Relaxometric study of copper [15]metallacrown-5 gadolinium complexes derived from alpha-aminohydroxamic acids

Proton nuclear magnetic relaxation dispersion (NMRD) profiles were recorded between 0.24 mT and 1.4 T for lanthanum(III)- and gadolinium(III)-containing [15]metallacrown-5 complexes derived from alpha-aminohydroxamic acids and with copper(II) as the ring metal. The influence of the different R-groups on the proton relaxivity was investigated, and a linear relationship between the relaxivity and the molecular mass of the metallacrown complex was found. The selectivity of the metallacrown complexes was tested by transmetalation experiments with zinc(II) ions. The crystal structure of the copper [15]metallacrown-5 gadolinium complex with glycine hydroximate ligands is reported.     

Exploring high pressure structural transformations,electronic properties and superconducting properties of MH2 (M = Nb,Ta)

The high-pressure structures and properties of MH₂ (M = Nb, Ta) are explored through an ab initio evolutionary algorithm for crystal structure prediction and first-principles calculations. It is found that NbH₂ undergoes a phase transition from a cubic Fm$\overline{3}$m structure with regular NbH₈ cubes to an orthorhombic Pnma structure with fascinating distorted NbH₉ tetrakaidecahedrons at 48.8 GPa, while the phase transition pressure of TaH₂ from a hexagonal P6₃mc phase with slightly distorted TaH₇ decahedron to an orthorhombic Pnma phase with attractive distorted TaH₉ tetrakaidecahedrons is about 90.0 GPa. Besides, the calculated electronic band structure and density of states demonstrate that all of these structures are metallic. The Poisson’s ratio, electron localization function, and Bader charge analysis suggest that these phases possess dominant ionic bonding character with the effective charges transferring from the metal atom to H. From our electron–phonon calculations, the calculated superconducting critical temperature T_c of the Pnma-NbH₂ is 6.903 K at 50 GPa. Finally, via the quasi-harmonic approximation method, the phase diagrams at pressure up to 300 GPa and temperature up to 1000 K of MH₂ (M = Nb, Ta) are established, where the transition pressure of Fm$\overline{3}$m-NbH₂ → Pnma-NbH₂ and P6₃mc-TaH₂ → Pnma-TaH₂ were found to decrease with increasing temperature.     

Numerical examination of performance of some exchange-correlation functionals for molecules containing heavy elements

The performance of 17 exchange-correlation functionals for molecules containing heavy elements are numerically examined through four-component relativistic density DFT calculations. The examined functionals show the similar accuracy as they do for the molecules containing light elements only except for bond lengths. LDA and OP86 produce good results for bond lengths and frequencies but bad bond energies. Different functionals do not show much different performance for bond energies except LDA. BP86 and GP86 produce results with average accuracy while LYP does not perform well. Although encouraging results are obtained with functional B97GGA-1, other heavily parameterized and meta-GGA functionals do not produce impressive results.     

不饱和类碳烯H2C(=)CLiBr的DFT研究

采用量子化学计算方法，在B3LYP／6－311G^*水平上全优化得到了不饱和类碳烯H2C＝CLiBr的平衡结构，结果表明，不饱和类碳烯H2C＝CLiBr只有两种平衡结构，对这两种平衡结构之间相互转化的过渡态进行计算，求得了转化势垒，根据计算得到的微观性质，采用统计热力学方法，研究了两种平衡结构之间相互转化的热力学性质，进而讨论了两种平衡结构在不同温度下的稳定性问题，在计算得到振动频率及强度的基础上，模拟了稳定平衡结构的红外光谱图。     

Pseudobond ab initio QM/MM approach and its applications to enzyme reactions

This perspective article mainly focuses on the development and applications of a pseudobond ab initio QM/MM approach to study enzyme reactions. The following aspects of methodology development are discussed: the approaches for the QM/MM covalent boundary problem, an efficient iterative optimization procedure, the methods to determine enzyme reaction paths, and the approaches to calculate free energy change in enzyme reactions. Several applications are described to illustrate the capability of the methods. Finally, future directions are discussed.     

Rotational barrier for 1-acetyl-2-(p-methoxy benzyl)-3-pyrroline

Calculation of the rotational barriers for the trans- and cis-forms of 2-(p-methoxy)-1-acetyl-pyrroline are presented in this paper. It is found that thetrans-isomer is slightly more favourable energetically, while the rotations of the cis-form are highly impeded. Hence the relevant rotations are in thetrans-form which stabilizes its energy by forming a weak inner proton bond between the carbonyl oxygen and the pyrroline ring. The acetyl rotational barrier is of the order of 8 kcal, which is well in accord with experimental data reported in the literature for other acetyl-amide derivatives.[/p]Work supported in part by Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo.     

2,4-二吡啶基方酸衍生物非线性光学性质的从头算研究

采用HF/4-31G方法优化分子几何构型,在此基础上用CPHF研究了系列2,4-二吡啶基方酸衍生物的二阶非线性光学系数βvec,并对影响βvec的因素进行了探讨.结果表明:此类化合物均有很大的βvec,它们的非线性光学性质与其分子结构有着密切的关系.     

~3Δ、~3Π、~3Σ~＋Ni—CO分子簇的从头算研究

用从头算研究了ｄ空穴位置不同对Ｎｉ—ＣＯ成键机制的影响。结果表明，Ｎｉ—ＣＯ键中σ／π接受作用的相对强弱，取决于Ｎｉ—ＣＯ簇所处的能态。σ空间电子云较π空间电子云弥散，因而Ｎｉ—ＣＯ簇的稳定性与σ空间电子云的排斥密切相关。随着Ｎｉ４ｐσ轨道上电子占据数的增加，Ｎｉ—ＣＯ稳定性减弱。比较了分子簇Ｎｉ—ＣＯ与ＮｉＣＯ分子及ＣＯ／Ｎｉ化学吸附体系之间的性质。