Does the molecular structure of CaH2 affect the dihydrogen bonding in CaH2 … HY (Y = CH3, C2H3, C2H, CN, and NC) complexes? A quantum chemistry study using MP2 and B3LYP methods

Second-order M ller-Plesset(MP2) and density functional theory(DFT) calculations have been carried out in order to investigate the structures and properties of dihydrogen-bonded CaH 2 HY(Y = CH 3,C 2 H 3,C 2 H,CN,and NC) complexes.Our calculations revealed two possible structures for CaH 2 in CaH 2 HY complexes:linear(I) and bent(II).The bond lengths,interaction energies,and strengths for H H interactions obtained by both MP2 and B3LYP methods are quite close to each other.It was found that the interaction energy decreases with increasing electron density at the Ca-H bond critical point.Atom-in-molecule(AIM) results show that for all of Ca-H H-Y interactions considered here,the Laplacian of the electron density at the H H bond critical point is positive,indicating the electrostatic nature of these Ca-H H-Y dihydrogen bonded systems.