Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1992, 57, 2494-2500
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19922494
Application of Quantum Chemical Calculations to the Identification of Positional Isomers of Polysubstituted Alkylbenzenes
Vladimír Jakuša, Eva Matisováb and Stanislav Miertušb
a Department of Organic Technology, Slovak Technical University, Detached Laboratory at the Research Institute for Petrochemistry, 971 04 Prievidza
b Department of Analytical Chemistry, Slovak Technical University, 812 37 Bratislava
Abstract
The problem of assignment of positional isomers of alkylbenzenes to chromatographic peaks is addressed. Probable structures are attributed based on the correlation of stabilities of the isomers, which are expressed as the total molecular energies calculated by the MINDO/3 semiempirical quantum chemical method, and the proportions of the isomers in the reaction mixture. Multicomponent alkylbenzene mixtures were prepared and separated by capillary gas chromatography, and the identity of the isomers was confirmed by the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry combination.
