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Iodine Bonding Stabilizes Iodomethane in MIDAS Pesticide. Theoretical Study of Intermolecular Interactions between Iodomethane and Chloropicrin
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • Rainer Glaser, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Kaitlan Prugger
Abstract

The results are reported of a theoretical study of iodomethane (H3C-I, 1) and chloropicrin (Cl3C-NO2, 2), of the heterodimers 3-6 formed by aggregation of 1 and 2, and of their addition products 7 and 8 and their possible fragmentation reactions to 9-18. Mixtures of iodomethane and chloropicrin are not expected to show chemistry resulting from their reactions with each other. The structures and stabilities are discussed of the iodine-bonded molecular aggregates (IBMA) 3 and 4 and of the hydrogen- and iodine-bonded molecular aggregates (IHBMA) 5 and 6. The mixed aggregates 3-5 are bound on the free enthalpy surface relative to the homodimers of 1 and 2, and the IBMA structures 3 and 4 are most stable. This result suggests that the mixture of chloropicrin and iodomethane in the pesticide Midas is a good choice to reduce the volatility of iodomethane because of thermodynamically stabilizing iodine bonding.

Department(s)
Chemistry
Keywords and Phrases
  • chloropicrin,
  • halogen bonding,
  • intermolecular bonding,
  • methyl iodide,
  • pesticide,
  • soil fumigant,
  • UHF instability
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2012 American Chemical Society (ACS), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
2-1-2012
Publication Date
01 Feb 2012
Disciplines
Citation Information
Rainer Glaser and Kaitlan Prugger. "Iodine Bonding Stabilizes Iodomethane in MIDAS Pesticide. Theoretical Study of Intermolecular Interactions between Iodomethane and Chloropicrin" Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Vol. 60 Iss. 7 (2012) p. 1776 - 1787 ISSN: 0021-8561; 1520-5118
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rainer-glaser/77/