Naphthalene ionization potential

Selective synthesis of 2-methyl naphthalene has been studied over HZSM-5, HZSM-11, HSABO-11, HZBS-11, Zn-ZSM-11, Ga-ZSM-11, HY and HZSM-20 type zeolites. The nature of the naphthalene-methanol interaction has been investigated in order to elucidate the reaction mechanism. According to the data obtained by FT-IR, TPD of naphthalene, ionization potential and proton affinity of different aromatic rings, zeolites with medium pores and with sites of medium or high acid strength are necessary for the reaction. The results seem to be consistent with the Rideal type mechanism. 

Let us discuss now the conditions required for the electron transfer process. This reaction requires, of course, a suitable electron donor (a species characterized by a low ionization potential) and a proper electron acceptor, e.g., a monomer characterized by a high electron affinity. Furthermore, the nature of the solvent is often critical for such a reaction. The solvation energy of ions contributes substantially to the heat of reaction, hence the reaction might occur in a strong solvating solvent, but its course may be reversed in a poorly solvating medium. A good example of this behavior is provided by the reaction Na -f- naphthalene -> Na+ + naphthalene". This reaction proceeds rapidly in tetrahydrofuran or in dimethoxy... 

One of the most commonly studied systems involves the adsorption of polynuclear aromatic compounds on amorphous or certain crystalline silica-alumina catalysts. The aromatic compounds such as anthracene, perylene, and naphthalene are characterized by low ionization potentials, and upon adsorption they form paramagnetic species which are generally attributed to the appropriate cation radical (69, 70). An analysis of the well-resolved spectrum of perylene on silica-alumina shows that the proton hyperfine coupling constants are shifted by about four percent from the corresponding values obtained when the radical cation is prepared in H2SO4 (71). The linewidth and symmetry require that the motion is appreciable and that the correlation times are comparable to those found in solution. 

Similar vivid colorations are observed when other aromatic donors (such as methylbenzenes, naphthalenes and anthracenes) are exposed to 0s04.218 The quantitative effect of such dramatic colorations is illustrated in Fig. 13 by the systematic spectral shift in the new electronic absorption bands that parallels the decrease in the arene ionization potentials in the order benzene 9.23 eV, naphthalene 8.12 eV, anthracene 7.55 eV. The progressive bathochromic shift in the charge-transfer transitions (hvct) in Fig. 13 is in accord with the Mulliken theory for a related series of [D, A] complexes. 

Among oxo-metals, osmium tetroxide is a particularly intriguing oxidant since it is known to oxidize various types of alkenes rapidly, but it nonetheless eschews the electron-rich aromatic hydrocarbons like benzene and naphthalene (Criegee et al., 1942 Schroder, 1980). Such selectivities do not obviously derive from differences in the donor properties of the hydrocarbons since the oxidation (ionization) potentials of arenes are actually less than those of alkenes. The similarity in the electronic interactions of arenes and alkenes towards osmium tetroxide relates to the series of electron donor-acceptor (EDA) complexes formed with both types of hydrocarbons (26). Common to both arenes and alkenes is the immediate appearance of similar colours that are diagnostic of charge-transfer absorp-... 

With durene an orange coloration develops and a clear bright red solution results from hexamethylbenzene. The quantitative effects of the dramatic colour changes are manifested in the spectral shifts of the electronic absorption bands that accompany the variations in aromatic conjugation and substituents. The progressive bathochromic shift parallels the decrease in the arene ionization potentials (IP) in the order benzene 9.23 eV, naphthalene 8.12eV, and anthracene 7.55 eV, much in the same manner as that observed with the tropylium acceptor (Takahashi et al.,... 

Soma et al. (12) have generalized the trends for aromatic compound polymerization as follows (1) aromatic compounds with ionization potentials lower than approximately 9.7 eV formg radical cations upon adsorption in the interlayer of transition-metal ion-exchanged montmorillonites, (2) parasubstituted benzenes and biphenyls are sorbed as the radical cations and prevented from coupling reactions due to blockage of the para position, (3) monosubstituted benzenes react to 4,4 -substituted biphenyls which are stably sorbed, (4) benzene, biphenyl, and p-terphenyl polymerized, and (5) biphenyl methane, naphthalene, and anthracene are nonreactive due to hindered access to reaction sites. However, they observed a number of exceptions that did not fit this scheme and these were not explained. 

Fia. 21. Improvement in agreement between calculated and observed ionization potentials for simple w systems as between values derived on the simple H.M.O. basis (left-hand end of arrows) and those derived using the oj technique (right-hand end of arrows). See text. 1, Methyl 2, Allyl 3, Pentadienyl 4, Benzyl 6, Ethylene 6, Butadiene 7, Benzene 8, Styrene 9, Naphthalene 10, Fhenanthrene. 

Let us compare M-ZSM-5 zeolites with M = H+, Li+, Na, K+, Rb, Cs, AF+, on one hand, and organic electron donors of variable ionization potentials, on the other. Zeolite H-ZSM-5 generates cation-radicals from substrates with an oxidation potential of up to 1.65 V (Ramamurthy et al. 1991). The naphthalene sorption by Al-ZSM-5 zeolites calcified in an atmosphere of oxygen or argon leads to the appearance of two occluded particles—the naphthalene cation-radical and isolated electron. Both particles were fixed by ESR method. Back reaction between the oppositely charged particles proceeds in an extremely slow manner and both the signals persist over several weeks at room temperature (Moissette et al. 2003). 

Obenland and Schmidt120) measured the PES of benzene, naphthalene, phen-anthrene and all other orthoannelated hydrocarbons up to [14]. In Table 19 the first two bands of the vertical n-ionization potential of helicenes are given. 

Fig. 5. Rate of H—D exchange versus ionization potential of alkanes and aromatic compounds 1 = methane 2 = ethane 3 = propane 4 = n-butane 5 = n-pentane 6 = n-hexane 7 = cyclopentane 8 = cyclohexane 9 = benzene 10 = naphthalene 11 = phenanthrene 12 = 2,2-dimethylbutane (see text) 13 = 1,1-dimethylpropy I benzene (see text) 14 = 2-methylpropane 15 = 2-methylbutane 16 = 2,2-dimethylpropane 17 = 2-methylpentane 18 = 3-methylpentane 19 = 2,3-dimethylbutane 20 = 2,2-dimethylbutane.

Naphthalene, with an ionization potential higher than that of anthracene or perylene, produces a much lower radical concentration in the zeolite (Table I), and appears to have no observable enhancing effect on the formation of anion radicals. Probably only certain sites of high energy are involved in this oxidation, and these sites may not be of the type in which interaction with an adjacent reducing center is possible. 

The first three observed ionization potentials for thieno[3,2-6]thiophene (3) (8.14, 8.66 and 10.02 eV) correlate favorably with those observed for the isoelectronic naphthalene (8.15, 8.80 and 10.00 eV) and benzo[6]thiophene (8.22, 8.77 and 10.05 eV) molecules, in contrast to the corresponding values for thiophene (8.87, 9.49 eV) and benzene (9.24, 9.24 eV) (73JCS(F1)93). This observation is explained by the fact that the delocalized 7r-electron cloud resulting from changing a benzene 7r-bond to a sulfur atom causes greater perturbation in the small framework involved compared to the same interchange in a more extended conjugated system such as naphthalene or benzo[6 jthiophene. 

Examples of the multiplicity of nitration mechanisms that depend on the ionization potentials of substrates are the nitration of naphthalene (NaphH + NO) scheme) and of perylene (PerH + NO) scheme) (Scheme 4-25). 

Buenker min CLGTO as naphthalene and azulene. FSGO gives poor first ionization potential... 

Figure 7. Schematic energy level diagram showing the principle of the ionization method for detecting electron transfer in gas-phase adducts. Naphthalene cation (the hole donor) is formed by resonance-enhanced two-photon ionization of the neutral. A hole acceptor, whose ionization potential is lower than that of naphthalene, is not ionized, since its S level is not resonant with the UV photons used (vi). The vibrational levels of the ionic form of the acceptor are resonant with the naphthalene cation, and accept the hole easily. Detection is by photodissociation, using photons of different frequency (V2) that dissociate the naphthalene cation in a resonance-enhanced multiphoton absorption process. Charge transfer is detected by the diminution of the product ion signal in the presence of a suitable acceptor. Adapted from Ref. [32].

The ionization potential and electron affinity of naphthalene were determined experimentally as IP = 8.2 eV and EA 0.0 eV. According to Koopmans theorem it is possible to equate minus the orbital energies of the occupied or unoccupied MOs with molecular ionization potentials and electron affinities, respectively (IP, = - s, and EA = - ). Thus, in the simple one-electron model, the excitation energy of the HOMO->LUMO transition in naphthalene may be written according to Equation (1.22) as... 

Figure 2. Ionization potential determined by (a) photoionization [Refill], ( ) electron impact [Ref. 12,13] and, (O) theoretical data estimated from the HOMO energies given by AMI method vs. Tm of benzene (B), toluene (T), naphthalene (N), m-xylene (mX) (obtained from the second TPD peak), and mesitylene (TMB) (second TPD peak) for H-ZSM-11 zeolite.

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