Nonempirical study on the potential energy surface of 5-methyl-1,3-dioxane

Quantum-chemical study on the potential energy surface of 5-methyl-1,3-dioxane at the nonempirical RHF//STO-3G, RHF//3-21G, RHF//6-31G(d), RHF//6-31G(d,p), and MP2//6-31G(d,p) levels of theory revealed two energy-equivalent paths of conformational transformation of the equatorial and axial chair conformers. Potential barriers to these processes were estimated. The δG° value for the methyl substituent on C⁵ in 1,3-dioxane ring, determined on the basis of the experimental (NMR) and calculated vicinal 1H-1H coupling constants, was very consistent with published data     

Conformational analysis of six-membered cyclic carbonates

The conformational isomerization of 2-oxo-1,3-dioxane and its methyl analogs was investigated by means of ab initio RHF//6-31G(d,p) and MP2//6-31G(d,p) quantum-chemical methods. It is shown that in comparison with 1,3-dioxanes the potential energy surface of the mentioned compounds has a fewer number of stationary points and includes two minima corresponding to conformers of sofa or distorted sofa configuration and one maximum corresponding to 2,5-twist form. The value of potential barrier of interconversion of cyclic carbonates is significantly lower than that of the analogously substituted 1,3-dioxanes.     

Pathways of conformational isomerization of 4-phenyl-1,3-dioxane

A study of the potential energy surface of 4-phenyl-1,3-dioxane by non-empirical quantum chemical RHF/STO-3G and 6-31G(d) approximations reveals six energetically inequivalent pathways of conformational isomerization of equatorial and axial chair forms.     

Nonempirical approach to the conformational analysis of 2,4-dimethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinane and its oxonium ions

Using nonempirical quantum-chemical approximations RHF//STO-3G, 3-21G, 6-31G(d) and MP2//6-31G(d,p) a conformation isomerism of 2,4-dimethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinane and its oxonium ions was studied. It was shown that the potential energy surface of the studied molecules has minima corresponding to equatorial (main minimum) and axial sofa forms and maxima corresponding to equatorial and axial conformations of 2,5-twist forms. Calculated values of the barriers of internal rotation of methyl group at the ring C⁴ atom were found. It was also established that the heat of protonation of the cyclic boric ester was smaller than of the non-boric analog, cis-2,4-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane, owing to decrease in basicity of the oxygen atoms in the cyclic boric ester due to partial double bond character of B-O bond.     

Comparative conformational analysis of 1,3-dioxane and 1,3-dithiane

It was shown by ab initio quantum-chemical approximations HF/6-31G(d) and MP2/6-31G(d)//HF/6-31G(d) that the conformational isomerization of 1,3-dioxane and 1,3-dithiane proceeded along common routes. The potential energy surface of both compounds contains six minima including the chair invertomers and enantiomeric flexible forms. They are separated by several potential barriers. It was established by molecular dynamics method that the flexible conformers at heating and keeping at 295–300 K transformed into each other and in the chair conformer.     

Conformational analysis of 5-substituted 1,3-dioxanes

Quantum-chemical study on the potential energy surface of 5-alkyl- and 5-phenyl-1,3-dioxanes at the RHF/6-31G(d) level of theory revealed two pathways for conformational isomerizations of the equatorial and axial chair conformers. Potential barriers to this process were estimated. The Gibbs conformational energies ΔG° of substituents at C⁵ in the 1,3-dioxane ring were determined on the basis of experimental (¹H NMR) and theoretical vicinal coupling constants, which turned out to be consistent with published data.     

Conformational isomerization of 4-methyl-1,3-dioxane

The whole possible course of conformational isomerization of 4-methyl-1,3-dioxane has been established using empirical (MM+) and nonempirical [STO-3G, 3-21G, 6-31G(d) and 6-31G(d,p)] approximations within the limits of the Hartree-Fock method. It was shown that the potential energy surface of this compound contains a principal (equatorial chair conformer) and local minima corresponding to the axial chair conformer and series flexible forms.     

Effect of basic set quality and electron correlation on the scale factors of a harmonic force field

The completely optimized structure and harmonic force field of s-trans-buta-1,3-diene are reported at the MP2/6-31G and MP2/6-31G* levels of computation. Sets of empirical scale factors for the calculated force fields are derived and compared with the corresponding values computed at the RHF/4-31G and RHF/6-31G levels. Changes in the scale factors for this series of force fields are discussed. The vibrational frequencies are also reported for thirteen isotopomers of s-trans-buta-1,3-diene using the MP2/6-31G* force field. Some characteristics of the gauche and cis forms of buta-1,3-diene are also given.     

Electronic effects of conjugated enones on their reactivity in transformations of ADDN type

Using RHF/3-21G, RHF/6-31G(d, p), MP2/6-31G(d, p), B3LYP/6-31G(fd, p) approximations the structure and ¹³C NMR spectra of 2-alkylsubstituted cyclohexene-2-ones and 2-alkylacroleins are studied and calculated. In the series of 2-alkylcyclohexene-2-ones the effect of the substituent on a deviation from coplanarity of the C=C-C=O fragment is more expressed in comparison with 2-alkylacroleins. This deviation (5°) is not enough to explain the observed properties of 2-alkylcyclohexene-2-ones due to disturbed conjugation. The particular behavior of (R)-4-mentenone in reactions of 1,4-addition and ozonolysis is explained by a more expressed +I-effect of the alkyl substituent in α-position.     

Conformational analysis of methylboronic acid and its acyclic esters

With the use of RHF/6-31G(d) and MP2/6-31G(d)//RHF/6-31G(d) semi-empirical (AMI) and non-empirical quantum chemical approximations conformational isomerization of methylboronic acid and its methyl, isopropyl, tert-butyl, and phenyl esters is studied. With the exception of the tert-butyl analogue, the potential energy surface of molecules in these compounds, is shown to contain three minima that correspond to planar and near-planar conformers: cis-cis, trans-trans, and cis-trans, with the latter being the main one. The minima are separated by two conformational isomerization barriers corresponding to the orthogonal arrangement of one of the OH(OR) groups.     

Conformational analysis of 5,5-dinitro-1,3-dioxane

Study of conformational transformations of 5,5-dinitro-1,3-dioxane by the method HF/6-31G(d), and also hybrid DFT PBE/3z and RI-MP2/λ2 indicated the only inversion route chair-chair through an intermediate minimum corresponding to the 2,5-twist-form. The potential barrier to this process was estimated and also the features of the intramolecular rotation of the axial and equatorial nitro groups in the chair conformer were investigated.     

Conformational analysis of 2,4-dialkyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinanes

Computer modeling using the quantum-chemical empirical MM+ method and nonempirical RHF//6-31G(d), MP2//6-31G(d), and, in individual cases, RHF//3-21G methods was employed to study the potential energy surface of 2,4-dialkyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinanes. The optimal geometry and ¹H NMR spectral data gave values for ∆G ⁰ of the methyl and hexyl substituents at C-4 of the heterocyclic ring equal to 0.6 and 1.6 kcal/mol, respectively.     

Electron distribution in 3,4-dimethylanisole molecule according to quantum-chemical calculations

Calculations of two forms of 3,4-dimethylanisole molecule with full geometry optimization are performed by AM1, RHF/6-31G(d), and MP2/6-31G(d) methods. The form with cis location of H₃C-O and C¹–C⁶ bonds is somewhat more preferable energetically than that with the trans location. By the RHF/6-31G(d) method, this molecule is also calculated with fixed rotation angles of methoxy group around the C-O bond. It is shown that, in the first form, the negative charge on the C⁶ atom is considerably smaller than on C², while in the second form the charges are practically equal, which does not confirm the concerted effects of steric and electronic factors in reactions of 3,4-dimethylanisole with methyl isocyanate and isobutyraldehyde. The charge difference is due to the effect of methyl group in the 3-position of the aromatic ring and to the orientation of the methoxy group toward geminal C-C bonds of the ring.     

二氟硅杂环丙烯异构化反应的理论研究

近十几年来，硅烯（：SN小'一到作为活性中间体的研究引起化学界的广泛兴趣，形成了内容丰富的硅烯化学．1975年Ilass＊等研究了硅烯和乙炔的加成反应，指出该反应的中间体为硅杂环丙烯，硅杂环丙烯异构化为硅甲基乙炔．Boatz问等利用：j－ZIG（d）基组对金属杂环丙烯小［＊xZC     

Vitamin E models. Conformational analysis and stereochemistry of tetralin, chroman, thiochroman and selenochroman

Tetralin, chroman as well as its' S and Se containing congeners were subjected to ab initio (RHF/3-21G and RHF/6-31G(d)) and DFT (B3LYP/6-31G(d)) computation. Molecular geometries and the activation energies for ring inversions were determined with full geometry optimizations.     

Quantum-Chemical Study on Positional Selectivity in the Trimethylsilylation and Sulfonation of Pyrrole and <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-Alkylpyrroles

Positional selectivity (α:β ratio) of electrophilic substitution in pyrrole, N-methylpyrrole, and N-tert-butylpyrrole was analyzed by ab initio [RHF/6-31G(d), MP2/6-31G(d)//RHF/6-31G(d)] and DFT [B3LYP/6-31G(d)] calculations of some σ-complexes derived from the substrates. The results of calculations with the use as model electrophilic species of trimethylsilyl cation [MP2/6-31G(d)//RHF/6-31G(d) and B3LYP/6-31G(d)] and SO₃ molecule [B3LYP/6-31G(d)] instead of proton are fairly consistent with the experimental data, according to which trimethylsilylation of pyrrole and its N-substituted derivatives with trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate, as well as sulfonation with pyridine-sulfur trioxide complex, gives the corresponding β-substituted products.     

Conformational stability of trivinylborane from vibrational spectra and ab initio calculations

The conformational stability, barriers to internal rotation and vibrational frequencies of trivinylborane have been determined from the vibrational spectra and ab initio calculations. The ab initio calculations have been carried out utilizing the RHF/3-21G, RHF/6-31G*, and MP2/6-31G* basis sets and support the vibrational data that there are two stable conformations in the fluid phases separated by a relatively small energy difference. One of the conformations is a near-planar form which has the three vinyl groups twisted out of the BC₃ plane and belongs to the C₃ point group. The other conformer has a non-planar structure and belongs to the C₁ point group. These and other calculated results are compared to the corresponding quantities obtained from the experiment.     

Conformational analysis of 1,3-oxathiane

Computer simulation of pathways of conformational isomerization of 1,3-oxathiane molecule carried out with the help of HF/6-31G(d), MP2.6-31G(d)/HF/6-31G(d), and PNE/3z quantum-chemical approximations showed that interconversion between the degenerate in energy chair conformers proceeds through seven independent pathways: directly and via six flexible forms. Potential energy surface contains eight minimum points including chair conformers and enantiomeric pairs of twist forms, and also five transition states, among them different modification of semi-chair, symmetric and unmmetrical boat. Molecular dynamics methods show that flexible forms at room temperature convert into one another and into the chair conformers.     

An exhaustive conformational analysis of N-acetyl-L-cysteine-N-methylamide. Identification of the complete set of interconversion pathways on the ab initio and DFT potential energy hypersurface

The full conformational space of N-acetyl-l-cysteine-N-methylamide was explored by ab initio (RHF/ 6-31G(d)) and DFT (B3LYP/6-31G(d)) computations. Multidimensional conformational analysis predicts 81 structures in N-acetyl-l-cysteine-N-methylamide, but only 47 relaxed structures were previously determined at the RHF/3-21G level of theory. These structures were now optimized using RHF/6-31G(d) and B3LYP/6-31G(d) approaches. Seven conformational migrations were observed when recalculated at higher level of theory. Besides these major changes, only smaller conformational shifts were operative for the remaining stationary points. The exploration of the whole conformational space of N-acetyl-l-cysteine-N-methylamide, including the transition-state structures allowing the conformational interconversion among the low-energy forms, was analyzed in this study. Our results offer new insights into the influence of polar side chains on the conformational preferences of peptide structures.