On the Electron Affinity of B2

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vassiliki-Alexandra Glezakou ◽  
Peter R. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Ab Initio Calculations ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Electron Affinity ◽  
Experimental Estimate ◽  
Best Estimate ◽  
High Level ◽  
Good Agreement

We present the results of high-level ab initio calculations on the electron affinity of B2. Our new best estimate of 1.93 ± 0.03 eV is in agreement with previous calculations as well as the sole existing experimental estimate of 1.8 eV, as derived from quantities with an uncertainty of 0.4 eV. The electron affinity of atomic boron, which is much smaller, is also calculated for comparison and again found to be in good agreement with experiment.

Configurational Assignment and Conformational Study of Methylglyoxal Bisdimethylhydrazones Derived from the 2-Ethoxypropenal Precursor

2006 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonid B. Krivdin ◽  
Lyudmila I. Larina ◽  
Kirill A. Chernyshev ◽  
Natalia A. Keiko
Keyword(s):  
Ab Initio Calculations ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Experimental Measurements ◽  
Conformational Study ◽  
Lone Pairs ◽  
Configurational Assignment ◽  
Out Of Plane ◽  
High Level

A configurational assignment of the isomeric methylglyoxal bisdimethylhydrazones derived from the 2-ethoxypropenal precursor has been performed based on experimental measurements and high-level ab initio calculations of 1J(C,C) and 1J(C,H) couplings. The results reveal the marked stereochemical dependence upon the orientation of the lone pairs of both nitrogen atoms in different isomers. Methylglyoxal bisdimethylhydrazone is shown to exist in a mixture of the EE and ZE isomers (ca. 75:25), both of which adopt predominant s-trans conformations with minor (up to 8°) out-of-plane deviations.

ab initio MO Optimization of Molecular Structures of Fluoro- and Chloro-Substituted Dibenzo-p-dioxines and the Effect of Halogen Substitution at the 2,3,7,8-Positions on Metabolic Attack

1997 ◽  
Vol 52 (11) ◽  
pp. 1418-1431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland Weber ◽  
Till Kühn ◽  
Hanspaul Hagenmaier ◽  
Günter Häfelinger
Keyword(s):  
Ab Initio Calculations ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Energy Gap ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Molecular Structures ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Degree Pattern ◽  
Chlorine Substituent ◽  
Homo Lumo ◽  
Good Agreement

Full ab initio optimizations were performed on the molecular structures of 24 fluorinated and chlorinated dibenzodioxines (PFDD/PCDD ) and dibenzofurans (PFDF/PCDF). Reasonable agreement was found by comparing the geometries of four calculated structures with known X-ray data from the literature. For the fluorine substituent, calculated electron densities (Mulliken total charges and π-electron charges) clearly demonstrate the opposite influence of the inductive (I) and mesomeric (M) effect. The changes in π-densities at carbons in ortho-, meta- and para-position are constant for each fluorine substituent (independent of degree, pattern, and position of substitution). It is thus possible to calculate the π-densities of the substituted dioxines by increments starting from dibenzodioxine. π-Charges from quantum mechanical calculations and the increment system show good agreement even for OctaFDD (O8FDD ), where eight substituent effects are acting additively. Compared with fluorine, the chlorine substituent exercises a smaller -I-effect and a clearly weaker +M-effect. The HOMO coefficients of the unsubstituted dibenzodioxine and dibenzofuran, extracted from ab initio calculations, yield a good explanation for the observed regioselective metabolic attack at the 2,3,7,8-positions. The squares of the HOMO-coefficients of the 2,3,7,8-positions in dibenzodioxine (DD ) are about ten times greater than those of the 1,4,6,9-positions. These HOMO coefficients are practically unaffected by halide substitution. But halogen substitution reduces strongly the electron density at the halogen-bound carbon, which, however, is a necessary prerequisite for the electrophilic oxygen transfer during metabolism. One would therefore expect halogen substitution of dibenzodioxine and dibenzofuran (DF) at the 2,3,7,8-position to hinder metabolism, as is indeed found. This provides a plausible explanation for the highly selective tissue retention of 2,3,7,8-substituted PCDDs and PCDFs. Our ab initio calculations of five tetra CDDs (T4CDDs) confirm the postulate of Kobayashi et al. [1 ] who, using semiempirical calculations, found a correlation between the toxicity of a dioxine congener and its absolute molecular hardness. The 2,3,7,8-T4CDD also exhibits the smallest absolute hardness (derived from the HOMO-LUMO energy gap) in our calculations.

Excitons in poly(para phenylene vinylene): a quantum-chemical perspective based on high-level ab initio calculations

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 2548-2563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanie A. Mewes ◽  
Jan-Michael Mewes ◽  
Andreas Dreuw ◽  
Felix Plasser
Keyword(s):  
Ab Initio Calculations ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Quantum Chemical ◽  
Phenylene Vinylene ◽  
High Level ◽  
Quantum Chemical Computations

Exciton analyses of high-level quantum-chemical computations for poly(paraphenylene vinylene) reveal the nature of the excitonic bands in PPV oligomers.

Conformational Structure of Chloromethyldichlorophosphines

2002 ◽  
Vol 57 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 333-336
Author(s):  
Evgenii A. Romanenko ◽  
Alexander M. Nesterenko
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Ab Initio Calculations ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Electron Correlation ◽  
Basis Set ◽  
Conformational Structure ◽  
Gauche Conformation ◽  
Nuclear Quadrupole ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Good Agreement

IThe 35Cl nuclear quadrupole resonances (77 K) and ab initio calculations of trichloromethyldichlorophosphine () show that it exists in the chess conformation form. The barrier to internal rotation about the P-C bond in I at the RHF/6-31++ G(d,p) level equals to 38.1 kJ mol-1. In chloromethyldichlorophosphine (II) the extension of the basis set up to the RHF/6-311++G(df, pd) level does not improve the description of the most preferable gauche-conformation; only if electron correlation (at the MP2 level) is taken into account the results are in a good agreement with experimental data.

scholarly journals Exploration of the NH3–H2 van der Waals interaction by high level ab initio calculations

2008 ◽  
Vol 346 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 237-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirjana Mladenović ◽  
Marius Lewerenz ◽  
Geraldine Cilpa ◽  
Pavel Rosmus ◽  
Gilberte Chambaud
Keyword(s):  
Ab Initio Calculations ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Van Der Waals ◽  
Van Der Waals Interaction ◽  
High Level

Regular polyhedral molecules. P20 and its inclusion compounds

1998 ◽  
Vol 76 (9) ◽  
pp. 1274-1279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lubomír Rulísek ◽  
Zdenek Havlas ◽  
Stanislav Hermánek ◽  
Jaromír Plesek
Keyword(s):  
Ab Initio Calculations ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Inclusion Compounds ◽  
Vibrational Analysis ◽  
Kinetic Stability ◽  
Stabilizing Agents ◽  
Geometrical Properties ◽  
Regular Dodecahedron ◽  
Phosphorus Clusters ◽  
High Level

Based upon the geometrical properties of regular polyhedrons, the possibility of the existence of certain polyhedral molecules composed of only one element is investigated. A very promising candidate - the regular dodecahedron - is selected as the convenient polyhedral structural pattern and phosphorus as the appropriate element. A series of high-level ab initio calculations is performed on the dodecahedral P20 molecule, including predictions of its thermodynamic and kinetic stability, natural bond orbital analysis, vibrational analysis, and inclusion of some elements into the molecular skeleton. Due to the potential stabilizing agents that may eventually form stable inclusion compounds and the estimated high kinetic stability, the question of the possible existence of P20 is answered in the positive.Key words: ab initio calculations, inclusion compounds, P20, phosphorus clusters, polyhedra.

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