Potential energy surface stationary points and dynamics of the F- + CH3I double inversion mechanism
Potential energy surface stationary points and dynamics of the F- + CH3I double inversion mechanism
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F-CH3I双反演机制的势能面驻点与动力学
DOI:
10.1039/c7cp02998e
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发表时间:
2017-08-14
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Hase, William L.
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作者:
Ma, Yong-Tao;Ma, Xinyou;Hase, William L.
Direct dynamics simulations were performed to study the S(N)2 double inversion mechanism S(N)2-DI, with retention of configuration, for the F- + CH3I reaction. Previous simulations identified a transition state (TS) structure, i.e. TS0, for the S(N)2-DI mechanism, including a reaction path. However, intrinsic reaction coordinate (IRC) calculations from TS0 show it is a proton transfer (PT) TS connected to the F-center dot center dot center dot HCH2I S(N)2 pre-reaction complex and the FH center dot center dot center dot CH2I proton transfer post-reaction complex. Inclusion of TS0 in the S(N)2-DI mechanism would thus involve non-IRC atomistic dynamics. Indeed, trajectories initiated at TS0, with random ensembles of energies as assumed by RRKM theory, preferentially form the S(N)2-DI products and similar to 70% follow the proposed S(N)2-DI pathway from TS0 to the products. In addition, the Sudden Vector Projection (SVP) method was used to identify which CH3I vibrational mode excitations promote access to TS0 and the S(N)2-DI mechanism. Results of F- + CH3I simulations, with SVP specified mode excitations, are disappointing. With the CH3 deformations of CH3I excited, the S(N)2 single inversion mechanism is the dominant pathway. If the CH stretch modes are also excited, proton transfer dominates the reaction. S(N)2-DI occurs, but with a very small probability of similar to 1%. The reasons behind these results are discussed.