Ab initio study of the structural, electronic, and thermodynamic properties of linear perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and its branched isomers

F. J. Torres, V. Ochoa-Herrera, P. Blowers, R. Sierra-Alvarez

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Structural, electronic, and thermodynamic properties of linear perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and its trifluoromethyl-branched isomers (i.e. 1-CF3- to 6-CF3-PFOS) were theoretically studied by means of ab initio density functional theory (DFT) calculations with the B3LYP functional and a 6-31++G(d,p) basis set. The anionic form of linear PFOS and its trifluromethyl-branched isomers were considered for the initial construction of the computational models; subsequently, H+, Li+, and Na+ were added as counter-ions to study their effect on the properties under investigation. Insignificant changes with respect to the anions were observed in the structure of both the protonated and salt forms due to the presence of these counter-ions. However, important differences in the electrostatic potential maps as well as HOMO and LUMO molecular orbitals were observed for the various forms of PFOS. The linear and branched PFOS ions were identified as the most suitable compounds for interacting with charged species. Furthermore, in the linear anion, it was observed that the LUMO orbital is diffused along the whole fluoro-carbon chain, whereas it is localized to the region close to the ternary carbon in the 4-CF3-PFOS, 5-CF3-PFOS, and 6-CF3-PFOS isomers. The higher accessibility of the LUMO orbital in these branched anions suggests that they have a higher probability of reacting with free radicals when compared with the linear counterpart. This behavior is reflected in the experimental observation that only the branched PFOS isomers were susceptible to reductive defluorination by reduced vitamin B12 as we previously reported. The relative stability of the linear and branched PFOS in their different forms computed by comparing their calculated Gibbs free energy showed that 1-CF3-, 6-CF3-, and linear PFOS are the most favorable structures from a thermodynamic point of view.

Idioma originalInglés estadounidense
Páginas (desde-hasta)1143-1149
Número de páginas7
PublicaciónChemosphere
Volumen76
N.º8
DOI
EstadoPublicada - ago. 2009
Publicado de forma externa

Áreas temáticas de ASJC Scopus

  • Ingeniería ambiental
  • Química ambiental
  • Química General
  • Contaminación
  • Salud, toxicología y mutagénesis

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