Dimethyl ether, model

Use Learning By Modeling to make models of water methanol dimethyl ether and di tert butyl ether Mini mize their geometries and examine what happens to the C—O—C bond angle Compare the C—O bond dis tances in dimethyl ether and di tert butyl ether... 

Make a molecular model of dimethyl sulfide How does its bond angle at sulfur compare with the C—O—C bond angle in dimethyl ether"d... 

View molecular models of dimethyl ether and ethylene oxide on Learning By Modeling Which one has the greater dipole moment Do the calculated dipole moments bear any relation ship to the observed boiling points (ethylene oxide +10°C dimethyl ether —25°C) d... 

Conqjutational methods can also be used to describe enolate stmcture. Most of the stmctural features of enolates are correctly modeled by B3LYP computations with dimethyl ether as the solvent molecule. Although semiempirical PM3 calculations give adequate representations of the geometries of the aggregates, the energy values are not accurate. 

Ethynylation of 3j -hydroxy-16a-methyl-5a-androstan-17-one in a mixture of diethylene glycol dimethyl ether and diethylene glycol monoethyl ether in the presence of potassium hydroxide produces two isomeric 17-ethynyl derivatives. This result is not unexpected since molecular models suggest that the steric influence of the 13/ -methyl group is nearly offset by the 16a-methyl group. The presence of a 16a-acetoxy group in the estrone series also leads to the formation of epimeric 17-ethynyl compounds (61) and (62) on reaction with acetylenedimagnesium bromide. 

Compute the energy difference between the anti (left) and syn forms of furfuraldehyde in a solution of dimethyl ether (e=12.0), using either the Onsager (MP2/6-31+G(d)) ortheSCIPCM (B3LYP/6-31+G(d)) SCRF models. The observed energy difference is -0.53 kcal-moT. ... 

Cool, T.A. et al., Photoionization mass spectrometry and modeling studies of the chemistry of fuel-rich dimethyl ether flames, Proc. Combust. Inst., 31,285,2007. 

C09-0078. Write the Lewis structure of dimethyl ether, (CH3)2 O. Draw a ball-and-stick model of this molecule, showing it as a water molecule with each hydrogen atom replaced by a CH3 group. 

Figure 1.1 Ball-and-stick models and structural formulas for ethyl alcohol and dimethyl ether...

The conformational preferences of R—X—R molecules will now be examined. The model system which we will use to illustrate our approach is dimethyl ether, i. e. 

An interesting problem arises when we examine the relative stabilization of the Css and Cee conformations of the model systems dimethyl ether and isobutene. In the former case, there is only one dominant two electron stabilizing interaction which favors the C conformation. On the other hand, in the case of isobutene there are two key two electron stabilizing interactions, one favoring the Css and the other favoring the Cee conformation. These considerations can be best understood by reference to Fig. 29. 

McMahon and Kebarle (1986) studied (MeF)2H as a model for (HF)2H . They thought this to be reasonable because the hydrogen bond of a proton bound to two methanols or dimethyl ethers, e.g. [MejO - H OMe2], gives cations with very similar energies to that of the hydrated oxonium ion [H2O H OHj] (Grimsrud and Kebarle, 1973 Meot-Ner, 1984). 

Molar Kerr constants mK and dipole moments squared of polytoxyethylene giycoils (POEG) and polyjoxyethylene dimethyl ether)s (POEDE) are reported in the isotropically polarizable solvents carbon tetrachloride, cyclohexane, and dioxane. Data for mK/x for POEG appear to reach an asymptotical value, Calculations of mK/x and /x based on the RIS model show good agreement with the experimental results. 

The infancy of these first-principles methods as applied to periodic zeolite lattices means that further detailed work is necessary, particularly in the area of verification of the ability of the pseudopotential to reproduce dynamic as well as static structural properties. However, the results found with these methods demonstrate that the debate concerning the modeling of the activation of methanol within a zeolite is far from concluded. The proton transfer to methanol as a reaction in its own right is, however, of relatively little interest. It does not govern the pathway or energetics of reactions such as dehydration to give dimethyl ether (DME). These are governed instead by the individual transition states that lead to the products, as we discuss in the next section. 

For the DTO model we must have an estimate of the torsional vibration frequency and the barrier to internal rotation of the constituent monomers. The DTO model fits the experimental data for bulk polymer if H = 5.4 kcal/mole, vt — 1012 c.p.s., and Zt = 30 which are not unreasonable values. One would expect the barrier height to decrease upon dilution (if it changes at all) as the chain environment loosens up. Assuming that rotation about C—O—C bonds is predominate, we take the experimental values of H = 2.63 kcal/mole, vt = 7.26 x 1012 c.p.s. of Fateley and Miller (14) for dimethyl ether. Eq. (2.8) predicts rSJ° = 0.47 X 10-8 sec at 253° K with Zt = 30. We shall use this as our dilute solution result. [The methyl pendant in polypropylene) oxide will act to increase the barrier height due to steric effects, making this calculated relaxation time somewhat low for this choice of a monomer analog.] Tmax is seen to change only by a factor of 102—103 upon dilution in the DTO model. 

The rate constants for the reactions between OH and a range of ethers and hydroxy ethers have been reported at 298 K233 as well as those for reactions between dimethyl ether and methyl f-butyl ether over the range 295-750 K.234 Data from the former study show deviations from simple structure-activity relationships which were postulated to arise due to H-bonding in the reaction transition states.233 The atmospheric lifetime of methyl ethyl ether has been determined to be approximately 2 days.235 Theoretical studies on the H-abstraction from propan-2-ol (a model for deoxyribose) by OH have been reported using ab initio methods (MP2/6-31G ).236 The temperature dependence (233-272 K) of the rate coefficients for the reaction of OH with methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, n-butyl, and f-butyl formate has been measured and structure-activity... 

General procedure for deprotection of mono- and polymethyl-aryl ethers with boron tribromide.41 To a 10-ml flask fitted with a septum and magnetic stirrer bar are added reactant (3.6 mmol) and 5 ml of dichloromethane. An inert atmosphere is established and maintained. This mixture is cooled in a dry ice/propan-2-ol bath and boron tribromide [0.13 ml, 1.32 mmol (for monomethyl ethers), or 0.38 ml, 4 mmol (for dimethyl ethers)] is added through the septum by use of a syringe. The cold bath is removed and the mixture stirred for 30 minutes, poured into ice water, stirred for 30 minutes, saturated with salt and extracted with dichloromethane. The extract is dried and concentrated. The purity of the product is established by h.p.l.c. analysis on a Waters Associates 6000A model using both refractive index and u.v. absorbance detectors with a Waters 3.9mm i.d. x 30cm p-Bondapack Ci8 reverse phase column. 

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