Nitrosyl cyanide and related aspects of the ONCN potential surface

1978 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 2349 ◽  
Author(s):  
BG Gowenlock ◽  
L Radom
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Potential Surface ◽  
Basis Sets ◽  
Molecular Orbital Calculations ◽  
Hartree Fock ◽  
Split Valence ◽  
Good Agreement

Ab initio molecular orbital calculations using the restricted Hartree-Fock approach have been carried out for nitrosyl cyanide and related species on the ONCN potential surface. Full geometry optimizations have been performed with the minimal STO-3G and split-valence 4-31G basis sets. Calculated (4-31G) geometries are in good agreement with available experimental data as are the energy changes in the reactions ONCN → NO + CN and NO + CN → N2 + CO. Possible mechanisms are discussed.

Structures of simple anions from ab initio molecular orbital calculations

1976 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 1635 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Radom
Keyword(s):  
Ab Initio ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Basis Set ◽  
Basis Sets ◽  
Molecular Orbital Calculations ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Orbital Theory ◽  
Comparable Quality ◽  
Split Valence ◽  
Theoretical Results

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.

Ab initio studies of isocyanatoborane and difluoroisocyanatoborane; bent or linear BNCO chains?

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
pp. 1000-1005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Ellis ◽  
Edward G. Livingstone ◽  
Nicholas P. C. Westwood
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Atom ◽  
Ab Initio Calculations ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Potential Surface ◽  
Energy Difference ◽  
Basis Set ◽  
Basis Sets ◽  
Hartree Fock ◽  
Split Valence ◽  
Valence Basis Set

Ab initio calculating at the 3-21G, 6-31G*, 6-31G**, 6-311G*, and 6-311G** Hartree–Fock levels, have been performed on the unknown H2BNCO and F2BNCO molecules in order to establish the geometries of these isoelectronic propadienone analogues. For H2BNCO the double split valence basis sets lead to linear BNCO chains, whereas either a triple split valence basis set, or the inclusion of correlation to second order (MP2/6-31G*) gives trans-bent structures. These have angles at nitrogen of 153.6° (6-311G*) or 149.9° (MP2/6-31G*), with the potential surface for angle bending extremely flat, and 0.5 kJ mol−1 (6-311 G*) or 1.12 kJ mol−1 (MP2/6-31 G*) separating the C2v and Cs structures. For the bent structures there is a small trans-bend (4–6°) at the carbon atom. The F2BNCO molecule is also linear at the 3-21G level, but is, however, already trans-bent (145.6° at nitrogen, 175.9° at carbon) at the 6-31G* Hartree–Fock level; 1.47 kJ mol−1 separates the bent and linear structures. The triple split valence basis set 6-311G* leads to a further decrease in the angle at nitrogen (141.0°), and a similar NCO angle (175.9°), with the bent structure favoured by 3.85 kJ mol−1. MP2/6-31G* calculations give a minimum with an angle at nitrogen of 140.2°, and a bent-linear energy difference of 3.58 kJ mol−1. Key words: ab initio calculations, isocyanatoboranes, structures, quasilinearity, propadienone analogues.

scholarly journals THE METHOD OF INCREMENTS — A WAVEFUNCTION-BASED AB-INITIO CORRELATION METHOD FOR SOLIDS

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (13n14) ◽  
pp. 2204-2214 ◽  
Author(s):  
BEATE PAULUS
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Infinite System ◽  
Correlation Energy ◽  
Correlation Method ◽  
Many Body ◽  
Hartree Fock ◽  
The Many ◽  
Good Agreement

The method of increments is a wavefunction-based ab initio correlation method for solids, which explicitly calculates the many-body wavefunction of the system. After a Hartree-Fock treatment of the infinite system the correlation energy of the solid is expanded in terms of localised orbitals or of a group of localised orbitals. The method of increments has been applied to a great variety of materials with a band gap, but in this paper the extension to metals is described. The application to solid mercury is presented, where we achieve very good agreement of the calculated ground-state properties with the experimental data.

Ab initio molecular orbital study of simple 1,3-dipolar reactions

1976 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 465 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Poppinger
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Transition States ◽  
Basis Sets ◽  
Molecular Orbital Calculations ◽  
Molecular Orbital Study ◽  
Orbital Study ◽  
Extended Basis ◽  
Optimized Geometries

Ab initio molecular orbital calculations with minimal and extended basis sets have been carried out for the 1,3-dipolar addition of fulminic acid to acetylene, ethylene, ethynamine and propynenitrile. Optimized geometries are reported for the transition states HCNO+C2H2, HCNO+C2H4, HCNO+ C2HNH2, for the adducts isoxazole and 2-isoxazoline, and for nitrosocyclopropene as a possible intermediate. The calculations indicate that (a) these 1,3-dipolar reactions are synchronous processes, (b) the geometry of the transition state is insensitive to substitution and (c) of the isomeric substituted adducts, 5-aminoisoxazole and isoxazole-4-carbonitrile should be formed preferentially.

An ab initio molecular orbital study of the structure and properties of propadienone (methyleneketene)

1978 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Radom
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Heat Of Formation ◽  
Basis Sets ◽  
Orbital Theory ◽  
Orbital Interactions ◽  
Planar Molecule ◽  
Split Valence ◽  
Acetylene Carbon

Ab initio molecular orbital theory with minimal (STO-3G) and split- valence (4-31G) basis sets has been used to obtain fully optimized structures for propadienone, allene, butatriene, carbon dioxide, ketene and vinylidene. Propadienone is predicted to be a planar molecule with C2V symmetry. The systematic deficiencies of the STO-3G and 4-31G basis sets have been taken into account in deriving a complete ro structure for propadienone. A striking feature of this structure is the HCH angle (117.°) which is about 5° smaller than the corresponding angle (122.3°) in ketene. An estimate (125 kJ mol-1) of the heat of formation of propadienone is reported. The alternating dipole moment magnitudes in the series H2CO, H2CCO and H2CCCO are explained in terms of orbital interactions. Propadienone is predicted to be considerably (about 135 kJ mol-1) more stable than vinylidene+carbon monoxide but slightly (about 10-20 kJ mol-1) less stable than acetylene+carbon monoxide.

ChemInform Abstract: AB INITIO MOLECULAR ORBITAL CALCULATIONS ON H3ALOH2, (H2ALOH)2, AND SOME RELATED SPECIES

1975 ◽  
Vol 6 (39) ◽  
pp. no-no
Author(s):  
O. GROPEN ◽  
R. JOHANSEN ◽  
A. HAALAND ◽  
O. STOKKELAND
Keyword(s):  
Ab Initio ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Molecular Orbital Calculations

Effect of Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding on the Nuclear Quadrupole Interaction in Imidazole and its Derivatives as Studied by ab initio Molecular Orbital Calculations

2000 ◽  
Vol 55 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 315-322
Author(s):  
Nobuo Nakamura ◽  
Hirotsugo Masui ◽  
Takahiro Ueda
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Quadrupole Interaction ◽  
Bond Distance ◽  
Nuclear Quadrupole Interaction ◽  
Basis Sets ◽  
Molecular Orbital Calculations ◽  
Imidazole Derivatives ◽  
Nuclear Quadrupole

Ab initio Hartree-Fock molecular orbital calculations were applied to the crystalline imidazole and its derivatives in order to examine systematically the effect of possible N-H---N type hydrogen bond-ing on the nuclear quadrupole interaction parameters in these materials. The nitrogen quadrupole coupling constant (QCC) and the asymmetry parameter (η) of the electric field gradient (EFG) were found to depend strongly on the size of the molecular clusters, from single molecule, to dimer, trimer and to the infinite molecular chain, i.e., crystalline state, implying that the intermolecular N-H -N hydrogen bond affects significantly the electronic structure of imidazole molecule. A certain correla-tion between the QCC of 14N and the N-H bond distance R was also found and interpreted on the basis of the molecular orbital theory. However, we found that the value of the calculated EFG at the hy-drogen position of the N-H group, or the corresponding QCC value of 2 H, increases drastically as R-3 when R is shorter than about 0.1 nm, due probably to the inapplicability of the Gaussian basis sets to the very short chemical bond as revealed in the actual imidazole derivatives. We suggested that the ob-served N-H distances in imidazole derivatives should be re-examined.

scholarly journals CONFORMATIONAL EQUILIBRIUM AND SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTIES OF CALIX[4]ARENE: THEORETICAL STUDY USING AB INITIO METHOD

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanggara Sudrajat ◽  
Ria Armunanto
Keyword(s):  
Ab Initio ◽  
Conformational Equilibrium ◽  
Spectroscopic Properties ◽  
Molecular Structures ◽  
Basis Set ◽  
Basis Sets ◽  
Molecular Orbital Calculations ◽  
Stable Conformer ◽  
Hartree Fock ◽  
Partial Cone

Molecular structures were optimized for the calix[4]arene by ab initio method at the Hartree-Fock level of theory using LANL2DZ and 6-311G basis sets. Conformational equilibrium of four calix[4]arene conformers are reported. The results are compared with experiment, force field, and semiempirical molecular orbital calculations. General trends in relative stabilities of calix[4]arene decrease in following order: cone > partial-cone > 1,2-alternate > 1,3-alternate. The most stable conformer is the cone conformer that is stabilized by an array of four hydrogen bonds and these results agree with the reported experimental observations. All structures were analyzed using theoretical IR, UV-Vis, and 1H NMR spectra attributed to the conformational equilibrium at the Hartree-Fock level of theory using LANL2DZ basis set.     Keywords: ab initio calculation, calix[4]arene, conformations, cone

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