C鈥揌 Bond Strengths and Acidities in Aromatic Systems: Effects of Nitrogen Incorporation in Mono-, Di-, and Triazines
文摘
The negative ion chemistry of five azine molecules has been investigated using the combined experimental techniques of negative ion photoelectron spectroscopy to obtain electron affinities (EA) and tandem flowing afterglow-selected ion tube (FA-SIFT) mass spectrometry to obtain deprotonation enthalpies (螖acidH298). The measured 螖acidH298 for the most acidic site of each azine species is combined with the EA of the corresponding radical in a thermochemical cycle to determine the corresponding C鈥揌 bond dissociation energy (BDE). The site-specific C鈥揌 BDE values of pyridine, 1,2-diazine, 1,3-diazine, 1,4-diazine, and 1,3,5-triazine are 110.4 卤 2.0, 111.3 卤 0.7, 113.4 卤 0.7, 107.5 卤 0.4, and 107.8 卤 0.7 kcal mol鈥?, respectively. The application of complementary experimental methods, along with quantum chemical calculations, to a series of nitrogen-substituted azines sheds light on the influence of nitrogen atom substitution on the strength of C鈥揌 bonds in six-membered rings.