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Triggering Dynamics of the Acetylene Topochemical Polymerization
topochemistry,pressure-induced polymerization,lattice vibration,threshold distance,acetylene
Abstract Accepted
Xingyu Tang / Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR)
Kuo Li / HPSTAR
Xiao Dong / Nankai University






Topochemical reaction is a promising method to obtain crystalline polymeric materials with distance-determined regio-/stereo-selectivity. It was concluded that the closest intermolecular C∙∙∙C distance (d(C∙∙∙C)min) of alkynes should reach the threshold of ~3 Å to bond at room temperature (RT). To understand this empirical threshold, here we studied the polymerization of acetylene crystal under high pressure by calculating the structure geometry, vibration modes and reaction profile, etc. We found d(C∙∙∙C)min is the sum of an intrinsic threshold of 2.3 Å and a thermal displacement of 0.8 Å (RT). The molecules at the empirical threshold moves via several phonon modes to reach the intrinsic threshold, where the intermolecular electronic interaction is sharply enhanced and bonding starts. A distance-vibration-based reaction picture is thereby demonstrated, which provides access to predict and design topochemical reactions, and gives fundamental concept of the bonding process in solid.
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    Jun 05

    2023

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    Jun 09

    2023

  • Apr 30 2023

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  • May 01 2023

    Abstract Submission Deadline

  • May 01 2023

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  • May 01 2023

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  • May 31 2023

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Sponsored By
Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory
Department of Astronomy, Beijing Normal University
Organized By
Matter and Radiation at Extremes
Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, China
Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing, China
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