Abinitio molecular orbital calculations for SF4, SOF2, and SO2F2

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 814-816 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Colin Baird ◽  
Kathleen F. Taylor

Abinitio molecular orbital calculations are reported for SF4 (both C2v and C4v symmetries), SOF2, and SO2F2. Geometry searches were conducted using the STO-3G* basis set; the energies were recalculated at the predicted equilibrium structures also using STO-3G and 44-31G, and the latter basis set with the addition of five real d Gaussian orbitals on the sulfur atom. The predicted geometries agree well with experiment, although S=O bonds are consistently predicted too long by ∼0.03 Å, and the variation in S—F bond lengths among different environments is underestimated. The energy stabilization associated with the addition of d orbitals is generally consistent with our previous calculations, i.e. it is a constant amount per bond in hypervalent sulfur compounds in extended basis calculations. Replacement of F by OH is predicted to be more exothermic in SO2F2 than in SOF2, and the relevance of this prediction to estimated heats of formation for SOF2 and SO(OH)2 is discussed.

1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell J. Boyd ◽  
Abha Gupta ◽  
Richard F. Langler ◽  
Stephen P. Lownie ◽  
James A. Pincock

Extensive abinitio molecular orbital calculations on six sulfonyl radicals (XSO2 where X = H, CH3, NH2, OH, F, and Cl), the simplest sulfinic acid HSO2H3 and its isomeric sulfone H2SO2, the HSO2− anion of sulfinic acid, the isomeric anion SO2H−, and for completeness, the SO2H radical are presented. By use of the STO-3G* basis set, which includes d-type polarization functions on second-row atoms, all geometrical parameters are varied until the total energy is minimized, subject only to certain symmetry restrictions specified for each system. The inclusion of d orbitals on S is observed to affect the S—O bond lengths by as much as 0.45 Å. The calculations suggest that the radical site in sulfonyl radicals is significantly delocalized over the entire functional group and that the geometrical parameters of the SO2 functional group in sulfonyl radicals are nearly independent of the substituent (r(S—O) = 1.47 ± 0.01 Å, < OSO = 123 ± 2°). Estimates of the X—S bond energy in CH3SO2, NH2SO2, and OHSO2 are consistent with the chemistry of alkylsulfonyl and aminosulfonyl radicals and lead to an interesting prediction for alkoxylsulfonyl radicals. Furthermore the calculations yield lower total energies for HSO2H, HSO2−, and SO2H than for the respective isomeric forms H2SO2, SO2H−, and HSO2.


1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 730-734 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell J. Boyd ◽  
Jeffrey P. Szabo

Abinitio molecular orbital calculations are reported for several cyclic and acyclic sulfones. The geometries of XSO2Y, where X, Y = H, F, or CH3 are optimized at the STO-3G* level. Similar calculations are reported for the smallest cyclic sulfone, thiirane-1,1 -dioxide, as well as the corresponding sulfoxide, thiirane-1-oxide, and the parent sulfide, thiirane. Where comparison with experiment is possible, the agreement is satisfactory. In order to consider the possibility of substantial differences between axial and equatorial S—O bonds in the gas phase, as observed in the crystal structure of 5H,8H-dibenzo[d,f][1,2]-dithiocin-1,1-dioxide, STO-3G* calculations are reported for a six-membered ring, thiane-1,1-dioxide, and a model eight-membered ring. Limited geometry optimization of the axial and equatorial S—O bonds in the chair conformations of the six- and eight-membered rings leads to bond lengths of 1.46 Å with the difference being less than 0.01 Å.


2007 ◽  
Vol 62 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 409-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Tugrul Zeyrek

The influence of overlap interactions between the bridging ligands and the metal d orbitals on the super-exchange coupling constant are studied by means of ab-initio restricted Hartree-Fock molecular orbital calculations. The interaction between the magnetic d orbitals and the HOMOs of the carboxylate oxygen atoms are investigated in homologous asymmetrically dibridged dicopper(II) complexes which have significantly different - 2J values (the energy separation between the spin-triplet and spin-singlet states). In order to determine the nature of the fronter orbitals, extended Hückel molecular orbital (EHMO) calculations are also reported. The differences in the magnitude of the coupling constants and magnetic behaviour are rationalized in terms of the bridging ligand orbital complementary / countercomplementary concept.


1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 680-686
Author(s):  
Jean-Pierre Monti ◽  
Marcel Sarrazin ◽  
Pierre Brouant

Protonations of isaxonine phosphate are studied by performing CNDO/2 and CNDO/S molecular orbital calculations. Results are compared with previously published data. Wiberg's bond indices and S character percentages calculated using electronic populations are shown to correctly predict variations of bond lengths and bond angles as well as [Formula: see text] coupling constants. A good prediction of proton chemical shift variations using a calculation of the screening constant was obtained.


1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 348-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leif J. Saethre ◽  
Odd Gropen

The molecular structures of square-planar X42+, X4+, and X4 (X = S, Se, Te) have been calculated using the effective core potential model. For X42+ the agreement between experimental and calculated values is excellent provided that d orbitals are included in the basis set. For the hypothetical molecules X4+ and X4 the bond lengths are found to increase dramatically as one and, subsequently, two electrons are added to the systems. Extensive population analysis shows that this increase is almost exclusively due to loss of bonding in the π system, whereas the bonding in the σ system remains relatively unaltered. These results make it possible to predict covalent single bond radii for S, Se, and Te for which the influence of π repulsion is removed. From the calculated variation of bond lengths with atomic charge, bond lengths are predicted for a series of planar disulphide rings. Keywords: structure, bonding, chalcogen, theoretical, ECP.


1983 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 639 ◽  
Author(s):  
RD Brown ◽  
PD Godfry ◽  
BT Hart ◽  
AL Ottrey ◽  
M Onda ◽  
...  

The microwave spectrum of the benzene isomer 3,4-dimethylenecyclobutene including spectra of all possible single 13C-substituted and sufficient singly and doubly D-substituted species to give a complete r5 geometry, have been measured and analysed. An estimate of the re geometry has also been derived. The additional precise CC bond lengths obtained for an unsubstituted, conjugated hydrocarbon enable us to examine bond order-bond length relationships more thoroughly than has previously been possible. The CC bond lengths exhibit a noticeably better correlation with SCFMO bond orders than with simple H�ckel bond orders. Further confirmatory measurements of the dipole moment of dimethylenecyclobutene have been made. Ab initio molecular orbital calculations using a 6-31G basis set give an optimized geometry with CC bond lengths within 2 pm of the r5 values. The computed dipole moment agrees almost exactly with experiment but a corresponding calculation on fulvene is discrepant with experiment by 0.16 D, which is probably a more typical error.


1986 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. V. Gibbs ◽  
M. B. Boisen

ABSTRACTMolecular orbital calculations on hydroxyacid molecules with first- and secondrow X-cations (X = Li through N and Na through S) yield bond lengths and angles that mimic those of chemically similar minerals. These bond lengths are used to find a formula giving bond length as a function of a bond-strength parameter that reproduces XO bond lengths in crystals with main-group X-cations from all six rows of the periodic table within 0.05Å on average. The molecular orbital calculations also provide insights into reaction energies, physical properties of crystals such as electron density distributions, and data not amenable to direct measurement. They also provide a basis from which computational models for mineral structures may be constructed.


2000 ◽  
Vol 55 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 769-771 ◽  

Abstract Molecular orbital calculations were performed for the six saturated alkylamines (CH3NH2 , (CH3)2 NH, (CH 3)3 N, CH 3CH2NH2 , (CH3)2 CHNH2 , (CH3)3 CNH2), their protonated cations (CH3NH3 + , (CH3)2NH2 + , (CH3)3NH + , CH3CH2NH3 + , (CH3)2CHNH3 + , (CH3)3CNH3+), and (CH3)4 N + using the Hartree-Fock, second-order M0ller-Plesset, and density functional theory methods with the 6-311+G(d,p) basis set. Protonation lengthens the C-N bonds of the amines by 0.05 -0.08 Å and shortens the C-C bonds of CH3CH2NH2, (CH3)2CHNH2 , and (CH3)3CNH2 by ca. 0.01 Å.


1976 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 1635 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Radom

Ab initio molecular orbital theory with the minimal STO-3G and split-valence 4-31G basis sets is used to obtain geometries of 18 anions:OH-, NH2-, HF2-, BH4-, BF4-, C22-, CN-, NCN2-, N3-, NO2-, NO3-, 0CCO2-, CO32-, HCOO-, CH3COO-, C2O42-, C4O42- and C(CN)3-. The theoretical results are compared with experimental results from the literature. The STO-3G basis set performs somewhat worse for anions than for neutral molecules. On the other hand, the 4-31G basis set gives good results and predicts bond lengths to within 0.02� for all the molecules considered. Limited information on bond angle predictions suggests that these are of comparable quality to those for neutral molecules. The tricyanomethanide ion is predicted to be planar.


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