FT-IR, FT-Raman, NMR spectra and DFT simulations of 4-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-1H-imidazole

The FT-IR, FT-Raman and FT-NMR spectra of the compound 4-(4-Fluoro-phenyl)-1H-imidazole (4-FPI) were recorded and analyzed. Density functional method (B3LYP level with the 6–311G(d, p) and 6–311++G(d, p) and cc-pVQZ as basis sets) has been used to compute optimized geometry, vibrational wavenumbers of the 4-FPI. Only one tautomeric form was found most stable by using DFT/B3LYP. The detailed interpretation of the vibrational spectra was carried out with the aid of total energy distribution following the scaled quantum mechanical force field methodology. Potential Energy Surface scan studies has also been carried out by ab initio calculations with the same basis sets.     

苯系物Cu_3金属配合物的结构与性质的理论研究

采用密度泛函理论的B3LYP方法,在6-311+G(d,p)基组水平上计算研究了Cu_3团簇与甲苯、二甲苯、三甲苯分子作用的各种异构体结构和频率,比较各异构体间的能量关系,得到最稳定的几何构型.通过分析Cu_3和苯系列化合物作用的结合能和前线轨道等性质,从而了解该类配合物的作用机理.     

ONIOM方法计算胺和二芳基碳正离子的亲核反应的速率常数

利用第一性原理计算了胺和二芳基碳正离子的亲核反应的速率常数. 研究不同的溶剂化模型(PCM、CPCM和COSMORS)、不同类型的原子半径(UA0、UAKS、UAHF、Bondi和UFF)、以及一些单点能计算方法(B3LYP、B3P86、B3PW91、BHANDH、BMKPBEPBE、M06、MP2和ONIOM)在计算这类速率常数时的表现.通过比较速率常数的实验值和计算值,发现ONIOM(CCSD(T)/6-311++G(2df,2p):B3LYP/6-311++G(2df,2p))//B3LYP/6-31G(d)/PCM/UFF方法表现最好. 该方法随后被用于计算更多的胺和二芳基碳正离子的亲核反应的速率常数. 65个反应的速率常数的实验值和计算值之间表现出了相当好的相关性,这表明该方法适用于计算胺二芳基碳正离子的亲核反应的速率常数.     

Molecular structure,NMR and vibrational spectral analysis of 2,4‐difluorophenol by ab initio HF and density functional theory

Quantum chemical calculations of energies, geometries and vibrational wavenumbers of 2,4‐difluorophenol (2,4‐DFP) were carried out by using ab initio HF and density functional theory (DFT/B3LYP) methods with 6‐311G(d,p) as basis set. The optimized geometrical parameters obtained by HF and DFT calculations are in good agreement with related molecules. The best level of theory in order to reproduce the experimental wavenumbers is the B3LYP method with the 6‐311G(d,p) basis set. The difference between the observed and scaled wavenumber values of most of the fundamentals is very small. A detailed interpretation of the infrared and Raman spectra of 2,4‐DFP is also reported. The entropy of the title compound was also performed at HF/6‐311G(d,p) and B3LYP/6‐311G(d,p) levels of theory. The isotropic chemical shift computed by ¹H, ¹³C NMR analyses also shows good agreement with experimental observations. The theoretical spectrograms for FT‐IR and FT‐Raman spectra of the title molecule have been constructed. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On the thermochemical stability of the sextet CO2 anion: results from density functional theory

A variety of density functional theory (DFT) methods were used to characterize the stability of stationary points along the CO^? ₂ (⁶A₁ state) potential energy surface. Large differences were found between the previously reported ROHF/CCSD structures of this molecule and those generated by DFT. The SVWN, B1LYP, B3LYP, B3P86, B3PW91, methods were coupled to a very large 6–311++G (3df, 3pd) basis set, to evaluate the vibrational frequencies, electron affinities and the lowest dissociation pathways for the two isomers of the anionic and neutral parent species. In addition to these pure and hybrid methods both the CBS-QB3 (uses the B3LYP/CBSB7 method for the geometrical optimization) and G3B3 (uses the B3LYP/6-31G(d) method for the geometrical optimization) methods were used to further evaluate the dissociation energies of the sextet anionic CO₂.     

Gas-Phase Generation and Photoelectron Spectra of Reactive Unsubstituted Cycloalkenethiones

The flash vacuum thermolysis of cycloalkenyl allyl sulfides, potential precursors of unsubstituted cycloalkenethiones, has been investigated by photoelectron spectroscopy. This technique allowed us to characterize in the gas phase very reactive species of this series, the conjugated and nonconjugated cyclopentene and cyclohexenethiones, and to compare the reactivity of these compounds. The assignment of the PE spectra is supported by electronic structure calculations, particularly by the HF method at the MP2 level and the density functional theory (DFT) using the B3LYP and BP86 functionals with the 6-311G(d, p) basis set. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.     

Theoretical determination of the 1H NMR spectrum of ethanol

GIAO calculations of the ¹H NMR chemical shifts for ethanol at the SCF and DFT levels of theory are presented. The importance of molecular geometry and basis set is discussed. Vibrational correction to the hydroxyl proton chemical shift is also considered in calculations for the monomer of ethanol. The final theoretical results for the monomer obtained at the optimized DFT/B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) geometry with the 6-311G++ (d,p) basis set for NMR are in very good agreement with gas phase experimental data. For the liquid phase ethanol the hydrogen bonding effects are taken into account by performing calculations on various clusters of ethanol. It is shown that inaccuracy due to molecular geometry and basis set in the monomer of ethanol is magnified significantly in calculations for its clusters. In this context the structure of liquid ethanol as predicted recently by quantum cluster equilibrium (QCE) theory is discussed.     

铝团簇的电子自旋极化与核自旋-自旋偶合的理论研究

利用传统的密度泛函理论在B3LYP/6-31 G(d)水平上优化了铝簇(Aln ,Aln与Aln-,n=2~9)的几何结构,并利用偶合的微扰的密度泛函理论在B3LYP/6-311 G(3df)水平上计算了核自旋-自旋偶合常数.优化结果表明Aln(n=2~9)中的电子是自旋极化的,与早期的质谱实验一致.核自旋-自旋偶合常数的计算结果表明电子的自旋极化与原子核的自旋取向有密切关系.     

Theoretical Study of the C-Cl Bond Dissociation Enthalpy and Electronic Structure of Substituted Chlorobenzene Compounds

利用密度泛函(DFT)三种交换/相关函数(B3LYP, B3PW91,B3P86)结合6-31G**和6-311G**基组,计算了13个取代氯苯化合物的键离解能. 结果表明B3P86/6-311G**方法是计算取代氯苯化合物键离解能的可信方法,研究发现C-Cl键的键离解能与所使用的基组和计算方法密切相关,取代基对C-Cl键的键离解能的影响不明显. 研究了目标化合物的前线轨道能级差,并对取代氯苯化合物的热稳定性做了评估.     

Kinetics and mechanism of intramolecular aldol condensation of 2,5-hexadione, a DFT and MP2 study

A theoretical study of kinetics and mechanism of intramolecular aldol condensation of 2,5-hexadione was performed using DFT methods at B3LYP and MP2 levels of theory using 6-311g, 6-311g*, 6-311G**, 6-311++G and 6-311++G** basis sets. Equilibrium molecular geometries and harmonic vibrational frequencies of the reactant, transition states, and products were calculated. Two reaction paths were studied. The considered rate constants and activation thermodynamic parameters were calculated. The results indicated a fairly good agreement with experimental data. It was demonstrated that the five member ring is the most stable one for all calculations. These calculations showed that the reaction proceeds through an asynchronous concerted mechanism.     

Heterocyclic analogs of phenol as novel potential antioxidants

Five density functional theory (DFT) methods including B3LYP, B3PW91, MPW1K, MPWB, TPSS1KCIS have been evaluated by comparing with the experimental O? H bond dissociation enthalpies (BDEs) of substituted phenols. B3PW91 is found to be the best method, for which the calculation error was 3.62 kJ/mol. Subsequently, the BDEs (O? H) of hydroxyl groups on five‐ and six‐membered heteroatomic aromatic rings have been calculated using the (RO)B3PW91/6‐311++G(2df,2p)//(U)B3LYP/6‐311g(d,p) procedure. In addition, the ionization energy (IE) and proton affinity [PA(O^?)] of these compounds have also been examined. On the basis of our theoretical study, a series of imidazolols, thiazolols, and oxazolols were studied to assess their antioxidant activities. It was found that 5‐oxazolol could be a promising novel antioxidant precursor. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

太赫兹波段PCH7液晶分子极化率密度泛函研究

本文采用密度泛函方法计算了液晶分子PCH7在太赫兹波段的动态极化率,采用B3LYP/6-311G(d)方法对PCH7分子进行几何结构优化,在优化构型基础上,采用M06-2x/6-311++G(2d,p)方法计算了体系分子在589nm和1.5THz时的含频极化率,通过极化率密度考察了尾链、核心结构和极性取代基等不同基团对极化率数值的贡献。     

硝酸丙酯结构、振动频率和热力学性质的密度泛函理论研究

用密度泛函理论(DFT)研究硝酸丙酯化合物的分子结构、振动光谱和热力学等基本性质.取BLYP、B3LYP方法和6-31G*、6-31G**、6-311G*、6-311G**基组,对硝酸丙酯分子的几何构型进行全优化计算并分析其电子结构性质.和考虑了二级相关能校正的MP2/6-311G*计算结果比较表明,B3LYP/6-31G*是研究许多较大体系化合物卓有成效和颇有前途的方法.在B3LYP/6-31G*的水平上对优化后的结构进行了正则振动频率分析,用因子0.95校正后的振动光谱和实验结果比较,符合较好.进一步     

太赫兹波段PCH7液晶分子极化率密度泛函研究

本文采用密度泛函方法计算了液晶分子PCH7在太赫兹波段的动态极化率,采用B3LYP/6-311G(d)方法对PCH7分子进行几何结构优化,在优化构型基础上,采用M06-2x/6-311++G(2d,p)方法计算了体系分子在589nm和1.5THz时的含频极化率,通过极化率密度考察了尾链、核心结构和极性取代基等不同基团对极化率数值的贡献.     

太赫兹波段PCH7液晶分子极化率密度泛函研究

本文采用密度泛函方法计算了液晶分子PCH7在太赫兹波段的动态极化率,采用B3LYP/6-311G(d)方法对PCH7分子进行几何结构优化,在优化构型基础上,采用M06-2x/6-311++G(2d,p)方法计算了体系分子在589nm和1.5THz时的含频极化率,通过极化率密度考察了尾链、核心结构和极性取代基等不同基团对极化率数值的贡献。     

Theoretical evaluation of NMR shifts in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

ABSTRACT

Using computational chemistry methodology, we evaluate the proton magnetic shieldings and the corresponding chemical shifts of 12 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons that derive from chrysene, perylene and picene. Due to the large size of the studied compounds, we resort to density functional theory (DFT) and use it together with the B3LYP and the KT1 functionals. After a systematic method and basis set selection study carried out on methane, benzene and anthracene, the DFT(B3LYP) method and the 6-31G*, 6-31G** and 6-311++G** bases are selected to carry out the calculations, because of the efficiency in providing shifts close to the experimental data available. Additionally, we select the DFT(KT1) method together with the aug-pcS-1 basis set, and HF/6-31G* shifts are also calculated. In order to estimate the error in the theoretical results, we take as reference accurate experimental chemical shifts obtained for the molecules under investigation. Extra measurements are needed for this purpose and are included in the present work. The best combination of method and basis set is DFT(B3LYP)/6-31G**, proving to be very efficient in getting shifts close to experiment at a relatively low computational cost, and therefore we recommend it for the evaluation of proton shifts in larger polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.     

Raman Spectra of Glycine and Their Modeling in Terms of the Discrete–Continuum Model of Their Water Solvation Shell

Optics and Spectroscopy - Raman spectra of glycine in a crystalline form and in a water environment have been obtained. B3LYP/6-311++G(3df,2p) quantum-chemical calculations have shown that an...     

Evaluation of the reaction rate constants for the gas-phase Al-CH4–air combustion chemistry

The most likely reaction pathways and reaction products in the Al-CH₄-O₂-N₂ system are investigated using density functional theory and ab initio calculations. The B3LYP functional with extended 6–311+G(3df,2p) basis set as well as the CBS-QB3 composite method are mainly utilised. Theoretical analysis of corresponding reaction rate constants is also performed with the use of simple theoretical models. A critical overview of current knowledge on combustion-relevant reactions with aluminium compounds is given. On the basis of critical comparison of available experimental kinetic data with theoretical calculations, the approximations for rate constants for 44 reversible elementary reactions involving Al-containing species are recommended for use in combustion issues.     

Molecular structure,vibrational spectroscopic studies and natural bond orbital analysis of 7-amino-4-trifluoromethyl coumarin

Quantum mechanical calculations of energies, geometries and vibrational wave numbers of 7-amino-4-trifluoromethyl coumarin (7A4TFMC) were carried out using Hartree-Fock (HF) and density functional theory (DFT) using hybrid functional BLYP and B3LYP with 6–31G(d,p) as basis set. The optimized geometrical parameters obtained by HF and DFT calculations are in good agreement with the experimental X-ray data. The best method to reproduce the experimental wave numbers is B3LYP method with the 6–31G(d,p) basis set. The difference between the observed and scaled wave number values of most of the fundamentals is very small. A detailed interpretation of the infrared spectra of 7A4TFMC was also reported. The entropy of the title compound was also performed at HF using the hybrid functional BLYP and B3LYP with 6–31 G(d,p) as basis set levels of theory. Natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis of the title molecule is also carried out. The theoretical spectrogram for FTIR spectra of the title molecule has been constructed.     

DFT studies on the vibrational and electronic spectra of acetylsalicylic acid

The following is a theoretical and experimental study on the vibrational and electronic properties of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA). Vibrational information was obtained by FT-IR and Raman spectroscopy which agree well with harmonic vibrational frequency calculations. The calculations were carried out using density functional theory B3LYP methods with 6-311G** and LANL2DZ basis sets. The vibrational assignments were calculated by Gaussview. Absorption UV-Vis experiments of ASA reveal three maximum peaks at 203, 224 and 277 nm, which are in agreement with calculated electronic transitions using TD-B3LYP/6-311G**.