Experimental and quantum chemical calculational studies on 2-[(4-propylphenylimino)methyl]-4-nitrophenol

The Schiff base compound 2-[(4-propylphenylimino)methyl]-4-nitrophenol has been synthesized and characterized by IR, UV–Vis, and X-ray single-crystal determination. The molecular geometry from X-ray determination of the title compound in the ground state has been compared using the Hartree–Fock (HF) and density functional theory (DFT) with the 6-31G(d) basis set. The calculated results show that the DFT and HF can well reproduce the structure of the title compound. The energetic behaviour of the title compound in solvent media was examined using the B3LYP method with the 6-31G(d) basis set by applying the Onsager and the polarizable continuum model (PCM). The results obtained with these methods reveal that the PCM method provides a more stable structure than Onsager's method. Using the TD-DFT method, electronic absorption spectra of the title compound have been predicted and good agreement with the TD-DFT method and the experimental determination was found. The predicted nonlinear optical properties of the title compound are much greater than those of urea. In addition, DFT calculations of the molecular electrostatic potential and NBO analysis of the title compound were carried out at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) level of theory.     

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.     

Quantum-chemical calculations of the structure,vibrational spectra,and torsional and inversion potentials of methylcarbamate

We present results of ab initio and DFT calculations of the structure, potential functions of the methyl group internal rotation and the amino group inversion, and vibrational frequencies and intensities in IR and Raman spectra of methylcarbamate. The calculations were carried out using different basis sets in the HF, MP2, and DFT/B3LYP approximations. The influence of both the basis set size and the allowance for electronic correlation on peculiarities of the structure of the amino group in methylcarbamate has been analyzed. It is shown that the B3LYP/6-311++G(2d, p) and B3LYP/cc-pVDZ calculations reproduce highly accurately experimental geometric parameters of methylcarbamate. Parameters of torsional and inversion potentials and characteristics of vibrational spectra calculated in different approximations show satisfactory agreement with experimental values. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 76, No. 3, pp. 349–357, May–June, 2009.     

Scaled DFT Force Constants and Vibrational Spectrum of Cyclopropylamine

Abstract

The molecular structure and harmonic vibrational frequencies of cyclopropylamine have been calculated using the B3LYP density functional method with the 6‐31G(2d,2p) basis set. The scaled DFT force field gives very good reproduction of the experimental vibrational frequencies. Several of the vibrational fundamental modes assigned previously are reassigned on the basis of the B3LYP/6‐31G(2d,2p) method and the scaled force field calculations. The optimized scaling factors were used to scale the B3LYP/6‐31G(2d,2p) force field of cyclopropane and cyclopropylamine (–ND₂) molecules.     

Calculations of <Superscript>31</Superscript>P Magnetic Shielding Constants of Derivatives of Betaine and Phosphine Molecules Dissolved in Different Solvents by Using Supermolecular Model and Combined Methods of Quantum Chemistry and Molecular Mechanics

Spatial structures of molecular clusters modeling a solvate shell around phosphorus-containing methyl- and butyl-derivatives of phosphine and betaine molecules dissolved in different solvents (acetone, toluene, formamide) have been calculated by using different variants of density functional theory (unrestricted Becke three-parameter Lee–Yang–Parr [UB3LYP], Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof [PBE], optimized exchange functional [OPTX] developed by Handy and Cohen in conjunction with Lee–Yang–Parr [LYP] correlational functional [OLYP]) with 6-31G(d,p) and 6-31G++(d,p) basis sets. The ³¹P magnetic shielding constants for the structures are calculated with the usage of gauge-including atomic orbitals in UB3LYP/6-31G(d,p) and 6-31G++(d,p) methods. The modeling of molecular clusters is done by using the supermolecular model, the molecular mechanics method and the combination of quantum chemistry and molecular mechanics methods (QM/MM). The own N-layered integrated molecular orbital method (ONIOM) has been applied for modeling and calculating of isotropic ³¹P nucleus magnetic shielding of clusters of trimethylphosphine and trimethylbetaine molecules dissolved in acetone using combinations of UB3LYP/6-31G(d,p) (higher level) and unrestricted Hartree–Fock (UHF)/6-31G(d,p) (lower level) methods. Applicability of the ONIOM approach and different ways of modeling to the calculation of ³¹P nucleus magnetic shielding constants is studied. A comparison of the results obtained by the density functional theory, ONIOM and MM methods is given.     

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.     

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.     

FTIR spectroscopic and quantum-chemical studies on some tribromoindenes and their isomers

Combined experimental and computational studies on molecular structure of newly synthesised transtirans 1,2,3-tribromo-1,2,3-trihydro-¹H-benz[f]indene (TTTBI) were reported. Also, only computational studies were done for cis-trans-1,2,3-tribromo-1,2,3-trihydro-¹H-benz[f]indene (CTTBI) and cis-cis-1,2,3-tribromo-1,2,3-trihydro-¹H-benz[f]indene (CCTBI) in order to understand the vibrational spectra and molecular parameters of them. The geometry optimization and vibrational wave numbers of the title molecules were carried out with the Gaussian98 program package by using Hartree-Fock (HF) and Density Functional Theory (DFT) with B3LYP functional and 6–31G (d) basis set. All calculations were done for the title compounds in their ground states. Especially for CTTBI and CCTBI, which could not be synthesized yet, these kind of pre-calculations take an important role for their synthesis process. Also crystal structural parameters of TTTBI by single-crystal X-ray diffraction method was used as input for computational study of it. Observed and calculated vibrational wave numbers were compared. Because the use of benz[f]indene as a cyclopentadienyl ligand attracted much attention because an annulated benzo ring might increase both the stereocontrol and productivity of catalytic system, TTTBI and other computationally studied and modeled two molecules may play an important role of other types of compounds as a starting structures.     

Theoretical and Experimental NMR Study of a Series of Five Nitrobenzene-1,2-Diamines

¹H-, ¹³C-, and ¹⁵N-NMR studies of five nitrobenzene-1,2-diamines in solution and solid state have been achieved and the experimental chemical shifts and coupling constants agree with the theoretical values obtained at the B3LYP/6-311 + +G(dp) computational level using the geometries fully optimized with the hybrid HF/DFT B3LYP method and the 6-31G(d) basis set. The GIAO approximation has been used to calculate the absolute shieldings. The contribution of the substituents to the ¹⁵N chemical shifts of the amino groups could be quantified using a presence/absence matrix and a multiple regression.     

Synthesis,structure, spectroscopic (FT-IR) and density functional modelling studies of 1-[(4-ethoxyphenylimino)methyl]napthalene-2-ol

Synthesis, crystallographic characterisation, spectroscopic (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy [FT-IR]) and density functional modelling studies of the Schiff base 1-[(4-ethoxyphenylimino)methyl]napthalene-2-ol (C₁₉H₁₇NO₂) have been reported. The molecular structure obtained from X-ray single-crystal analysis of the investigated compound in the ground state has been compared using Hartree–Fock and density functional theory (DFT) with the 6-311++G(d,p) basis set. In addition to the optimised geometrical structures, atomic charges, molecular electrostatic potential, natural bond orbital, non-linear optical (NLO) effects and thermodynamic properties of the compound have been investigated by using DFT. The experimental (FT-IR) and calculated vibrational frequencies (using DFT) of the title compound have been compared. The solvent effect was also investigated for obtained molecular energies and the atomic charge distributions of the compound. There exists a good correlation between experimental and theoretical data for enol-imine form of the compound. The total molecular dipole moment (µ), linear polarisability (α), and the first-order hyperpolarisability (β) were predicted by the B3LYP method with different basis sets 6-31G(d), 6-31+G(d,p), 6-31++G(d,p), 6-311+G(d) 150 and 6-311++G(d,p) for investigating the effects of basis sets on the NLO properties. Our computational results yield that β_tot for the title compound is greater than those of urea.     

Anharmonic Analysis of the Vibrational States of Phenyldichlorarsine and Phenyldichlorphosphine

Using the DFT/B3LYP method with the basis set 6-31G*(**), we analyzed the vibrational spectra of the conformers phenyldichlorarsine and phenyldichlorphosphine in the anharmonic approximation. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 72, No. 4, pp. 557–559, July–August, 2005.     

S7环的振动光谱的理论研究

在从头算层次上采用自洽场ＨＦ方法与杂化的密度泛函Ｂ３ＬＹＰ方法以及基组３－２１＋Ｇ（ｄ）与６－３１＋Ｇ（ｄ）,优化了Ｓ７环ｃｈａｉｒ和ｂｏａｔ分子构型。接着在优化结构基础上,计算了Ｓ７环两种构型的振动光谱、简谐振动模式对称性和红外谱线相对强度。计算结果与实验数据进行了比较。     

Synthesis,spectroscopic properties and DFT study of (E)-1-[(3-(trifluoromethyl)phenylimino)methyl]naphthalen-2-olate

The Schiff base (E)-1-[(3-(trifluoromethyl)phenylimino)methyl]naphthalen-2-olate was synthesized from the reaction of 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde with 3-trifluoromethylaniline. The title compound has been characterized by FT-IR, UV-vis and X-ray single-crystal techniques. The present X-ray investigation shows that the compound exists in the zwitterionic form. Molecular geometry of the compound in the ground state have been calculated using the density functional method (DFT) with 6-31G(d,p) basis set and compared with the experimental data. The calculated results show that the optimized geometry can well reproduce the crystal structural parameters. By using TD-DFT method electronic absorption spectra of the compound have been predicted and a good agreement with the TD-DFT method and experimental one is determined. In addition DFT calculations of the compound, molecular electrostatic potential (MEP), frontier molecular orbital analysis (HOMO-LUMO) and non-linear optical (NLO) properties were performed at B3LYP/6-31G(d,p).     

Torsional barriers and nonlinear optical properties of 2-, 3-, 4-phenylpyridine molecules

The torsional barriers and nonlinear optical properties for all phenylpyridine molecules were calculated by using Hartree-Fock (HF) theory and Becke three-parameter functional (B3LYP) hybrid approaches within the density functional theory framework with the 6-31++G(d, p) basis set, and via the GAUSSIAN 98W. The torsional barrier computations show that dihedral angle between the two rings increases with the number of H-H vicinal interactions and torsional barriers with dihedral angles for 3-, 4-phenylpyridines are too similar for both HF and B3LYP level calculations. Also, HOMO-LUMO energy gaps, polarizabilities, anisotropy of polarizabilities, and static hyperpolarizabilities are calculated as a function of dihedral angle between benzene and pyridine rings. The study reveals that the phenylpyridines show very low nonlinear optical properties. The calculated torsional barrier, equilibrium dihedral angle and molecular dipole moment results for these molecules were compared with available experimental and other results determining from different computational methods.     

Role of electron correlation in the polydeprotonation of benzene to form trianions

Computations for anion, dianions, and trianions of benzene are carried out to study the role of electron correlation in the polydeprotonation of benzene leading to benzene trianions both in the singlet and triplet states. The computations, while assessing the use of polarization and diffuse functions, are performed with Møller–Plesset second‐order (MP2) perturbation theory and coupled‐cluster theory up to the level of CCSD(T)/6‐311++G(d,p)//MP2/6‐311++G(d,p), and with density functional theory (DFT) employing a hybrid, B3LYP, and a meta‐hybrid, M05‐2X, exchange‐correlation functionals with Gaussian basis set 6‐311++G(d,p) and correlation consistent basis set aug‐cc‐pVDZ. The deprotonation energies, including zero‐point energy correction, of benzene anion and dianions are found to be highly sensitive to the quantum mechanical method and the basis set used. The formation of dianions and trianions, where the anionic centers lie adjacent to each other, is observed with unusual behavior in the deprotonation energy and the geometrical parameters obtained from the different level of the theories. The two exchange‐correlation functionals compared show contrasting and unusual results for the trianionic species particularly for the triplet states, even if the diffuse functions are included in the basis set. Besides this, the ortho‐dianion and 1,3,5‐trianion are predicted to be ground‐state triplet at CCSD(T)/6‐311++G(d,p)//MP2/6‐311++G(d,p) and DFT/M05‐2X/6‐311++G(d,p) levels, whereas DFT/B3LYP/6‐311++G(d,p) predicts meta‐dianion and 1,2,3‐trianion to be ground‐state triplet where all the anionic centers lie adjacent to each other. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

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     

Density functional and experimental studies on the FT‐IR and FT‐Raman spectra and structure of benzoic acid and 3,5‐dichloro salicylic acid

FT‐IR and FT‐Raman spectra of benzoic acid (BA) and 3,5‐dichloro salicylic acid (SA) have been recorded in the regions of 4000–400 and 4000–50 cm⁻¹ respectively. The spectra were interpreted with the aid of normal coordinate analysis following the full structure optimizations and force field calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) using standard B3LYP6‐31G** method and basis set combinations. The DFT force field transformed to natural internal coordinates was corrected by a well‐established set of scale factors that were found to be transferable to the title compounds. The infrared and Raman spectra were also predicted from the calculated intensities. Comparison of the simulated spectra with the experimental spectra provides important information about the ability of the computational method to describe the vibrational modes. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Structure and vibrational analysis of 1‐hydroxy naphthalene based on density functional theory calculations

The solid phase mid‐FTIR and FT‐Raman spectra of 1‐hydroxy naphthalene (HNP) were recorded in the regions 4000–400 and 4000–50 cm, respectively. The spectra were interpreted with the help of normal coordinate analysis following full structure optimization and force field calculations based on the density functional theory (DFT) using the standard B3LYP/6‐31G** method and basis set combination. The results of the calculations were applied to simulate infrared and Raman spectra of the title compound which showed excellent agreement with the observed spectra. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Theoretical analysis on structural,spectroscopic, and electronic properties of some 2-aminobenzimidazole complexes by using PBE1PBE,B3LYP,and HF methods

The molecular geometry, vibrational frequencies, gauge including atomic orbital (GIAO) ¹H and ¹³C chemical shift values of ABZ-TNB [ABZ-TNB: 2-aminobenzimidazole-trinitrobenzene] and ABZ-PA [ABZ-PA: 2-aminobenzimidazole-picric acid] in the ground state were calculated by using density functionals (B3LYP and PBE1PBE) and Hartree-Fock (HF) methods with the 6–31 ++ G(d,p) basis set. Furthermore, the electronic spectrum of title complexes was calculated with the time dependent DFT levels (TD-PBE1PBE and TD-B3LYP) and HF (TD-HF) method starting from the ground state geometry optimized in the gas phase. A detailed assignment of vibrational spectra was made on the basis of the calculated potential energy distribution (PED). Total static dipole moment (μ), the mean polarizability (〈α〉), the anisotropy of the polarizability (Δα), the mean first-order hyperpolarizability (〈β〉), highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energies, chemical hardness (η) and electronegativity (χ) of ABZ-TNB and ABZ-PA complexes were also investigated with quantum chemical calculations. Additionally, data obtained from quantum chemical calculations were compared with the experimental ones.