A DFT Study on Intramolecular Hydrogen Bond in Substituted Catechols and Their Radicals

Density functional theory(DFT)at B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) level was employed to calculate intramolecular hydrogen bond enthalpies (H1HB),O-H charge differencces,O-H bond lengths and bond orders for various substituted catechols and their radicals generated after H-abstraction.It was found that although the charge difference between hydrogen-bonded H and O played a role in determining H1HB,H1HB was mainly governed by the hydrogen bond length.As the oxygen-centedred radiocal has great tendency to form a chemical bond with the H atom,hydrogen bond lengths in catechloic radicals are systematically shorter than those in catechlos,hence,the H1HB for the former are higher than those for the latter.     

A Mixed Quantum-Classical Approach for Computing Effects of Intramolecular Motion on the Low-Barrier Hydrogen Bond

The fractionation factor is defined as the equilibrium constant for the reaction: R – H + DOH R – D + HOH. Of interest are values of fractionation factors for reactions where reactants and/or products form intramolecular low-barrier hydrogen bonds. Experimentally measured isotopic fractionation factors are usually interpreted via a one-dimensional potential energy surface along the intrinsic proton hydrogen bond coordinate. Such a one-dimensional picture cannot be completely correct. Intramolecular motions, such as vibrations and librations, can modulate the underlying potential energy surface along the hydrogen bond coordinate and thus affect the isotopic fractionation factor. We have recently generated a picture of the motion of the proton in a low-barrier hydrogen bond as taking place in an effective single-dimensional potential, which we term the potential of mean force (PMF). In this paper, we compute the PMF for a molecule with an intramolecular hydrogen bond in order to quantify the effect of intramolecular motions on the fractionation factor. The PMF and isotopic fractionation factor are computed with a combination of high-level density functional theory and molecular dynamics simulations.     

酰基硫脲分子内氢键与取代基效应的定量关系

对２３个Ｎ－二茂铁甲酰基－Ｎ’－芳基硫脲和４个Ｎ－苯甲酰基－Ｎ’－芳基硫脲的δβ－ＮＨ与各种取代胺的碱性强度ｐＫｂ及苯环下取代基常数σ进行了系统的定量关系研究。结果提示了此类化合物的分子内氢键与取代基效应之间的定量关系。     

Intramolecular Hydrogen Bond Self-template Synthesis of Some New Robson-type Macrocyclic Ligands

Binuclear macrocyclic Robson-type complexes are of interest as models of biomolecules. Many of them have been prepared and widely studied since 1970s1,2. These complexes are restricted mainly to those metal ions that are employed as the template reagents, although Yunqi Tian et al. reported the proton-template synthesis of metal -free Robson-type macrocyclic ligands by addition of acid3 and Shaohua Gou et al. used Na+ as template4-6.Recently, in order to explore useful information concernin…     

Theoretical Study on the Excited-state Intramolecular Hydrogen Abstraction Reactions of Butanal

The excited-state intramolecular hydrogen abstraction reactions of butanal have been investigated using the CAS-MP2/6-311＋G^＊//CASSCF/6-31G^＊ methods. Calculated results show that the hydrogen transfer induced fluorescence quenching of the n,π^＊-excited state of covalent butanal with three paths： （1） The first path corresponds to direct S0-react reconstitution, which involves the first S1 decay by partial hydrogen atom transfer. （2） The second stepwise mechanism can be viewed as a full hydrogen atom transfer followed by a partial hydrogen atom back transfer, electron transfer （near S1/S0 or S0-TS） and finally a proton transfer to S0-react. （3） On the triplet surface, the surface crossing to the singlet state would be clearly much efficient at the T1/S0 region due to the large SOC value of 8.3 cm^-1. The S0-react decay route from T1/S0 was studied with an intrinsic reaction coordinate （IRC） calculation at the CASSCF level, resulting in the S0-React minimum.     

9-羟基苯并萘酮分子内氢传递过程的理论计算

借助MNDO、AM 1、HF/ 3 2 1G、HF/ 6 31G 量子化学理论计算方法 ,对 9 羟基苯并萘酮 (9 HPO)的分子内氢传递过程进行了理论探讨 ,并与X射线衍射的结构数据作了比较。发现 :1 .A构型的 9 HPO比B构型的更稳定 ,两个等同的A可以通过分子内氢传递相互转化 ,反应的过渡态就是B .2 .B是一种严格对称的平面构型 ,它的H电荷和偶极矩都较A增大 ,所以分子内氢传递速率在极性溶剂中将加快。3.共轭在 9 HPO分子内氢传递反应中起了重要的作用。 4.对于类似分子IHT的计算 ,先用半经验方法或小基组的从头计算方法优化结构 ,再用大基组的从头计算方法计算单点能可以得到较好的结果。     

Fapy-G对碱基氢键复合物影响的理论研究

应用量子化学方法对2,6-二氨基-4-羟基-5-甲酰胺嘧啶(Fapy-G)与正常碱基作用形成的20种氧化碱基对的多种性质进行了理论分析,碱基G的C8位被氧化后N7和N9位分别增加一个H原子,使其由氢键受体变成氢键供体,N7,N9及O6原子所带的电荷变负,同时O6作为氢键受体的能力增强.与碱基单体相比,碱基对中形成氢键的受体原子所带的电荷平均减小0.05 e;供体H原子所带的电荷平均增大0.02 e.Fapy-G分子中六元环上受体N原子参与形成氢键时,环的呼吸振动模式和N与对位C的振动模式的振动频率蓝移;与氢键相关的振动频率红移.所有氧化碱基对中,NH…N比NH…O氢键作用更强,且在NH…N氢键中,在六元环上的供体N原子形成的氢键比在氨基或开环上的供体N原子形成的氢键强.Fapy-G与碱基A作用结合能区域顺序为1>2>4>3,与碱基T(R)作用区域顺序为3=4>1>2;水溶液使Fapy-G与碱基C作用的结合能减弱程度最大,结合能达到41.84~58.58 k J/mol,且使碱基对结合能力次序发生改变.     

CO Adsorption on a LaNi5 Hydrogen Storage Alloy Surface: A Theoretical Investigation

Density functional theory calculations are carried out to study CO adsorption on the (001) surface of a LaNi₅ hydrogen storage alloy. At low coverages, CO favors adsorption on Ni? Ni bridge sites. With an increase in CO coverage, the decrease in the adsorption energy is much larger for Ni? Ni? CO bridge adsorption than that for Ni? CO on‐top adsorption. Thus, the latter sites in the relatively stable adsorption structure are preferentially utilized at high CO coverages. The nature of the bonding between CO and the LaNi₅ (001) surface is analyzed in detail.     

基于氢键识别的分子设计

利用ＡＭ１方法研究了３，４－二羰基苯乙胺与一系列双氨基化合物的分子识别作用。结果表明，双氢键的形成有利于体系能量的降低，并且具有亲疏水环境相一致的分子对有更稳定的能量状态。基于上述讨论，提出了微观环境匹配的识别分子设计原则。     

Thermochemistry of Alane Complexes for Hydrogen Storage: A Theoretical and Experimental Investigation

Knowledge of the relative stabilities of alane (AlH(3)) complexes with electron donors is essential for identifying hydrogen storage materials for vehicular applications that can be regenerated by off-board methods; however, almost no thermodynamic data are available to make this assessment. To fill this gap, we employed the G4(MP2) method to determine heats of formation, entropies, and Gibbs free energies of formation for 38 alane complexes with NH(3-n)R(n) (R = Me, Et; n = 0-3), pyridine, pyrazine, triethylenediamine (TEDA), quinuclidine, OH(2-n)R(n) (R = Me, Et; n = 0-2), dioxane, and tetrahydrofuran (THF). Monomer, bis, and selected dimer complex geometries were considered. Using these data, we computed the thermodynamics of the key formation and dehydrogenation reactions that would occur during hydrogen delivery and alane regeneration, from which trends in complex stability were identified. These predictions were tested by synthesizing six amine-alane complexes involving trimethylamine, triethylamine, dimethylethylamine, TEDA, quinuclidine, and hexamine and obtaining upper limits of ΔG° for their formation from metallic aluminum. Combining these computational and experimental results, we establish a criterion for complex stability relevant to hydrogen storage that can be used to assess potential ligands prior to attempting synthesis of the alane complex. On the basis of this, we conclude that only a subset of the tertiary amine complexes considered and none of the ether complexes can be successfully formed by direct reaction with aluminum and regenerated in an alane-based hydrogen storage system.     

Theoretical Investigation of Normal to Strong Hydrogen Bonds

We review our theoretical work done on a variety of different chemical systems, which show different H-bonding characteristics. The systems include water clusters, its interactions with polar molecules and π-systems, organic nanotubes, enzymes, and ionophores/receptors. Special features of normal, short, short strong, and π-type H-bonding interactions in these systems are discussed in terms of structures, interaction energies, and spectra.     

Theoretical Study of the Interplay between Lithium Bond and Hydrogen Bond in Complexes Involved with HLi and HCN

The lithium‐ and hydrogen‐bonded complex of HLi? NCH? NCH is studied with ab initio calculations. The optimized structure, vibrational frequencies, and binding energy are calculated at the MP2 level with 6‐311++G(2d,2p) basis set. The interplay between lithium bonding and hydrogen bonding in the complex is investigated with these properties. The effect of lithium bonding on the properties of hydrogen bonding is larger than that of hydrogen bonding on the properties of lithium bonding. In the trimer, the binding energies are increased by about 19 % and 61 % for the lithium and hydrogen bonds, respectively. A big cooperative energy (?5.50 kcal mol^?1) is observed in the complex. Both the charge transfer and induction effect due to the electrostatic interaction are responsible for the cooperativity in the trimer. The effect of HCN chain length on the lithium bonding has been considered. The natural bond orbital and atoms in molecules analyses indicate that the electrostatic force plays a main role in the lithium bonding. A many‐body interaction analysis has also been performed for HLi? (NCH)_N (N=2–5) systems.     

2-羟基吡啶与水氢键作用的理论研究

本文采用量子化学的Hatree-Fock方法和密度泛函理论(DFT)的B3LYP方法,在6-31G(d)水平上,研究了2-羟基吡啶分子(Hy)及其酮式互变异构体2(1H)-吡啶酮(Py)与水的相互作用。考察它们之间在形成Hy…H2O,Py…H2O,Hy…Hy,Py…Py和Hy…Py等复合物前后的能量变化和分子结构参数变化特点。计算结果表明,在这些复合物中都形成了较强的氢键作用,在水合物中,Py与水形成复合物时能量降低较多,与实验结果一致。经过零点振动能(ZPVE)和基组叠加误差(BSSE)校正后的复合物离解能分别为38.3,40.8,73.0,82.7和71.1 kJ/mol(B3LYP/6-31G(d)),水合物的离解能远小于二聚体复合物,而酮式结构的二聚体的离解能最大。     

Intramolecular Cyclization of Hydridophos-Phorane Containing Unsaturated Bond

The tricyclic phosphoranes 4 and 5 were prepared by reaction of bicyclic phosphite 1 with unsaturated alcohols     

Photoinitiated Processes in Molecules of Schiff Bases Having an NH···N Intramolecular Hydrogen Bond

Study of the absorption and luminescence spectra of Schiff bases derived from o-(p-tolylsulfonylamino)benzaldehyde has shown that these systems, like those derived from salicylaldehyde, are characterized by intramolecular proton transfer in the excited and ground electronic states. This process is responsible for the appearance at 77 K of fluorescence with an anomalous Stokes shift and formation of ketone structures. Unlike o-[alkyl(or aryl)iminomethyl]phenols, o-[alkyl(or aryl)iminomethyl]anilines do not give rise to acoplanarization of the ketone fragment, which could follow intramolecular proton transfer in the excited state and is responsible for fluorescence with an anomalous Stokes shift and formation of colored structures.     

Sensing Mechanism of Excited-State Intermolecular Hydrogen Bond for Phthalimide:Indispensable Role of Dimethyl Sulfoxide

Main observation and conclusion Excited-state hydrogen bond strongly affects the intramolecular charge conversion process,which is very suitable for the design ...     

Pyrrolic Amide: A New Hydrogen Bond Building Block for Self-assembly

Molecular self-assembly has emerged as a powerful technology for the synthesis of nanostructured materials. In design of various molecular assemblies, hydrogen bonding is a preferably selected intra- or inter-molecular weak interaction in recent research by virtue of the directionality and specificity. The research for novel hydrogen bond building blocks that self-assembly into well defined structures is great important not only for gaining an understanding of the concepts of self-assembly but also for the design of new molecular materials. Pyrrolic amide moiety has one hydrogen bond acceptor (C =O) and two hydrogen bond donors (pyrrole NH and amide NH). By deliberately design, pyrrolic amide compounds would be new kinds hydrogen bond building blocks. So, pyrrolic amide compounds 1 ～ 6, which bear one, two or three pyrrolic amide moieties respectively, were designed and synthesized.     

A Quantitative View of Charge Transfer in the Hydrogen Bond: The Water Dimer Case

The hydrogen bond represents a fundamental intermolecular interaction that binds molecules in vapor and liquid water. A crucial and debated aspect of its electronic structure and chemistry is the charge transfer (CT) accompanying it. Much effort has been devoted, in particular, to the study of the smallest prototype system, the water dimer, but even here results and interpretations differ widely. In this paper, we reassess CT in the water dimer by using charge‐displacement analysis. Besides a reliable estimate of the amount of CT (14.6 me) that characterizes the system, our study provides an unambiguous context, and very useful bounds, within which CT effects may be evaluated, crucially including the associated energy stabilization.