Molecular Structures and Thermodynamic Stabilities of Cycloalkadienes and Their Methoxy Derivatives: An Ab Initio and DFT Study |
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Authors: | Esko Taskinen |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Chemistry, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland |
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Abstract: | The geometry-optimized molecular structures and total energies of 4- to 6-membered cycloalkadienes, and of a number of their monoand dimethoxy derivatives, have been calculated by ab initio (HF/6-31G*, MP2/6-31G*//HF/6-31G*) and DFT (B3LYP/6-31G*) methods. By comparison with available experimental data, the reliability of these computational methods for an estimation of the relative stabilities (enthalpies) of the isomeric forms of the title compounds was tested. The experimental enthalpies of isomerization proved to agree best with the respective theoretical data based on the mean of the HF/6-31G* and B3LYP/6-31G* energies. The theoretical calculations were then extended to several isomeric methoxy-substituted cycloalkadienes, for which no previous thermodynamic data exist. Some structural features of the title dienes were also discussed. |
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Keywords: | Cycloalkadienes cycloalkadienyl ethers relative stabilities molecular structures ab initio calculations DFT calculations |
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