Protonation enthalpies

The enthalpy for this process is the proton affinity of the negative ion. 

It is possible to detemiine the equilibrium constant, K, for the bimolecular reaction involving gas-phase ions and neutral molecules in the ion source of a mass spectrometer [18]. These measurements have generally focused on tln-ee properties, proton affinity (or gas-phase basicity) [19, 20], gas-phase acidity [H] and solvation enthalpies (and free energies) [22, 23] ... 

A connnon approach has been to measure the equilibrium constant, K, for these reactions as a fiinction of temperature with the use of a variable temperature high pressure ion source (see section (Bl.7.2)1. The ion concentrations are approximated by their abundance in the mass spectrum, while the neutral concentrations are known from the sample mlet pressure. A van t Hoff plot of In K versus /T should yield a straight Ime with slope equal to the reaction enthalpy (figure B1.7.11). Combining the PA with a value for basicityG at one temperature yields a value for A.S for the half-reaction involving addition of a proton to a species. While quadnipoles have been tire instruments of choice for many of these studies, other mass spectrometers can act as suitable detectors [19, 20]. 

This is an exothermic process, due largely to the large hydration enthalpy of the proton. However, unlike the metallic elements, non-metallic elements do not usually form hydrated cations when their compounds dissolve in water the process of hydrolysis occurs instead. The reason is probably to be found in the difference in ionisation energies. Compare boron and aluminium in Group III ... 

Fundamental enthalpies of gas-phase reactions such as proton affinities or gas-phase acidities can be correlated with the values of the Inductive and the polarizability effect. 

Data on proton affiri itics (gas ph asc) of m any differen t com poti u ds (see Table 2) deni on strate Lh e h igh level of accuracy possible in determ in in g energies of related species. In th is report by Dew-ar and Dieter , the enthalpy of formation of II is the experimental value (367.2 kcal/moll. The calculated value for H is unreliable. 

In addition we studied the complexation of ClC+ by the polyamines using microcalorimetry and potentiometry. The enthalpy changes measured are presented as function of the degree of protonation and the amount of CiT bound. 

There is a lively controversy concerning the interpretation of these and other properties, and cogent arguments have been advanced both for the presence of hydride ions H" and for the presence of protons H+ in the d-block and f-block hydride phases.These difficulties emphasize again the problems attending any classification based on presumed bond type, and a phenomenological approach which describes the observed properties is a sounder initial basis for discussion. Thus the predominantly ionic nature of a phase cannot safely be inferred either from crystal structure or from calculated lattice energies since many metallic alloys adopt the NaCl-type or CsCl-type structures (e.g. LaBi, )S-brass) and enthalpy calculations are notoriously insensitive to bond type. 

The 1H NMR shifts of the OH proton in several hydroxyl compounds such as PhOH and fluoroalcohols46-63 were measured in CC14 or CH2C12 in the presence of DMSO and other bases and compared to values obtained without bases. The 1H NMR chemical shifts (5 values) give a good linear relationship against the enthalpy values obtained by equation 2 or by calorimetry46. In the case of PhOH as the donor, equation 8 is obtained. 

In Ref.125) the calculation of an activation barrier for reaction (21) in the gas phase is considered to be an error of the MINDO/3 method and the process is assumed to be activationless. But in respect to the medium effect a barrier of 54 k J mol-1 is obtain-ed which agrees again with the results from Huron-Claverie calculations. Bertran et al. calculated the influence of the solvation on the electrophilic attack of a proton 133) or a methyl cation 134,135) on ethene using a MINDO/3 supermolecule model. Smaller reaction enthalpies also result in solution than in the gas phase in addition to the appearance (H+ + ethene) or the increase (CH 4 + ethene) of an activation barrier1361. 

The catalyst acidity is determined by the number of acid sites and their acid strength. The total concentration of acid sites, C<, can be obtained from independent TPD measurements. The average acid strength of the sites is characterized by the alkene standard protonation enthalpy,, and is typically determined by regression using reference... 

Fig. 1. a) Standard protonation enthalpy in secondary carbenium ion formation on H-(US)Y-zeolites with a varying Si/Al ratio, b) Effect of the average acid strength for a series of H-(US)Y zeolites experimental (symbols) versus calculated results based on the parameter values obtained in [11] (lines) for n-nonane conversion as a function of the space time at 506 K, 0.45 MPa, Hj/HC = 13.13 (Si/Al-ratios 2.6, 18, 60)... 

Alkene protonation at pore mouths can exclusively lead to secondary carbenium ions. In addition, the alkene standard protonation enthalpies increase with the number of carbon atoms inside the micropore because charge dispersive effects are supposed to be more effective on carbon atoms inside the micropores. 

A single-event microkinetic description of complex feedstock conversion allows a fundamental understanding of the occurring phenomena. The limited munber of reaction families results in a tractable number of feedstock independent kinetic parameters. The catalyst dependence of these parameters can be filtered out from these parameters using catalyst descriptors such as the total number of acid sites and the alkene standard protonation enthalpy or by accounting for the shape-selective effects. Relumped single-event microkinetics account for the full reaction network on molecular level and allow to adequately describe typical industrial hydrocracking data. 

On the other hand, Arnett and his coworkers have reported both the enthalpies of the protonation (AHJ and the hydrogen bond (AHf) for acid-base reactions. They calculated Hj by measuring the association constants for the proton transfer (ionization) in a number of bases by using FSO3H as the acid and determined Ai/j by calorimetric measurements of the heat of dissolution of P-FC6H4OH in various hydrogen bond acceptors, including sulphoxides, in They have also tried to correlate and... 

Equilibrium measurements measure the relative AG, and thermochemical studies generally are interested in enthalpy values, AH. The enthalpy can be obtained from AG by using the relation AG = AH — TAS. The entropy of proton transfer can either be estimated, reliably calculated using electronic structure calculations, or can be measured directly by using a Van t Hoff approach. Measuring the quantity AS requires a variable temperature study. 

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