Cyclopentannulation and Cyclodehydrogenation of Isomerically Pure 5,11-Dibromo-Anthradithiophenes Leading to Contorted Aromatics

Author(s):  
Sambasiva Bheemireddy ◽  
Waseem A. Hussain ◽  
Ain Uddin ◽  
Yachu Du ◽  
Matthew Hautzinger ◽  
...  

Isomerically pure 5,11-dibromo-2,8-dihexylanthra[2,3-b:7,6-b']dithiophene, a brominated analog of anthracenedithiophene (ADT), was prepared and utilized for a palladium catalyzed cyclopentannulation reaction with 3,3’-dimethoxyphenylacetylene. The resulting cyclopentannulated-ADT (CP-ADT) was found to be more photo-oxidatively stable than isoelectronic CP-pentacene analogs previously prepared. In addition, the CP-ADT was able to undergo an additional Scholl cyclodehydrogenation reaction to create a contorted aromatic, an incapable feat for previous CP-pentacene analogs. The resulting compound, 4-dihexyl-5,10,17,22-tetramethoxytetrabenzo[4,5:6,7:11,12:13,14]rubiceno[2,3-b:10,9-b']dithiophene, was significantly contorted out of planarity owing to four [5]helicene-like arrangements. The density functional theory (DFT) energy minimized structures suggests splay angles of 41.80 and 40.90 for the cove regions, which are significantly larger than previously published anthracene cyclopentannulated analogs. The contorted aromatic possessed a moderately low optical gap (1.50 eV) and relatively low Lowest Occupied Molecular Orbital energy (-3.70 eV).<br>

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sambasiva Bheemireddy ◽  
Waseem A. Hussain ◽  
Ain Uddin ◽  
Yachu Du ◽  
Matthew Hautzinger ◽  
...  

Isomerically pure 5,11-dibromo-2,8-dihexylanthra[2,3-b:7,6-b']dithiophene, a brominated analog of anthracenedithiophene (ADT), was prepared and utilized for a palladium catalyzed cyclopentannulation reaction with 3,3’-dimethoxyphenylacetylene. The resulting cyclopentannulated-ADT (CP-ADT) was found to be more photo-oxidatively stable than isoelectronic CP-pentacene analogs previously prepared. In addition, the CP-ADT was able to undergo an additional Scholl cyclodehydrogenation reaction to create a contorted aromatic, an incapable feat for previous CP-pentacene analogs. The resulting compound, 4-dihexyl-5,10,17,22-tetramethoxytetrabenzo[4,5:6,7:11,12:13,14]rubiceno[2,3-b:10,9-b']dithiophene, was significantly contorted out of planarity owing to four [5]helicene-like arrangements. The density functional theory (DFT) energy minimized structures suggests splay angles of 41.80 and 40.90 for the cove regions, which are significantly larger than previously published anthracene cyclopentannulated analogs. The contorted aromatic possessed a moderately low optical gap (1.50 eV) and relatively low Lowest Occupied Molecular Orbital energy (-3.70 eV).<br>


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon B. Bizzarro ◽  
Colin K. Egan ◽  
Francesco Paesani

<div> <div> <div> <p>Interaction energies of halide-water dimers, X<sup>-</sup>(H<sub>2</sub>O), and trimers, X<sup>-</sup>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>, with X = F, Cl, Br, and I, are investigated using various many-body models and exchange-correlation functionals selected across the hierarchy of density functional theory (DFT) approximations. Analysis of the results obtained with the many-body models demonstrates the need to capture important short-range interactions in the regime of large inter-molecular orbital overlap, such as charge transfer and charge penetration. Failure to reproduce these effects can lead to large deviations relative to reference data calculated at the coupled cluster level of theory. Decompositions of interaction energies carried out with the absolutely localized molecular orbital energy decomposition analysis (ALMO-EDA) method demonstrate that permanent and inductive electrostatic energies are accurately reproduced by all classes of XC functionals (from generalized gradient corrected (GGA) to hybrid and range-separated functionals), while significant variance is found for charge transfer energies predicted by different XC functionals. Since GGA and hybrid XC functionals predict the most and least attractive charge transfer energies, respectively, the large variance is likely due to the delocalization error. In this scenario, the hybrid XC functionals are then expected to provide the most accurate charge transfer energies. The sum of Pauli repulsion and dispersion energies are the most varied among the XC functionals, but it is found that a correspondence between the interaction energy and the ALMO EDA total frozen energy may be used to determine accurate estimates for these contributions. </p> </div> </div> </div>


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon B. Bizzarro ◽  
Colin K. Egan ◽  
Francesco Paesani

<div> <div> <div> <p>Interaction energies of halide-water dimers, X<sup>-</sup>(H<sub>2</sub>O), and trimers, X<sup>-</sup>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>, with X = F, Cl, Br, and I, are investigated using various many-body models and exchange-correlation functionals selected across the hierarchy of density functional theory (DFT) approximations. Analysis of the results obtained with the many-body models demonstrates the need to capture important short-range interactions in the regime of large inter-molecular orbital overlap, such as charge transfer and charge penetration. Failure to reproduce these effects can lead to large deviations relative to reference data calculated at the coupled cluster level of theory. Decompositions of interaction energies carried out with the absolutely localized molecular orbital energy decomposition analysis (ALMO-EDA) method demonstrate that permanent and inductive electrostatic energies are accurately reproduced by all classes of XC functionals (from generalized gradient corrected (GGA) to hybrid and range-separated functionals), while significant variance is found for charge transfer energies predicted by different XC functionals. Since GGA and hybrid XC functionals predict the most and least attractive charge transfer energies, respectively, the large variance is likely due to the delocalization error. In this scenario, the hybrid XC functionals are then expected to provide the most accurate charge transfer energies. The sum of Pauli repulsion and dispersion energies are the most varied among the XC functionals, but it is found that a correspondence between the interaction energy and the ALMO EDA total frozen energy may be used to determine accurate estimates for these contributions. </p> </div> </div> </div>


2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Bhawani Datt Joshi ◽  
Janga Bahadur Khadka ◽  
Atamram Bhatt

 We have presented molecular structure and vibrational wavenumber assignments of 7-methyl-2,3-dihydro-(1,3)thiazolo(3,2-a)pyrimidin-5-one. Both ab initio Hartree-Fock and density functional theory employing 6-311++G(d,p) basis set have been used for the calculations. The scaled values of the calculated vibrational frequencies were used for assignments on the basis of potential energy distribution. The structure-activity relation has been interpreted by mapping molecular electrostatic potential surface. Electronic properties have been analyzed by using time dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) for both gaseous and solvent phase. The calculated HOMO (highest occupied molecular orbital) and LUMO (lowest unoccupied molecular orbital) energy values show that the charge transfer occurs within the molecule. Journal of Institute of Science and TechnologyVolume 22, Issue 2, January 2018, Page: 1-11 


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (48) ◽  
pp. 25293-25302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mukesh Kumar ◽  
Naoto Umezawa ◽  
Wei Zhou ◽  
Motoharu Imai

We report on a barium disilicide (BaSi2) system as a potential absorber material for thin-film solar cells within the density functional theory framework by using advanced methods like GW and BSE and elucidate the first report on the molecular orbital diagram and defect physics in BaSi2.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon B. Bizzarro ◽  
Colin K. Egan ◽  
Francesco Paesani

<div> <div> <div> <p>Interaction energies of halide-water dimers, X<sup>-</sup>(H<sub>2</sub>O), and trimers, X<sup>-</sup>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>, with X = F, Cl, Br, and I, are investigated using various many-body models and exchange-correlation functionals selected across the hierarchy of density functional theory (DFT) approximations. Analysis of the results obtained with the many-body models demonstrates the need to capture important short-range interactions in the regime of large inter-molecular orbital overlap, such as charge transfer and charge penetration. Failure to reproduce these effects can lead to large deviations relative to reference data calculated at the coupled cluster level of theory. Decompositions of interaction energies carried out with the absolutely localized molecular orbital energy decomposition analysis (ALMO-EDA) method demonstrate that permanent and inductive electrostatic energies are accurately reproduced by all classes of XC functionals (from generalized gradient corrected (GGA) to hybrid and range-separated functionals), while significant variance is found for charge transfer energies predicted by different XC functionals. Since GGA and hybrid XC functionals predict the most and least attractive charge transfer energies, respectively, the large variance is likely due to the delocalization error. In this scenario, the hybrid XC functionals are then expected to provide the most accurate charge transfer energies. The sum of Pauli repulsion and dispersion energies are the most varied among the XC functionals, but it is found that a correspondence between the interaction energy and the ALMO EDA total frozen energy may be used to determine accurate estimates for these contributions. </p> </div> </div> </div>


Author(s):  
I. Yu. Sklyadneva ◽  
Rolf Heid ◽  
Pedro Miguel Echenique ◽  
Evgueni Chulkov

Electron-phonon interaction in the Si(111)-supported rectangular √(7 ) ×√3 phases of In is investigated within the density-functional theory and linear-response. For both single-layer and double-layer √(7 ) ×√3 structures, it...


2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 357-368
Author(s):  
Kaiwen Zheng ◽  
Kai Guo ◽  
Jing Xu ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
Junlang Chen ◽  
...  

AbstractCatechin – a natural polyphenol substance – has excellent antioxidant properties for the treatment of diseases, especially for cholesterol lowering. Catechin can reduce cholesterol content in micelles by forming insoluble precipitation with cholesterol, thereby reducing the absorption of cholesterol in the intestine. In this study, to better understand the molecular mechanism of catechin and cholesterol, we studied the interaction between typical catechins and cholesterol by the density functional theory. Results show that the adsorption energies between the four catechins and cholesterol are obviously stronger than that of cholesterol themselves, indicating that catechin has an advantage in reducing cholesterol micelle formation. Moreover, it is found that the molecular interactions of the complexes are mainly due to charge transfer of the aromatic rings of the catechins as well as the hydrogen bond interactions. Unlike the intuitive understanding of a complex formed by hydrogen bond interaction, which is positively correlated with the number of hydrogen bonds, the most stable complexes (epicatechin–cholesterol or epigallocatechin–cholesterol) have only one but stronger hydrogen bond, due to charge transfer of the aromatic rings of catechins.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Kurogi ◽  
Keiichi Irifune ◽  
Takahiro Enoki ◽  
Kazuhiko Takai

Reduction of CCl4 by CrCl2 in THF afforded a trinuclear chromium(III) carbyne [CrCl(thf)2)]3(μ3-CCl)(μ-Cl)3. The chlorocarbyne complex reacted with aldehydes to afford chloroallylic alcohols and terminal alkynes. The density functional theory...


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