In this work, the gas-phase homolytic N−H bond dissociation enthalpy (BDE) was investigated for a large
series of molecules containing at least one N−H bond by means of accurate density-functional theory
calculations. The molecules studied belong to different classes of compounds, namely, amines, amides and
anilines, amino acids, phenoxazines, indolamines, and other compounds of general interest, such as anti-inflammatory drugs. To achieve these purposes, the (RO)B3LYP/6-311+G(2d,2p)//(U)B3LYP/6-31G* level
of theory was used. The calculated gas-phase N−H BDEs, at T = 298.15 K, are in the range 499.6−203.9
kJ/mol, for purine and HNO, respectively. Further, the calculated BDEs are in excellent agreement with a
significant number of available experimental BDEs. Solvent effects were also taken in account, and rather
significant differences are found among N−H BDEs computed in the gas phase and in heptane, DMSO, or
water.
This paper reports an experimental and theoretical study of the standard (p(degrees) = 0.1 MPa) molar enthalpies of formation at T = 298.15 K of the sulfur-containing amino acids l-cysteine [CAS 52-90-4] and l-cystine [CAS 56-89-3]. The standard (p(degrees) = 0.1 MPa) molar enthalpies of formation of crystalline l-cysteine and l-cystine were calculated from the standard molar energies of combustion, in oxygen, to yield CO2(g) and H2SO4.115H2O, measured by rotating-bomb combustion calorimetry at T = 298.15 K. The vapor pressures of l-cysteine were measured as function of temperature by the Knudsen effusion mass-loss technique. The standard molar enthalpy of sublimation, at T = 298.15 K, was derived from the Clausius-Clapeyron equation. The experimental values were used to calculate the standard (p(degrees) = 0.1 MPa) enthalpy of formation of l-cysteine in the gaseous phase, DeltafH(degrees)m(g) = -382.6 +/- 1.8 kJ x mol-1. Due to the low vapor pressures of l-cystine and since this compound decomposes at the temperature range required for a possible sublimation, it was not possible to determine its enthalpy of sublimation. Standard ab initio molecular orbital calculations at the G3(MP2)//B3LYP and/or G3 levels were performed. Enthalpies of formation, using atomization and isodesmic reactions, were calculated and compared with experimental data. A value of -755 +/- 10 kJ x mol-1 was estimated for the enthalpy of formation of cystine. Detailed inspections of the molecular and electronic structures of the compounds studied were carried out. Finally, bond dissociation enthalpies (BDE) of S-H, S-S, and C-S bonds, and enthalpies of formation of l-cysteine-derived radicals, were also computed.
This paper reports a combined thermochemical experimental and computational study of 2-pyrrolecarboxylic acid and 1-methyl-2-pyrrolecarboxylic acid. Static bomb combustion calorimetry and Knudsen mass-loss effusion technique were used to determine the standard (p degrees = 0.1 MPa) molar enthalpies of combustion, Delta(c)H(m) degrees, and sublimation, Delta(cr)(g)H(m) degrees, respectively, from which the standard (p degrees = 0.1 MPa) molar enthalpies of formation, in the gaseous phase, at T = 298.15 K, were derived. The values obtained were -(286.3 +/- 1.7) and -(291.6 +/- 1.7) kJ x mol for 2-pyrrolecarboxylic acid and 1-methyl-2-pyrrolecarboxylic acid, respectively. For comparison purposes, the gas-phase enthalpies of formation of these two compounds were estimated by G3(MP2)//B3LYP and MP2 approaches, using a set of gas-phase working reactions; the results are in excellent agreement with experimental data. G3(MP2)//B3LYP computations were also extended to the calculation of N-H bond dissociation enthalpies, gas-phase acidities and basicities, proton and electron affinities and adiabatic ionization enthalpies. Moreover, the results are also discussed in terms of the energetic effects of the addition of a carboxylic and of a methyl groups to the pyrrole ring and compared with structurally similar compounds.
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