Computational studies on stable triplet states of heteroacetylenes and the effects of halogen substituents |
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Authors: | Cheng Mu-Jeng Cheng Hsin-Mei Chu San-Yan |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan. |
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Abstract: | This paper describes theoretical studies of halogen-substituted heteroacetylenes (XCMY, M = Si and Ge; X, Y = H, Cl and F) performed at the QCISD(T)/6-311G//QCISD/6-31G level of theory. The electronegative halogen substituents destabilize the singlet state such that the triplet state tends to become favorable. The triplet state has the bifunctional electronic structure of a triplet carbene joined to a heavy singlet carbene. We found that the substituents effectively reduce the energy of the donor-acceptor interactions (E(D-A)) between the two in-plane lone pairs of electrons of the singlet state; therefore, the remaining pi bond is less favorable energetically than the triplet state with a sigma bond. A related phenomenon occurs for the homonuclear heavy acetylenes in singlets in which the lead compound RPbPbR switches to a Pb-Pb sigma bond from the pi bonds observed for the lighter acetylenes. |
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