Electronic structure of ferrocence derivatives studied by He(I) photoelectron spectroscopy and CNDO /2 method

The effect of substituents in the Cp ligands on the electronic structure has been studied for the 1,1′-disubstituted ferrocenes Fe(CpX)₂, with X = C₂H₅, OCH₃, CN, COCH₃, COOCH₃, OOCCH₃, CH₂C₆H₅, or C₆H₅, by UV photoelectron spectroscopy and by CNDO /2 calculations. The energy gap between the ²E_2g and ²AT_1g ion states, 0.36 eV in the parent ferrocene, is affected only by the COCH₃ and COOCH₃ substituents, which lower it to 0.22 and 0.28 eV, respectively. Splitting of e_1u(π) level due to the lowering of the symmetry is the only effect observed in the photoelectron spectra. There is a strong conjugation between the phenyl and cyclopentadienyl β-orbitals in 1,1′-diphenylferrocene. The changes in the a_1g(d) ionization energy calculated by the ΔSCF method using CNDO /2 total energies are in a good agreement with the experimental data.     

“Universal” CNDO/2 method (CNDO/2-U)

The Pople-Santry-Segal CNDO/2 method and the modified CNDO/2 version worked out recently by Clack for transition-metal complexes have been extended to the full periodic table.     

A reparametrization of the CNDO method I. Hydrocarbons

The empirical evaluation of the core matrix elements in the CNDO method is modified and the parameters are adjusted to give optimal values for heats of atomization, bond lengths, bond angles and force constants.

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Zusammenfassung Die empirischen Ansätze der CNDO-Methode für die Core-Matrixelemente werden modifiziert und die Parameter abgeändert, um möglichst gute Werte für Bildungswärmen aus den Atomen, Bindungslängen, Valenzwinkel und Kraftkonstanten zu erhalten.

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Resumé L'évaluation empirique des éléments de matrice de coeur dams la méthode CNDO et les paramèters sont modifiés en vue de dormer des valeurs optimaux pour les énergies d'atomisation, les distances interatomiques, les angles de valence et les constants de force.

     

Calculations for para-substituted phenols using the CNDO/2 method

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The thermal decomposition of transition-metal complexes containing heterocyclic ligands: I. Benzothiazole complexes

Enthalpies of the decomposition reactions MX₂L₂(c)→MX₂(c) + 2L (g), where M is Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, or Cd, X is Cl and/or Br, and L is benzothiazole or 2-methyl-benzothiazole have been measured by use of a differential scanning calorimeter. Specific heats and enthalpies of sublimation of some of the complexes have been obtained.     

CNDO/2法计算二茂锆卤化物的电子结构

本文将Pople的闭壳层CNDO/2程序改编成将原子中s,p,d亚层分开处理,并扩展到可计算锆化合物的CNDO/2-TM程序;选取了锆的有关参数;计算了Cp_2ZrX_2(X=F,Cl)分子的电子结构.得到的氯化物分子轨道的能级次序和间隔与光电子能谱相符.计算的偶极矩为5.88D,与实验值相近.计算结果还说明Cp_2ZrX_2是有一定离子性的共价化合物.中心锆原子约呈 1价.金属锆的5s轨道参与茂环的σ键,5p轨道通过移入电子参与茂环σ键,而4d轨道则参与茂环的π键,但成键所占成分不大.Zr-F键的离子性占51％,Zr-Cl键的离子性占44％,Zr-Cp键的共价性在84～93％之间.     

Electronic structure of molecular complexes in their ground and excited states. I.

Using a recently modified INDO method the equilibrium intermolecular distance and heats of formation of various types of molecular complexes (CT, HB, CTTS, etc.) have been calculated. The results obtained are in reasonable agreement with available ab initio studies.     

An extension of the CNDO/2 formalism for the study of transition metal complexes

The electronic structure and the conformational analysis of some Ni(PX₃)₄ (X = F, OCH₃, Cl, CH₃, H) complexes are investigated within the framework of the previously described extended CNDO/2 method in order to interpret their magneto-optical behaviour and to propose a suitable scheme for the electronic content of a metal-ligand ( + ) dative bond. Chatt and Wilkinson's pattern, used up to now, is criticized and a new scheme is proposed which — taking accurately the role of electronegativity into account and abiding by Pauling's principle of electroneutrality — fits well the sets of available physico-chemical data and allows us to understand whyab initio bonds overlap populations as well as IR force constants are low for any metal-ligand ( + ) dative bond.