Estimation of Resonance Energy from Forced Nonplanar Conformations of Conjugated Molecules

2005 ◽  
Vol 70 (10) ◽  
pp. 1577-1588
Author(s):  
Stanislav Böhm ◽  
Otto Exner

Energies of 39 derivatives of buta-1,3-diene in the twisted conformation were calculated within the framework of the density functional theory at the B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p) level. By comparing with the same molecules in their natural minimum-energy conformations, a scale of resonance effects of various substituents was obtained and expressed in terms of isodesmic reactions. Comparison with other similar scales revealed that this model is not particularly advantageous, its main shortcoming being the relatively small effect. In any case it confirmed that the scales of resonance effects obtained from different models are only very roughly proportional: the classical model of resonance works well in representative examples but has its clear limitation when unduly extended.

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (35) ◽  
pp. 1148-1158
Author(s):  
Mohammed L. JABBAR ◽  
Kadhum J. AL-SHEJAIRY

Chemical doping is a promising route to engineering and controlling the electronic properties of the zigzag graphene nanoribbon (ZGNR). By using the first-principles of the density functional theory (DFT) calculations at the B3LYP/ 6-31G, which implemented in the Gaussian 09 software, various properties, such as the geometrical structure, DOS, HOMO, LUMO infrared spectra, and energy gap of the ZGNR, were investigated with various sites and concentrations of the phosphorus (P). It was observed that the ZGNR could be converted from linear to fractal dimension by using phosphorus (P) impurities. Also, the fractal binary tree of the ZGNR and P-ZGNR structures is a highlight. The results demonstrated that the energy gap has different values, which located at this range from 0.51eV to 1.158 eV for pristine ZGNR and P-ZGNR structures. This range of energy gap is variable according to the use of GNRs in any apparatus. Then, the P-ZGNR has semiconductor behavior. Moreover, there are no imaginary wavenumbers on the evaluated vibrational spectrum confirms that the model corresponds to minimum energy. Then, these results make P-ZGNR can be utilized in various applications due to this structure became more stable and lower reactivity.


2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. 1650002
Author(s):  
Ghader M. Sukker ◽  
Nuha Wazzan ◽  
Ashour Ahmed ◽  
Rifaat Hilal

Carbidopa (CD) is a drug used in combination with L-dopa (LD) in treatment of Parkinson’s disease (PD). CD is an inhibitor for enzyme decarboxylase, yet its mode of action is not entirely known although it is believed to involve enzyme shape recognition. The present work attempts to investigate the conformational preferences of CD. Tight geometry optimization at the density functional theory (DFT)/B3LYP/6-311[Formula: see text]G** level of theory has been carried out. The shallow nature of the potential energy surface (PES) and the presence of several local minima within a small energy range necessitate the launching of DFT-based molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Two MD experiments were submitted for 35,000 points each. The complete trajectory in time domain of 10.5 ps is analyzed and discussed. The global minimum energy structure of CD is localized and identified by subsequent frequency calculations. The quantum theory of atom in molecules (QTAIMs) is used to extract and compare the quantum chemical topology features of the electron density distribution in CD and LD. Bonding characteristics are analyzed and discussed within the natural bond orbital (NBO) framework.


2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-46
Author(s):  
Kalyan Dhar ◽  
Syed Fahim

Due to environmental concerns, current interest is the development of technologies that may be able to remove CO2 efficiently from exhaust gases and thus avoid its dispersion in the atmosphere. The density functional theory (DFT) calculations with the modern continuum solvation model (IEFPCM-SMD) was used to study the mechanism of CO2 absorption in room temperature ionic liquid such as, [EMIM][BF4] (1-ethyl-3- methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate). We determine the minimum energy structures and to determine the possible binding sites for CO2 absorption process in [EMIM][BF4]; by comparing the relative minimum energy of [EMIM][BF4] in the presence and absence of CO2.Bangladesh J. Sci. Res. 29(1): 41-46, June-2016


2014 ◽  
Vol 805 ◽  
pp. 690-693
Author(s):  
Carlos Alberto Soufen ◽  
Marcelo Capella de Campos ◽  
Carlos Alberto Fonzar Pintão ◽  
Momotaro Imaizumi

The elastic properties of a Ti3Al intermetallic compound were studied using full potential (FP LAPW ) with the APW+lo method. The FP-LAPW is among the most accurate band structure calculations currently available and is based on the density functional theory with general gradient approximation for the exchange and correlation potential. This method provides the structural properties of the ground state as bulk modulus, equilibrium lattice parameter, and equilibrium minimum energy, and the elastic properties as shear modulus, young modulus, Zener coefficient (anisotropy), and Poisson coefficient. The calculated elastic properties are coherent with the elastic properties of the material.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joaquín Calbo

The optical properties of a series of donor-acceptor N,N-dimethylaniline-π-dicyanovinylene (DMA-π-DCV) chromophores have been investigated under the density functional theory framework. Focus has been made on the low-lying charge-transfer (CT) electronic transitions for which experimental data is available. The effect of theπ-conjugated bridge length and type was analysed between the families of oligoene and oligoyne derivatives of increasing size. Theoretical calculations demonstrate that the ethylene bridge is a betterπ-communicator and allows for more delocalized frontier molecular orbitals compared to the acetylene spacer. TheΛdiagnostic test allowed rationalization of the orbital spatial overlap in the main CT excitations. The performance of different density functional rungs was assessed in the prediction of the lowest-lying CT electronic transition. Surprisingly, most modern long-range corrected functionals demonstrated to provide among the largest errors, whereas hybrid functionals showed the best performance. Solvatochromism was confirmed in both oligoene and oligoyne compounds. A donor-acceptor-donor triad based on tetrathiafulvalene was utilised as a test system for the prediction of its two CT bands of different nature, energy, and intensity. The hybrid PBE0 (or a similar hybrid analogue) consolidates as the best choice for the prediction of CT excitations in the DMA-π-DCV push-pull family.


Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (15) ◽  
pp. 3470
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Sidoryk ◽  
Olga Michalak ◽  
Marek Kubiszewski ◽  
Andrzej Leś ◽  
Marcin Cybulski ◽  
...  

An efficient method of thiol group introduction to the structure of common natural products and synthetic active compounds with recognized biological efficacy such genistein (1), 5,11-dimethyl-5H-indolo[2,3-b]quinolin (2), capecitabine (3), diosgenin (4), tigogenin (5), flumethasone (6), fluticasone propionate (7), ursolic acid methyl ester (8), and β-sitosterol (9) was developed. In most cases, the desired compounds were obtained easily via two-step processes involving esterification reaction employing S-trityl protected thioacetic acid and the corresponding hydoxy-derivative, followed by removal of the trityl-protecting group to obtain the final compounds. The results of our preliminary experiments forced us to change the strategy in the case of genistein (1), and the derivatization of diosgenin (4), tigogenin (5), and capecitabine (3) resulted in obtaining different compounds from those designed. Nevertheless, in all above cases we were able to obtain thiol-containing derivatives of selected biological active compounds. Moreover, a modelling study for the two-step thiolation of genistein and some of its derivatives was accomplished using the density functional theory (B3LP). A hypothesis on a possible reason for the unsuccessful deprotection of the thiolated genistein is also presented based on the semiempirical (PM7) calculations. The developed methodology gives access to new sulphur derivatives, which might find a potential therapeutic benefit.


Author(s):  
Ricardo V. K. Rizzon ◽  
Zélia M. da Costa Ludwig ◽  
Ricardo V. K. Rizzon ◽  
Lucas Modesto da Costa ◽  
Valdemir Ludwig

Through this work, we systematically studied the structural, vibrational and electronic properties of the fundamental state of the isolated thyroxine(3,5,3’,5-tetraiodothyronine). The minimum energy structures and properties were obtained using the Density Functional Theory (DFT). Our simulation results were compared with experimental results, including infra-red and Raman spectroscopy with an emphasis on the properties of iodine atoms. The UV-vis spectrum calculated in this work is the first result of this model for the thyroxine molecule.


2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 626-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Whitfield ◽  
T. R. Welberry ◽  
M. Paściak ◽  
D. J. Goossens

This work extends previous efforts to model diffuse scattering from PZN (PbZn1/3Nb2/3O3). Earlier work [Welberryet al.(2005).J. Appl. Cryst.38, 639–647; Welberryet al.(2006).Phys. Rev. B,74, 224108] is highly prescriptive, using Monte Carlo simulation with very artificial potentials to induce short-range-order structures which were deduced as necessary from inspection of the data. While this gives valid results for the nature of the local structure, it does not strongly relate these structures to underlying crystal chemistry. In that work, the idea of the bond-valence sum was used as a guide to the expected behaviour of the atoms. This paper extends the use of the bond-valence sum from a qualitative guide to becoming a key aspect of the potential experienced by the atoms, through the idea of the global instability index, whose square has been shown to be proportional to the density functional theory energy of some systems when close to the minimum energy configuration.


2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-144
Author(s):  
Kalyan Dhar

The density functional theory (DFT) calculations with the modern continuum solvation model (IEFPCM-SMD) was used to study the mechanism of CO2 absorption at room temperature using ionic liquid such as, [EMIM][BF4] (1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate) monomer and dimer ionic liquid [IL] dimer comprises two couple of anions and cations, so that more intermolecular interactions are established than in the single IL pair. In this paper, we determined the minimum energy structures and to determine the possible binding sites for CO2 absorption in [EMIM][BF4] monmer and dimer; by comparing the relative minimum energy of [EMIM][BF4] in the presence and in absence of CO2. It was found that CO2 is stabilized by the multiple interactions with several anions. When CO2 penetrates the IL monomer or dimer, through gas-to-liquid diffusion, the O-C-O (CO2)-BF4 intermolecular bond is likely to be formed immediately and bind the CO2 molecule. This result suggests that ionic liquid dimer is suitable for the absorption of CO2. Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci. 45(1): 137-144, June 2019


2001 ◽  
Vol 66 (11) ◽  
pp. 1623-1637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Otto Exner ◽  
Stanislav Böhm

Three isodesmic reactions were investigated in which a variable substituent is transferred from a saturated to an unsaturated hydrocarbon residue: ethane → ethene, methane → benzene, ethane → benzene. Their reaction energies could serve as a measure of substituent resonance ability. They were calculated for 31 substituents by the density functional theory (DFT) at the B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p) level, and served as a model for systematic comparison of the DFT energies and experimental enthalpies of formation ∆fH°(298). It turned out that calculations at this level are more reliable than experiments; they disagree sometimes with ∆fH°(298) measured at different times and in different laboratories but agree better with the values calculated by simple additive scheme. Some particularly suspicious values were pointed out. The DFT reaction energies of the isodesmic reactions, ∆1E-∆3E, were correlated with the standard scales of resonance and with other scales of substituent effects by multiple linear regression and principal component analysis. The three scales are fairly similar to each other (correlation coefficients 0.68-0.83), depend rather strongly on resonance (75% of the variance) but involve still at least one component which could not be explained in terms of common substituent effects. Certainly they do not depend - not even slightly - on the inductive effect, steric effect or polarizability.


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