Nature of π-Electronic Transitions in UV Spectra of Deoxyvasicinone and Its Derivatives

The principal types of electronic transitions in absorption spectra of deoxyvasicinone and its 6-amino- and 6-nitro-derivatives were determined by analyzing the electron-density distributions in excited states calculated using ZINDO/S.     

Conformations, Energy and Spectral Characteristics of 2,3-Trimethylene- and 2,3-Pentamethylene-3,4-dihydro-4-quinazolinones

Quantum-chemical calculations and IR spectroscopy were used to study the conformations as well as the energy and spectral characteristics of 2,3-trimethylene- and 2,3-pentamethylene-3,4-dihydro-4-quinazolinones. The shift of -electron density from the heterocyclic system to the carbonyl group and, thus, the proton affinity of the oxygen atom of this group increase with expansion of the bond angle at the nitrogen atom in going from a five-membered to seven-membered ring.     

A comparative quantum-chemical analysis of electronic structures and spectroscopic parameters of cycloalkanes and cyclopolysilanes

A comparative quantum-chemical analysis of the electronic structures and spectroscopic parameters of the cycloalkanes C₃H₆, C₄H₈, C₅H₁₀, and C₆H₁₂ and their silicon analogs Si₃H₆, Si₄H₈, Si₅H₁₀ and Si₆H₁₂ was performed in the framework of the SCF MO LCAO method in the INDO approximation. Qualitative interpretation of “abnormal” ionization potentials and energies of electronic absorption spectra of cyclopolysilanes has been given. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1105–1108, June, 1997.     

Effect of acetylenic carbinol structure on hydrogenation selectivity

Quantum-chemical calculations of dimethylethynylcarbinol (DMEC) and dimethylvinylcarbinol molecules by CNDO/2 and MINDO-3 method indicate that a double bond is more reactive than a triple, which hinders the selective hydrogenation process. Dehydrolinalool and DMEC hydrogenation selectivity has been studied.

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Quantum-chemical estimates of geometric parameters of free radicals

Experimental geometries of the HCO^· and H₂CO^·+ -electron radicals were compared with those obtained from calculations with the total energy optimization carried out in the framework of widely used ab initio and semiempirical computational procedures. For each structural form of the radicals, the magnetic resonance parameters calculated in the MNDO approximation were correlated with experimental values determined by ESR spectroscopy. Comparative analysis of the results obtained indicates the possibility of systematic correction of the optimized geometric parameters of free radicals using the results of ESR measurements. A simple computational procedure for automatic geometry correction in the MNDO approximation is developed and evaluated.     

Electronic structure and reactivity of 3-acetyl-2-methylbenzo[b]thiophene: a quantum chemical study

The electronic structures of 3-acetyl-2-methylbenzothiophene, the cations resulting from its C-protonation at positions 4?C7 and O-protonation, and the dications formed upon protonation at positions 4?C7 of the O-protonation product were studied by the MNDO, HF/3-21G, and B3LYP/3-21G methods. Analysis of the relative energies of these cations and dications is in line with the earlier authors?? data on the predominant reactivity of positions 4 and 6 of the 3-acetyl-2-methylbenzothiophene molecule toward acylation.     

Quantum chemical studies of azoles 4. A novel elimination–addition mechanism of tetrazole and 1,2,4-triazole electrophilic substitution

Thermodynamic parameters of the addition–elimination and elimination–addition electrophilic substitution reactions of 1H-tetrazole and 1,2,4-1H-triazole obtained from DFT B3LYP/ 6-31G(d,p) quantum chemical calculations with proton as model electrophile are compared. According to calculations, the elimination–addition reactions can proceed without preliminary formation of N-protonated azolium salts.     

Quantum chemical studies of azoles 5. Electrophilic substitution in tetrazole and 1, 2, 4-triazole: the influence of basis set on calculated thermodynamic parameters of the elimination—addition mechanism without preliminary formation of N-protonated azolium salts

Thermodynamic parameters of electrophilic substitution reactions of 1H-tetrazole and 1H-1, 2, 4-triazole proceeding by the addition–elimination and elimination–addition mechanisms were calculated by the DFT/B3LYP/6-31G(2df, p) method using proton as model electrophile and compared. The results obtained substantiate that the elimination–addition mechanism may not involve preliminary formation of N-protonated azolium salts, as was shown earlier in our DFT/B3LYP/6-31G(d, p) calculations.     

Quantum chemistry of many-electron systems: high-priority aspects

The review generalizes the studies devoted to the development of a new quantum chemistry method representing an alternative to the Hartree–Fock approximation. Based on the hypothesis of prohibition of equipotential surfaces, which clarifies the physical sense of the Pauli exclusion principle, and taking account of the condition for antisymmetrical wave function of the triplet state (3S) of He atom, the Hartree–Fock approximation is inappropriate for a priori determination of the nodal surfaces of many-electron wave functions (MWFs) for the test systems traditionally used in quantum chemistry, namely, excited triplet state of H₂ molecule and the ground electronic states of Li atom and LiH molecule. The nodal surfaces of the wave functions corresponding to the minimum basis set of Slater orbitals in the Hartree–Fock approximation are constructed and analyzed. An alternative to the Hartree–Fock approximation is provided by the MWF quantum chemical method being developed by the authors. In the MWF method, the nodal surfaces for H₂(³Σ _u ^v ) and Li(²S) are specified a priori. Some aspects of geometric interpretation of the Pauli exclusion principle are discussed. Unlike the MWF method, the Hartree–Fock approximation is unsuitable for taking account of the dependence of the MWF nodal surfaces on the nuclear charges and on correlation effects related to the motion of electrons with antiparallel spins because such nodal surfaces are predefined by the mathematical properties of Slater determinants rather than by physically clear and more practically valuable algebraic products of electrostatic potential differences.