Dissymmetric Bay-Functionalized Perylenediimides

Synlett ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (13) ◽  
pp. 1693-1699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prabhpreet Singh ◽  
Kapil Kumar ◽  
Gaurav Bhargava ◽  
Subodh Kumar

We report the synthesis of perylenediimide (PDI)-based ­donor–acceptor hybrids through dissymmetric bay functionalization of PDIs. The dissymmetric bay-functionalized di- and trisubstituted PDIs were characterized by using one- and two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy. Density functional theory calculations revealed (i) an energy gap between the HOMO and LUMO in the range 2.14–2.34 eV, beneficial for charge-transfer properties; and (ii) a twist angle between the two naphthalene units in the range 17–26°, which might be beneficial for disruption of co-facial stacking of the PDI.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qitang Fan ◽  
Daniel Martin-Jimenez ◽  
Daniel Ebeling ◽  
Claudio K. Krug ◽  
Lea Brechmann ◽  
...  

Various two-dimensional (2D) carbon allotropes with non-alternant topologies, such as pentaheptites and phagraphene, have been proposed. Predictions indicate that these metastable carbon polymorphs, which contain odd-numbered rings, possess unusual (opto)electronic properties. However, none of these materials has been achieved experimentally due to synthetic challenges. In this work, by using on-surface synthesis, nanoribbons of the non-alternant graphene allotropes, phagraphene and tetra-penta-hepta(TPH)-graphene have been obtained by dehydrogenative C-C coupling of 2,6-polyazulene chains. These chains were formed in a preceding reaction step via on-surface Ullmann coupling of 2,6-dibromoazulene. Low-temperature scanning probe microscopies with CO-functionalized tip and density functional theory calculations have been used to elucidate their structural properties. <br>


2001 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Bock ◽  
Sven Holl ◽  
Volker Krenzel

Abstract The structures of tri-and tetraiodo-substituted carbon compounds are determined either expe­rimentally by X-Ray Structure Analysis or, because crystallization of tetraiodothiophene could not be achieved, approximated by Density Functional Theory optimization of structural data from a donor/acceptor complex. The structures show noteworthy details such as a second po­lymorph of tetraiodoethene crystallized by sublimation or herringbone crystal packing patterns of tetraiodopyrrole derivatives. All molecular geometries are discussed and compared based on relativistic density functional theory calculations with 6 -31G* basis sets including iodine pseudopotentials. They reproduce even finer structural details due to van der Waals repulsion of the bulky iodo substituents. Natural Bond Orbital (NBO) charge distributions suggest positive partial charges at all iodine centers with the strongest polarization Cδ㊀ → Iδ㊉ in HCI3, which contains well over 97% iodine.


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Zelin Yang ◽  
Xiaowen Meng ◽  
Fachuang Li ◽  
Zhanyong Guo ◽  
...  

The development of single-atom catalysts (SACs) for electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) remains a great challenge. Using density functional theory calculations, we design a new family of two-dimensional metal-organic frameworks...


2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (43) ◽  
pp. 24206-24211
Author(s):  
Seoung-Hun Kang ◽  
Jejune Park ◽  
Sungjong Woo ◽  
Young-Kyun Kwon

Using ab initio density functional theory calculations, we find four-fold degenerate Dirac points protected by two nonsymmorphic symmetries in phosphorene oxide with the inversion symmetry broken.


Nanoscale ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 3780-3785 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ik Seon Kwon ◽  
In Hye Kwak ◽  
Hafiz Ghulam Abbas ◽  
Hee Won Seo ◽  
Jaemin Seo ◽  
...  

Mn-Porphyrin-MoS2 exhibits excellent electrocatalytic activity toward the hydrogen evolution reaction, which is supported by spin-polarized density functional theory calculations.


2006 ◽  
Vol 05 (01) ◽  
pp. 13-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
YING DAI ◽  
BAIBIAO HUANG ◽  
LIN YU ◽  
SHENGHAO HAN ◽  
DADI DAI

We have studied the effects of surface oxygen and its bond structure on the electronic properties of silicon nanoclusters by means of density functional theory calculations. The results of the energy gap as a function of the nanocluster size in hydrogen-terminated and oxygen-adsorbed silicon clusters provide a well interpretation of several experiments. The nature of electronic and optical properties of silicon nanoclusters has been discussed and attributed to the oxygen in both the Si=O double bond structure and Si–O–Si bridge structure.


2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (04) ◽  
pp. 1850169 ◽  
Author(s):  
MUDAR AHMED ABDULSATTAR ◽  
SHATHA SHAMMON BATROS ◽  
ALI J. ADDIE

Indium-doped cadmium oxide nanocrystals are examined using experimental and theoretical techniques. Raman, UV–Vis, and XRD facilities are used to examine Indium-doped CdO nanostructures with three doping ratios 2%, 4% and 6% weight percentages. Density functional theory (DFT) is used to check and compare lattice constants, energy gaps, and Raman vibrational properties. The presently suggested cages for the cubic rock-salt structured clusters adopted by CdO are called cuboids. These cuboids are investigated in bare, and hydrogen surface passivated cases. Experimental results of In-doped CdO show an increase of lattice constants and energy gap. The same trend is observed using density functional theory calculations. The experimental longitudinal optical Raman peak at 556[Formula: see text]cm[Formula: see text] encounters blue shifting to 561.5 [Formula: see text]cm[Formula: see text] at 6% weight percentages In doping. This result is in the same trend using DFT calculations of In-doped CdO hydrogen passivated tetracuboid molecular cluster that shifted from 510.2[Formula: see text]cm[Formula: see text] to 531.3[Formula: see text]cm[Formula: see text] upon In doping. No Burstein–Moss effect is observed by the theoretical model.


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Author(s):  
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The adsorption and dissociation of water molecules on two-dimensional transition metal dichalco- genides (TMDs) is expected to be dominated by point defects, such as vacancies, and edges. At the same...


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