Ethylene band formation

Thermal dimerization of ethylene to cyclobutane is forbidden by orbital symmetry (Sect 3.5 in Chapter Elements of a Chemical Orbital Theory by Inagaki in this volume). The activation barrier is high E =44 kcal mof ) [9]. Cyclobutane cannot be prepared on a preparative scale by the dimerization of ethylenes despite a favorable reaction enthalpy (AH = -19 kcal mol" ). Thermal reactions between alkenes usually proceed via diradical intermediates [10-12]. The process of the diradical formation is the most favored by the HOMO-LUMO interaction (Scheme 25b in chapter Elements of a Chemical Orbital Theory ). The intervention of the diradical intermediates impfies loss of stereochemical integrity. This is a characteric feature of the thermal reactions between alkenes in the delocalization band of the mechanistic spectrum. 

The presence of methylenic bands shifted at higher frequency in the very early stages of the polymerization reaction has also been reported by Nishimura and Thomas [114]. A few years later, Spoto et al. [30,77] reported an ethylene polymerization study on a Cr/silicalite, the aluminum-free ZSM-5 molecular sieve. This system is characterized by localized nests of hydroxyls [26,27,115], which can act as grafting centers for chromium ions, thus showing a definite propensity for the formation of mononuclear chromium species. In these samples two types of chromium are present those located in the internal nests and those located on the external surface. Besides the doublet at 2920-2850 cm two additional broad bands at 2931 and 2860 cm are observed. Even in this favorable case no evidence of CH3 groups was obtained [30,77]. The first doublet is assigned to the CH2 stretching mode of the chains formed on the external surface of the zeolite. The bands at 2931 and... 

The weakly dealuminated zeolite HZSM-5 used to convert methanol was subsequently applied to investigate the conversion of ethylene ( C-isotopes in natural abundance) (Fig. 37b). MAS NMR signals, appearing at 14, 23, and 32 ppm during conversion of ethylene at 413 K for 1 h (Fig. 37b, left), are assigned to alkyl groups of small amounts of alkylated cyclic compounds, such as cyclopentene, cyclohexene, cyclohexadiene, and/or benzene. The simultaneously recorded UV/Vis spectrum (Fig. 37b, right) shows bands at 300 and 375 nm, which characterize the formation of neutral cyclic compoimds and dienylic carbenium ions, respectively (301). 

The conversion of ethylene on a fresh zeolite HZSM-5 catalyst, which had not been used beforehand for methanol conversion, led to the spectra shown in Fig. 37c. The MAS NMR spectrum consists of signals at 14, 24, and 34 ppm caused by alkyl groups of cyclic compounds. Furthermore, a broad signal in the chemical shift range of alkenic and aromatic compounds appeared at ca. 120 ppm. The UV/Vis spectrum consists of bands similar to those shown in Fig. 37b and an additional weak band at ca. 450 nm. The latter may be attributed to condensed aromatics or trienylic carbenium ions (301). A weak shoulder observed at ca. 400 nm is an indication for the formation of hexamethylbenzenium ions (302). 

Ethylene glycol is a very viscous liquid and the molecule presents two close OH groups. It has to be noticed that, among all the different solvents studied by pulse radiolysis, the transition energy of the solvated electron absorption band is maximum in liquid ethylene glycol. For these reasons, the electron in EG seems to have a special behaviour and it is of great interest to study the dynamics of the formation of equilibrated solvated electron. Within this context, the present communication deals with the dynamics of solvation in EG of electrons produced by photoionisation of the solvent at 263 nm. The formation of solvated electrons is followed by pump-probe transient absorption spectroscopy in the visible spectral range from 425 to 725 nm and also in near IR. For the first time, the absorption spectrum of the precursor of the equilibrated electron is observed in EG. Our results are shortly compared by those obtained in water and methanol. 

In Figure 3A, in contrast to Figure 3B, some portion of the "main peak" would be ascribed to band I of deprotonated form of XI. Nevertheless, this would not affect at all the former discussion — the swift formation of ethylenic double bond that is conjugated with an adjacent double bond. This deduction is clearly confirmed by Figure 3A "main peak continues to increase sharply even after the "side peak" begins to decrease. 

Adsorbed C02 would give rise to the vibration band observed at ca. 1700 cm-1. Accordingly, the formation of ether and ethylene could follow from... 

The extension of the chain allows us to visualize the formation of bands. Figure 15 is for metal p. The complex band is the same as that of the metal but the fine structure of the levels is different and there is now a low level. In detail, everything takes place as if this level corresponded to an orbital localized on ethylene and on the first atom. The diagram of the levels of the complex is very like that of a metal having one electron less, as if indeed the first atom were blocked off. There is, thus, the appearance of a localized bond orbital, but this does not exclude considerable energetic contributions from the metallic mass as relatively unperturbed orbitals are very numerous. 

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