Institution: | a University of Silesia, A. Chelkowski Institute of Physics, Uniwersytecka 4, 40-007, Katowice, Poland b Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 34 M. Curie-Sklodowska St., 41-800, Zabrze, Poland |
Abstract: | The results of extended MO calculations using density functional theory (DFT) approximation supported by experimental Raman, 1H and 13C NMR studies on thiophene are reported. Raman spectra of liquid thiophene were re-examined and the performance of a hybrid B3PW91 density functional was compared with the ab initio restricted Hartree–Fock (RHF) method. With the basis sets of the 6-311++G** quality, the DFT calculated bond lengths, dipole moments and harmonic vibrations were predicted in a very good agreement with available experimental data. Additionally, the results on thiophene were extended by calculations on 3-methylthiophene and selenophene. In this case, a significant change in geometry and charge distribution in thiophene ring due to a methyl group substituent or replacement of sulphur by selene atom was observed. A linear correlation between the predicted harmonic vibrational frequencies (scaled using SQM method) and experimental ones for thiophene, selenophene and 3-methylthiophene was shown. The theoretically calculated spectra have satisfactorily reproduced the available experimental spectra for thiophene and selenophene. |