar+, Ne+, and He+ with SiF4 from thermal energy to 50 eV c.m.

Gas phase metal ion chemistry: from fundamentals to biological interactions

Ligand Exchange Reactions of Sodium Cation Complexes Examined Using Guided Ion Beam Mass Spectrometry: Relative and Absolute Dissociation Free Energies and Entropies