Theoretical study on the phenyl torsional potentials of trans-diphenyldiphosphene |
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Authors: | Amatatsu Yoshiaki |
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Institution: | Faculty of Engineering and Resource Science, Akita University, Tegata Gakuen-cho, Akita 010-8502, Japan. amatatsu@ipc.akita-u.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | The phenyl torsional potentials of trans-diphenyldiphosphene ( trans-phosphobenzene; t-DPP), which is an analogue of trans-azobenzene ( t-AZB), have been examined by means of ab initio complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) calculations. Though the electronic structures of t-DPP are similar to those of t-AZB, the phenyl torsional potentials are different from each other. In S 0, the potential energy curve of t-DPP has double minima at nonplanar conformations with C 2 and C i symmetries, while that of t-AZB has only minimum at a planar conformation with C 2 h . In S 1, the phenyl torsion of t-AZB is impeded from a planar geometry more than that in S 0. On the other hand, the phenyl torsion of t-DPP is promoted so that the phenyl groups are perpendicularly twisted against the PP double bond around the Franck-Condon region. Comments on the experimental findings of realistic diphosphenes protected by bulky substituents are also made. |
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