Application of the ab initio/IGLO/NMR method to the structure confirmation of the [.mu.5,6-BHNR2-nido-2,4-C2B4H6]- ion intermediate observed during the interaction of closo-2,4-C2B5H7 with LiNR2

1993 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 487-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Onak ◽  
James Tseng ◽  
Martin Diaz ◽  
Dan Tran ◽  
Joachin Arias ◽  
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1991 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 499-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Bühl ◽  
Paul Von Ragué Schleyer ◽  
Michael L. McKee
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1999 ◽  
Vol 64 (6) ◽  
pp. 993-1000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Drahomír Hnyk ◽  
Matthias Hofmann ◽  
Paul von Ragué Schleyer

The structure of the nine-vertex arachno-thiadicarbaborane C2SB6H10 has been established employing the ab initio/IGLO/NMR method. Theoretical IGLO 11B chemical shifts support C and S atom placements at the 4, 6 and 8 positions, respectively, and unambiguously rule out the 4,6,5-C2SB6H10 structural alternative, suggested earlier on the basis of IR and Raman spectroscopy. Important structural features of the 4,6,8-C2SB6H10 geometry include a small B(7)-S(8)-B(9) angle (MP2(fc)/6-31G*: 97.9°) and long S-B bonds (MP2(fc)/6-31G*: 1.905 and 1.924 Å) compared to B-B bonds spanning the 1.71-1.85 Å range.


2002 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 813-821 ◽  
Author(s):  
Drahomír Hnyk ◽  
Josef Holub

A solution of nido-5,6-C2B8H12 reacted in the presence of Et3N with sulfur to yield the first mixed triheteroborane based on the [arachno-B10H14]2- framework (C2v symmetry), i.e. arachno-5,6,9-C2SB7H11. This compound is isoelectrolobal with known arachno-5,6,9-C3B7H13. The structures of these two ten-vertex arachno triheteroboranes have been established by the ab initio/IGLO (and GIAO-SCF)/NMR method. The presence of three heteroatoms and the absence of the hydrogen atom bridging the 5 and 10 atoms are responsible for a symmetry reduction from C2v to C1 in both compounds. The carbon atoms are compressed toward the center and the sulfur atom is pushed away from the center of the respective cluster relative to the positions they would have in [arachno-B10H14]2-. These distortions from the parent compound are well described by the MP2/6-31* geometrical parameters. A good fit between the computed and measured 11B chemical shifts revealed that the MP2/6-31G* internal coordinates are good representations of the molecular geometries of these two ten-vertex arachno heteroboranes.


1991 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 1085-1090 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Pilz ◽  
Jürgen Allwohn ◽  
Michael Bühl ◽  
Paul von Ragué Schleyer ◽  
Armin Berndt

2,4-Dicyclopropyl-1,3-diduryl-1,3-dihydro-1,3-diborete (1 e) has the most strongly deshielded ring carbon atoms (δ13C = 186.7 ppm) and the longest C 1–C3 distance (196.6(5) pm) observed so far for 1,3-dihydro-1,3-diboretes. Its folding angle along the C 1–C 3 bond, however, is only slightly reduced (δ = 45°). For the planar (α = 0) unsubstituted 1,3-dihydro-1,3-diborete (1 f′) the corresponding data are calculated by the combined ab initio/IGLO/NMR method to be δ13C = 302 ppm and C 1–C3 218.3 pm. Comparison of these data with those of 1 a and 1 b shows that the bonding 1,3-interaction in 1 e is strongly reduced.


Author(s):  
Xudong Weng ◽  
O.F. Sankey ◽  
Peter Rez

Single electron band structure techniques have been applied successfully to the interpretation of the near edge structures of metals and other materials. Among various band theories, the linear combination of atomic orbital (LCAO) method is especially simple and interpretable. The commonly used empirical LCAO method is mainly an interpolation method, where the energies and wave functions of atomic orbitals are adjusted in order to fit experimental or more accurately determined electron states. To achieve better accuracy, the size of calculation has to be expanded, for example, to include excited states and more-distant-neighboring atoms. This tends to sacrifice the simplicity and interpretability of the method.In this paper. we adopt an ab initio scheme which incorporates the conceptual advantage of the LCAO method with the accuracy of ab initio pseudopotential calculations. The so called pscudo-atomic-orbitals (PAO's), computed from a free atom within the local-density approximation and the pseudopotential approximation, are used as the basis of expansion, replacing the usually very large set of plane waves in the conventional pseudopotential method. These PAO's however, do not consist of a rigorously complete set of orthonormal states.


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