Substitution effect on the geometry and electronic structure of the ferrocene

The substitution effects on the geometry and the electronic structure of the ferrocene are systematically and comparatively studied using the density functional theory. It is found that -NH(2) and -OH substituents exert different influence on the geometry from -CH(3), -SiH(3), -PH(2), and -SH substituents. The topological analysis shows that all the C-C bonds in a-g are typical opened-shell interactions while the Fe-C bonds are typical closed-shell interactions. NBO analysis indicates that the cooperated interaction of d --> pi* and feedback pi --> d + 4s enhances the Fe-ligand interaction. The energy partitioning analysis demonstrates that the substituents with the second row elements lead to stronger iron-ligand interactions than those with the third row elements. The molecular electrostatic potential predicts that the electrophiles are expected to attack preferably the N, O, P, or S atoms in Fer-NH(2), Fer-OH, Fer-PH(2), and Fer-SH, and attack the ring C atoms in Fer-SiH(3) and Fer-CH(3). In turn, the nucleophiles are supposed to interact predominantly by attacking the hydrogen atoms. The simulated theoretical excitation spectra show that the maximum absorption peaks are red-shifted when the substituents going from second row elements to the third row elements.     

Ab-initio studies of fluoroxytrifluoromethane geometry and electronic structure

Ab-initio molecular orbital calculations using both minimal or STO-3G and extended or 4-31G basis sets have been applied to fluoroxytrifluormethane. Complete geometry optimizations using both basis sets have been applied to this molecule and the calculated structural parameters have been compared to the electron diffraction data. The extended basis set calculations are found to be in much better overall agreement with experiment although the minimal basis set does reproduce the angular parameters well, including the tilt angle. The barrier to the CF₃ torsion has been computed and it compares favorably with the microwave spectral value.The electronic structure of CF₃OF and some related molecules have been examined by partitioning the electrons according to the method of Mulliken. The highest occupied orbital in CF₃OF is found to be largely an O-F π * orbital and the O-F bond is also found to be the least ionic and weakest bond in the molecule. The computed dipole moment of CF₃OF agrees well with the experimental value.     

The electronic structure and geometry of HNF and HBF

The results of ab initio calculations, making use of the restricted Hartree-Foek scheme, on two radicals - HNF and the postulated species HBF - are presented. Geometry predictions made, using three different basis sets of gaussian orbitals are compared, and the bonding is discussed in terms of the Mulliken population analysis. The structure of various low-lying excited states is also considered.     

Optimization of the geometry and electronic structure of bridged binuclear aromatic molecules

The geometries of the molecules of (C₆H₅)₂M, where M=NH, PH, O, S, CO, CS, SO, CH=CH, CH=N, N=N, and N=NO, the diphenylamine radical cation, and the diphenylnitrogen and diphenyl nitroxide radicals have been optimized by the CNDO/2, INDO, and MINDO/3 methods, and their electronic structures have been calculated. The data obtained have been interpreted in light of the investigation of the problem of reactivity.N. G. Chernyshevskii Saratov State University. Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 23–29, March–April, 1991.     

Ab initio study on the stability,geometry and electronic structure of the cyclopropenyl system

Results of an LCAO-MO-SCF investigation into the stability and geometry of the cyclopropenyl cation (C₃H₃⁺), anion (C₃H₃^?) and radical (C₃H₃^o) are presented. By independently varying the two relevant bond angles, the shape of the potential energy curves in the corresponding two-parameter space for these three species has been obtained. It is found that the cation is most stable in the D_3h nuclear configuration, while the anion has minimum energy in the C_s symmetry. In the specific case of the C₃H₃ radical, which exhibits an orbital, as well as spin-degeneracy, in the D_3h configuration, a strong Jahn-Teller effect is observed, leading to estimates for the non-symmetrical equilibrium configuration at C_2v and for the distortion energy of 12 kcal/mole from the D_3h symmetry. In terms of the population analysis and the contour diagrams, the electronic charge distribution has also been studied for these species in their most stable configurations.     

Molecular geometry and electronic structure of chlorosubstituted trans- and cis-stilbene derivatives

Geometrical structures of several chlorostilbenes were determined from ultraviolet absorption spectra in solution by calculations based on the simple LCAO molecular orbital method. Dipole moments were evaluated for all derivatives without a center of symmetry in the calculated geometry. The results are in good agreement with experimental data.

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Zusammenfassung Die geometrischen Strukturen einiger Chlorostilbene werden aus den UV-Absorptionsspektren in Lösung mittels einfacher MO-LCAO Berechnungen erhalten. Für alle Verbindungen, deren berechnete Struktur kein Symmetriezentrum aufweist, werden die Dipolmomente bestimmt. Die Resultate stehen in gutem Einklang mit den experimentellen Daten.

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Résumé Les structures géométriques de plusieurs chlorostilbènes ont été déterminées à partir des spectres d'absorption ultraviolette en solution par des calculs fondés sur la méthode simple des orbitales moléculaires. Pour tous les dérivés sans centre de symétrie les moments dipolaires ont été évalués à l'aide de la géométrie calculée. Les résultats sont en bon accord avec l'expérience.

     

The electronic structure and adsorption geometry of L-histidine on Cu(110)

The adsorption of L-histidine on clean and oxygen-covered Cu(110) surfaces has been studied by soft X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy. The valence band spectra, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen 1 s XPS and N K edge absorption spectra were measured for submonolayer, monolayer, and multilayer films. The spectra provide a detailed picture of the electronic structure and adsorption geometry at each coverage. In the monolayer, the histidine molecules are randomly oriented, in contrast to the submonolayer regime, where the molecules are coordinated to the copper surface with the imidazole functional group nearly parallel to, and strongly interacting with, the surface. The pi*/sigma* intensity ratio in NEXAFS spectra at the nitrogen edge varies strongly with angle, showing the imidazole ring is oriented. Adsorption models are proposed.     

The equilibrium geometry,electronic structure and heat of formation of ortho-benzyne

Ab initio calculations at the SCF and Cl level have been carried out for the singlet ground state of ortho-benzyne (1,2,-dehydrobenzene) at a variety of C_2v molecular geometries. The principal features of the equilibrium geometry are: (1) an “acetylenic” C₁C₂ bond (1.22 Å): (2) a C₄C₅ bond slightly elongated (1.42 Å) with respect to benzene; (3) no elongation of the C₂C₃ and C₁C₆ bonds, due to the high s-character and angular deviation of the hybrid orbitals. Extended basis SCF calculations lead to an estimate of ≈ 120 kcal/mole for the ΔH^298°_f of o-benzyne.     

Quantum-chemical study of the equilibrium geometry and electronic structure of certain γ-pyrone derivatives

Full ab initio optimization of molecular geometry has been carried out for certain γ-pyrone derivatives: comenic, meconic, chelidonic, and kojic acids and 5-methoxy-γ-pyrone-2-carboxylic acid in the forms of free acids, their anions, sodium and calcium salts, chelate complexes with Ca²⁺, and sodium and calcium salts of the chelate complexes. The calculations were carried out by the restricted Hartree-Fock method with the 6-31G* basis using the GAMESS program. The effect of salt and complex formation on the geometric and electronic structure of the molecules under consideration has been examined. To study the effect of solvation, full geometry optimization of comenic acid and its derivatives in media with the dielectric constants ? 10 and 78.3 has been was carried out in terms of the polarizable continuum model. The energy effects of salt and complex formation has been estimated. A possible mechanism of binding of the molecules under consideration with opioid receptors has been proposed on the basis of the calculation results.     

An ab initio MO calculation of the electronic structure and geometry of protonated methanol

Protonated methanol, CH₃ OH₂⁺, has been studied using the LCAO—MO—SCF method with a 7, 3 and 9, 5, 1 Gaussian orbital basis set on the heavy atoms and 4s on hydrogen. It is found that the ground state is non-planar around oxygen, in contrast with previous calculations, with an inversion barrier of 3 kcal mol^?1. The changes in electron distribution in the reacting systemCH₃⁺ + H₂O → CF₃OH₂⁺is also examined.     

First-principles investigation on the geometry and electronic structure of the three-dimensional cuboidal C(60) polymer

The structural stability and electronic properties of the recently characterized three-dimensional (3D) cuboid-shaped C(60) polymer are studied using periodic ab initio density functional methods. It is shown that the experimentally observed structure is metastable and not fully relaxed from the high pressure state. A second polymorph, which is more stable than the experimental structure, is identified from the calculations. This new structure differs from the observed structure in the number of fourfold-coordinated atoms per C(60) molecule. Both structures are found to be metallic with bulk moduli only about one-third that of diamond. The cuboidal C(60) is not the long sought after superhard 3D carbon polymer; however, the two polymorphs studied here reveal unusual electronic band structures that might suggest interesting electronic properties.     

Syntheses, geometry optimization, and electronic structure of N-and C-substituted benzonaphthyridines

Synthesis of N-and C-substituted derivatives of benzo[h][1,6]naphthyridine, bearing 2-hydroxyethyl group has been made by quaternization reaction and by condensation of corresponding methylbenzonaphthyridines with formaldehyde. For six derivatives of isomeric benzo[c][1,5]-, benzo[h][1,6]-, and benzo[f][1,7]naphthyridines the ¹³C NMR spectra are discussed. For ten compounds the geometry was optimized with the AM1 and, in one case also with the ab initio 6–31G method; their effective charge values have also been calculated.     

Equilibrium geometry and electronic structure of benzylidene,arylethylidene, and heterocyclic arylidene malononitriles

The equilibrium geometry of some benzylidene, arylethylidene, and heterocyclic arylidene malononitriles has been calculated within the framework of the MNDO –MO formalism. Various structural factors are analyzed and discussed in terms of localized and delocalized MOS and π-interaction between methylene malononitrile (MMN) and aryl moieties. The possibility of charge transfer (CT ) from aryl to MMN moieties has been examined. The presence of a heterocyclic ring introduces a small perturbation into the MMN nuclear frame. p-Substituents have a pronounced effect on the magnitude and direction of the dipole moment. The variation of ionization potentials and bond order with the Hammet σ p are examined and a straight-line relationship is obtained. The correlation between physiological activity and quantum mechanical properties is analyzed in terms of heat of formation, ionization potential, dipole moment, and charge density on the aryl ring. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

取代基对依布硒啉电子结构及光谱性质影响的理论研究

采用密度泛函理论B3LYP方法在6-311++G**水平对依布硒啉及其6个衍生物进行结构优化,并分析了取代基对分子几何构型、电荷分布、前线轨道能级分布的影响.在相同计算水平上采用含时密度泛函理论方法进行了电子光谱研究,讨论了取代基对电子光谱的影响.计算结果表明,标题化合物分子为非平面结构,苯并异硒唑酮环与苯环之间存在一...     

The effect of hydrogen adsorption on the electronic structure of gold nanoparticles

It has been demonstrated that hydrogen adsorption has an effect on the electronic structure of gold nanoparticles. The physicochemical properties of separate gold nanoparticles have been studied under an ultrahigh vacuum scanning tunneling microscope. The structure and electronic structure of gold–hydrogen clusters were modeled by the quantum-chemical density functional theory method. Hydrogen adsorption onto gold nanoparticles 4–5 nm is size at room temperature was experimentally revealed, and the lower limit of 1.7 eV for the Au–H bond energy was determined. The interaction of hydrogen with gold leads to a considerable rearrangement of the electronic subsystem of nanoparticles. The experimentally observed effects were supported by quantum-chemical calculations. The rearrangement mechanism is related to strong correlations in the electronic subsystem.