稀土中性苯配合物的化学键及其配位活化

用INDO方法研究了稀土中性η~6-苯配合物的电子结构及其化学键的配位活化。计算结果表明, NdCl_3和AlCl_3通过Cl桥键联的配位作用降低了钕离子的Lewis酸性和Nd-Cl之间的电荷差及其键的极性, 导致NdCl_3在苯中溶解度的增大, 从而有利于苯分子跟钕离子的配位反应。苯跟钕离子的配位降低了其C—C和C—H键的强度, 使苯环上的烷基化反应易于进行。     

金镍二元团簇结构和电子性质的理论研究

在UBP86/LANL2DZ和UBP86/def2-TZVP水平下详细研究了AumNin (m＋n≤6)团簇的几何结构和电子性质. 详细地分析了团簇的结构特征, 平均结合能, 垂直电离势, 垂直电子亲和能, 电荷转移以及成键特征. 所有混合团簇中, 镍原子趋于聚集到一起, 形成最多Ni—Ni键, 金原子分布在镍原子聚集体周围以形成最多Au—Ni键. Ni原子较少团簇的电子性质与纯金团簇类似, 呈现一定奇偶振荡. 混合团簇中存在镍到金原子间的电荷转移. Ni原子较少团簇中, 自旋电子主要定域在Ni原子上, Ni原子较多团簇中, Au原子明显受到自旋极化. 混合团簇的分波态密度表明, AuNi混合团簇对小分子的反应活性要高于纯金团簇.     

Superconducting first‐order pairing: Finite‐temperature simulations

A recently developed first‐order mechanism for superconducting pairing has been extended from T = 0 K to finite temperatures. On the basis of quantum statistical considerations, we have suggested a direct pairing interaction that does not necessarily involve second‐order elements, such as the electron–phonon coupling or specific magnetic interactions submitted by spin fluctuations. The driving force for the (energy‐driven) first‐order pairing is an attenuation of the destabilizing influence of the Pauli antisymmetry principle (PAP). Only the moves of unpaired fermions are controlled by the PAP, while the moves of superconducting Cooper pairs are not. The quantum statistics of Cooper pairs is of a mixed type, as it combines fermionic on‐site and bosonic intersite properties. The strong correlation between the strength of PAP constraints and system topology in combination with the electron number has been discussed for some larger clusters. Detailed finite‐temperature simulations on first‐order pairing have been performed for four‐center–four‐electron clusters with different topologies. A canonical ensemble statistics has been employed to derive the electronic energy, the electronic configuration entropy, and the free energy of paired and unpaired states in thermal equilibrium. The simulations show that pairing can be caused by either the electronic energy or the electronic configuration entropy. The coexistence of two different sets of quantum particles in paired states (i.e., the Cooper pairs and the unpaired electrons) can lead to an enhanced configuration entropy. In this context, we discuss the possibility of an entropy‐driven high‐temperature superconductor emerging from a low‐temperature unpaired state. The charge and spin degrees of freedom of the four‐center–four‐electron systems have been studied with the help of the charge and spin fluctuations. The spin fluctuations are helpful in judging the validity of pairing theories based on magnetic interactions. The charge fluctuations are a measure for the carrier delocalization in unpaired and paired states. The well‐known proximity between Jahn–Teller activity and superconductivity is analyzed in the zero‐temperature limit. It is demonstrated that both processes compete in their ability to reduce PAP constraints. All theoretical results have been derived within the framework of the simple Hubbard Hamiltonian. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2005     

Computational Study of the Stability of Nanotube Fragments

Extremely short (<1 nm) fragments of zig‐zag carbon nanotubes are studied with ab‐initio techniques to determine their geometric and electronic structure as well as their magnetic susceptibility. It is found that for lengths of a few carbon–carbon bonds, each fragment can be viewed as composed of crowns, that is, zig‐zag rings of carbon atoms along the circumference of the tube. In this case, two kinds of electronic structures are found, depending on whether the number of carbon atoms in each crown is even or odd. Systems comprising three or more crowns either have a high spin ground state or involve a charge transfer across the length of the fragment. Conjugation changes qualitatively when the length of the fragment approaches and surpasses its girth. Indications regarding the predicted chemical stability and electronic response are provided and interpreted in terms of current densities induced within each crown by a magnetic field along the tube axis.     

5‐Methyl‐N‐[2‐nitro‐4‐(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]‐1H‐pyrazole‐3‐amine: a chain of hydrogen‐bonded R22(6) and R22(16) rings

The molecular skeleton of the title compound, C₁₁H₉F₃N₄O₂, is almost planar and exhibits a polarized (charge‐separated) electronic structure in the nitroaniline portion. Molecules are linked by N—H...N and C—H...O hydrogen bonds to form a chain in which centrosymmetric R₂²(6) and R₂²(16) rings alternate.     

2′,4′‐Di­hydroxy‐3‐methoxy‐α,β‐di­hydro­chalcone and 2′,4‐di­hydroxy‐α,β‐di­hydro­chalcone: supramolecular structures formed by O—H⋯O,C—H⋯O and stacking interactions

The crystal structures of 2′,4′‐di­hydroxy‐3‐methoxy‐α,β‐di­hydro­chalcone, C₁₆H₁₆O₄, and 2′,4‐di­hydroxy‐α,β‐di­hydro­chalcone, C₁₅H₁₄O₃, have been determined. In both compounds, the structure consists of two nearly planar six‐membered aromatic rings connected by a propanal chain, which is bent in the methoxy compound and almost straight in the other compound. In the crystal structures, the molecular units of both compounds are linked by O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds to form infinite one‐dimensional chains. Hydro­gen bonds and C—H⋯O contacts in the crystal structures were studied by topological analysis of charge density based on Hartree–Fock calculations. Almost all of the investigated C—H⋯O contacts should be characterized as weak hydrogen bonds.     

氯化钕异丙醇配合物的电子结构与络合活化的研究

本文用INDO方法计算了氯化钕异丙醇配合物的电子结构。计算结果指出, 配位后, 与Nd-Cl键对应的分子轨道能量升高, Nd-Cl键级降低, Nd的正电荷降低, Cl的负电荷增多。从而表明。由于配位发生轨道重迭, 使得异丙醇氧的孤对电子移向钕离子的空价轨道。钕离子上的电子云密度增高加强了对Nd—Cl键的价电子的推斥作用, 使Nd-Cl间的价电子密度减小, 导致Nd-Cl键的削弱, 降低了键的能量, 有效地活化了Nd-Cl键,有利于生成活性物种的烷基化反应的进行。同时表明, 对Nd-Cl的络合催化有某种选择性。     

ADF Studies of Neutral Small C_n(n=3～6)High-symmetry Clusters

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Electrochemical Performance of Transition Metal‐Coordinated Polypyrrole: A Mini Review

The conductive polymer of polypyrrole can be acted as electroactive electrode material of supercapacitor due to reversible redox behavior and high capacitance. It usually suffers from low electrochemical stability due to the breakdown of polymer molecule chain in the long‐term charge and discharge process. The monometallic or bimetallic‐coordinated polypyrrole usually exhibits the improved electrochemical performance. The transition metal ions such as ruthenium, iron, copper and cobalt are adopted for the coordination modification. The transition metal‐coordinated polypyrrole includes the intrachain and interchain coordination structure between transition metal ion and nitrogen atom of pyrrole ring. It is able to reinforce the polymer molecule chain strength to overcome excessive volumetric swelling and shrinking during charge‐discharge process, improving the cycling stability and rate capability of polypyrrole. Accordingly, the transition metal‐coordinated polypyrrole keeps simultaneously high capacitance performance and electrochemical stability, acting as the promising conductive polymer‐based supercapacitor electrode material for effective energy storage.     

Electrostatic potentials of strained systems: nitrocyclopropane

The presence of an NO₂ substituent is found to eliminate the negative electrostatic potentials associated with the “bent” CC bonds cyclopropane. This is presumably due in large part to a rearrangement of electronics charge caused by the nitro group, as is shown by electronic density difference plots. Bond path calculations reveal bent bonds in nitrocyclopropane that are very similar to those in cycloprophane.     

Density functional study of structural and electronic properties of small bimetallic silver-nickel clusters

Theoretical study on the structure and electronic properties of small AgmNip (m + p < or = 6) clusters has been carried out in the framework of density functional theory. Structural features, cohesive energies, vertical ionization potentials, and charge transfers are evaluated for each Ag/Ni ratio. In all the AgmNip clusters, the nickel atoms are brought together, yielding a maximum of Ni-Ni bonds, and the silver atoms are located around a Ni core with a maximum of Ag-Ni bonds. The ionization potential and the highest occupied molecular orbital shape are directly related to the two- or three-dimensional character of the cluster's geometry. A very low electronic charge transfer from Ni to Ag is found, and the magnetic moment is located on Ni atoms but with a low spin polarization on silver in the Ni-rich clusters.     

2‐(4‐Chlorophenyl)‐5‐(4‐nitrophenyl)‐4,7‐dihydropyrazolo[1,5‐a]pyrimidine‐3,6‐dicarbaldehyde: a chain of rings built from N—H...O and C—H...O hydrogen bonds

In the title compound, C₂₀H₁₃ClN₄O₄, the six‐membered heterocyclic ring is planar and the molecular dimensions provide evidence for polarization of the molecular–electronic structure. Molecules are linked into a chain of rings by a combination of N—H...O and C—H...O hydrogen bonds, but the nitro group does not participate in the supramolecular aggregation. This study illustrates the marked influence of peripheral substituents on the pattern of hydrogen‐bonded aggregation in compounds of this type.     

Electronic structure and chain-length effects in diplatinum polyynediyl complexes trans,trans-[(X)(R3P)2Pt(C triple bond C)(n)Pt(PR3)2(X)]: a computational investigation

Structure and bonding in the title complexes are studied using model compounds trans,trans-[(C6H5)(H3P)2Pt(C triple bond C)(n)Pt(PH3)2(C6H5)] (PtCxPt; x = 2n = 4-26) at the B3LYP/LACVP* level of density functional theory. Conformations in which the platinum square planes are parallel are very slightly more stable than those in which they are perpendicular (DeltaE = 0.12 kcal mol(-1) for PtC8Pt). As the carbon-chain length increases, progressively longer C triple bond C triple bonds and shorter triple bond C-C triple bond single bonds are found. Whereas the triple bonds in HCxH become longer (and the single bonds shorter) as the interior of the chain is approached, the PtC triple bond C triple bonds in PtCxPt are longer than the neighboring triple bond. Also, the Pt-C bonds are shorter at longer chain lengths, but not the H-C bonds. Accordingly, natural bond orbital charge distributions show that the platinum atoms become more positively charged, and the carbon chain more negatively charged, as the chain is lengthened. Furthermore, the negative charge is localized at the two terminal C triple bond C atoms, elongating this triple bond. Charge decomposition analyses show no significant d-pi* backbonding. The HOMOs of PtCxPt can be viewed as antibonding combinations of the highest occupied pi orbital of the sp-carbon chain and filled in-plane platinum d orbitals. The platinum character is roughly proportional to the Pt/Cx/Pt composition (e.g., x = 4, 31 %; x = 20, 6 %). The HOMO and LUMO energies monotonically decrease with chain length, the latter somewhat more rapidly so that the HOMO-LUMO gap also decreases. In contrast, the HOMO energies of HCxH increase with chain length; the origin of this dichotomy is analyzed. The electronic spectra of PtC4Pt to PtC10Pt are simulated. These consist of two pi-pi* bands that redshift with increasing chain length and are closely paralleled by real systems. A finite HOMO-LUMO gap is predicted for PtCinfinityPt. The structures of PtCxPt are not strictly linear (average bond angles 179.7 degrees -178.8 degrees ), and the carbon chains give low-frequency fundamental vibrations (x = 4, 146 cm(-1); x = 26, 4 cm(-1)). When the bond angles in PtC12Pt are constrained to 174 degrees in a bow conformation, similar to a crystal structure, the energy increase is only 2 kcal mol(-1). The above conclusions should extrapolate to (C triple bond C)(n) systems with other metal endgroups.     

Vibrational and electronic properties of polyaza chain molecules and their metal complexes

The polyaza chain molecules exhibit a quasi planar backbone with all-trans geometry. The chelation of several metallic ions such as copper (II) and zinc (II) constrains different conformations of the chain molecules. The vibrational and electronic properties are typical of the conformation of the polyaza backbone as well as the spin spin exchange between the metallic ions through the azine bonds.     

内掺三金属氮化物富勒烯Er3N@C80的几何结构与电子性质理论研究

采用密度泛函理论中的广义梯度近似对Ih-Er3N@C80的几何结构和电子性质进行理论研究. 结构优化发现当Er3N的三个Er原子偏离Ih-C80中五边形和六边形公共边中点时形成的结构最稳定. Er—C和Er—N键是离子键. 能级分析可知: 掺入Er3N后, 碳笼的稳定性提高. 局部态密度图和自旋聚居数分析表明: Er3N的掺入使Ih-C80磁性变大, 而Er3N仍然具有一定的磁性. 垂直电离能和垂直亲和能分析表明: 掺入Er3N后, 碳笼的得失电子能力都有所降低.     

Effects of ethynyl substituents on the electronic structure of cyclobutadiene

The effects of ethynyl substitution on the electronic structure of cyclobutadiene are investigated in this work. Ethynyl substituted cyclobutadienes may be involved in Bergman cyclization reactions and are possible intermediates in the formation of fullerenes and graphitic sheets. Prediction of the electronic structure of cyclobutadiene is challenging for single-reference ab initio methods because of Jahn-Teller distortions and the diradical character of the singlet state. The equation-of-motion spin-flip coupled-cluster with single and double excitations (EOM-SF-CCSD) method accurately describes diradical states and is used to determine vertical and adiabatic singlet-triplet energy splittings in the substituted cyclobutadienes. The adiabatic singlet-triplet gaps decrease upon substituent addition, but the singlet states remain lower in energy. However, the results are affected by spin-contamination of the reference state and deteriorate when an unrestricted HF reference is employed. Additional insights in the electronic structure of cyclobutadienes are obtained by analyzing natural charges and spin densities. The substituents pull the charge out of the cyclobutadiene ring; however, the natural charges and spin densities are found to be nearly independent of the geometry and spin state.     

导电聚吡咯膜电极的现场电化学-ESR研究

本文报导聚吡咯(PP)膜电极在水溶液中的电化学─ESR行为, 定性地探讨了电位,电量对PP膜中极化学形成与转化过程的影响, 并在PP膜/溶液界面存在电化学反应的情形下, 考察了PP膜中可能的电荷传输机理。     

C=C π Bond Modified Graphitic Carbon Nitride Films for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Cell Performance

Applications of graphitic carbon nitride (g‐CN) in photoelectrochemical and optoelectronic devices are still hindered due to the difficulties in synthesis of g‐CN films with tunable chemical, physical and catalytic properties. Herein we present a general method to alter the electronic and photoelectrochemical properties of g‐CN films by annealing. We found that N atoms can be removed from the g‐CN networks after annealing treatment. Assisted by theoretical calculations, we confirm that upon appropriate N removal, the adjacent C atoms will form new C=C π bonds. Detailed calculations demonstrate that the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) are located at the structure unit with C=C π bonds and the electrons are more delocalized. Valence band X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy spectra together with optical absorption spectra unveil that the structure changes result in the alteration of the g‐CN energy levels and position of band edges. Our results show that the photocurrent density of the annealed g‐CN film is doubled compared with the pristine one, thanks to the better charge separation and transport within the film induced by the new C=C π bonds. An ultrathin TiO₂ film (2.2 nm) is further deposited on the g‐CN film as stabilizer and the photocurrent density is kept at 0.05 mA cm⁻² at 1.23 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode after two‐cycle stability assessment. This work enables the applications of g‐CN films in many electronic and optoelectronic devices.     

The effects of substituents and solvents on the ground-state π-electronic structure and electronic absorption spectra of a series of model merocyanine dyes and their theoretical interpretation

Two series of new merocyanine dyes have been synthesised and the dependence of their electronic structure on substituents and solvents has been studied by NMR spectroscopy, by using both the NMR (13)C chemical shifts between adjacent C atoms in the polymethine chain and the (3)J(H,H) coupling constants for trans-vicinal protons. The widely used valence bond (VB) model based on two contributing structures cannot account theoretically for the observed alternating π-electron density in the polymethine chain. In addition, the prediction of zero-π-bond order alternation (or zero-bond length alternation) by this model is also incorrect. However, the results are consistent with the predictions of a qualitative VB model which considers the resonance of a positive charge throughout the whole polymethine chain. Based on this model and the Franck-Condon principle the effect of substituents and solvents on the fine structure of the electronic spectra of these dyes can be explained as vibronic transitions from the vibrational state v = 0 to v', where v is the vibrational quantum number of the totally symmetric C=C valence vibration of the polymethine chain in the electronic ground state and v' is that in the electronic excited state. In contrast, neither the effects of substituents or solvents on the electronic structure of merocyanines and their electronic spectra can be accounted for by the simple two state VB model.