A study of the AMO method as applied to the lithium metal. I. Review,results, and discussion

The total electronic energy per atom in the lithium metal has been calculated for three different Fermi surfaces as a function of the internuclear distance. In each case the optimized AMO energy as well as the total energy corresponding to doubly filled molecular orbitals (MO ) has been calculated. For densities around the equilibrium density the spherical Fermi surface yields the lowest energy whereas a cubic Fermi surface is preferred for low densities. For densities around the equilibrium there is no band splitting: the AMO energy coincides with the MO energy. The computations have been carried out within an LCAO approximation with overlap and multicenter-integrals calculated accurately.     

INDO-SCF and CI calculations on the trans-cis isomerization of azomethane in the ground state and in excited states

INDO-SCF calculations followed by CI calculations with inclusion of multiply, excited configurations were carried out to obtain potential energy curves for isomerization in the ground state and in some low-lying excited states of azomethane. The SCF wavefunctions are analyzed with the aid of newly defined bond characters providing a connection between the chemical concepts of bonds, lone-pairs, etc. and molecular orbital theory. Two different pathways for isomerization are considered and by comparison of the calculated results with experimental data it is concluded that this reaction proceeds in the ^1,3 (nπ*) states via rotation of both methyl groups around the NN double bond.     

Investigation into the interactions between filler and elastomers used for tyre production

An investigation in the interactions between silica and elastomers used in the production of tyre treads was carried out. To achieve some knowledge on the interactions between reinforcing agent and elastomers, which are fundamental in determining the rubber reinforcement, inverse gas chromatography (IGC) at infinite dilution was used to evaluate surface properties of both unmodified and modified silica and to calculate the adsorption free energy and enthalpy of low molecular weight analogues of elastomers. The predictions derived from the thermodynamic study were compared with some of the results obtained by a morphological analysis of silica-filled compounds carried out by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and automated image analysis (AIA).     

Studies on molecular interactions of β-cyclodextrin and antiulcer agent

The search for the lowest energy conformation of complex {β-cyclodextrin (β-CD)+chlorambucil} were carried out by molecular mechanics method. Theoretical calculations of molecular interactions of complex were carried out using the molecular orbital method. The correlation between energy changes and molecular structures are discussed. The large interaction energies calculated by the molecular orbital method bears out the inclusion phenomenon.     

Molecular geometry and vibrational spectroscopy of potassium O,O-diethyldithiophosphate

The aim of this work was to build a good theoretical and experimental basis for the further study of changes in structure and spectra of the O,O-diethyldithiophosphate anion upon its adsorption on the surfaces of transition metal sulfides.Infrared and Raman spectra of potassium O,O-diethyldithiophosphate were recorded. High level quantum chemical calculations were carried out to optimize the molecular geometry of both the potassium salt and its anion. Vibrational force constants were calculated from the second derivative of the molecular energy function with respect to the Cartesian coordinates of the atoms. With the aid of the optimized geometry and the calculated vibrational force constants a normal coordinate analysis was carried out to characterize the molecular vibrational modes and to assign the vibrational frequencies.     

Intermolecular interactions of H2S with rare gases from molecular beam scattering in the glory regime and from ab initio calculations

Integral cross sections for collisions of rotationally hot H2S molecules with rare gas atoms (Ne, Ar, and Kr) have been measured, in the collision energy range of 10-60 kJ mol(-1), using a molecular beam apparatus operating under high resolution both in angle and in velocity. A well resolved glory pattern has been measured which permitted the accurate characterization of the intermolecular potentials both at long range (in the attractive region) and at intermediate distances (in the well region). Considering the conditions used in the experiments, the obtained potentials must be considered very close to the spherical averages of the full intermolecular potential energy surfaces. Extensive ab initio calculations have also been carried out in parallel in order to characterize energy minima in the potential energy surfaces and energy barriers associated to the motion of the rare gas atoms around H2S. An assessment of the relative role of the various interaction components has been also attempted: the combined analysis of experimental and theoretical results suggests that H2S-rare gas aggregates are mainly bound by nearly isotropic noncovalent interactions of the van der Waals type.     

Cyanides and isocyanides of first-row transition metals: molecular structure, bonding, and isomerization barriers

Cyanides and isocyanides of first-row transition metal M(CN) (M=Sc-Zn) are investigated with quantum chemistry techniques, providing predictions for their molecular properties. A careful analysis of the competition between cyanide and isocyanide isomers along the transition series has been carried out. In agreement with the experimental observations, late transition metals (Co-Zn) clearly prefer a cyanide arrangement. On the other hand, early transition metals (Sc-Fe), with the only exception of the Cr(CN) system, favor the isocyanide isomer. The theoretical calculations predict the following unknown isocyanides, ScNC(3Delta), TiNC(4Phi), VNC(5Delta), and MnNC(7Sigma+), and agree with the experimental observation of FeNC(6Delta) and the CrCN(6Sigma+) cyanide. First-row transition metal cyanides and isocyanides are predicted to have relatively large dissociation energies with values within the range 80-101 kcal mol(-1), except Zn(CN), which has a dissociation energy around 50-55 kcal mol(-1), and low isomerization barriers. A detailed analysis of the bonding has been carried out employing the topological analysis of the charge density and an energy decomposition analysis. The role of the covalent and electrostatic contributions to the metal-ligand bonding, as well as the importance of pi bonding, are discussed.     

Molecular dynamics study of the ferroelectric liquid crystal CI IPNOC by proton spin-lattice relaxation

Proton spin-lattice relaxation studies were carried out in the S_A and S*_C phases of the liquid crystal CI IPNOC using both conventional and fast field cycling NMR techniques. T₁ dispersion curves were obtained at two different temperatures for each mesophase covering frequencies from 10² to 3 × 10⁸ Hz. In both mesophases the T₁ data can be described assuming the presence of three different relaxation mechanisms, namely local molecular rotations, molecular self-diffusion and collective motions. The self-diffusion constant D₁ was evaluated for several temperatures and the activation energy associated with the diffusion process was obtained. The expected contribution of the soft-mode for the spin-lattice relaxation could not be separated from the contribution of other collective motions. The correlation times associated with the rotations around the molecular long axis and with the fluctuations of this axis were evaluated for both the S_A and the S*_C phases.     

Mechanism of ion movement in AgCl and AgBr

The following mechanisms for ion movement in AgCl and AgBr have been studied: direct vacancy migration, direct interstitial migration and collinear as well as noncollinear jumps of interstitial ions. For the last two processes, we have carried out a path-variation study. The activation energies are high (?1.0 eV) for all the migration mechanisms considered here except for the collinear jump which has an activation energy around 0.6 eV. For both the collinear and noncollinear jumps, the paths of migration have been worked out.     

Theoretical Study of Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Hetero Diels-Alder Reaction of Thiazole and Isothiazol with Thiophene-2,5-dione

DFT methods have been used to study the hetero Diels-Alder reaction of thiazole and isothiazole with thiophen-2,5-dione.The thermodynamic and kinetic parameters were calculated.The relative stabilities of the transition structures corresponding to the endo/exo stereoisomers have been rationalized on the basis of the secondary molecular orbital interactions.NBO analysis was carried out to calculate the synchronicity index.It was shown that all reactions are synchronous.A HOMO-LUMO energy gap shows both reactions are normal electron demand.     

分子团簇的量子化学研究

采用Hartree-Fock方法、密度泛函(DFT)方法(BLYP、B3LYP)和MP2方法对Se4分子团簇的各种可能构型进行了结构优化和频率分析, 结果表明有5种构型是势能面上的稳定驻点, 同时对上述4种量子化学方法计算结果的差异进行了分析。并对这5种构型的结构稳定性、几何构型、前线分子轨道、Mulliken布局分析和偶极矩进行了分析, 根据分析结果对Se4分子的某些物理和化学性质进行了预测。     

Interplay between charge and vibrational delocalization in cationic helium clusters

The stable structures and low temperature thermodynamics of cationic helium clusters are investigated theoretically using a diatomics-in-molecules model for the potential energy surfaces and a computational framework in which both electronic and nuclear degrees of freedom are treated on a quantum mechanical footing. While the charge is generally carried by two atoms, vibrational delocalization significantly spreads out the charge over multiple isomers for clusters containing five or more helium atoms. Our calculations indicate that large clusters are essentially fluid with a well-defined solvation shell around the charged core.     

Investigation of diazepam drug using thermal analyses, mass spectrometry and semi-empirical MO calculation

In the present work diazepam (Dz) drug was investigated using thermal analyses (TA) measurements (TG/DTG) in comparison with EI mass spectral (MS) fragmentation at 70 and 20 eV. Semi-empirical MO calculations, MNDO procedure, have been carried out on diazepam both as neutral molecule and the corresponding positively charged molecular ion. These include molecular geometry, bond order, charge distribution, heats of formation and ionization energy. Thermogravimetric and kinetic analysis, reveal a high response of the drug to the temperature variation with very fast rate. It is completely decomposed in the temperature range between 204 and 340 degrees C with average kinetic energy (KE) at 164.69 kJ mol(-1). On the other hand, diazepam can easily fragmented at low energy after ionization by electron energy at 9.56 eV. The losses of CO gas molecules followed by chlorine gas from the entity of diazepam (both neutral and charged molecular ion) as the best selected pathway were observed in both mass spectra (MS) and thermal analyses (TA). MNDO calculation was applied to declare both TA and MS observations.     

Soft particle model for block copolymers

A soft particle model for diblock (AB) copolymer melts is proposed. Each molecule is mapped onto two soft spheres built by Gaussian A- and B-monomer distributions. An approximate analytical expression for the joint distribution function for the distance between both spheres and their radii of gyration is derived, which determines the entropic contribution to the intramolecular free energy. Adding a mean-field expression for the intermolecular interactions, we obtain the total free energy of the system. Based on this free energy, Monte Carlo simulations are carried out to study the kinetics of microphase ordering in the bulk and its effect on molecular diffusion. This is followed by an analysis of thin films, with emphasis on pattern transfer from walls with a periodic structure. It is shown that the level of coarse graining in the soft particle model is suitable to describe structural and kinetic properties of copolymers on mesoscopic scales.     

Quantum-chemical models of the molecular structures of open-chain and macrocyclic <Emphasis Type="Italic">d</Emphasis>-metal chelates with (N,O)- and (N,S)-donor polydentate ligands

The results of quantum-chemical calculations of the molecular structures of d-metal chelate complexes with compartmental and macrocyclic ligands arising as a result of “self-assembly” processes (template synthesis) to form so-called open and closed contours around the complexing agent have been systematized and generalized. In general, for compounds of both the first and second groups, molecular structures with noncoplanar chelate cores and macrocyclic moieties are more characteristic than coplanar ones. The review covers the works of the author and other researchers carried out mainly over the past 20 years     

Energy-flow dynamics in the molecular channel of propanal photodissociation, C2H5CHO --> C2H6 + CO: direct ab initio molecular dynamics study

Direct ab initio molecular dynamics calculations have been carried out for the molecular channel of the photodissociation of propanal, C2H5CHO --> C2H6 + CO, at the RMP2(full)/cc-pVDZ level of ab initio molecular orbital theory. The initial conditions were generated using the microcanonical sampling to put the excess energy randomly into all vibrational modes of the TS. Starting from the TS, a total of approximately 700 trajectories were numerically integrated for 100 fs. The obtained final energy distributions for the C2H6 and CO fragments and their relative translational motion were found to be quite similar to those obtained for the acetaldehyde reaction, CH3CHO --> CH4 + CO, in our previous study (Chem. Phys. Lett. 2006, 421, 549) despite the fact that the number of degree of freedom for C2H6 is larger than that for CH4. The coupling between the intrinsic reaction coordinate and one of the generalized normal modes orthogonal to it was predicted substantially strong around s = 1.4 amu(1/2) bohr, and it is expected that the energy flow out of C2H6 proceeds through this coupling. However, the obtained energy distributions strongly suggest that the coupling among the modes in C2H6 is quite small and the intramolecular energy redistribution does not occur efficiently in this molecule.