Cooperative and Diminutive Interplay Between Lithium and Dihydrogen Bonding in F3YLi…︁NCH…︁HMH and F3YLi…︁HMH…︁HCN Triads (Y=C,Si; M=Be,Mg)

The F₃YLi…NCH…HMH and F₃YLi…HMH…HCN triads (Y=C, Si; M=Be, and Mg) are connected by lithium and dihydrogen bonds. To understand the properties of the systems better, the corresponding dyads are also studied. Molecular geometries, binding energies, infrared spectra and NMR properties of monomers, dyads, and triads are investigated at the MP2/6‐311++G** computational level. Particular attention is paid to parameters, such as cooperative energies, and many‐body interaction energies. Triads with the HMH molecule located at the end of the chain, show energetic cooperativity ranging between ?3.66 to ?7.59 kJ mol^‐1. When the HMH molecule is located in the middle, the obtained cluster is diminutive with an energetic effect between 3.49 to 5.17 kJ mol^‐1. The electronic properties of the complexes are analyzed using parameters derived from the atoms in molecules (AIM) methodology.     

Chemically accurate thermochemistry of cadmium: An ab initio study of Cd + XY (X = H, O, Cl, Br; Y = Cl, Br)

Using a composite coupled cluster method employing sequences of correlation consistent basis sets for complete basis set (CBS) extrapolations and with explicit treatment of core-valence correlation and scalar and spin-orbit relativistic effects, the 0 K enthalpies of a wide range of cadmium-halide reactions, namely, Cd + (HCl, HBr, ClO, BrO, Cl2, BrCl, Br2) have been determined to an estimated accuracy of +/-1 kcal/mol. In addition, accurate equilibrium geometries, harmonic frequencies, and dissociation energies have been calculated at the same level of theory for all the diatomic (e.g., CdH, CdO, CdCl, CdBr) and triatomic (CdHCl, CdHBr, CdClO, CdBrO, CdCl2, CdBrCl, CdBr2) species involved in these reactions, some for the very first time. Like their mercury analogues, all of the abstraction reactions are predicted to be endothermic, while the insertion reactions are strongly exothermic with the formation of stable linear, Cd-centric complexes. With the exception of CdH and the reactions involving this species, the present results for the remaining Cd-containing systems are believed to be the most accurate to date.     

An MP2 study on pre-reactive complexes (CH_2)_2O … XY (X,Y = H,F,Cl,Br,I)

The structures, energies, atomic chaiges and IR spectra of complexes (CH2)2O…XY (X, Y = H, F, Cl, Br, and I) have been examined by means of ab initio molecular orbital theory at the second-order level of Moller-Plesset perturbation correction. It is found that the hydrogen bond O…H-X is non-linear. The attraction between X and the H atoms in oxirane ring causes O…H-X bond bending. The hydrogen bond slighdy weakens the bond strength of C-O, and leads the bending and stretching mode of IR to shift to the red. The calculation results show that there is no evidence of a significant extent of proton transfer to give (CH2)2OH …X- in the isolated complexes.     

Gyroscopic tensor ab initio calculation of the molecular crystals: (Mo6X14)2−Y−(TTF+)3 (X=Br,Cl and Y=Br,Cl, I)

The aim of this study is the determination of the g tensor of the tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) molecule involved in chlorine and bromine radical–ion salts. This work is based on ab initio calculations using several basis sets which enabled us to compare theoretical and experimental measurement data. The results show clearly the impact of the structural distortions on the g gyroscopic matrix elements and proves the important fact that even a small variation of the crystallographic parameters has major consequences on the physical–chemical properties. © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2002     

HX · MX3 molecules: heterodimer vapour ph ase complexes (M = B, Al; X = F, Cl) with halogen bridges An ab initio molecular orbital study

The equilibrium structures of HX · MX₃ vapour phase complexes are examined at the Hartree-Fock level using the DZP basis set. The complexes are found to be weak electron pair donor-acceptor adducts with long and weak intermolecular halogen bridges and with the hydrogens interacting with one of the halogen atoms of MX₃ in a cyclic arrangement. The energies of complex formation are calculated with and without correction for the basis set superposition error.     

The nuclear-spin-rotation constants of HCY, HSiY, and SiY(2) (Y=F, Cl): an ab initio study

The nuclear-spin-rotation constants of fluoro- (HCF) and chloro- (HCCl) carbene, of the corresponding silylenes (HSiF and HSiCl), and of difluoro- and dichlorosilylene (SiF(2) and SiCl(2)) are quantum-chemically investigated employing the coupled-cluster singles and doubles model augmented by a perturbative treatment of triple excitations together with various sequences of correlation-consistent basis sets. Theoretical best estimates are obtained through consideration of corrections for core correlation and of zero-point vibrational contributions. In addition, nuclear quadrupole coupling constants for the chlorine containing species are determined. A thorough comparison with experiment is made.     

BX4- and AlX4- superhalogen anions (X = F, Cl, Br): an ab initio study

The vertical electron detachment energies (VDEs) of 30 MX 4 (-) (M = B, Al; X = F, Cl, Br) anions were calculated at the OVGF level with the 6-311+G(3df) basis sets. The largest vertical electron binding energy was found for the AlF 4 (-) system (9.789 eV). The strong VDE dependence on the symmetry of the species, ligand type, ligand-central atom distance, and bonding/nonbonding/antibonding character of the highest occupied molecular orbital was observed and discussed.     

The structure, properties, and nature of HArF-HOX (X = F, Cl, Br) complex: an ab initio study and an unusual short hydrogen bond

The structure and properties (geometric, energetic, electronic, spectroscopic, and thermodynamic properties) of HArF‐HOX (X = F, Cl, Br) complex have been investigated at the MP2/aug‐cc‐pVTZ level. Three types of complexes are formed through a hydrogen bond or a halogen bond. The HArF‐HOX complex is the most stable, followed by the FArH‐OHX complex, and the HArF‐XOH complex is the most unstable. The binding distance in FArH‐OHX complex is very short (1.1–1.7 Å) and is smaller than that in HArF‐HOX complex. However, the interaction strength in the former is weaker than that in the latter. Thus, an unusual short hydrogen bond is present in FArH‐OHX complex. The associated H‐Ar bond exhibits a red shift, whereas the distant one gives a blue shift. A similar result is also found for the O? H and O? X bonds. The isotropic chemical shift is negative for the associated hydrogen atom but is positive for the associated halogen atom. However, a reverse result is found for the anisotropic chemical shift. The analyses of natural bond orbital and atoms in molecules have been performed for these complexes to understand the nature and properties of hydrogen and halogen bonds. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comput Chem, 2011     

An ab initio study of halogen—olefin molecular complexes

A systematic computational study, using the 3–21G basis set, of the F₂/CH₂H₄ system shows that several molecular complex configurations can exist and that the axial-perpendicular type is not the most stable. Full geometry optimization results for F₂/C₂H₄ and Cl₂/C₂H₄ in axial-perpendicular configurations are reported and shown to be improvements over previous calculations.     

Spin-orbit density functional and ab initio study of HgX(n) (X=F, Cl, Br, and I; n=1, 2, and 4)

Quantum chemical calculations of HgX(n) (X=F, Cl, Br, and I; n=1, 2, and 4) in the gas phase are performed using the density functional theory (DFT), two-component spin-orbit (SO) DFT, and high-level ab initio method with relativistic effective core potentials (RECPs). Molecular geometries, vibrational frequencies, and various thermochemical energies are calculated and compared with available experimental results. We assess the performances of DFT functionals for calculating various molecular properties. The PBE0 functional is generally reasonable for the molecular geometries and the vibrational frequencies, but the M06 functional is more appropriate for estimating thermochemical energies. Both shape-consistent and energy-consistent RECPs correctly describe the SO effect.     

Resonant two-photon ionization and ab initio conformational analysis of haloethyl benzenes (PhCH(2)CH(2)X,X=Cl,F)

The S(1) <-- S(0) transitions of the gaseous (2-fluoroethyl)-benzene (FEB) and (2-chloroethyl)-benzene (CEB) have been investigated using a combination of two-color resonant two-photon ionization and UV-UV hole burning spectroscopy. Both anti and gauche conformers have been identified on the basis of rotational band contour analysis supported by ab initio calculations on the ground and electronically excited states. The gauche origin band of FEB at 37,673 cm(-1) is redshifted 50 cm(-1) relative to the corresponding anti origin, while CEB origin bands overlap at 37,646 cm(-1). Relative conformational stability and populations in the jet have been estimated for both molecules, based on the intensity ratio of S(1) <-- S(0) band origin transitions. These are compared with a range of related molecules with the structural motif PhCH(2)CH(2)X (X=CH(3),CH(2)CH(3),NH(2),OH,COOH,CCH,CN). Theory and experimental results for FEB and CEB show repulsive interactions between the halogen substituents and the pi cloud of the phenyl rings destabilizing the gauche conformers, but the preference for the anti conformers is relatively modest. The gauche conformer origins show very different hybrid character: FEB is largely b type, while CEB is an ac hybrid in keeping with theoretically computed TM "rotations" (theta(elec)) of -7 degrees and -56 degrees , respectively. This difference is attributed largely to rotation of the side chain in opposite directions about the C(1)C(alpha) bond. Spectra of FEB(H(2)O) and CEB(H(2)O) single water clusters show evidence of an anti conformation in the host molecule.     

Conformational preferences of XONO2 systems (X = H,F, Cl,CH3) from ab initio techniques

Ab initio SCF and MP2 methods have been used to calculate the geometries and relative energies of both planar and nonplanar rotamers of several nitrates with a DZP basis set. The planar arrangement of atoms is found to be the lower energy configuration in all cases. The interconversion between rotamers is analyzed by partitioning the contributions to the total SCF energy in a variety of ways.     

亚烷基卡宾XYC=C:(X,Y=C1, H,Me, F)的1,2-重排反应的从头算研究

本文用RHF/STO-3G解析梯度方法研究了亚烷基卡宾XYC=C:(X, Y=Cl, H, Me和F)的重排反应, 给出了平衡态与过渡态构型. 对该组体系的计算发现: 基团的迁移活性顺序为Cl>H>Me>F; 迁移性小的基团增大迁移基团的迁移活性; 取代基不同一般比取代基相同的卡宾稳定性低; 基团的迁移活性顺序与电负性顺序不一致; 中心原子与C=C双键夹角小的基团优先迁移.     

ChemInform Abstract: BX4‐ and AlX4‐ Superhalogen Anions (X: F,Cl, Br): An ab initio Study

ChemInform is a weekly Abstracting Service, delivering concise information at a glance that was extracted from about 200 leading journals. To access a ChemInform Abstract of an article which was published elsewhere, please select a “Full Text” option. The original article is trackable via the “References” option.     

GeH4与HX(X＝F,Cl,Br)间二氢键复合物的理论研究

对GeH4与HX形成的二氢键复合物的结构特征及本质进行了探讨.在MP2/6-311 ++G(3 d,3p)水平优化、频率验证得到复合物的分子结构,通过分子的几何参数及电子密度拓扑分析,确认GeH4与卤化氢已形成了二氢键复合物.MP2/6-311 ++ G(3d,3p)水平下进行BSSE校正后的结合能为3.281到4.5...     

Direct ab initio dynamics studies on the hydrogen-abstraction reactions of OH radicals with HOX (X = F, Cl, and Br)

The hydrogen abstract reactions of OH radicals with HOF (R1), HOCl (R2), and HOBr (R3) have been studied systematically by a dual-level direct-dynamics method. The geometries and frequencies of all the stationary points are optimized at the MP2/6-311+G(2d, 2p) level of theory. A hydrogen-bonded complex is located at the product channel for the OH + HOBr reaction. To improve the energetics information along the minimum energy path (MEP), single-point energy calculations are carried out at the CCSD(T)/6-311++G(3df, 3pd) level of theory. Interpolated single-point energy (ISPE) method is employed to correct the energy profiles for the three reactions. It is found that neither the barrier heights (DeltaE) nor the H-O bond dissociation energies [D(H-O)] exhibit any clear-cut linear correlations with the halogen electronegative. The decrease of DeltaE and D(H-O) for the three reactions are in order of HOF > HOBr > HOCl. Rate constants for each reaction are calculated by canonical variational transition-state theory (CVT) with a small-curvature tunneling correction (SCT) within 200-2000 K. The agreement of the rate constants with available experimental values for reactions R2 and R3 at 298 K is good. Our results show that the variational effect is small while the tunneling correction has an important contribution in the calculation of rate constants in the low-temperature range. Due to the lack of the kinetic data of these reactions, the present theoretical results are expected to be useful and reasonable to estimate the dynamical properties of these reactions over a wide temperature range where no experimental value is available.     

MX3(-) superhalogens (M = Be, Mg, Ca; X = Cl, Br): a photoelectron spectroscopic and ab initio theoretical study

Gas-phase alkaline earth halide anions, MgX3(-) and CaX3(-) (X = Cl, Br), were produced using electrospray and investigated using photoelectron spectroscopy at 157 nm. Extremely high electron binding energies were observed for all species and their first vertical detachment energies were measured as 6.60 +/- 0.04 eV for MgCl3(-), 6.00 +/- 0.04 eV for MgBr3(-), 6.62 +/- 0.04 eV for CaCl3(-), and 6.10 +/- 0.04 eV for CaBr3(-). The high electron binding energies indicate these are very stable anions and they belong to a class of anions, called superhalogens. Theoretical calculations at several levels of theory were carried out on these species, as well as the analogous BeX3(-). Vertical detachment energy spectra were predicted to compare with the experimental observations, and good agreement was obtained for all species. The first adiabatic detachment energies were found to be substantially lower (by about 1 eV) than the corresponding vertical detachment energies for all the MX3(-) species, indicating extremely large geometry changes between MX3(-) and MX3. We found that all the MX3(-) anions possess D3h ((1)A1') structures and are extremely stable against dissociation into MX2 and X-. The corresponding neutral species MX3, however, were found to be only weakly bound with respect to dissociation toward MX2 + X. The global minimum structures of all the MX3 neutrals were found to be C2v ((2)B2), which can be described as (X2(-))(MX+) charge-transfer complexes, whereas the MX2...X (C2v, (2)B1) van der Waals complexes were shown to be low-lying isomers.     

CX_3NO(X=H,F,Cl)分子结构稳定性的Ab initio研究

CH_3NO(1)、CH_2FNO(2)、CHF_2NO(3)、CH_2ClNO(4)、CHCl_2NO(5)、CHCIFNO(6)、CF_3NO(7)和CCl_3NO(8)是一类重要的光化学分子,它们稳定性差、寿命短,实验研究其结构及稳定性较困难,仅CH_3NO、CF_3NO和CCl_3NO分子有理论研究,其余均未见报道,本文用ab initio方法在STO-3G水平上研究了上述分子结构稳定性,还用STO/     

Ab initio study of hydrated potassium halides KX(H2O)1-6 (X=F,Cl,Br,I)

The ionic dissociation of salts was examined with a theoretical study of KX (X=F,Cl,Br,I) hydrated by up to six water molecules KX(H2O)n (n=1-6). Calculations were done using the density functional theory and second order M?ller-Plesset (MP2) perturbational theory. To provide more conclusive results, single point energy calculations using the coupled cluster theory with single, double, and perturbative triple excitations were performed on the MP2 optimized geometries. The dissociation feature of the salts was examined in terms of K-X bond lengths and K-X stretch frequencies. In general, the successive incorporation of water molecules to the cluster lengthens the K-X distance, and consequently the corresponding frequency decreases. Near 0 K, the KX salt ion pairs can be partly separated by more than five water molecules. The pentahydrated KX salt is partly dissociated, though these partly dissociated structures are almost isoenergetic to the undissociated ones for KFKCl. For the hexahydrated complexes, KF is undissociated, KClKBr is partly dissociated, and KI is dissociated (though this dissociated structure is nearly isoenergetic to a partly dissociated one). On the other hand, at room temperature, the penta- and hexahydrated undissociated structures which have less hydrogen bonds are likely to be more stable than the partly dissociated ones because of the entropy effect. Therefore, the dissociation at room temperature could take place for higher clusters than the hexahydrated ones.