Electronic structures of dihedral (D5h, D5d, D6h, D6d) fullerenes

By means of our proposed method for Hückel theory calculation, we have calculated the electronic structures of dihedral (D_5h, D_5d, D_6h, D_6d) fullerences, which are generated from icosahedral C₂₀, C₆₀, C₈₀, C₁₈₀, C₂₄₀ and C₅₄₀, respectively. From the calculated results of 1224 fullerence molecules, certain rules on the stability and chemical reactivity have been drawn for such types of dihedral fullerenes.     

富勒烯C36及其衍生物C36H2n的量子化学研究

应用密度泛函B₃LYP方法和从头算(abinitio)HF方法,在3-21G理论水平上,对具有C_2v,D_2d,D_3h和D_6h对称性的四种C₃₆异构体以及在保持D_2d,D_3h和D_6h对称性条件下形成的不同氢化物进行了量子化学计算,研究了它们在不同量子态时的分子几何构型和电子结构.结果表明,电子相关效应在C₃₆簇化合物的电子结构中起着重要作用.它们最稳定的结构是C₃₆的³A_2u量子态D_6h异构体,而C₃₆的氢化物是在D_3h异构体的C₂位置等同碳原子上形成的¹A_1'量子态氢化物C₃₆H₁₂.     

Ab initio and density function theory studies on NLi6 molecule: compared with CLi6 and OLi6 species

A wide variety of geometrical structures of NLi₆ molecule were studied using HF ab initio and BLYP-DFT techniques. Three stationary configurations which take D_4h, D_3d and D_2d configurations were obtained. Their equilibrium geometries and fundamental frequencies were calculated at HF and BLYP-DFT levels. Among the three stable states, the global minimum prefers D_3d configuration, which is different from those of CLi₆ and OLi₆. The D_3d isomer of NLi₆ is 3.43 and 28.45 kcal/mol lower in energy than the D_4h and D_2d ones in the DFT calculation, respectively. All calculations were performed with 6-31G* polarized split-valence basis set.     

An electron transfer mechanism of O4 formation

A resonating valence bond electron transfer mechanism of combining two O₂ molecules to form an O₄ molecule is presented. The predicted molecular states of the reaction path D_∞h→C_2v→D_2h are supported by the present ab initio molecular orbital calculations. The CASPT2 BSSE calculations yield a stable diamagnetic D_2h O₄ molecule with a very weak chemical bond between the monomers, in good agreement with experiments. A low activation barrier energy of 26 cal/mol for the O₄ formation is found.     

A comparative study of species N3 and P3

Calculations on linear and bent structures of N₃ and P₃ show that these species are quite different. N₃ is linear, P₃ is bent almost to a D_3h geometry. The symmetry of P₃ in D_3h is ²E″ but the Jahn-Teller distortion is very small, ≈4°. The many-body expansion of the energy of P_n clusters appears to be only slowly convergent.     

Superoxide ion formation process on reduced MoO3---TiO2

Two novel Mo⁵⁺ ions, different from either the D_2d symmetry Mo⁵⁺ on anatase or the D_2hMo⁵⁺ on rutile, appeared on partially reduced molybdenum oxide supported on -titanic acid. The oxygen molecule is held on one of these novel Mo⁵⁺ ions but is not reduced to the superoxide ion. Oxygen is reduced to O⁻₂ entirely by the Mo⁴⁺ ion formed from the D_2d symmetry ion and the O⁻₂ is subsequently stabilized after moving to a Ti⁴⁺-site.     

合成CFC-12替代物HFC-134a的CrF3/AlF3催化剂研究(V)——CrF3与AlF3的相互作用

由于氟氯烃(CFCs)对大气臭氧层的破坏作用,使得开发CFCs无污染替代品的研究成为热门课题.氢氟烃(HFCs,如HFC-134a)是CFCs的理想替代物.     

Ab initio MRD-CI study of GaAs, GaAs2(±), Ga2As2(±) and As4 clusters

Using pseudopotentials and double zeta basis sets with s, p diffuse functions and two sets of d functions, MRD-CI calculations were performed on As₂^(±), As₄⁽⁺⁾, GaAs⁻, GaAs₂^(±) and Ga₂As₂^(±). This study complements previous theoretical investigations on Ga^(±) to Ga₄^(±) and GaAs⁽⁺⁾. For As₄ tetrahedral symmetry was assumed, and Re of X¹A₁ determined as 4.73a₀. Vertical ionization potentials to several states of As₄⁺ were calculated. For GaAs₂, GaAs₂⁺ and GaAs₂⁻, ground and one low-lying state were geometry-optimized, both in C_2v (Ga-As-As), and linear symmetry (GaAsAs, C_∞h and AsGaAs, D_∞h). The lowest state of GaAs₂ is ²B₂ in C_2v. For Ga₂As₂, the lowest state and low-lying excited states were optimized in various geometries. The most stable state has rhombic structure (¹A_g in D_2h), but T-form and other forms (C_2v, C_∞v, D_∞h) are only 1–2 eV less stable. In D_2h symmetry, several low-lying excited states of Ga₂As₂ were studied. The ground states of Ga₂As₂⁺ and Ga₂As₂⁻ were found to be ²B_2u, and ²B_2g, respectively. Trends in ionization potentials (IP), electron affinities (EA), atomization energies and fragmentation energies for the molecules Ga_xAs_y and the pure compounds Ga_n and As_n up to 4 atoms, were studied. Ga_xAs_y clusters, with x + y even, have higher IP's than odd-numbered clusters. An experimentally observed alternation of EA, whereby an odd number of atoms have higher EA than their even neighbors, is confirmed. The mixed compounds Ga_xAs_y have atomization energies between those of Ga_n and As_n (x + y = n), usually closer to those of Ga_n. Fragmentation of Ga_xAs_y occurs such that As----As bonds are retained, and if possible, also Ga----As bonds, since the dissociation energy of As₂ is higher than that of GaAs, which in turn is higher than that of Ga₂. Calculated fragmentation energies agree qualitatively with experimental observations about the composition of 3-atomic and 4-atomic clusters Ga_xAs_y.     

银莲花素晶体结构的精测

银莲花素,C₁₀H₈O₄,是无色透明晶体,属正交晶系,空间群D_2h¹⁵-P2₁/b2₁/c2₁/a,晶胞参数:a=11.063(4),b=11.633(4),c=13.873(4)Å,Z=8。实验结果表明化合物中两不饱和γ-内酯是以螺环形式与环丁烷相连,与光谱结果一致。     

The Jahn-Teller and Barnett effects

In the usual formulation of the Jahn-Teller effect a simplification is made in going from the adiabatic to the crude adiabatic approximation in which the electronic parts of the vibronic wavefunction are assumed independent of the nuclear coordinates. This then neglects momentum coupling in the vibronic coupling matrix. The momentum coupling has been termed the molecular Barnett effect when the active vibration transforms as the irreducible representation of a rotation in the molecular point group. Experimental evidence for the molecular Barnett effect has recently been found. In this paper the various point groups in which momentum and Barnett coupling can occur are investigated. A vibration capable of momentum coupling is contained in the asymmetric direct product of the degenerate electronic state and, as with the Jahn-Teller effect, is possible in the orbitally degenerate electronic states of molecules of all non-linear point groups. A static distortion along such a coordinate will lift the electronic degeneracy. Unlike the Jahn-Teller effect, however, in some point groups a minimum complexity of the molecule is required before such coupling can occur. In particular it will be absent in the degenerate electronic states of such simple molecules of the form X₃(D_3h); XY₃(C_3v, D_3h); XY₄(T_d); and XY₆(O_h).     

Polymerization of molecular (yellow) arsenic

DTA studies were performed to investigate the polymerization of molecular (yellow) arsenic (y-As), in the dark and also under illumination/irradiation. The semiempirical quantum chemical CNDO/BW method for calculating the dimerization reaction pathway of two As₄ molecules was applied, and showed that the stability of y-As decreases, due to the formation of stable fragments of the polymeric phase (a-As). Using the principle of orbital symmetry conservation, it was shown that polymerization takes place most favourably from a staggered “face-to-face” configuration of As₄ molecules. Dark polymerization proceeds under activation. For a result of the initial stage of polymerization, CNDO/BW simulation predicts the formation of an As₈ dimer. The molecular cluster As₈ of D_2h symmetry forms a six-membered chairshaped ring which constitutes one of the dominating units in the polymeric phase (a-As).     

Polymerization of molecular (yellow) arsenic

DTA studies were performed to investigate the polymerization of molecular (yellow) arsenic (y-As), in the dark and also under illumination/irradiation. The semiempirical quantum chemical CNDO/BW method for calculating the dimerization reaction pathway of two As₄ molecules was applied, and showed that the stability of y-As decreases, due to the formation of stable fragments of the polymeric phase (a-As). Using the principle of orbital symmetry conservation, it was shown that polymerization takes place most favourably from a staggered “face-to-face” configuration of As₄ molecules. Dark polymerization proceeds under activation. For a result of the initial stage of polymerization, CNDO/BW simulation predicts the formation of an As₈ dimer. The molecular cluster As₈ of D_2h symmetry forms a six-membered chairshaped ring which constitutes one of the dominating units in the polymeric phase (a-As).     

UV-visible spectroscopic studies on the platinum-metal pentafluorides

The diffuse reflectance UV-vis spectra of RuF₅, RhF₅, OsF₅, IrF₅ and PtF₅ have been recorded for the first time and assigned on the basis of the strong-field model and optical electronegativity approach. The electronic transitions are interpreted in terms of a pseudo-tetragonally distorted octahedral field at the metal centres, which affords insights into the intense colours of these complexes.     

Computational studies of the structure and vibrational spectra of hexafluorodisilane

Ab initio calculations predict that D_3d symmetry of Si₂F₆ is more stable than D_3h symmetry. The calculated potential barrier to internal rotation was 0.77, 0.73 and 0.78 kcal/mol using HF/6-31G*, B3LYP/6-31G* and MP2/6-31G* methods respectively, which was in good agreement with the experimental value between 0.51±0.10 and 0.73±0.14 kcal/mol. The optimized geometries, harmonic force fields, infrared intensities, Raman activities, and vibrational frequencies are reported for D_3d symmetry of Si₂F₆ from HF/6-31G* and B3LYP/6-31G*. A normal coordinate analysis was carried out. The average error between the scaled DFT frequencies obtained from the B3LYP/6-31G* calculation and observed frequencies was 4.2 cm⁻¹ and the average error between the scaled HF and observed frequencies was 2.2 cm⁻¹.     

Preliminary communication 13C CPMAS NMR of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-n-dodecylphenyl)-porphyrin: dynamics of aliphatic chains in discotic lamellar mesophases

Solid state ¹³C CPMAS NMR spectra of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-n-dodecylphenyl)porphyrin (C₁₂ TPP) have been studied to elucidate the microscopic structures and dynamics in the mesophases. The temperature dependence of ¹³C CPMAS NMR in the aliphatic regions is discussed mainly in relation to the phase transitions. The spectra for the aliphatic chains showed remarkable changes with the phase transition from crystal to lower mesophase (M_L) and from lower to higher mesophase (M_L). It was found that the aliphatic chains partially melt in the M_L phase, while they melt totally in the M_L phase. The spectra in the aromatic region did not vary greatly with the transitions from crystal to M_L and from M_L to M_L, which probably means that the molecular D_4h symmetries are distorted in these mesophases, as in the crystal, on the time scale observed by NMR (~kHz).     

The lowest triplet state of tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanedithione. III. Single-crystal Zeeman spectroscopy

Pulsed, high-field Zeeman spectra of the lowest singlet-to-triplet transition in single-crystal tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanedithione (TMCBDT) have been measured. The analysis of the spectra was performed using an extension of the theory of Castro and Hochstrasser which allows for an arbitrary alignment of the magnetic field with respect to the principal crystal axes. From this study we provide evidence that in TMCBDT (1) the lowest triplet is ³A_u (D_2h molecular symmetry). (2) only one spin-orbit coupling route is active. (3) a substantial zero-field splitting (2.5 ± 1.0 cm⁻¹) is present. (4) the magnetic and molecular axes are rotated by 90°. and (5) the spin-orbit contribution to the triplet-state g values is small compared to its effect on the zero-field splitting parameters.     

杂原子分子筛(Ⅱ)——B-Si Pentasil型沸石分子筛晶体结构的研究

应用多晶X射线衍射法测定了B-SiPentasil型沸石分子筛的晶体结构并经Rietveld法修正.其晶胞参数为:α=19.983(1)Å;b=19.973(1)Å;c=13.303(1)Å.空间群为D_2h¹⁶-P_nma.晶体的骨架结构与所报导的Si-AlZSM-5相似.结构测定的结果表明:硼原子进入了沸石分子筛的骨架.     

18-冠-6钡与硫氰酸钴配合物的晶体和分子结构

用凝胶法培养了由18-冠-6钡与硫氰酸钴组成的配合物[Ba(C₁₂H₂₄O₆)·(H₂O)₂][Co(NCS)₄]的单晶。对配合物进行了熔点测定、元素分析和X-射线结构分析。     

液相色谱-大气压化学电离串联质谱法测定婴幼儿配方奶粉中的维生素D

建立了婴幼儿配方奶粉中维生素D的液相色谱-大气压化学电离串联质谱(LC-APCI-MS/MS)分析方法。样品经正己烷和甲基叔丁基醚混合溶液提取,ProElut VDC固相萃取柱净化,Kinetex C_(18)色谱柱分离,采用大气压化学电离(APCI)源、正离子扫描和多反应监测(MRM)模式对维生素D_2和维生素D_3进行检测,内标法定量。结果表明维生素D_2和维生素D_3在5~5 000μg/L范围内均具有良好的线性关系,检出限为2μg/kg,定量限为5μg/kg。在5、10和100μg/kg添加水平下,维生素D_2和维生素D_3的回收率为85.2%~105.3%,相对标准偏差为4.7%~8.1%。该方法简便准确,灵敏度高,适用于婴幼儿奶粉中维生素D的测定。     

The 9-barbaralyl cation, 1,4-bishomotropylium ion and some related C9H9 carbocations : Electronic structures, stability and reactivity

The electronic structures of the 9-barbaralyl cation(1), the 1,4-bishomotropylium ion (5) and some related C₉H₉⁺ isomers have been studied byab initio STO-3G calculations. The stability of the cyclopropylcarbinyl cation 1 and the homoaromatic ion 5 as compared with their allylic counterparts is explained in terms of delocalization and MO interactions between molecular fragments. Both the symmetry of, and the distance between, molecular fragments are of importance for the electronic structure, and even symmetry-allowed interactions are negligible in the absence of favourable geometrical distortions. The non-classical ion 3 with D_3h symmetry presents special problems where other factors, such as strain, are important for the total energy. A choice between proposed mechanisms for the degenerate rearrangements of 1 can now be made with confidence.