| Gas-Phase Ion-Molecule Reactions in Tetrahydrothiophene† |
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† This paper is dedicated to Professor Masahiko Tsuchiya *a) Faculty of Engineering, Yamanashi University (Takeda-4, Kofu 400-8511, Japan) b) Department of Chemistry, Nara University of Education (Takabatake-cho, Nara 630-8528, Japan) c) Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Mathematics, MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology (Iligan City 9200, Philippines) |
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| Gas-phase ion-molecule reactions have been investigated using a pulsed-electron beam mass spectrometer. The proton affinity (PA) of tetrahydrothiophene (THT), C4H8S, has been newly determined to be 205.4 kcal mol-1 by measuring the equilibria of the proton transfer reaction between 2-methyltetrahydrofuran and THT. The thermochemical data for the hydration reaction of protonated tetrahydrothiophene, C4H8SH+(H2O)n-1 + H2O=C4H8SH+(H2O)n, with n=1-3 were measured. The small and n-insensitive enthalpy changes (-ΔHn-1, n°), 11.5, 10.4 and 9.5 kcal mol-1, with n=1, 2, and 3, respectively, have been obtained. The fall-off of -ΔHn-1, n° vs. n is small due to the positive charge dispersal in the protonated THT. The rate of proton transfer reaction from the proton-hydrates H3O+(H2O)n to THT was found to be roughly the collision rate in agreement with the findings due to Viggiano et al. [J. Chem. Phys., 88, 2469 (1988)]. Ab initio calculations have been carried out, and those energies (PA and ΔHn-1, n°) have been reproduced satisfactorily. | ||
| Key words: Tetrahydrothiophene, Proton affinity, Ion molecule reaction, Hydration | ||
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