Predicting CH/π Interactions with Nonlocal Density Functional Theory

ChemPhysChem ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 891-895 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe Hooper ◽  
Valentino R. Cooper ◽  
Timo Thonhauser ◽  
Nichols A. Romero ◽  
Frank Zerilli ◽  
...  
ChemPhysChem ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1216-1216
Author(s):  
Joe Hooper ◽  
Valentino R. Cooper ◽  
Timo Thonhauser ◽  
Nichols A. Romero ◽  
Frank Zerilli ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (27) ◽  
pp. 14821-14831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shailja Jain ◽  
Kumar Vanka

The current computational study with density functional theory (DFT) shows that the explicit presence of C–H/π and π–π interacting solvent molecules is seen to enhance the rate of chemical reactions.


2013 ◽  
Vol 763 ◽  
pp. 139-142
Author(s):  
Liang Fa Gong ◽  
Qi Qun Cao ◽  
Jia Wen ◽  
Hua Rong ◽  
Ming Lan Ge

The structures, stabilities, and bonding features of neutral M(η5-P5)2 (M = Fe, Ru, and Os) and cationic M(η5-P5)+ have been investigated using density functional theory (DFT) (hybrid B3LYP and pure BP86 methods). The eclipsed (D5h) structure has been predicted to be the global minimum for this triad bis(pentaphospholyl) metallocenes, and the staggered (D5d) structure to be the rotational transition state. The distances between the metal and cyclo-P5 center in bis(pentaphospholyl) metallocenes are longer than in the corresponding M(η5-P5)+ by 0.28-0.38 Å. The M(η5-P5)+ complexes may be tighter binding with the shorter metal-ring distances, the possible reason is that there being stronger metal-ring π interactions in M(η5-P5)+ than in M(η5-P5)2, even though latter satisfies the 18-electron rule. The electron densities are found to accumulate at the metal centers, this novel situation may have an impact on the mechanism of some potential catalysis reactions.


2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle A. Powers ◽  
David K. Geiger

The isostructural salts benzene-1,2-diaminium bis(pyridine-2-carboxylate), 0.5C6H10N2 2+·C6H4NO2 −, (1), and 4,5-dimethylbenzene-1,2-diaminium bis(pyridine-2-carboxylate), 0.5C8H14N2 2+·C6H4NO2 −, (2), and the 1:2 benzene-1,2-diamine–benzoic acid cocrystal, 0.5C6H8N2·C7H6O2, (3), are reported. All of the compounds exhibit extensive N—H...O hydrogen bonding that results in interconnected rings. O—H...N hydrogen bonding is observed in (3). Additional π–π and C—H...π interactions are found in each compound. Hirshfeld and fingerprint plot analyses reveal the primary intermolecular interactions and density functional theory was used to calculate their strengths. Salt formation by (1) and (2), and cocrystallization by (3) are rationalized by examining pK a differences. The R 2 2(9) hydrogen-bonding motif is common to each of these structures.


2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (94) ◽  
pp. 14198-14201
Author(s):  
Xing Liu ◽  
Guosheng Shi

We propose a novel storage design for ultrahigh-cell-voltage Al-ion battery by utilizing cation–π interactions by means of density functional theory (DFT) computations.


2010 ◽  
Vol 09 (supp01) ◽  
pp. 109-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHAO FENG ◽  
CHENSHENG LIN ◽  
XIAOHONG ZHANG ◽  
RUIQIN ZHANG

The π–π interactions in various configurations of benzene dimers were studied using a density functional theoretical method augmented with an empirical dispersion term (acronym DFT-D) which is capable of describing long-range dispersive interaction. Compared with the previous CCSD(T) calculations, our approach using PBE functional and polarized triple-ζ quality basis sets provides reasonably accurate binding energies and equilibrium intermolecular geometries of the considered benzene dimer configurations, although the calculations are not counterpoisely corrected. It is expected that our approach can be utilized to evaluate the π–π interactions in large complex systems.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document