Excited‐State Hydrogen Bonding Strengthening and Weakening with Intramolecular Charge Transfer in Resorufin‐Water Complexes: A TD‐DFT Study

The geometric structures, infrared spectra and hydrogen bond binding energies of the various hydrogen‐bonded Res^?‐water complexes in states S0 and S1 have been calculated using the density functional theory (DFT) and time‐dependent density functional theory (TD‐DFT) methods, respectively. Based on the changes of the hydrogen bond lengths and binding energies as well as the spectral shifts of the vibrational mode of the hydroxyl groups, it is demonstrated that hydrogen bonds HB‐II, HB‐III and HB‐IV are strengthened while hydrogen bond HB‐I is weakened in the four singly hydrogen‐bonded Res^?‐Water complexes upon photoexcitation. When the four hydrogen bonds are formed simultaneously between one resorufin anion and four water molecules in the Res^?‐4Water complex, all the hydrogen bonds are weakened in both the ground and excited states compared with those in the corresponding singly hydrogen‐bonded Res^?‐Water complexes. Furthermore, in complex Res^?‐4Water, hydrogen bonds HB‐II and HB‐IV are strengthened while hydrogen bonds HB‐I and HB‐III are weakened after the electronic excitation. The hydrogen bond strengthening and weakening in the various hydrogen‐bonded Res^?‐water complexes should be due to the redistribution of the charges among the four heteroatoms (O_1‐3 and N₁) within the resorufin molecule upon the optical excitation.     

Triangular Halogen Bond and Hydrogen Bond Supramolecular Complex Consisting of Carbon Tetrabromide,Halide, and Solvent Molecule： A Theoretical and Spectroscopic Study

The theoretical calculation and spectroscopic experiments indicate a kind of triangular three bonding supramolecular complexes CBr4…X^-…-H-C, which consist of carbon tetrabromide, halide, and protic solvent molecule （referring to dichloromethane, chloroform and acetonitrile）, can be formed in solution. The strength of halogen and hydrogen bonds in the triangular complexes using halide as common acceptor obeys the order of iodide〉bromide〉chloride. The halogen and hydrogen bonds work weak-cooperatively. Charge transfer bands of halogen bonding complexes between CBra and halide are observed in UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy in three solvents, and then the stoichiometry of 1：1, formation constants K and molar extinction coefficients ε of the halogen bonding complexes are obtained by Benesi-Hildebrand method. The K and ε show a dependence on the solvent dielectric constant and, on the whole, obey an order of iodide〉bromide〉chloride in the same solvents. Furthermore, the C-H vibrational frequencies of solvent molecules vary obviously with the addition of halide, which indicates the C-H…X- interaction. The experimental data indicate that the halogen bond and hydrogen bond coexist by sharing a common halide acceptor as predicted by calculation.     

A Theoretical Study of Correlation between Hydrogen‐Bond Stability and J‐Coupling through a Hydrogen Bond

trans‐Hydrogen‐bond hyperfine splitting via magnetic interaction, which is observed as J‐coupling in NMR experiments, was theoretically studied. trans‐Hydrogen‐bond hyperfine splitting should be closely related to the orbital interaction between the lone‐pair orbital of the H‐bond acceptor and the antibond orbital of the H‐bond donor. A linear relationship was observed between magnetic interaction hyperfine splitting through a H‐bond and the H‐bond strength. The relationship was dependent on the type of the nucleus forming the H‐bond; linear correlation was observed in N H⋅⋅⋅O/N type or O H⋅⋅⋅N type H‐bonded complexes, but not in O H⋅⋅⋅O type H‐bonded complexes.     

邻二氮杂苯-水复合物的氢键结构与性质

用密度泛函理论B3LYP方法和MP2方法对邻二氮杂苯-水复合物基态的氢键结构与相互作用能进行了理论计算,结果表明复合物之间存在较强的氢键N…H－O.在复合物中,水的H－O对称伸缩振动频率明显红移.同时,使用含时密度泛函理论方法计算了邻二氮杂苯单体及复合物的低占据1(n,π*) 和1(π,π*) 态的垂直激发能,计算结果与实验值吻合较好.     

Substituent Effects on the Blue—Shifting Hydrogen Bonds between X—C≡C—CF2—H and Water

MP2／6－31 g(d) calculations were performed verifying the existences of blue-shifting X-C≡C-CF2-H…OH2 hydrogen bonds.Detailed analyses revealed that the interaction energy and donor-acceptor distance had good correlations with the substituent Hammett constants.However,the extent of C-H bond contraction and the blue shift of the C-H stretching vibration did not show any good correlation with the traditional substituent constants,indicating that certain more complicated mechanisms might be involved in the present systems.Nevertheless,it was found that highly electron-with-drawing susbtituents were not favorable to the C-H bond contraction,and it was suggested that the attractive interaction between water and the carbon of -CF2H probably played an important role in the blue shift.     

Theoretical Study on Dihydrogen Bonds of NH3BH3 with Several Small Molecules

The dihydrogen bonds B-H...H-X （X= the complexes of NH3BH3 with HF, HCl, F, Cl, Br, C, O, N） in the dimer （NH3BH3）2 and HBr, H2CO, H20, and CH3OH were theoretically studied. The results show that formation of the dihydrogen bond leads to elongation and stretch frequency red shift of the BH and XH bonds, except that in the H2CO system, the CH bond blue shifts. For （NH3BH3）2 and the complexes of the halogenides, red shifts of the XH bonds are caused by the intermolecular hyperconjugation σ（BH）→σ^＊ （XH）. For the system of H2CO, a blue shift of the CH bond is caused by a decrease of the intramolecular hyperconjugation n（O→σ^＊ （CH）. In the other two systems, the red shift of OH bond is a secondary effect of the stronger traditional red-shifted H-bonds N-H... O. In all these systems, red shifts of the BH bonds are caused by two factors： negative repolarization and negative rehybridization of the BH bond, and decrease of occupancy on σ（BH） caused by the intermolecular hyperconjugation σ（BH）→σ^＊ （XH）.     

Time‐dependent Density Functional Theory Study on the Hydrogen‐bonded Dimers Formed by Gauche‐1PA and Trans‐1PA

Three hydrogen bonding complexes of the gauche‐1PA dimer (GG), trans‐1PA dimer (TT) and mixed dimer (GT) have been calculated for the geometry conformations and excited‐state energies. The electron distribution at the site of C‐O of H‐donor moiety in HOMO transfers to the direction of O‐H of H‐acceptor moiety in LUMO. The hydrogen bond between two 1PAs is the bridge of the intermolecular charge transfer. By the Zhao and Han's excited‐state hydrogen bonding dynamics rule, the first excited‐state hydrogen bonding change has been discussed without optimizing the excited‐state geometry conformations. According to the distinct difference between GT and GG (TT), we concluded that two gauche‐1PA monomers of one dimer are transformed at the same time to two trans‐1PA monomers.     

A Hydrogen‐Bonded Framework Complex without Lattice Solvents: Synthesis Reversible Crystal‐to‐Amorphous Transformation and Chromic Properties

Reaction of Ni(NO₃)₂·6H₂O with H₄BPTC (H₄BPTC = Biphenyl‐3,3′,4,4′‐tetracarboxylic acid) produced a 3D hydrogen‐bonded framework complex 1 , not containing lattice solvents, with empirical formula [Ni(H₂O)₆]·H₂BPTC. The complex exhibits an interesting reversible crystal‐to‐amorphous transformation property unaccompanied by lattice solvents release/loading and shows selective and reversible chromic response to methanol.     

2-羟基吡啶与水氢键作用的理论研究

本文采用量子化学的Hatree-Fock方法和密度泛函理论(DFT)的B3LYP方法,在6-31G(d)水平上,研究了2-羟基吡啶分子(Hy)及其酮式互变异构体2(1H)-吡啶酮(Py)与水的相互作用。考察它们之间在形成Hy…H2O,Py…H2O,Hy…Hy,Py…Py和Hy…Py等复合物前后的能量变化和分子结构参数变化特点。计算结果表明,在这些复合物中都形成了较强的氢键作用,在水合物中,Py与水形成复合物时能量降低较多,与实验结果一致。经过零点振动能(ZPVE)和基组叠加误差(BSSE)校正后的复合物离解能分别为38.3,40.8,73.0,82.7和71.1 kJ/mol(B3LYP/6-31G(d)),水合物的离解能远小于二聚体复合物,而酮式结构的二聚体的离解能最大。     

Theoretical Study on the Hydrogen Bonding Interactions in Complexes of 5‐Hydroxytryptamine with Water

The energies, geometries and harmonic vibrational frequencies of 1:1 5‐hydroxytryptamine‐water (5‐HT‐H₂O) complexes are studied at the MP2/6‐311++G(d,p) level. Natural bond orbital (NBO), quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) analyses and the localized molecular orbital energy decomposition analysis (LMO‐EDA) were performed to explore the nature of the hydrogen‐bonding interactions in these complexes. Various types of hydrogen bonds (H‐bonds) are formed in these 5‐HT‐H₂O complexes. The intermolecular C4H5^5‐HT···O^w H‐bond in HTW3 is strengthened due to the cooperativity, whereas no such cooperativity is found in the other 5‐HT‐H₂O complexes. H‐bond in which nitrogen atom of amino in 5‐HT acted as proton donors was stronger than other H‐bonds. Our researches show that the hydrogen bonding interaction plays a vital role on the relative stabilities of 5‐HT‐H₂O complexes.     

Isolation of a Hydrogen‐Bonded Complex Based on the Anthranol/Anthroxyl Pair: Formation of a Hydrogen‐Atom Self‐Exchange System

A hydrogen‐bonded complex was successfully isolated as crystals from the anthranol/anthroxyl pair in the self‐exchange proton‐coupled electron transfer (PCET) reaction. The anthroxyl radical was stabilized by the introduction of a 9‐anthryl group at the carbon atom at the 10‐position. The hydrogen‐bonded complex with anthranol self‐assembled by π–π stacking to form a one‐dimensional chain in the crystal. The conformation around the hydrogen bond was similar to that of the theoretically predicted PCET activated complex of the phenol/phenoxyl pair. X‐ray crystal analyses revealed the self‐exchange of a hydrogen atom via the hydrogen bond, indicating the activation of the self‐exchange PCET reaction between anthranol and anthroxyl. Magnetic measurements revealed that magnetic ordering inside the one‐dimensional chain caused the inactivation of the self‐exchange reaction.     

Synthesis and Theoretical Study of Intramolecular Hydrogen Bond at Two Possible Positions in Pyrazolo[1,2‐b]phthalazine

Properties of dimethyl 3‐(alkylamino)‐5,10‐dioxo‐5,10‐dihydro‐1H‐pyrazolo[1,2‐b]phthalazine‐1,2‐dicarboxylate and its derivatives were studied by means of ab initio method. NO₂ derivative of title compound was synthesized and the nature of its intramolecular hydrogen bond (HB) was investigated. Furthermore, the topological properties of the electron density distributions for N? H···O intramolecular bridges were analyzed in terms of the Bader theory of atoms in molecules (AIM). The electron density (ρ) and Laplacian (?²ρ) properties, estimated by AIM calculations, indicated that O···H bond possesses low ρ and positive ?²ρ values which are in agreement with electrostatic character of the HBs, whereas N? H bonds have covalent character (?²ρ<0). Moreover, steric effect of the t‐Bu group on structure and topological parameters of pyrazolo[1,2‐b]phthalazine conformers was studied. Finally, the powerful method of Espinosa was used to obtain the H‐bond energy.     

Blue‐shifted and red‐shifted hydrogen bonds: Theoretical study of the CH3CHO· · ·HNO complexes

The blue‐shifted and red‐shifted H‐bonds have been studied in complexes CH₃CHO…HNO. At the MP2/6‐31G(d), MP2/6‐31+G(d,p) MP2/6‐311++G(d,p), B3LYP/6‐31G(d), B3LYP/6‐31+G(d,p) and B3LYP/6‐311++G(d,p) levels, the geometric structures and vibrational frequencies of complexes CH₃CHO…HNO are calculated by both standard and CP‐corrected methods, respectively. Complex A exhibits simultaneously red‐shifted C? H…O and blue‐shifted N? H…O H‐bonds. Complex B possesses simultaneously two blue‐shifted H‐bonds: C? H…O and N? H…O. From NBO analysis, it becomes evident that the red‐shifted C? H…O H‐bond can be explained on the basis of the two opposite effects: hyperconjugation and rehybridization. The blue‐shifted C? H…O H‐bond is a result of conjunct C? H bond strengthening effects of the hyperconjugation and the rehybridization due to existence of the significant electron density redistribution effect. For the blue‐shifted N? H…O H‐bonds, the hyperconjugation is inhibited due to existence of the electron density redistribution effect. The large blue shift of the N? H stretching frequency is observed because the rehybridization dominates the hyperconjugation. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2006     

The Pi‐Nature of Methyl Obtained by the Natural Bond Orbital Method: Orbital‐Based Rationalizations of Site‐Dependent Substitution Effects on Fine Color‐Tuning of Luminescence

Both C‐H bonding and antibonding (σ_CH and σ*_CH) of a methyl group would contribute to the highest occupied or lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals (HOMO or LUMO) in methylated derivatives of Ir(ppz)₂ 3 iq (ppz = 1‐phenylpyrazole and 3iq = isoquinoline‐3‐carboxylate). This is found by analysis of HOMO (or LUMO) formed by linear combination of bond orbitals using the natural bond orbital (NBO) method. The elevated level of HOMO (or LUMO) uniformly found for each methylated derivative, indicating the σ_CH‐destabilization outweighs the σ*_CH‐stabilization. To broaden the HOMO‐LUMO gap, methylation at a carbon having smaller contribution to HOMO and/or larger contribution to LUMO is suggested.     

Specific Intermolecular Interactions in the Supramolecular Structure of 5‐Hydroxy‐6‐Methyluracil: A DFT Study of the Hydrogen‐bonded Dimers

Studying the self‐assembly of uracil derivatives has great importance for biochemistry and nanotechnology. For example, modification of the sorbent surfaces by 5‐hydroxy‐6‐methyluracil (HMU ) enhances their adsorption activity. It is assumed that these changes are caused by the self‐assembly of the network‐like supramolecular associates of the uracil derivative on the sorbent surface. In the present work, the relative stabilities of 15 hydrogen‐bonded dimers HMU have been studied by the TPSSh /TZVP density functional theory method and the strengths of the noncovalent interactions analyzed in terms of the reduced density gradient and natural bond orbital approaches. It was found that the symmetric dimer stabilized by two intermolecular hydrogen bonds N1 –H∙∙∙O–C2 (dimer 1‐1) is the most stable. This suggests that the self‐assembly of HMU should occur through the intermediate formation of the dimer 1‐1. The results may be useful for understanding the processes of self‐assembly of the uracil derivatives and the rationalized design of the uracil‐based supramolecular structures with specific properties.