scholarly journals Structural Properties and Nonlinear Optical Responses of Halogenated Compounds: A DFT Investigation on Molecular Modelling

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 978-985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ramzan Saeed Ashraf Janjua

AbstractComputational chemistry is used to evaluate structures of different compounds by using principles of theoretical and quantum chemistry integrated into useful computer programs. It is used to determine energies, dipole moments and thermodynamic properties of different compounds. The present work reports the computational study of six donor-acceptor dyes. The computational method CAM-B3LYP with 6-31G(d,p) was used in this research to determine the effect of halogens on non-linear optical compounds. HOMO-LUMO energy gaps, dipole polarizabilities, first hyperpolarizabilities, and absorption spectra of six studied compounds (dye 1: 4-(2-(4-fluorophenyl)ethynyl)benzenamine; dye 2: 4-(2-(4-chlorophenyl)ethynyl)benzenamine; dye 3: 4-(2-(4-bromophenyl)ethynyl)benzenamine; dye 4: 5-(2-(4-fluorophenyl)ethynyl)benzene-1,2,3-triamine; dye 5: 5-(2-(4-chlorophenyl)ethynyl)benzene-1,2,3-triamine; dye 6: 5-(2-(4-bromophenyl)ethynyl)benzene-1,2,3-triamine) with aniline and halo phenyl segments were computed by using density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT). Results indicate that all dyes showed wavelengths of maximum absorbance in the visible region. Small HOMO-LUMO energy gaps were observed in all investigated dyes. The present calculations on these dyes (1-6) offer an understanding of the direction of charge transfer (CT) and how NLO behavior can be explained. The aniline-to-halo phenyl CT, caused by the combination of the donor amino group and the acceptor halo group, could be a reason for NLO behavior of these sorts of compounds. These compounds exhibit significant molecular second-order NLO responses, especially dyes (6) and (5), with second-order polarizability determined to be approximately 4600 a.u.

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (05n07) ◽  
pp. 737-749
Author(s):  
Michael Haas ◽  
Sabrina Gonglach ◽  
Wolfgang Schöfberger

We report routes towards synthesis of novel [Formula: see text]-conjugated freebase cobalt, copper, gallium and manganese meso-alkynylcorroles. UV-vis spectra show that extensive peak broadening, red shifts, and changes in the oscillator strength of absorptions increase with the extension of [Formula: see text]-conjugation. Using density functional theory (DFT), we have carried out a first theoretical study of the electronic structure of these metallocorroles. Decreased energy gaps of about 0.3–0.4 eV between the HOMO and LUMO orbitals compared to the corresponding copper, gallium and manganese meso-5,10,15 triphenylcorrole are observed. In all cases, the HOMO energies are nearly unperturbed as the [Formula: see text]-conjugation is expanded. The contraction of the HOMO–LUMO energy gaps is attributed to the lowered LUMO energies.


2006 ◽  
Vol 05 (03) ◽  
pp. 595-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
KRIENGSAK SRIWICHITKAMOL ◽  
SONGWUT SURAMITR ◽  
POTJAMAN POOLMEE ◽  
SUPA HANNONGBUA

The structural and energetic properties of polyfluorene and its derivatives were investigated, using quantum chemical calculations. Conformational analysis of bifluorene was performed by using ab initio (HF/6-31G* and MP2/6-31G*) and density functional theory (B3LYP/6-31G*) calculations. The results showed that the local energy minimum of bifluorene lies between the coplanar and perpendicular conformation, and the B3LYP/6-31G* calculations led to the overestimation of the stability of the planar pi systems. The HOMO-LUMO energy differences of fluorene oligomers and its derivatives — 9,9-dihexylfluorene (DHPF), 9,9-dioctylfluorene (PFO), and bis(2-ethylhexyl)fluorene (BEHPF) — were calculated at the B3LYP/6-31G* level. Energy gaps and effective conjugation lengths of the corresponding polymers were obtained by extrapolating HOMO-LUMO energy differences and the lowest excitation energies to infinite chain length. The lowest excitation energies and the maximum absorption wavelength of polyfluorene were also performed, employing the time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) and ZINDO methods. The extrapolations, based on TDDFT and ZINDO calculations, agree well with experimental results. These theoretical methods can be useful for the design of new polymeric structures with a reducing energy gap.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 236-251
Author(s):  
A. S. Gidado ◽  
L. S. Taura ◽  
A. Musa

Pyrene (C16H10) is an organic semiconductor which has wide applications in the field of organic electronics suitable for the development of organic light emitting diodes (OLED) and organic photovoltaic cells (OPV). In this work, Density Functional Theory (DFT) using Becke’s three and Lee Yang Parr (B3LYP) functional with basis set 6-311++G(d, p) implemented in Gaussian 03 package was  used to compute total energy, bond parameters, HOMO-LUMO energy gap, electron affinity, ionization potential, chemical reactivity descriptors, dipole moment, isotropic polarizability (α), anisotropy of polarizability ( Δ∝) total first order hyper-polarizability () and second order hyperpolarizability (). The molecules used are pyrene, 1-chloropyrene and 4-chloropyrene  in gas phase and in five different solvents: benzene, chloroform, acetone, DMSO and water. The results obtained show that solvents and chlorination actually influenced the properties of the molecules. The isolated pyrene in acetone has the largest value of HOMO-LUMO energy gap of and is a bit closer to a previously reported experimental value of  and hence is the most stable. Thus, the pyrene molecule has more kinetic stability and can be described as low reactive molecule. The calculated dipole moments are in the order of 4-chloropyrene (1.7645 D) < 1-chloropyrene (1.9663 D) in gas phase. The anisotropy of polarizability ( for pyrene and its derivatives were found to increase with increasing polarity of the solvents.  In a nutshell, the molecules will be promising for organic optoelectronic devices based on their computed properties as reported by this work.


RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (72) ◽  
pp. 38300-38309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Guang Liu ◽  
Ming-Li Gao ◽  
Zhi-Jian Wu

Redox-switchable second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) responses of a series of ferrocene-tetrathiafulvalene (Fc–TTF) hybrids have been studied based on density functional theory calculations.


Author(s):  
R. A. Ismail ◽  
A. B. Suleiman ◽  
A. S. Gidado ◽  
A. Lawan ◽  
A. Musa

Rosiglitazone ( C18H19N3O3S ) is an anti-diabetic drug that reduces insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes. The parameters (bond lengths and bond angles), HOMO, LUMO, HOMO-LUMO energy gap, dipole moment, thermodynamic properties, total energy and vibrational frequencies and intensities of the Rosiglitazone molecule in gas phase and in solvents (Water, Ethanol, DMSO and Acetonitrile) were calculated based on Density Functional Theory (DFT) using standard basis sets: B3LYP/6-31G(d,p), B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p) and B3LYP/6-31++G(d,p). Windows version of Gaussian 09 was used for all the calculations. From the results obtained, the solvents have little influence on the optimized parameters of the molecule. The highest HOMO value of -5.433 eV was found in gas phase showing that the molecule will best donate electron in the gas phase, followed by ethanol in comparison with other solvents. The values of the HOMO were observed to increase with the decrease in dielectric constants of the solvents across all the basis sets used. The lowest LUMO energy of -1.448 eV was found to be in ethanol which shows that the molecule will best accept electron in ethanol compared to the gas phase and other solvents. The largest HOMO-LUMO gap of 4.285 eV was found in water which shows its higher kinetic stability and less chemical reactivity compared to other solvents and in the gas phase. The chemical softness of the molecule was found to decrease as the dielectric constants of the solvents increased namely from ethanol to water. The chemical hardness was found to slightly increase with the increase in dielectric constants of the solvents. The highest value of the dipole moment of 4.6874 D was found in water indicating that the molecule will have the strongest intermolecular interactions in water compared to other solvents and in the gas phase. The total energy increased as the dielectric constants of the solvents decreased from water to ethanol. The vibrational frequencies and intensities increased as the dielectric constants of the solvents increased from ethanol to water. The results confirmed the effects of solvents on the structural, electronic and thermodynamic properties of the studied molecule and will be useful in the design and development of rosiglitazone as an anti-diabetic drug.


2012 ◽  
Vol 190-191 ◽  
pp. 405-408
Author(s):  
Cheng Gen Zhang ◽  
Shu Yuan Yu ◽  
Zong Ji Cao

Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed to investigate the structures of chloro silsesquioxanes Si2nO3nCl2n (n=1-5). Our study focuses on the structures, stabilities, and electronic properties of the chloro silsesquioxanes. The large HOMO–LUMO gaps, which range from 4.54 to 7.39 eV, imply optimal electronic structures for these molecules.


2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prabhat Ranjan ◽  
Praveen K. Surolia ◽  
Tanmoy Chakraborty

Abstract Iron-based chalcopyrite materials have diverse applications in solar cells, spintronic, thermoelectric devices, LEDs and medical sciences. In this report we have studied structure, electronic and optical properties of chalcopyrite-type nano-cluster XFeY2 (X=Cu, Ag, Au; Y=S, Se, Te) systematically by using Density Functional Theory (DFT). Our computed HOMO-LUMO energy gap of XFeY2 is in the range of 1.568–3.982 eV, which endorses its potential application in optoelectronic devices and solar cells. The result shows that chalcopyrite-type material AuFeS2 having a star-type structure with point group C2v and sextet spin multiplicity, is the most stable cluster with HOMO-LUMO energy gap of 3.982 eV. The optical properties viz. optical electronegativity, refractive index, dielectric constant, IR and Raman activity of these nano-clusters are also investigated. The result exhibits that HOMO-LUMO energy gap of XFeY2 along with optical electronegativity and vibrational frequency decreases from S to Se to Te, whereas refractive index and dielectric constant increases in the reverse order.


2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 2450-2461
Author(s):  
Najeh Tka ◽  
Mohamed Adnene Hadj Ayed ◽  
Mourad Ben Braiek ◽  
Mahjoub Jabli ◽  
Peter Langer

A facile synthesis of 2,4-diaryl-9-chloro-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroacridine derivatives is reported which is based on POCl3-mediated cyclodehydration followed by double Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling. The absorption and fluorescence properties of the obtained products were investigated and their HOMO/LUMO energy levels were estimated by cyclic voltammetry measurements. Besides, density functional theory calculations were carried out for further exploration of their electronic properties.


2014 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Peyghan ◽  
Maziar Noei

AbstractThe functionalisation of C60 fullerene with 2,3-dimethylene-1,4-dioxane (I) and 2,5-dioxabicyclo [4.2.0]octa-1(8),6-diene (II) was investigated by the use of density functional theory calculations in terms of its energetic, structural, field emission, and electronic properties. The functionalisation of C60 with I was previously reported experimentally. The I and II molecules are preferentially attached to a C—C bond shared and located between two hexagons of C60 via [4+2] and [2+2] cycloadditions bearing reaction energies of −15.9 kcal mol−1 and −72.4 kcal mol−1, respectively. The HOMO-LUMO energy gap and work function of C60 are significantly reduced following completion of the reactions. The field electron emission current of the C60 surface will increase after functionalisation of either the I or II molecule.


2010 ◽  
Vol 88 (5) ◽  
pp. 434-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ramzan Saeed Ashraf Janjua ◽  
Zhong-Min Su ◽  
Wei Guan ◽  
Ahmad Irfan ◽  
Shabbir Muhammad ◽  
...  

The electronic and redox properties of the title polyanions have been calculated by means of density functional theory (DFT). These were unrestricted open-shell systems with electronic configuration of d1 of V. In this behalf, energies and compositions of α-LUMO, β-LUMO, α-HOMO, and β-HOMO were also analyzed. First of all, electronic and redox properties of vanadosilicate [Si8V14O50]12– (system 1) were calculated and then SiIV was substituted with GeIV, PV, and AsV for further investigations of systems 2, 3, and 4, respectively. The substitution greatly modifies the electronic properties as α-LUMOs are quite different in all the studied systems. The α-LUMO is mainly composed of V and O in system 1, V and Ge in system 2, V and O in system 3, and As, O, and V in system 4. The alpha HOMO–LUMO energy gaps are greatly reduced in systems 2, 3, and 4 as compared with system 1. The system 4 [As8V14O50]4– has minimal value of total bonding energy, whereas system 2 [Ge8V14O50]12– has maximal, so energetically system 4 is more favourable than the others. After the first reduction, α-LUMO in [Si8V14O50]14– is made up of V and Si, β-LUMO in [Ge8V14O50]13– is concentrated on V and Ge, β-LUMO in [P8V14O50]5– is composed of V only, whereas β-LUMO in [As8V14O50]5– is delocalized over V, O, and As with almost the same contribution of all three atoms.


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