Proton-Transfer Reactions to Half-Sandwich Ruthenium Trihydride Complexes Bearing Hemilabile P,N Ligands: Experimental and Density Functional Theory Studies†† Dedicated to Prof. Serafin Bernal in recognition of his contribution to inorganic chemistry, on the occasion of his retirement.

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (13) ◽  
pp. 6035-6057 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Jiménez-Tenorio ◽  
M. Carmen Puerta ◽  
Pedro Valerga ◽  
Salvador Moncho ◽  
Gregori Ujaque ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inorganic Chemistry ◽  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Proton Transfer ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Transfer Reactions ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Proton Transfer Reactions ◽  
Half Sandwich

Effect of electronic excitation to intermolecular proton transfer in bulk nitromethane: Tuned parameter SCC-DFTB and first principles study

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (02) ◽  
pp. 1550013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Guo ◽  
Hong Zhang ◽  
Chao-Yang Zhang ◽  
Xin-Lu Cheng ◽  
Hai-Quan Hu
Keyword(s):  
Proton Transfer ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Tight Binding ◽  
Transfer Reactions ◽  
Singlet Ground State ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Intermolecular Proton Transfer ◽  
Proton Transfer Reactions ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

To understand the reaction mechanism involving hydrogen transfers through hydrogen-bond bridge, we carried out both Self-Consistent Charge Density Functional Tight-Binding (SCC-DFTB) calculations of bulk nitromethane and Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations of singlet ground state/triplet excited state molecular nitromethane using B3LYP functional. Firstly, we tuned the repulsive parameters of the SCC-DFTB method for nitromethane with dataset calculated from DFT at B3LYP/6-311g level. The molecular dynamics simulations are carried out with tuned parameters to get the dynamical properties of the bulk nitromethane, and the static calculations are intended to give energy profile of the reaction process. These calculations indicate the excitation of nitromethane molecule making the proton transfer reactions possible, and lowering the reaction barrier.

scholarly journals Minimal Optimized Effective Potentials for Density Functional Theory Studies on Excited-State Proton Dissociation

Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 679
Author(s):  
Pouya Partovi-Azar ◽  
Daniel Sebastiani
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Excited State ◽  
Proton Transfer ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Photochemical Reactions ◽  
Transfer Energy ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Effective Potentials ◽  
Proton Dissociation ◽  
Dissociation Curves

Recently, a new method [P. Partovi-Azar and D. Sebastiani, J. Chem. Phys. 152, 064101 (2020)] was proposed to increase the efficiency of proton transfer energy calculations in density functional theory by using the T1 state with additional optimized effective potentials instead of calculations at S1. In this work, we focus on proton transfer from six prototypical photoacids to neighboring water molecules and show that the reference proton dissociation curves obtained at S1 states using time-dependent density functional theory can be reproduced with a reasonable accuracy by performing T1 calculations at density functional theory level with only one additional effective potential for the acidic hydrogens. We also find that the extra effective potentials for the acidic hydrogens neither change the nature of the T1 state nor the structural properties of solvent molecules upon transfer from the acids. The presented method is not only beneficial for theoretical studies on excited state proton transfer, but we believe that it would also be useful for studying other excited state photochemical reactions.

scholarly journals Influence of Varying Functionalization on the Peroxidase Activity of Nickel(II)–Pyridine Macrocycle Catalysts: Mechanistic Insights from Density Functional Theory

Computation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Jerwin Jay E. Taping ◽  
Junie B. Billones ◽  
Voltaire G. Organo
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Proton Transfer ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Density Functional Theory Calculations ◽  
Catalytic Performance ◽  
Stoichiometric Ratio ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Pendant Arm ◽  
Spin Singlet

Nickel(II) complexes of mono-functionalized pyridine-tetraazamacrocycles (PyMACs) are a new class of catalysts that possess promising activity similar to biological peroxidases. Experimental studies with ABTS (2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid), substrate) and H2O2 (oxidant) proposed that hydrogen-bonding and proton-transfer reactions facilitated by their pendant arm were responsible for their catalytic activity. In this work, density functional theory calculations were performed to unravel the influence of pendant arm functionalization on the catalytic performance of Ni(II)–PyMACs. Generated frontier orbitals suggested that Ni(II)–PyMACs activate H2O2 by satisfying two requirements: (1) the deprotonation of H2O2 to form the highly nucleophilic HOO−, and (2) the generation of low-spin, singlet state Ni(II)–PyMACs to allow the binding of HOO−. COSMO solvation-based energies revealed that the O–O Ni(II)–hydroperoxo bond, regardless of pendant arm type, ruptures favorably via heterolysis to produce high-spin (S = 1) [(L)Ni3+–O·]2+ and HO−. Aqueous solvation was found crucial in the stabilization of charged species, thereby favoring the heterolytic process over homolytic. The redox reaction of [(L)Ni3+–O·]2+ with ABTS obeyed a 1:2 stoichiometric ratio, followed by proton transfer to produce the final intermediate. The regeneration of Ni(II)–PyMACs at the final step involved the liberation of HO−, which was highly favorable when protons were readily available or when the pKa of the pendant arm was low.

scholarly journals A molecular density functional theory approach to electron transfer reactions

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 2130-2143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume Jeanmairet ◽  
Benjamin Rotenberg ◽  
Maximilien Levesque ◽  
Daniel Borgis ◽  
Mathieu Salanne
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Transfer Reactions ◽  
Interfacial Water ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Computational Tool ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Electron Transfer Reactions ◽  
Molecular Density

Molecular density functional theory, an efficient computational tool, provides new insights into the study of electron transfer reactions in bulk and interfacial water.

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