Scaled Quantum Chemical Studies of the Molecular Structure and Vibrational Spectra of Minoxidil

The Fourier transform Raman and Fourier transform infrared spectra for minoxidil have been recorded in the region 4000—100 cm^?1 and 4000—450 cm^?1, respectively. The structural and spectroscopy data of the molecule in the ground state were calculated by using density functional theory methods with 6-311G (d, p) basis set. A detailed vibrational analysis of the title compound has been done using normal coordinate analysis following the scaled quantum mechanical force field methodology. The calculated molecular geometry parameters and scaled vibrational wavenumbers are well compared with the experimental data. The electronic properties, such as excitation energies, absorption wavelength, highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO), and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energies were performed by time-dependent density functional theory approach, and the results are in good agreement with experimental absorption spectrum. The charge delocalizations of these molecules have been analyzed using natural bond orbital analysis. The molecule orbital contributions are studied by density of energy states. Fukui functions, local softness, and electrophilicity indices for selected atomic sites of the title compound are determined. Finally, the thermal behaviors of the compound have been calculated by different temperature.     

Quantum Chemical and Corrosion Inhibition Studies of (4-Chlorophenyl)-N-(4-Methylphenyl) Nitrone

The compound (4-chlorophenyl)-N-(4-methylphenyl) nitrone (4CPNMPN) has been selected as one of the new nitrone derivative for our study. The molecular structure of the compound was investigated based on frontier orbital analysis and natural bond orbital (NBO) theory. The present work also focuses on the inhibition efficiency of the compound. It is an attempt to find the correlation between the molecular structure of the compound and possible behaviour like corrosion inhibitors. The NBO analysis and the values of electric dipole moment (μ) of the investigated molecule were computed using DFT calculations. The molecule orbital contributions were studied by using the total (TDOS) density of states. The strong evidences that the compound can be used as an efficient nonlinear optical (NLO) of 4CPNMPN were demonstrated by considerable polarizability and hyperpolarizability values obtained at DFT levels.     

苯乙烯与苯酚反应的前线轨道理论分析

采用密度泛函理论的M062X方法和6-311G(d,p)基组,对苯乙烯与苯酚的反应进行了分子轨道理论计算。通过讨论反应过程中各分子的最高占据轨道(HOMO)和最低空轨道(LUMO),预测了化学反应的方向和相应的反应产物。经过前线轨道理论分析,得出苯乙烯与苯酚反应的关键步骤是形成苯乙烯基碳正离子,反应中H+起到催化作用;反应产物主要有4-(1-苯基乙基)苯酚、2-(1-苯基乙基)苯酚、2,4-双-(1-苯基乙基)苯酚分子、2,4,6-三-(1-苯基乙基)苯酚(SP-3)、1,3-二苯基丁烯和4-(1,2-二苯丙基)苯酚。     

苯乙烯与苯酚反应的前线轨道理论分析

采用密度泛函理论的M062X方法和6-311G(d,p)基组,对苯乙烯与苯酚的反应进行了分子轨道理论计算.通过讨论反应过程中各分子的最高占据轨道(HOMO)和最低空轨道(LUMO),预测了化学反应的方向和相应的反应产物.经过前线轨道理论分析,得出苯乙烯与苯酚反应的关键步骤是形成苯乙烯基碳正离子,反应中H+起到催化作用;反应产物主要有4-(1-苯基乙基)苯酚、2-(1-苯基乙基)苯酚、2,4-双-(1-苯基乙基)苯酚、2,4,6-三-(1-苯基乙基)苯酚(SP-3)、1,3-二苯基丁烯和4-(1,2-二苯丙基)苯酚.     

二苯二硫和二苄二硫润滑性能的量子化学研究

用Gaussian03W程序在B3LYP/631G和HF/631G水平上对二苯二硫(DPDS)和二苄二硫(DBDS)的分子几何构型、电子结构、分子轨道指数及与铁原子簇的相互作用等进行了理论计算.用前线分子轨道理论分析了反应的活性原子和活性键,讨论了DPDS和DBDS与铁原子的作用方式,用前线电子密度,超离域性指数,原子净电荷及化合物与铁原子簇的化学吸附作用能等参数作为判据分析了DPDS和DBDS与铁原子间键合的强弱,反应性的大小.计算结果表明DPDS和DBDS与铁接触时,趋向于S-S键与C-S键断裂,在较为缓和的摩擦条件下,DPDS的抗磨作用优于DBDS,在较为苛刻的摩擦条件下,DBDS的极压作用优于DPDS,与摩擦学试验结果一致.     

Theoretical study of the charge transfer in supported transition metal microclusters

The validity of the local charge neutrality approximation within the tight-binding method has been benchmarked against the global charge neutrality approximation. Calculations have been performed for Fe microclusters supported on the Ni(001) surface using a self-consistent spd tight-binding method parametrised to ab initio tight-binding linear muffin-tin orbital results. In order to enhance the effect of the hybridisation between both elements, we have considered an artificial strong interfacial relaxation of the geometries which were predicted by means of molecular dynamics calculations. Our results confirm the validity of the local charge neutrality approximation when a careful parametrisation is used and appropriate values for the charge in each site are elected.     

Visualization of deficiencies in approximate molecular wave functions: the orbital amplitude difference function for the matrix Hartree-Fock description of the ground state of the boron fluoride molecule

The orbital amplitude difference function is used to assess the quality of Hartree–Fock orbitals obtained by invoking the algebraic approximation for the BF ground-state. Systematic sequences of even-tempered, spherical-harmonic Gaussian-type basis functions are used to generate orbitals for which the corresponding total Hartree–Fock energy approaches the 1 μE _h level of accuracy. Exact orbitals are obtained from finite difference calculations using a grid based on spheroidal coordinates. The finite basis set approximations for the orbital are discretized. The accuracy of the discretization is assessed. For each occupied orbital a discretized representation of the orbital amplitude difference function is generated and analysed.     

Conformational analysis of allyl halides from the calculation of indirect spin-spin coupling

A theoretical study on the conformation of allyl halides from the calculation of nuclear spin-spin coupling constants by adopting the finite perturbation theory (FPT), is carried out in terms of the self-consistent, semi-empirical INDO (intermediate neglect of differential overlap) approximation of molecular orbital theory. Results of the calculations performed using ‘s’ and ‘p’ valence orbitals alone (‘sp’ basis) at INDO level approximation seem to replicate the experimental trend quite satisfactorily. Despite the overall agreement of the theoretical values with the experimental ones, the uncertainties in the INDO parametrization scheme lead to overestimation of certain coupling constants. The calculations also show that the orientation of the coupled protons with respect to the substituent halogen atom is an important factor to be considered.     

A molecular orbital model for the electronic structure of transition metal atoms in silcate and aluminate alloys

Applied to transition metal oxides and silicate and aluminate alloys, a classification scheme that separates non-crystalline dielectrics into three groups with different amorphous morphologies, demonstrates a direct correlation between stability against crystallization and oxygen atom coordination. It also provides a local bonding model for molecular orbital (MO), calculations that are based on the coordination and symmetry of transition metal atoms and the orbital energies of their oxygen neighbors. These calculations provide important insights into the electronic structure of transition metal dielectrics, e.g. the role of anti-bonding d-states in determining conduction band offset energies with respect to Si.     

Mechanism and regioselectivity of the 1,3‐dipolar cycloaddition of thiocarbonyl S‐imide with cyclopent‐3‐ene‐1,2‐dione and methoxyethene: a density functional theory approach

A theoretical study on the regioselectivity of 1,3‐dipolar cycloaddition reaction between an uncommon dipole (thiocarbonyl S‐imide) with cyclopent‐3‐ene‐1,2‐dione (DPh1) and methoxyethene (DPh2) has been carried out by means of several theoretical approaches, namely, activation energy, Houk's rule based on the frontier molecular orbital theory and density functional theory (DFT) reactivity indices. The calculations were performed at the DFT‐B3LYP/6‐31G(d) level of theory using GAUSSIAN 09. The present analysis shows that the 1,3‐dipolar cycloaddition of thiocarbonyl S‐imide with DPh1 and DPh2 has normal‐electron demand and inverse‐electron demand character, respectively. Moreover, the results obtained from energetic point view are in agreement with electronic approaches, and the Houk's rule is capable to predict true regioselectivity. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Electron–phonon coupling and vibrational modes contributing to linear electro‐optic effect of the efficient NLO chromophore 4‐(N,N‐dimethylamino)‐N‐methyl‐4′‐toluene sulfonate (DAST) from their vibrational spectra

The optimized geometry and structural features of the most prospective electro‐optic crystal 4‐(N,N‐dimethylamino)‐N‐methyl‐4′‐toluene sulfonate (DAST), and the vibrational spectral investigations have been comprehensively described with the near infrared Fourier transform (NIR FT) Raman and Fourier transform infrared (FT‐IR) spectra supported by the density functional theoretical (DFT) computations to elucidate the contribution of vibrational modes to the linear electro‐optic (LEO) effect. Mulliken population analysis and natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis have also been carried out to analyze the effects of intramolecular charge transfer (ICT), intramolecular hydrogen bonding and hyperconjugative interactions on the geometries. The influence of CT interaction between the phenyl ring and the dimethylamino group of the nonlinear optical (NLO) chromophore on the endocyclic and exocyclic angles, and the electronic effects such as hyperconjugation and back‐donation on the methyl hydrogen atoms have been examined. The concurrent intense activation of Raman and IR activities of the effective conjugation vibrational coordinate, which significantly contributes to the LEO effect resulting from the strong electron–phonon (e/ph) coupling, has been analyzed in detail. The effects of frontier orbitals, highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO), transition of electron density (ED) transfer and the influence of planarity in the stilbazolium ring on the first hyperpolarizability are also discussed. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Local probing of the surface chemical bond using X-ray emission spectroscopy

2 and CO on Ni(100), benzene on Ni(100) and Cu(110), and glycine adsorbed on Cu(110). New types of molecular states are observed which are directly related to the surface chemical bond. The long-accepted Blyholder model which is based on a frontier orbital concept cannot explain our results for N₂ and CO chemisorption. We find it necessary to offer a new picture where changes in the whole molecular orbital framework have to be considered. We show that both π and σ type interactions are important in describing the bonding in benzene to metal surfaces. The future prospect is illustrated by the adsorption of the simplest amino acid, glycine, on Cu(110). The adsorbate has four different atomic centers where X-ray emission spectra are obtained, providing a unique view of the local electronic structure. Accepted: 6 March 1997     

Methyl orbital signatures in 2-amino-1-propanol

Electron density distributions of 2-aminoethanol (2AE) and 2-amino-1-propanol (2AP) are calculated in both the coordinate and the momentum spaces using the B3LYP/TZVP method. Using the dual space analysis, molecular orbital signatures of the methyl substituent in 2AP are identified with respect to 2AE. Relaxations of the geometry and the valence orbital in 2AP are found to be due to the insertion of the methyl group. Five orbitals, not four orbitals, are identified as the methyl signatures. They are orbital 5a in the core shell, orbitals 9a and 10a in the inner valence shell, and orbitals 15a and 16a in the outer valence. In the inner valence shell, the attachment of methyl to 2AE causes a splitting of its orbital 8a into orbitals 9a and 10a of 2AP, whereas in the outer valence shell, the methyl group results in the insertion of an additional orbital pair of 15a and 16a. The frontier molecular orbitals 21a, 20a, and 19a are found to have no significant role in the methylation of 2AE.     

High harmonic generation and molecular orbital tomography in multielectron systems: beyond the single active electron approximation

It was recently shown that the highest molecular orbital of N2 could be reconstructed from a series of high harmonic measurements. Existing theories of high harmonic generation and orbital tomographic imaging are based on the single active electron approximation that ignores essential quantum mechanical properties such as the indistinguishability of identical particles and the Pauli exclusion principle. We show that, when fully antisymmetrized multielectron wave functions and electronic relaxation in the cation are considered, molecular orbital tomography records the image of the Dyson orbital plus exchange contributions from inner shells. The mixing of contributions from more than one molecular orbital gives access to additional wave function information. By utilizing the exchange term, harmonic emission from a closed-shell 4-electron system can be interpreted as a complete Hartree-Fock wave function.     

Linear-scaled excited state calculations at linear response time-dependent Hartree–Fock theory

In this paper, we present a localised molecular orbital (LMO) based methodology of the TDHF excited state calculation in which the computing time is linearly scaled by the size of the system. In the benchmark calculations using simple poly-acetylene molecules, the LMO-driven TDHF provides significant shorter CPU time than conventional TDHF calculations and near O(N) computing cost. We also present the techniques accelerating the convergence speed in Davidson iterative diagonalisation and show its usefulness. The methodology accurately reproduces the excited state properties of poly-acetylene molecules obtained in conventional TDHF calculations.     

Orbital ordering and spin-ladder formation in La2RuO5

The semiconductor-semiconductor transition of La2RuO5 is studied by means of augmented spherical wave electronic structure calculations as based on density-functional theory and the local density approximation. This transition has lately been reported to lead to orbital ordering and a quenching of the local spin magnetic moment. Our results hint towards an orbital ordering scenario which, markedly different from the previously proposed scheme, preserves the local S=1 moment at the Ru sites in the low-temperature phase. The unusual magnetic behavior is interpreted by the formation of spin ladders, which result from the structural changes occurring at the transition and are characterized by antiferromagnetic coupling along the rungs.     

茂金属配合物[(eat5-C5H4R)Mo(CO)3 ]2(R: SiMe3 ,Si2Me5)的电子结构研究

运用G98W ,采用Lanl2dz基组 ,对茂金属配合物 [(eat5 C5H4R)Mo(CO) 3 ]2 (R :SiMe3 ,Si2 Me5)进行从头算研究 ,探讨配合物结构单元的稳定性、分子轨道能量、原子净电荷布居规律 ,以及一些前沿分子轨道的组成特征等 ,结果表明 ,标题配合物结构在能量上是稳定的 ,作为结构单元而存在 .     

Synthetic popularity reflects chemical reactivity

Large and diverse databases of chemical reactions contain statistically significant information about the propensities of molecules to undergo specific chemical transformations. It is shown that this information can be quantified to reflect reaction thermodynamics/kinetics and can be used to construct primitive (yet accurate) reactivity indices from the counts of reported reactions involving molecules/molecular positions of interest. These indices correlate with frontier orbital (FO) populations or Hammett σ and ρ parameters for a range of reactions involving aromatic substrates. These findings suggest that large chemical databases are not only a historical repository of chemical knowledge but also tools with which one can make useful chemical predictions. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A comparison of semi-local and non-local pseudo-potential techniques: calculations on Fe and FeH+

A new parameterization scheme is proposed for valence electron calculations which employ the pseudopotential formalism. This scheme has been implemented in calculations for Fe, Fe⁺, Fe²⁺, Fe³⁺ and FeH⁺. In comparison with conventional all-electron calculations the errors are of the order of 1 per cent in valence orbital energies, 0·5 per cent in ionization energies and 2 per cent in the molecular binding energy. Detailed comparisons are made between the present method, which is formulated in terms of orbital projection operators, and recent calculations based on local, angular momentum dependent, effective potentials. The two approaches are found to be capable of almost equal accuracy.     

直接键连原子间的NMR偶合常数的自然杂化轨道研究IV、13C-15N和13C-19F核自旋偶合常数1JCN和1JCF

首次报道了直接计算偶合常数¹J_CN和¹J_CF的线性关系式,结果表明,¹J(CN)和¹J_CF主要由成键原子的轨道杂化作用和键极性这两种结构因素所决定,且偶合相互作用中的Fermi接触项仍是最主要的.为从简单价键理论角度解释并计算J_CN和J_CF的值提供了简便直观的方法.