• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.319-321
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• 2007

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.241-245
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• 1994

A method has been developed to estimate the kinetic energy release originating from the reverse critical energy in unimolecular ion dissociation. Contribution from the excess energy was estimated by RRKM theory, the statistical adiabatic model and the modified phase space calculation. This was subtracted from the experimental kinetic energy release distribution (KERD) via deconvolution. The present method has been applied to the KERDs in $H_2$, loss from $C_6H_6^+$ and HF loss from ${CH_2CF_2}^+$. In the present formalism, not only the energy in the reaction coordinate but also the energy in some transitional vibrational degrees of freedom at the transition state is thought to contribute to the experimental kinetic energy release. Details of the methods for treating the transitional modes are found not to be critical to the final outcome. For a reaction with small excess energy and large reverse critical energy. KERD is shown to be mainly governed by the reverse critical energy.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.833-838
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• 2014

The energy- and time-dependent branching to the competing dissociation paths are studied by theory for coupled unimolecular dissociations of the o-, m-, and p-chlorotoluene radical cations to $C_7{H_7}^+$ (benzylium and tropylium). There are four different paths to $C_7{H_7}^+$, three to the benzylium ion and one to the tropylium ion, and all of them are coupled together. The branching to the multiple paths leads to the multiexponential decay of reactant with the branching ratio depending on both internal energy and time. To gain insights into the multipath branching, we study the detailed kinetics as a function of time and internal energy on the basis of ab inito/RRKM calculations. The number of reaction steps to $C_7{H_7}^+$ is counted for each path. Of the three isomers, the meta mostly goes through the coupling, whereas the para proceeds with little or no coupling. In the beginning, some reactants with high internal energy decay fast to the benzylium ion without any coupling and others rearrange to the other isomers. Later on all three isomers dissociate to the products via long-lived intermediates. Thus, the reactant shows a multiexponential decay and the branching ratio varies with time as the average internal energy decreases with time. The reciprocal of the effective lifetime is taken as the rate constant. The resulting rate-energy curves are in line with experiments. The present results suggest that the coupling between the stable isomers is thermodynamically controlled, whereas the branching to the product is kinetically controlled.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.267-270
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• 2002

Photodissociations of o-, m-, and p-iodotoluene radical cations were investigated by using Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) spectrometry. Iodotoluene radical cations were prepared in an ICR cell by a photoionization charge-transfer method. The time-resolved one-photon dissociation spectra were obtained at 532 nm and the identities of $C_7H_7^+$ products were determined by examining their bimolecular reactivities toward toluene-$d_8$. The two-photon dissociation spectra were also recorded in the wavelength range 615-670 nm. The laser power dependence, the temporal variation, and the identities of $C_7H_7^+$ were examined at 640 nm. The mechanism of unimolecular dissociation of iodotoluene radical cations is elucidated: the lowest barrier rearrangement channel leads exclusively to the formation of the benzyl cation, whereas the direct C-I cleavage channel yields the tolyl cations that rearrange to both benzyl and tropylium cations with dissimilar branching ratios among o-, m-, and p-isomers. With a two-photon energy of 3.87 eV at 640 nm, the direct C-I cleavage channel results in the product branching ratio, [tropylium cation]/[benzyl cation], in descending order, 0.16 for meta >0.09 for ortho >0.05 for para.

• Mass Spectrometry Letters
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.126-130
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• 2021

The mass spectrometry (MS) provides the mass-to-charge ratios of atoms, molecules, stable/metastable complexes, and their fragments. I have taken a long journey with MS to address outstanding issues and problems by experiments and theory and gain insights into underlying principles in chemistry. By looking through the mass-to-charge ratio, I have studied thermochemical problems in silicon chemistry, the infrared multiphoton dissociation spectroscopy of organometallic intermediates, unimolecular dissociations of halotoluene radical cations, and the kinetics of association/dissociation of alkali halide triple ions with Lewis bases. Various MS platforms have been used to characterize non-covalent interactions between porphyrins and fullerenes and those between the group IIB ions and trioctylchalcogenides, and to examine the binding of the group IA, IIA and porphyrin ions to G-quadruplex DNA. Recently, I have focused on mass-balanced H/D isotope dipeptide tags for MS-based quantitative proteomics, a simple chemical modification method for MS-based lipase assay, and the kinetics and dynamics of energy-variable collision-induced dissociation of chemically modified peptides. Now, I see an important role of MS in global issues in the post-COVID era, as the society demands high standards for indoor air quality to contain the airborne-pathogen transmission as well as in-situ monitoring and tracking of carbon emissions to reduce global warming.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.1493-1500
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• 1999

The electronic transitions from the ground state to low-lying excited states of CF₃OH have been investigated using high level ab initio quantum mechanical techniques. Also the possible photodissociation procedures of CF₃OH have been considered. The highest level employed in this study is TZP CCSD(T) level of theory. The possible four low-lying excited states can result by the excitation of the lone pair electron (n) in oxygen to σ$^*$ molecular orbital in C-O or O-H bond. The vertical transition (n → σ$^*$) energy is predicted to be 220.5 kcal/mol (130 nm) at TZ2P CISD level to theory. The bond dissociation energies of CF₃OH to CF₃O +H and CF₃+OH have been predicted to be 119.5 kcal/mol and 114.1 kcal/mol, respectively, at TZP CCSD level of theory. In addition, the transition state for the unimolecular decomposition of CF₃OH into CF₂O + HF has been examined. The activation energy and energy separation for this decomposition have been computed to be 43.6kcal/mol and 5.0 kcal/mol including zero-point vibrational energy corrections at TZP CCSD(T) level of theory.ed phenols were also estimated.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제19권9호
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• pp.993-999
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• 1998

Acid catalyzed hydrolysis of 1-phenoxyethyl propionate, Ⅰ, has been studied using the PM3 method in the gas phase. The first step of the reaction is the protonation of basic sites, three different oxygens in Ⅰ, producing three protonated species Ⅱ, Ⅲ and Ⅳ. All possible reaction pathways have been studied from each protonated structure. Changes in the reaction mechanisms have also been discussed from the results obtained by varying a nucleophile from a water monomer to a water dimer to a complex between one water molecule and an intermediate product (propionic acid or phenol) produced in the preceding unimolecular dissociation processes. Minimum energy reaction pathway is 2-W among the possible pathways, in which water dimer acts as an active catalyst and therefore facilitates the formation of a six-membered cyclic transition state. Lower barrier of 2-W is ascribed to an efficient bifunctional catalytic effect of water molecules. PM3-SM3.1 single point calculations have been done at the gas-phase optimized structure (SM3.1/PM3//PM3) to compare theoretical results to those of experimental work.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.262-269
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• 1989

The gas phase thermal decomposition of 1-bromo-3-chloropropane in the presence of radical inhibitor was studied by using the conventional static system. The mechanism of unimolecular elimination channel is shown below. [...] In this scheme, the total molecular dissociation rate constant, ($k_1\;+\;k_2$), for the decomposition of $BrCH_2CH_2CH_2Cl$ was determined by pyrolyzing the $BrCH_2CH_2CH_2Cl$ in the temperature range of $380-420^{\circ}C$ and in the pressure range of 10∼100 torr. To obtain $k_3\;and\;k_4,\;and\;to\;obtain\;k_1\;and\;k_2$ independently, the thermal decompositions of allyl chloride and allyl bromide were also studied. The Arrhenius parameters for each step are as follows; $log\;A_{\infty}\;=\;14.20(sec^{-1}),\;E_a$ = 56.10(kcal/mol) for reaction path 1; $log\;A_{\infty}\;=\;12.54(sec^{-1}),\;E_a$ = 49.75(kcal/mol) for reaction path 2; $log\;A_{\infty}\;=\;13.41(sec^{-1}),\;E_a$ = 50.04(kcal/mol) for reaction path 3; $log\;A_{\infty}\;=\;12.43(sec^{-1}),\;E_a$ = 52.78(kcal/mol) for reaction path 4; Finally, the experimentally observed pressure dependence of the rate constants in each step is compared with the theoretically predicted values that are obtained by the RRKM calculations.

• 청정기술
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.198-205
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• 2010

염화탄화수소 열분해와 생성물분포 특성을 고찰하기 위해 등온 관형 반응기를 이용해 두 가지 실험을 수행하였다. 첫 번째는 반응분위기에 따른 열분해 특성을 파악하기 위해 $H_2$ 또는 Ar 반응분위기에서 dichloromethane ($CH_2Cl_2$) 분해율과 생성물분포 특성을 고찰하였다. Ar 반응분위기($CH_2Cl_2$/Ar 반응계)에서 보다 $H_2$ 반응분위기($CH_2Cl_2/H_2$ 반응계)에서 $CH_2Cl_2$ 분해율이 더 높았다. 이는 반응성 기체인 $H_2$ 분위기에서 $CH_2Cl_2$ 분해를 촉진시키며 수소 첨가 탈염소반응을 통해 탈염소화된 탄화수소화합물을 생성시키며, 다환방향족탄화수소 (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon: PAH)와 soot 생성을 억제하기 때문이다. $CH_2Cl_2/H_2$ 반응계에서 주요생성물로 탈염소화합물인 $CH_3Cl,\;CH_4,\;C_2H_6,\;C_2H_4,\;HCl$ 등이 생성되었으며, 미량 생성물로 chloroethylene이 검출되었다. $CH_2Cl_2$/Ar 반응계에서는 탄소물질수지가 낮았으며 특히 반응온도 $750^{\circ}C$ 이상에서 탄소물질 수지가 더 낮게 나타났다. 주요 생성물로는 chloroethylene과 HCl이 검출되었으며, 미량 생성물로는 $CH_3Cl$과 $C_2H_2$이 검출되었다. 고온 Ar 반응분위기에서 $CH_4$ 주입에 따른 chloroform($CHCl_3$) 분해와 생성물분포 특성을 비교 고찰하였다. $CHCl_3$ 분해율을 비교해 보면 $CH_4$을 주입할 경우($CHCl_3/CH_4/Ar$ 반응계)가 $CH_4$을 주입하지 않았을 경우($CHCl_3$/Ar 반응계)보다 분해율이 낮았다. 이는 $CHCl_3$가 분해되면서 생성되는 활성도가 큰 이중라디칼(diradical)인 :$CCl_2$가 첨가물로 주입된 $CH_4$와 반응하여 소모됨으로써 $CHCl_3$ 분해율이 상대적으로 감소되기 때문이다. Ar 반응분위기에서 $CH_4$ 첨가 여부에 따라 $CHCl_3$이 분해되면서 생성되는 생성물 분포는 큰 차이를 나타내고 있었다. 앞에서 고찰된 각 반응계에서 분해율 비교와 생성물 분포특성을 고려하고 열화학이론 및 반응속도론을 기초로 주요 반응경로를 제시하였다.