An ab initio study of the p,π interaction: III. Interaction of an ether oxygen atom with a double bond

RHF/6-311G(d) calculations were performed for the H₂C=CHOCH₃ and H₂C=CClOCH₃ molecules with full geometry optimization and at varied angles of rotation of the methoxy group about the C-O bond, with all the other geometric parameters optimized. The first molecule has one energy minimum and one transition state, and the second molecule, two minima. Changes in the populations of the p _y orbitals of the olefinic carbon and oxygen atoms (orbitals whose symmetry axes are perpendicular to the molecular plane) and in the fractional charges on these carbon atoms, occurring upon rotation of the methoxy groups about the C-O bonds, cannot be attributed to changes in the extent of the p,π conjugation between the lone electron pairs of the oxygen atoms and π electrons of the C=C bonds.     

Méthode cndo et détermination des constantes de force

Binding force constants calculated by the CNDO II method are very sensitive to the second order derivative of H_μ,ν integrals between orbitals of bonded atoms. This sensitivity is used to obtain a parametric form of these integrals, from which satisfactory force constants for carbon—carbon and carbon—hydrogen bonds are derived. All other characteristics of the method are preserved. The reasons for the observed correlation between bond indices and force-constants are analyzed.     

Determination of the thermodynamic excess functionsG E,H E,andS E of the liquid ternary system AgCl—LiCl—KCl by means of EMF-measurements

By means of EMF-measurements using the formation cell $$graphite/Ag/AgCl(l,x_{AgCl} ) - LiCl(l,x_{LiCl} ) - KCl x_{KCl} /(Cl_2 )graphite$$ the partial molar excessGibbs energies,G _AgCl ^E , of silver chloride in the ternary system AgCl?LiCl?KCl were determined over the whole concentration range at five temperatures between 973 K and 1,123 K. The experimentally determinedG _AgCl ^E -values were fitted using theRedlich-Kister equation. From theRedlich-Kister parameters and their temperature dependence, obtained by the fitting procedure, the integral and partial molar excessGibbs energies, heats of mixing, and excess entropies were calculated. The fitting process permits also the calculation of the thermodynamic excess function of the binary system lithium chloride—potassium chloride.     

C-13 magnetic relaxation rates and H-1 and C-13 paramagnetic shifts of Ni(II) complex of dopamine

The ¹H and ¹³C isotropic contact shifts and the ¹³C relaxation times of dopamine in aqueous solution have been measured in the presence of the Ni(II) ion. The pD dependence of the ¹H and ¹³C paramagnetic shifts was also investigated. From the analysis of the shifts at pD = 6.5 and from the INDO MO calculations on selected models of dopamine radicals, a dominant σ delocalization mechanism of the spin density is proposed. From the spin distribution on the ligand carbon atoms, the metal centered as well as the ligand centered dipolar contributions of the modified Solomon—Bloembergen equation were calculated and an estimate of the correlation time τ_c was given.     

Electronic structure of octavinyl- and octaphenylsilsesquioxane from XPS and DFT data

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and density functional theory are employed to study the electronic structure of octasilsesquioxanes (RSiO_1.5)₈ with vinyl and phenyl terminal groups. Quantitative compositions determined from the XPS data are close to those estimated by empirical formulas. Narrow spectral lines corresponding to ionization from C1 _s core levels indicate similar chemical states of carbon atoms for both compounds. Experimental data are confirmed by close calculated values of effective charges on carbon atoms when polarization functions are included in the basis set and also by small energy ranges of core level electrons. The valence spectral region is interpreted based on the calculated energy values of electronic levels with regard to the density of states and ionization cross-sections.     

A quantum chemical study of the electronic structure of substituted germocanes

The PRIRODA (riDFT method, BLYP functional, hf.bas basis set) and Gaussian 98 (HF method, 6-311G(d,p) basis set) programs are used to calculate the spatial and electronic structures of a number of molecules of substituted germocanes with a general formula of R,Rs’Ge(XCH₂CH₂)₂Y (where X = C, O, S, and Y = N, O, S). With the use of the AIM method the topological characteristics of Ge—Y donation bonds are calculated in these molecules. An analysis of the obtained data shows that up to the values of Ge—Y interatomic distances of ~2.7 Å these bonds can be considered as the intermediate type bonds. At Ge—Y distances of ~3.0 Å these bonds become ionic, therefore the Coulomb interaction between oppositely charged Ge and Y atoms mainly contributes to Ge—Y bonding.     

Absolute radiolytic yields of N2(C3Πu) in N2/rare gas mixtures: Theoretical and experimental determinations

The absolute radiolytic luminescence yield for the emission from the C³Π_u state of N₂ has been determined for pulsed electron beam irradiation of He/N₂ and Ne/N₂ mixtures. The yields—corrected for all quenching processes—are compared to those calculated, by Monte-Carlo methods, from a model based on sub-excitation electron processes. The results confirm that this model and the Platzman initial sub-excitation electron distribution function are fully compatible with the observed results.The yields from experiment and theory are G(N₂, C³Π_u) = 0.079 ± 0.010 and 0.10 ± 0.01, respectively in He/N₂; 0.116 ± 0.037 and 0.094 ± 0.007 in Ne/N₂ mixtures.The G-values for absolute photon yields may be calculated from this data using appropriate kinetic quenching rate constants.     

Theoretical Investigation of Mono and Multiply Oxygenated C70 Fullerenes

We have applied DFT calculations to investigate atomic arrangements of fullerene oxides, C₇₀O _n with n = 1, 5, 15, 20, and 25. The oxidation reaction energies are generally exothermic. In the case of C₇₀O, the most stable configuration is the one in which the oxygen atom is chemisorbed on the C–C bond at the equatorial belt of fullerene with oxidoannulene like structure. In highly oxygenated fullerenes, the addition of oxygen atoms on the [6, 6] bonds near the pole area of the C₇₀ leads to lower values of reaction energies. Among these, C₇₀O₂₀ with three oxygen atoms adsorbed on a benzenoid ring yields the most energetically favorable configuration. Different positions of the oxygen atoms on the surface of the mono oxygenated fullerenes lead to significant differences in their ¹⁷O NQR parameters. Meanwhile, the ¹⁷O NQR parameters of the highly oxygenated fullerenes divide their oxygen nuclei into a few groups. For example, the electric field gradient tensor for oxygen atoms chemisorbed on the [6, 5] bonds with larger η values becomes considerably asymmetric in comparison to those chemisorbed on the [6, 6] bonds. These are also reflected in the calculated natural charges of oxygen atoms.     

Free Ḃr atom and free radical reactions in the radiolysis of 1,2-dibromoethane (DBE) and other bromohydrocarbons in air-free aqueous solutions

G(Br^-)-values have been evaluated in Ar- and N₂O-saturated 1,2-dibromoethane (DBE), bromobutane, propylbromide and bromopentane (BP) under a variety of experimental conditions in aqueous solutions. G(Br^-) increases with increasing halogenated hydrocarbon concentration and with increasing pH. Free Ḃr atoms formed as a result of e^-_aq and ȮH radical reactions with bromohydrocarbons are considered to initiate a chain reaction. Another chain reaction has been invoked to explain the high G(Br^-) at high pH. Ḃr radicals may form a reactive intermediate with OH^- (BrOH^⨪), which decays to Br^- and ȮH. The ȮH radicals have been found to interact with bromohydrocarbons and eventually yields Br^- ions. The formation of Br^- ions is accelerated both at acidic and alkaline pH in systems containing t-butanol. Dose rate studies in Ar- and N₂O-saturated 1,2-DBE and BP show an increase in G(Br^-)-values at low dose rate and confirm the occurrence of a chain reaction initiated by Ḃr atoms. From these studies the rate constant for the reaction of Ḃr with 1,2-DBE has been calculated to be ∼ 1 × 10⁶M^-1s^-1.     

Fast-neutron radiolysis of acid water at elevated temperatures

Determination of G-values of water decomposition products in acid formed by irradiation of fast neutrons from a reactor YAYOI at elevated temperatures up to 275°C was carried out with a combination of an aerated and a deaerated Fricke dosimeters and a cerium dosimeter. As a first step, the dosimetry of the radiation field revealed that the average energy of the fast neutrons is 0.8 MeV, and over 90% of the total dose absorbed by the aqueous solutions comes from fast neutrons. At room temperature, G-values evaluated for water decomposition products, G_H + Ge^-_aq = 1.25, G_OH = 0.68, G_H2 = 0.99, G_H2O2 = 1.27 and G_-H2O = 3.21, coincide with those at initial LET of about 4 eV/Å. With increasing temperature, radical products increase and molecular products decrease, and above 150°C, relative G-values of the products seem to be similar to those obtained in γ-radiolysis at room temperature; however, G_-H2O decreases slightly. On the basis of the above results, the temperature effect of water decomposition with fast neutron at elevated temperatures is concluded to be very different from that by γ-rays, where no drastic change in the decomposition pattern with temperature was found.     

Electronic structure of silicon carbide containing superstoichiometric carbon

Electronic structure of superstoichiometric silicon carbide, ß-SiC _x>1.0, was studied by the self-consistentab initio linearized “muffin-tin” orbital method. It is most likely that the formation of ß-SiC _x>1.0 occurs by replacement of silicon atoms by carbon atoms rather than by insertion of carbon atoms into interstitial lattice sites. The C→Si replacement is accompanied by lattice compression (the equilibrium lattice parameter for a superstoichiometric phase of composition Si_0.75C_1.25 is ?2% smaller than for SiC). In the presence of superstoichiometric carbon the type of interaction between silicon and carbon atoms changes and additional bonds characteristic of diamond are formed.     

Quantum chemical calculations of geometries and gas‐phase deprotonation energies of linear polyyne chains

The molecular geometries of polyyne chains H(CC)_nH with their deprotonated forms (anions) have been optimized using ab initio LCAO‐SCF molecular orbital (MO) method and density functional theory at different basis set levels. The polyynes possess a series of alternating single and triple bonds. On the theoretical side the persistence of bond alternation and the effect of chain lengthening on the individual bond length in linear conjugated polyyne chains has been investigated. The common conclusion has been drawn that the bond alternation will persist and that bond length variation will be small. The triple bond length increases progressively toward the asymptotic limits as the value of n increases progressively. If the split‐valence basis set was employed, the total charges obtained using the Mulliken population analysis yielded unrealistic values. Using natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis or Bader's analysis, the net charges of the individual atoms converge very rapidly to their asymptotic limits, and the central atoms have almost zero charges in contrast to the Mulliken population analysis results. The reliability of deprotonation energies of neutral polyynes and their monoanionic derivatives calculated from the differences in molecular energy of the parent chains and the corresponding anions E(H(CC)_n⁻)–E(H(CC)_nH) and E(⁻(CC)_n⁻)–E(H(CC)_n⁻) was tested for different basis sets. The increase of the number of CC bonds in the chain decreases these differences asymptotically. The studied compounds are the best available building blocks in bimetallic compounds with useful properties in molecular electronics and nonlinear optics. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Quant Chem 82: 73–85, 2001     

Building molecular charge distributions from fragments: Application to HIV-1 protease inhibitors

Interaction energies are a function of the molecular charge distribution. In previous work, we found that the set of atomic partial charges giving the best agreement with experimental vacuum dipole moments were from density functional theory calculations using an extended basis set. Extension of such computations to larger molecules requires an atomic partial charge calculation beyond present computational resources. A solution to this problem is the calculation of atomic partial charges for segments of the molecule and reassociation of such fragments to yield partial charges for the entire molecule. Various partitions and reassociation methods for five molecules relevant to HIV-1 protease inhibitors are examined. A useful method of reassociation is introduced in which atomic partial charges for a large molecule are computed by fitting to the combined electrostatic potential calculated from the fragment partial charges. As expected, the best sites for partitions are shown to be carbon—carbon rather than carbon—nitrogen bonds. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Investigation of organosilicon radicals : I. Methylphenylsilane anion radicals

CNDO/2 calculations with an spd basis set have been carried out on methyl-phenylsilane anion radicals, and the calculated spin density values compared with the experimental hyperfine coupling constants. The CNDO method overestimates the role of d orbitals and the partial charges on hydrogen atoms attached to silicon atom. The partial charge distribution and the carbonsilicon bond order in the anion radicals and the corresponding neutral molecules are discussed. The equilibrium carbonsilicon bond distance in the trimethylphenylsilane molecule and corresponding anion radical have also been investigated.     

{[(N‐Methyl‐p‐toluidino)­di­phenyl­phospho­ranyl­idene]­methyl}(N‐methyl‐p‐toluidino)­di­phenyl­phospho­nium iodide

The cationic part of the homodifunctional amino­phospho­ranyl ligand, C₄₁H₄₁N₂P₂⁺·I^?, shows interesting features associated with the N—P—C—P—N skeleton. The P—C(H) bond distances [1.696 (3) and 1.697 (3) Å] possess partial double‐bond characteristics. The nature of the P—C(H) and P—N bonds suggests that the positive charge is only distributed around the P—C—P atoms. The structure has near twofold symmetry through the central methyl­ide‐C atom.     

硼碳团簇BnC2 (n＝1～6)的理论研究

应用密度泛函理论在B3LYP/6-311＋G(d)水平上研究了硼碳团簇B_nC₂ (n＝1～6)的几何结构、生长机制和相对稳定性. 计算结果表明, 对于n＝2～6的簇, 平面多环状构型为最稳定的结构, 其中C原子分布于环的顶点、有尽可能多的三配位硼原子和尽可能多的B—C键. 碳原子作为杂原子倾向掺杂于团簇的顶点位置, 它的掺杂不改变硼团簇的主体结构. 与平面多环状结构相比, 随着簇尺寸的增大, 三维结构和线性链结构更不稳定. 在低能线性结构中, C原子位于链两侧的第二个位置. 计算的碎片分裂能、递增键能以及HOMO-LUMO能隙表明, B₄C₂为幻数簇.     

High pressure synthesis and crystal structure of two forms of a new tellurium–silicon clathrate related to the classical type I

Two new clathrate-type structures have been identified in the samples obtained by high pressure–high temperature treatment of appropriate mixtures of elemental silicon and tellurium at 5 GPa and 1200 °C for 60 min reaction time. They are both related to the classical type I silicon clathrate, G₈Si₄₆ (G=guest species). The corresponding structures have been solved by X-ray single crystal diffraction analysis. They proved to correspond to a cubic and rhombohedral forms of the same compound, Te₁₆Si₃₈ (or more precisely Te₈@(Si₃₈Te₈)), in which eight extra tellurium atoms are substituted for silicon ones in the 16i crystallographic sites of the parent structure. In the cubic form, the space group is reduced from Pm-3n to P-43n, and the formation of strong bonds between the Te atoms at the centre of the tetrakaidecahedral cages and one or two silicon atoms of the surrounding cage is clearly observed, which is followed by a decrease of the coordination number of the Te atoms in substitutional position from 4 to 3. In the more distorted rhombohedral form, the 16i and 24k sites of the parent structure are both split in four sites. The formation of strong bonds involving the Te atoms at the centre of the tetrakaidecahedral cages is confirmed, but the main characteristic comes from the formation of another kind of strong bonds involving the Te atoms at the centre of the dodecahedral cages. These bonds are at the origin of the elongation of the structure along the [111] direction, which corresponds to the polar axis.     

2‐(2‐Oxazolin‐2‐yl)benzene‐1,4‐diol: X‐ray and density functional theory studies

In the crystal structure of the title compound, C₉H₉NO₃, there are strong intra­molecular O—H⋯N and inter­molecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds which, together with weak inter­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, lead to the formation of infinite chains of mol­ecules. The calculated inter­molecular hydrogen‐bond energies are −11.3 and −2.7 kJ mol⁻¹, respectively, showing the dominant role of the O—H⋯O hydrogen bonding. A natural bond orbital analysis revealed the electron contribution of the lone pairs of the oxazoline N and O atoms, and of the two hydr­oxy O atoms, to the order of the relevant bonds.     

The determination of sulfoxide configuration in five-membered rings using NMR spectroscopy and DFT calculations

Cyclic five-membered ring sulfoxides and sulfones were prepared by a stepwise in situ oxidation of the corresponding sulfides with meta-chloroperbenzoic acid in an NMR tube. The oxidation was followed by NMR and both ¹H and ¹³C NMR data were collected. The geometries of all of the compounds were optimized using the DFT B3LYP/6-31G⁷ method and the ¹³C and ¹H chemical shifts were calculated for geometry-optimized structures with the DFT B3LYP/6-31++G⁷ method. The calculated ¹³C chemical shifts induced by oxidation (Δδ values) were in very good agreement with the experimental data and could be used to determine the oxidation state of the sulfur atom (–S–, –SO–, –SO₂–). The characteristic differences of the induced oxidation chemical shifts of the carbon atoms in the α-position and β-position to sulfur were successfully used to distinguish between the diastereoisomeric sulfoxides and allowed configuration determination.