A Dodecahedrane-like Molecule C_（12）H_（12）B_8 with Uncommon T_h Symmetry

The molecule with Th symmetry is rare.A dodecahedrane-like molecule C12H12B8 with uncommon Th symmetry has been reported here.Density functional calculations and minimization techniques have been employed to characterize its structural and electronic properties.Its geometry,electronic properties,vibrational frequencies and heat of formation have been calculated at the B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p) level of theory.The absence of imaginary vibrational frequency confirms that it corresponds to true minimum on the potential energy hypersurface.Its vibrational bands in the IR intensity have been discussed and compared with future experimental identification.At the B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p) level,the heat of formation has been calculated to be 720.9 kJ mol-1 using the isodesmic reaction.According to this value,it is a potential high energy density molecule.     

C_3O_2分子结构和光谱的密度泛函理论研究

使用密度泛函理论,在B3LYP/6-31G(d)和B3LYP/6-311G(2d)水平上,研究了C_3O_2分子的可能几何构型,并在6-31G(d)水平上计算了其中2种总能量最小的构型的振动频率,同时与实验观察值进行了比较, 计算结果当C_3O_2分子具有C2v对称性的W型弯曲结构（键角C－C－C和C－C－O分别为162.3°和178.8°）时,振动频率的计算值和实验观察值非常吻合。     

DFT Study on Two C4N12O4 Isomers with Pagodane- and Isopagodane-like Structures

1 INTRODUCTION Pagodane (Fig. 1) first synthesized[1] in 1983 has been studied by Prinzbach and coworkers for more than twenty years[2, 3]. Described as a waxy solid melting without decomposition and stable to at least 600 ℃ in gas phase, pagodane is interesting for its exotic structure and as an introduction to the family of substituted dodecahedranes[2]. Owing to its unu- sual structure, pagodane has provided experimenters and theorists with a challenge to characterize and cal- culate …     

Theoretical Study on Two C_(16)H_(12)O_4 Isomers of Derivatives of Pagodane

1 NTRODUCTION Pagodane ([1.1.1.1]-pagodane) is the trivial name assigned to the D2h-symmetry undecacyclic poly- quinane undecacyclo-[9.9.0.01,5.02,12.02,18.03,7.06,10. 08,12.011,15.013,17.316,20]-eicosane (Fig. 1). It has been synthesized[1] and subsequently studied by Prinzbach and co-workers for more than twenty years[2, 3]. Des- cribed as a waxy solid melting without decomposi-tion and stable to at least 600 ℃ in gas phase, pa- godane is interesting for its exotic structure and as an…     

Experimental (FT-IR and FT-Raman), electronic structure and DFT studies on 1-methoxynaphthalene

In this work, FT-IR and FT-Raman spectra of 1-methoxynapthalene (C(11)H(10)O) have been reported in the regions 4000-400 cm(-1) and 3500-100 cm(-1), respectively. Density functional method (DFT) has been used to calculate the optimized geometrical parameters, atomic charges, vibrational wavenumbers and intensity of the vibrational bands. The vibrational frequencies have been calculated and scaled values are compared with experimental FT-IR and FT-Raman spectra. The structure optimizations and normal coordinate force field calculations are based on density functional theory (DFT) method with B3LYP/3-21G, B3LYP/6-31G, B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) and B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) basis sets. The complete vibrational assignments of wavenumbers are made on the basis of potential energy distribution (PED). The optimized geometric parameters are compared with experimental values of naphthoic acid. The results of the calculation shows excellent agreement between experimental and calculated frequencies in B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) basis set. The effects due to the substitutions of methyl group and carbon-oxygen bond are also investigated. A study on the electronic properties, such as excitation energies and wavelengths, were performed by time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) approach. HOMO and LUMO energies are calculated that these energies show charge transfer occurs within the molecule.     

5,6]-Heterofullerene-like C58Ge: odd atoms assembling a cage

Density functional calculations and structural minimization techniques have been employed to characterize the structural and electronic properties of [5,6]-heterofullerene-like C(58)Ge. The heterofullerene molecule has an odd number of atoms on the skeleton of the cage and is a novel molecule. The vibrational frequencies of the molecule have been calculated at the B3LYP/3-21G level of theory. The absence of imaginary vibrational frequency confirms that the molecule corresponds to a true minimum on the potential energy hypersurface. Its heat of formation was estimated in this study. Since the symmetry of the molecule of [5,6]-heterofullerene-like C(58)Ge is C(2), it is a chiral molecule.     

Ab initio- and density-functional studies of conformational behaviour of N-formylmethionine in gaseous phase

The current work is a study of the conformational space of the non-ionic N-formylmethionine molecule around its seven structurally significant internal backbone torsional angles at B3LYP/6-31++G(d,p) levels of theory in the gaseous phase. The potential energy surface exploration reveals that a total of 432 different conformers would result if all the possible combinations of the internal rotations were to be considered. A set of twelve conformers of the N-formylmethionine molecule are then further analysed in terms of their relative stabilities, theoretically predicted harmonic vibrational frequencies, HOMO-LUMO energy gaps, ESP charges, rotational constants and dipole moments calculated using MP2/6-31++G(d,p) and B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) levels. The calculated relative energy-range of the conformers at the MP2 level is 11.08 kcal mol^?1 (1 kcal = 4.1868 kJ), whereas the same obtained at the B3LYP level is 10.02 kcal mol^?1. The results of this study provide a good account of the role of four types of intramolecular H-bonds, namely O…H—O, O…H—N, O…H—C and N…H—C, in influencing the energies of the conformers as well as their conformational and vibrational spectroscopic aspects. The relative stability order of the conformers appears to depend on the level of theory used while the vibrational frequencies calculated at the B3LYP level are in better agreement with the experimental values.     

Quantum chemical computations of 1,3-phenylenediacetic acid

Molecular geometry, vibrational wavenumbers and gauge including atomic orbital (GIAO) 13C NMR and 1H NMR chemical shift values of 1,3-phenylenediacetic acid (C10H10O4), in the ground state have been calculated by using ab initio Hartree-Fock (HF) and density functional theory (DFT/B3LYP) methods with 6-311++G(d,p) basis set for the first time. Comparison of the observed fundamental vibrational modes of 1,3-phenylenediacetic acid and calculated results by density functional B3LYP and Hartree-Fock methods indicate that B3LYP is superior to the scaled Hartree-Fock approach for quantum chemical studies. Geometric parameters (bond lengths and bond angles) and vibrational wavenumbers obtained by the HF and DFT/B3LYP methods are in good agreement with the experimental data. Furthermore, this is the first time the results of the calculated JCH and JCC coupling constants of the C10H10O4 molecule are presented in this study.     

2,3,7,8-四氯苯并二英分子结构与热力学性质的理论研究

用密度泛函理论(DFT)和从头算(ab initio)方法,在B3LYP/6-31G、 B3LYP/6-31G*、 B3LYP/6-311G*和MP2/6-31G*水平上全优化计算了2,3,7,8-四氯苯并二英(2,3,7,8-TCDD)的几何构型、电子结构和振动频率,并用校正后的频率计算了298～1500 K的标准热力学函数,同时用半经验的PM3 SCF-MO进行了同样的计算,计算结果与实验值及文献值较好地吻合.     

FT-IR and FT-Raman spectroscopic investigation, computed vibrational frequency analysis and IR intensity and Raman activity peak resemblance analysis on 2-nitroanisole using HF and DFT (B3LYP and B3PW91) calculations

Fourier-transform Raman and infrared spectra of 2-nitroanisole are recorded (4000-100 cm(-1)) and interpreted by comparison with respective theoretical spectra calculated using HF and DFT method. The geometrical parameters with C(S) symmetry, harmonic vibrational frequencies, infrared and Raman scattering intensities are determined using HF/6-311++G (d, p), B3LYP/6-311+G (d, p), B3LYP/6-311++G (d, p) and B3PW91/6-311++G (d, p) level of theories. A detailed vibrational spectral analysis has been carried out and assignments of the observed fundamental bands have been proposed on the basis of peak positions and relative intensities. The results of the calculations have been used to simulate IR and Raman spectra for the molecule that showed good agreement with the observed spectra. The SQM method, which implies multiple scaling of the DFT force fields has been shown superior to the uniform scaling approach. The vibrational frequencies and the infrared intensities of the C-H modes involved in back-donation and conjugation are also investigated.     

DFT, FT-Raman and FT-IR investigations of 5-o-tolyl-2-pentene

FT-IR and Raman spectra of 5-o-tolyl-2-pentene (OTP) have been experimentally reported in the region of 4000-10 cm(-1) and 4000-100 cm(-1), respectively. The optimized geometric parameters, normal mode frequencies and corresponding vibrational assignments of cis and trans isomers of OTP (C12H16) have been theoretically examined by means of B3LYP hybrid density functional theory (DFT) method together with 6-31G(d) and 6-31++G(d,p) basis sets. Furthermore, reliable vibrational assignments have made on the basis of potential energy distribution (PED) calculated. Comparison between the experimental and theoretical results indicates that density functional B3LYP method is able to provide satisfactory results for predicting vibrational wavenumbers and trans isomer is supposed to be the most stable form of OTP molecule.     

Si~2Cl~6分子的内旋转能垒和振动基频的理论研究

用从头算方法HF/6-31G^*^*和密度函方法B3LYP/6-31G^*^*,对Si~2Cl~6分子的平衡几何构型进行优化,优化的结果与实验结果吻合得较好.并用上述两种不同的方法计算Si~2Cl~6分子的内旋转能垒,结果分别为8.786和6.694kJ/mol,其中DFT方法的计算结果与实验结果4.18kJ/mol吻合得较好.对Si~2Cl~6分子的振动基频进行计算.用HF/6-31G^*^*SQM力场所计算的频率理论值与实验值的平均误差为7.3cm^-^1,用B3LYP/6-31G^*^*未标度的力场所计算的频率理论值与实验值的平均误差为6.0cm^-^1.该密度泛函方法(B3LYP/~6-31G^*^*)的理论计算值比用HF/6-31G^*^*标度后的SQM力场计算的频率与实验值(除Si--Si键扭转振动基频之外的11条振动基频)吻合得更好.并给出了Si--Si键扭转振动基频的预测值。     

Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, and conformational properties of trichloromethanesulfenyl acetate, CCl3SOC(O)CH3

Trichloromethanesulfenyl acetate, CCl 3SOC(O)CH 3, belongs to the family of sulfenic esters. This molecule has been characterized by vibrational spectroscopy. The conformational and geometrical properties of this species have been determined by IR and Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and quantum chemical calculations. Geometry optimizations of the most stable forms were performed with ab initio (HF, MP2) and density functional theory (B3LYP) methods. According to our data, this compound results in a gauche-syn conformer with C 1 symmetry (gauche orientation around the S-O bond and syn orientation of the CO double bond with respect to the S-O single bond) for the most stable geometry, and trans-syn conformer with C s symmetry (trans orientation around the S-O bond and syn orientation of the CO double bond with respect to the S-O single bond) for the second stable conformer (1.1 and 0.53 kcal/mol higher in energy than the most stable C 1 form according to the matrix FTIR spectroscopy and MP2/6-31G* level of the theory, respectively). The crystalline solid (monoclinic, P2 1/ n, a = 8.0152(17) A, b = 5.7922(13) A, c = 17.429(4) A, alpha = gamma = 90 degrees , beta = 100.341(3) degrees ) consists exclusively of the main form. The geometrical parameters (X-ray diffraction) are d C-Cl = 1.767(19) A, d C-S = 1.797(2) A, d S-O = 1.663(14) A, d CO = 1.189(2) A, d O-C = 1.389(3) A, d C-C = 1.483(3) A, angles Cl-C-Cl = 110.3(11) degrees , Cl-C-S = 111.8(12) degrees , C-S-O = 97.4(8) degrees , S-O-C = 116.7(11) degrees , O-CO = 122.8(19) degrees , OC-C = 127.1(2) degrees , and the main torsion angles are delta(CSOC) = 105.9(15) degrees and delta(SOC(O)) = 7.6(3) degrees . The geometrical data calculated with B3LYP/6-31G++(3df,3pd), B3LYP/6-311G++(3df,3pd), B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ, and MP2/6-31G* are in good agreement with diffraction data.     

Theoretical Studies on the Coplanar Dicage Pentaprismane C16H12

1 INTRODUCTION A series of hydrocarbons of polyhedral shapes or cages, such as cubane and dodecahrane[1], have been synthesized. Each of these molecules has only one cage. It is well known that every carbon atom can form four bonds with other atoms, and …     

Conformational analysis and comparison between theoretical and experimental vibrational spectra for chloroacetyl isocyanate

The conformational stability and vibrational infrared and Raman spectra of chloroacetyl isocyanate (CH2ClCONCO) were investigated by ab initio MP2 and density functional B3LYP calculations using the 6-311 + + G** basis set. From the potential energy scans of the internal rotations of both the halomethyl and the isocyanate rotors, chloroacetyl isocyanate was predicted to exist predominantly in a mixture of the cis-cis (chlorine atom and NCO group eclipse C=O bond) and the gauche-cis (one hydrogen atom and NCO group eclipse C=O bond) conformations with a comparable relative stability. The vibrational wavenumbers of each of the two conformers of the molecule were computed at DFT-B3LYP/6-311 + + G** level. Normal coordinate calculations were carried out to obtain the potential energy distributions (PED) among the symmetry coordinates of the normal modes for each of the stable conformers of chloroacetyl isocyanate. The theoretical vibrational assignments are compared with experimental ones and a ratio of observed/calculated wavenumbers of about 0.97-1.04 was obtained.     

Density functional theory study of the Fourier transform infrared and Raman spectra of Cu(II) bis-acetylacetone

Fourier transform infrared and Fourier transform Raman spectra of Cu(II) bis-acetylacetone have been obtained. The geometry, frequency and intensity of the vibrational bands of this compound and its 1,5-(13)C(2), 3-(13)C, 1,3,5-(13)C(3), 2,4-(13)C(2), (18)O(2) and 2,4-(13)C(2)-(18)O(2) derivatives were obtained by the density functional theory (DFT) with the B3LYP functional and using the 6-31G(*) and 3-21G(*) basis sets. The calculated frequencies are compared with the solid infrared and Raman spectra. All the measured infrared and Raman bands were interpreted in terms of the calculated vibrational modes. The percentage of deviation of the bond lengths and bond angles gives a good picture of the normal modes, and serves as a basis for the assignment of the wavenumbers. Most computed bands are predicted to be at higher wavenumbers than the experimental bands. The calculated geometrical parameters show slight differences compared with the experimental results. These differences can be explained by the different physical state of Cu(II) bis-acetylacetone. The DFT-B3LYP calculations assumed a free molecule in the gas phase. Analysis of the vibrational spectra indicates a strong coupling between the chelated ring modes.     

FT-IR and FT-Raman investigation, computed vibrational intensity analysis and computed vibrational frequency analysis on m-Xylol using ab-initio HF and DFT calculations

The FT-IR and FT-Raman spectra of m-Xylol molecule have been recorded using Bruker IFS 66V spectrometer in the range 4000-100cm(-1). The molecular geometry and vibrational frequencies in the ground state are evaluated using the Hartree-fock (HF) and B3LYP with 6-31+G (d, p), 6-31++G (d, p) and 6-311++G (d, p) basis sets. The computed frequencies are scaled using a suitable scale factors to yield good agreement with the observed values. The HF and DFT analysis agree well with experimental observations. Comparison of the fundamental vibrational frequencies with calculated results by HF and B3LYP methods indicate that B3LYP/6-311++G (d, p) is superior to HF/6-31+G (d, p) for molecular vibrational problems. The complete data of this title compound provide some useful information for the study of substituted benzenes. The influences of Methyl groups on the geometry of benzene and its normal modes of vibrations have also been discussed.     

C24和B12N12团簇的结构与稳定性

本文采用量子化学密度泛函理论的B3LYP/6-31G*方法,对C24和B12N12团簇的12种异构体进行了优化,并对它们的几何构型、振动频率、核独立化学位移(NICS)和结合能进行了理论探讨, 比较了C24和B12N12团簇结构的稳定性。研究表明:C24团簇的最稳定几何构型为类石墨结构d,B12N12团簇的最稳定结构为4/6笼状结构g。C24异构体的稳定性大小顺序为d > b > f > c > a > e。B12N12团簇异构体稳定性大小顺序为a > f> c> d > e >b。     

An experimental and theoretical study of molecular structure and vibrational spectra of 2-chloronicotinic acid by density functional theory and ab initio Hartree–Fock calculations

In this work, the Fourier transform Raman and Fourier transform infrared spectra of 2-chloronicotinic acid (2-CNA) are recorded in the solid phase. The molecular geometry, vibrational frequencies, infrared intensities and Raman scattering activities of 2-CNA in ground state have been calculated by using ab initio Hartree–Fock (HF) and density functional (B3LYP and B3PW91) methods with 6-31G(d) and 6-311G(d) basis sets level. On the basis of the comparison between calculated and experimental results and the comparison with related molecule, assignments of fundamental vibrational modes are examined. The optimized geometric parameters (bond lengths and bond angles) obtained by using HF show the best agreement with the experimental values of 2-CNA. Comparison of the observed fundamental vibrational frequencies of 2-CNA and calculated results by density functional (B3LYP and B3PW91) and Hartree–Fock methods indicates that B3LYP is superior to the scaled Hartree–Fock and B3PW91 approach for molecular vibrational problems.