C–H…N hydrogen bonding in an overlayer of s-triazine physisorbed on a graphite surface

The structure of a crystalline monolayer of 1,3,5-triazine has been characterised using X-ray diffraction. The monolayer is found to exhibit a hexagonal unit cell with a lattice parameter of 6.161(5)?Å, indicating the formation of C–H…N hydrogen bonds. DFT simulations have been performed exhibiting close agreement with the experimental structure. By comparing the strength of the intermolecular interactions both with and in the absence of Van der Waals corrections, it is possible to estimate an interaction strength for the weak C–H…N hydrogen bonds.     

Spin–spin coupling constants in linear substituted HCN clusters

The indirect nuclear spin–spin coupling constants of homogeneous hydrogen-bonded HCN clusters are compared with those of inhomogeneous HCN clusters where one of the terminal HCN molecules is substituted by its isomer HNC and by LiCN. Both the intra- and intermolecular (across the hydrogen bond) coupling constants are calculated for the linear form of the clusters containing up to three molecular monomers using different hybrid DFT functionals. The geometry of the monomers and clusters is optimised at the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level. The effect of substitution by the ionic compound LiCN on the coupling constants of HCN is found to be more pronounced than that by HNC. The Ramsey parameters that form the total spin–spin coupling constants are also analysed individually. Among the four Ramsey parameters, the Fermi Contact term is found to be the dominant contributor to the total coupling constants in most cases. The presence of LiCN in the cluster tends to decrease the intramolecular Fermi Contact values, while HNC increases the same in all dimers and trimers. The contributions of localised molecular orbitals have been analysed for the HCN–HNC cluster to obtain some additional insight about the SSCC transmission mechanism along the coupling pathway.     

(C6H5R)Mo (CO)3复合体系结构的密度泛函研究

用量子化学DFT-B3LYP方法在IANL2DZ基组水平上对标题复合物体系的可能构型进行了自由优化,在此基础上进行了频率分析,得到了复合物的电子结构和红外光谱.原子净电荷、前沿轨道能量都表明,Mo(CO)3和C6H5R结合时电子从苯环向Mo转移,形成电荷转移复合物.复合物的键长、Wiberg键级表明,它们之间的结合方式和氢键的结合方式相似,且属强氢键.复合物的红外特征振动频率位于212cm-1～224 cm-1,对应于Mo(CO)3的金属垂直于C6H5R中的苯环平面的来回振动,同时形成复合物后,原来位于3200 cm-1左右的峰活性消失.     

Cooperativity between the hydrogen bonding and halogen bonding in F3CX ··· NCH(CNH) ··· NCH(CNH) complexes (X=Cl,Br)

MP2 calculations with the cc-pVTZ basis set were used to analyse the intermolecular interactions in F₃CX?···?NCH(CNH)?···?NCH(CNH) triads (X=Cl, Br), which are connected via hydrogen and halogen bonds. Molecular geometries, binding energies, and infrared spectra of the dyads and triads were investigated at the MP2/cc-pVTZ computational level. Particular attention was given to parameters such as the cooperative energies, cooperative dipole moments, and many-body interaction energies. All studied complexes, with the simultaneous presence of a halogen bond and a hydrogen bond, show cooperativity with energy values ranging between ?1.32 and ?2.88?kJ?mol^?1. The electronic properties of the complexes were analysed using the Molecular Electrostatic Potential (MEP), electron density shift maps and the parameters derived from the Atoms in Molecules (AIM) methodology.     

First-principles study of the mechanisms of the pressure-induced dielectric anomalies in ferroelectric perovskites

The pressure-induced giant dielectric anomaly at 0 K of ABO₃ perovskites is investigated at the Hartree-Fock, density-functional theory and hybrid levels. Its mechanism is analyzed in terms of thermodynamic phase stability, structural and phonon contributions and Born effective charges. It is shown that the IR-active soft phonon is responsible for the anomaly. This mode always involves a displacement and a deformation of the oxygen octahedra, while the roles of A and B ions vary among the materials and between high- and low-pressure phase transitions. A sharp increase in the phonon amplitude near the phase transition gives rise to the dielectric anomaly. The use of hybrid functionals is required for agreement with experimental data. The calculations show that the dielectric anomaly in the pressure-induced phase transitions of these perovskites is a property of the bulk material.     

电场诱导(MgO)12储氢的从头计算研究

管状(MgO)₁₂是(MgO)_n的幻数团簇, 非常稳定. 为研究电场对其储氢性能的影响, 本文在B3LYP/6-31G^**水平上研究了电场中H₂在(MgO)₁₂管状结构上的吸附性质. 结果表明 (MgO)₁₂能承受强电场而保持管状结构并被极化, 其偶极矩增大为场强0.01 a.u. 和0.02 a.u.时的9.21和19.39 deb (1 deb=3.33564×10^-30C·m). H₂能稳定吸附在单个Mg/O原子上. 无电场时H₂在Mg上为侧位吸附, 而在O上为端位吸附; 电场中, H₂在Mg和O上均为端位吸附, 且其分子取向沿外电场方向. 由于(MgO)₁₂ 及H₂均被电场极化, 因此H₂在(MgO)₁₂部分位置上的吸附强度显著提高. H₂在3配位的Mg/O上的吸附能由无电场时0.08/0.06 eV分别提高到场强为0.01 a.u.和0.02 a.u.时的0.12/0.11 eV 和0.20/0.26 eV. 电子结构分析表明H₂吸附在Mg原子上时, 向团簇转移电荷, 电场极化效应是其吸附能较无电场时增大的主要原因. 吸附在O原子上时, 一方面由于O阴离子极化效应更强; 另一方面, H₂从(MgO)₁₂得到电荷, 其价轨道与团簇价轨道重叠形成化学键, 因此电场效应更显著. 电场中(MgO)₁₂最多能吸附16个H₂, 相应的质量密度为6.25 wt%.     

π-Electron Densities in Molecules ΦCHX1X2 and Correlation with the Intensity of the 00 Band of the Secondary Transition

In molecules such as ΦX₁X₂X₃the intensity of the secondary transition of the benzene chromophore, strongly depends on long range interactions involving a σ·π coupling between orbitals belonging to the C_α-X bonds, and the πΦ system. Such a coupling distorts the symmetry of the π_Φ system(1–5). The secondary transition (towards 260 nm) which is forbidden when the symmetry is D_6h - as in the benzene molecule itself where only the low intensity progression A isobserved - becomes all the more allowed as the substituent is able to distort the πΦ cloud towards a C_2V symmetry. A new progression called B is observed. Its intensity is usually evaluated by the measure of its 00 band. The distorsion of symmetry arises because of the π donating or π withdrawing electronic effects of the substituent(1–7). These phenomena have been explained on the ground of a V shaped function(l) : ε₀₀ = f(σ), where σ is a parameter linked to the electronic effects of the substituents. When the whole substituent is a π donating one, its π donating effect is lowered by an increase of the electron attracting power of the groups X : the perturbation of the D_6h symmetry is lessened and ε₀₀ decreases. On the contrary, when the whole substituent is a π withdrawing one, an increase of the withdrawing power of the groups X increases the withdrawing power of the whole substituent, the distorsion of the D6h symmetry increases and ε₀₀ increases too. The minimum of the V shaped curve correspond to the species for which the π donating tendency of the aliphatic part of the substituent is quenched by the electron withdrawing tendency of the groups X. The D_6h symmetry of the πΦ cloud is restored. The transition is forbidden and the system A only is observed.