A Thermodynamic assessment of the reported room-temperature chemical synthesis of C2

DOI: 10.14469/hpc/7185 Metadata

Created: 2020-05-11 11:35

Last modified: 2022-08-31 10:48

Author: Henry Rzepa

License: Creative Commons: Public Domain Dedication 1.0

Funding: (none given)

Description

Chemical formation of C2 from an alkynyl iodonium salt precursor is calculated to be strongly endo-energetic, in contrast to the reported chemical synthesis and trapping which is facile at room temperatures. If C2 is to be formed at such temperatures, a mechanism to counter the unfavourable thermodynamic energies must be identified.

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10.14469/hpc/7246 CH3-I-CC CCSD(T)/Def2-TZVPPD/SCRF=DCM E -412.8495128 (reactant) TS migration from reactant E = 412.7893362 (13.7 below CC + IMe) G = -412.777622
10.14469/hpc/7245 CH3-CC-I CCSD(T)/Def2-TZVPPD/SCRF=DCM Product iodoacetylene E = -412.98136 G = -412.963264 ΔG = -79.1
10.14469/hpc/7180 CH3-I CCSD(T)/Def2-TZVPP/SCRF=DCM G = -336.965647 Sum = -412.765304
10.14469/hpc/7179 CC CCSD(T)/Def2-TZVPP/SCRF=DCM G = -75.799657
10.14469/hpc/7196 CH3-I-CC CCSD(T)/Def2-TZVPP/SCRF=DCM E = -412.8437462
10.14469/hpc/7182 CH3-I CCSD/Def2-TZVPP/SCRF=DCM G = -336.948964 Sum of products -412.715133
10.14469/hpc/7181 CC CCSD/Def2-TZVPP/SCRF=CPM G = -75.766169
10.14469/hpc/7213 CC CCSD(T)/Def2-TZVPPD/CPCM=DCM freq G = -75.800442 Tight convergence
10.14469/hpc/7197 CH3-I-CC CCSD(T)/Def2-TZVPPD/SCRF=DCM ΔG = -412.837278, ΔΔG = 42.5 + 4.6 = 47.1
10.14469/hpc/7204 CH3-I-CC CCSD(T)/Def2-TZVPP/SCRF=DCM G = -412.831473 DG = 41.4, corrected = 46.1
10.14469/hpc/7193 CH3-I-CC CCSD(T)/Def2-TZVPPD/SCRF=DCM ΔE = 51.5 + 4.6 = 56.1
10.14469/hpc/7183 CH3-I-CC CCSD/Def2-TZVPP/SCRF=DCM G = -412.791006 ΔG = 47.6 (16.7 solvation)
10.14469/hpc/7188 CC CCSD(T)/Def2-TZVPPD/CPCM=DCM E = -75.7863285, G = -75.800442
10.14469/hpc/7189 CH3-I CCSD(T)/Def2-TZVPPD/CPCM=DCM E = -336.9811369, G = -336.969115 Gsum = -412.769557
10.14469/hpc/7593 Bimolecular MeI+ CCIMe, TS C2h CCSD(T)/Def2-SVPD/SCRF=DCM E = -748.8119682 (-748.7838813) DE = 17.6
10.14469/hpc/7580 Bimolecular MeI+ CCIMe TS C2h CCSD(T)/Def2-TZVPPD/SCRF=DCM E = -749.7885067 (-749.7486023) DE = 25.0
10.14469/hpc/7199 Energies/Enthalpies for HCCH => HCC• + H• => CC + H• CCSD(T)/Def2-TZVPP and Def2-TZVPPD

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References 10.1038/s41467-021-21433-8 Published in Nature Communications
References 10.1038/s41467-021-21433-8 Published article: A Thermodynamic assessment of the reported room-temperature chemical synthesis of C2
References 10.14469/hpc/7198 Enthalpies for HCCH => HCC• + H• => CC + H• wB97XD/Def2-SVO
References 10.26434/chemrxiv.12237980.v2 Rzepa, Henry S. (2020): A Thermodynamic assessment of the reported room-temperature chemical synthesis of C2. ChemRxiv. Preprint.

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