期刊
ACS CATALYSIS
卷 10, 期 15, 页码 8454-8464出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c02133
关键词
cellulose; transglycosylation; glycosidic bond; hydroxyl; DFT; AIMD
资金
- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Science Catalysis [DE-SC0016346]
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-SC0016346] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Mechanistic insights into glycosidic bond activation in cellulose pyrolysis were obtained via first-principles density functional theory calculations that explain the peculiar similarity in kinetics for different stereochemical glycosidic bonds (beta vs alpha) and establish the role of the three-dimensional hydroxyl environment around the reaction center in activation dynamics. The reported activating mechanism of the a-isomer was shown to require the initial formation of a transient C-1-O-2-C-2 epoxide that subsequently undergoes transformation to levoglucosan. Density functional theory results from maltose, a model compound for the alpha-isomer, show that the intramolecular C-2 hydroxyl group favorably interacts with lone pair electrons on the ether oxygen atom of an alpha-glycosidic bond in a manner similar to the hydroxymethyl (C-6 hydroxyl) group interacting with the lone pair electrons on the ether oxygen atom of a beta glycosidic bond. This mechanism has an activation energy of 219 kJ mol(-1), which is similar to the barriers reported for noncatalytic transglycosylation mechanism similar to 209 kJ mol(-1)) and in good agreement with experimentally measured barriers for a-cyclodextrin conversion at high temperatures. The results help explain the lack of sensitivity of depolymerization kinetics to glycosidic bond stereochemistry. Subsequent constrained ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations revealed that vicinal hydroxyl groups in the condensed environment of a reacting carbohydrate melt anchor transition states via two-to-three hydrogen bonds and lead to lower free energy barriers (similar to 134-155 kJ mol(-1)) in agreement with previous experiments.
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