Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2006, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (4): 708.

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Formation Mechanism of Selane from the Reaction System of Selenium,Carbon Monooxide and Water

LI Jing, QU Yong-Quan, HAN Ke-Li, LU Shi-Wei, HE Guo-Zhong   

  1. Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
  • Received:2005-04-27 Online:2006-04-10 Published:2006-04-10
  • Contact: HAN Ke-Li,E-mail: klhan@dicp.ac.cn

Abstract:

A detailed mechanism for the formation of selane(H2Se) from Se-CO-H2O system in the presence of triethylamine was studied by density functional theory calculations at the B3LYP/6-31G** level. The solvent effect is assessed by the CPCM method at the same level. The calculations suggest that the reaction proceeds through three transition states with energies barriers of 45.4, 8.4 and 19.9 kJ/mol in solvent tetrahydrofuran, respectively. The intermediate compound [(HOOCSe-)·(Base·H+)], whose stability is close to that of the product, may coexist with amine salt of hydrogen selenide([HSe-]·[Base·H+]) and works as a reductant according to the results of theoretical calculations.

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