2 Ec + AH* for temperatures below rollover and E,,, = Ec for temperatures above rollover.The selectivity for the hydrogenolysis of n-butane on the two surfaces has been identified with the occurrence of particular, adsorbed reaction intermediates on each surface. When our results are compared to those reported previously on supported iridium catalysts of varying metallic particle size,22 a direct correlation Registry No. C2H6,, C4Hlo,Supplementary Material Available: Details of mechanistic modeling of the hydrogenolysis of alkanes on iridium and the microscopic significance of kinetic parameters (1 1 pages). Ordering information is given on any current masthead page.Abstract: Results are presented from an experimental study of the infrared spectra of cytosine and its deuteriated derivatives isolated in an inert Ar matrix and also in an N2 matrix deposited on a window at 15 K. These spectra show that isolated cytosine exists under these conditions as a mixture of the "normal" amino-axo (a-o) tautomer and the "rare" amino-hydroxy (a-h) tautomer; in fact, the last form predominates in both matrices with an "equilibrium constant" K, a-h] measured to be about 0.5. Infrared spectra of the crystalline solid are also presented, and they agree with the conclusion from X-ray diffraction studies that only the normal amino-oxo tautomer occurs in the solid. In order to interpret the observed infrared spectra, we have carried out an ab initio molecular orbital calculation of the spectra of both tautomers at the SCF level with a 3-21G basis set. The calculation predicts frequencies, absolute infrared intensities, and potential energy distributions (PEDS) for all normal modes of each tautomer to provide a basis for the assignment of the experimental spectra. The latter problem was aided greatly by the discovery that irradiation of cytosine isolated in an Ar matrix with UV light changes the relative concentrations of the two tautomers in the matrix. Application of this technique in our studies allowed us to separate the absorption spectra to obtain the complete infrared spectrum for each tautomer free from the absorption by the other form. Each separate spectrum was thus assigned with a reasonable degree of confidence by comparison with the calculated spectra. The relatively good agreement between calculated and experimental spectra for each tautomer provides support for confidence in the validity of the use of these calculated vibrational parameters as a basis for predicting spectra of cytosine and its derivatives. Finally, the effect of intermolecular interaction upon the spectrum of cytosine is examined in a comparison of the spectra of matrix-isolated samples with the spectrum of the crystalline solid.Vibrational spectra of cytosine and of its corresponding nucleoside and nucleotide, as well as of several of its derivatives, have been the subject of numerous experimental studies in solution and in the solid phase (ref 1 and references given therein). These studies establish the predominance of the amino-oxo form for the cyt...
. Both amino-0x0 and amino-hydroxy tautomeric forms of 9-methylguanine have been identified in approximately equal abundance in. infrared studies of these molecules isolated in the hydrophobic environment of an argon matrix at 12 K. The amino-hydroxy tautomer occurs in two different rotamers correlated with the rotation of the OH group. The ratio of concentrations of the two rotamers is sensitive to UV irradiation, and this ratio then relaxes to an equilibrium value after irradiation is stopped. This sensitivity allows us to separate the experimental spectra related to the 0x0 tautomer and to each of the rotamers of the hydroxy tautomer. The relative concentrations of the amino-0x0 and amino-hydroxy tautomers (3) and of the two rotamers (K(h1-h2) = 0.31 & 0.10 in an argon matrix at 12 K and about 30 2 15 in the vapor at 470 K) are estimated from the observed relative infrared absorbances. From these relative concentrations the differences between the free energies of the tautomers (AG47O (0-h) = 0 & 0.5 kJ mol-') and of the two rotamers (AG(h1-h2) = 0.12 ? 0.03 kJ mol-' in the argon matrix at 12 K and AG470 between +2 and -13 kJ mol-' in the vapor at 470 K) have been estimated. The electronic absorption spectrum of 9-methylguanine isolated in the argon matrix at 12 K and the effect of brief ultraviolet irradiation on it have also been studied. In an effort to interpret the experimental results, ab initio calculations of the infrared spectra have been made for 9-methylguanine at the 3-21G//3-21G level. Comparison with the experimental spectra is of some help with the assignment of the infrared spectra for the different tautomers.Key words: 9-methylguanine, tautomerism, infrared and ultraviolet spectra, matrix isolation, ab initio calculation On a aussi CtudiC le spectre d'absorption Clectronique de la 9-mtthylguanine isolCe dans la matrice d'argon B 12 K ainsi que l'effet d'une brkve irradiation avec de I'ultraviolet. Dans le but dlinterprCter les rCsultats exptrimentaux, on a effectuC des calculs ab initio au niveau 3-21G//3-21G des spectres infrarouges de la 9-mtthylguanine. Une comparaison des rCsultats de ces calculs avec les spectres experimentaux est utile pour attribuer les spectres infrarouges des divers tautomkres. Mots clks : 9-mkthylguanine, tautomine, spectres infrarouge et ultraviolet, isolement dans une matrice, calculs ab initio.[Traduit par la rCdaction]
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