scholarly journals Models of Molecular Structures of Hexa-Nuclear AlnFem Metal Clusters (n + m = 6): DFT Quantum-Chemical Design

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 597
Author(s):  
Oleg V. Mikhailov ◽  
Denis V. Chachkov

By using the density functional theory (DFT) method at the OPBE/QZVP level, key parameters of molecular structures of six-atomic (heterobi)nuclear metal clusters with an AlnFem composition (n + m = 6) (bond lengths, bond angles, and torsion (dihedral) angles) were calculated. It was found that each of these clusters exists in a large number of structural isomers that differ substantially in terms of their total energy. Furthermore, the molecular structures of these structural isomers significantly differ regarding the geometric parameters and geometric form. In addition, the most stable structural isomers of these metal clusters also differ rather considerably in terms of the geometric form.

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 3162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleg V. Mikhailov ◽  
Denis V. Chachkov

Using the data of a quantum chemical modeling of molecular structures obtained by the density functional theory (DFT), the possibility of the existence of a copper macrocyclic complexes with 3,7,11,15-tetraazaaporphine, trans-di[benzo] 3,7,11,15-tetraazaaporphine or tetra[benzo] 3,7,11,15-tetraazaaporphine and oxide anion where oxidation state of copper is IV, was shown. The values of the parameters of molecular structures and NBO analysis for such complexes were presented, too.


Author(s):  
V. A. Babkin ◽  
D. S. Andreev ◽  
E. S. Titova ◽  
A. V. Ignatov ◽  
R. O. Boldyrev ◽  
...  

In this work, we performed a quantum-chemical calculation of some epoxy molecules: 1,2-epoxy-butene, 1,2-epoxy-2-methylpropane, 1,2 epoxyethane by the density functional theory DFT. An optimized geometric and electronic structure of these compounds is obtained. It was found that the studied epoxides belong to the class of very weak СH-acids (pKa = 28-30).


Author(s):  
Ljupčo Pejov ◽  
Mira Trpkovska ◽  
Bojan Šoptrajanov

A b s t r a c t: In order to get a more exact basis for the band assignments in the case of dichlorodioxochromium(VI) complex with 1,10-phenanthroline (especially regarding the order of appearance of the antisymmetric and symmetric CrO2 stretching bands) a quantum chemical study of this system was carried out. Two levels of theory were employed – the HF/6-31++G(d,p) and the density-functional-theory-based (DFT) method B3–LYP/6- 31++G(d,p). Full geometry optimizations of the title complex were carried out, employing Schlegel's gradient optimization algorithm. Harmonic vibrational analyses of the stationary points located on both potential energy hypersurfaces were subsequently carried out in order to test their character and to compute the harmonic vibrational frequencies of the complex. Predictions of the ab initio and DFT quantum chemical approaches regarding the order of appearance of the antisymmetric and symmetric CrO2 stretching bands in the case of the studied complex were compared to the cases of analogous 2,2'-bipyridine and 2,2'-biquinoline complexes containing the CrO2 group, which were previously studied by us [1–6].


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (22) ◽  
pp. 6836
Author(s):  
Oleg V. Mikhailov ◽  
Denis V. Chachkov

Quantum-chemical calculation of most important parameters of molecular and electronic structures of tetra-nuclear (pd) metal clusters having Al2M2 composition, where M = Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, or Zn (bond lengths, bond and torsion angles), and HOMO and LUMO of these compounds by means of DFT OPBE/QZVP method, have been carried out. It has been found that, for each of these metal clusters, an existence of rather large amount of structural isomers different substantially in their total energy, occurs. It has been noticed that molecular structures of metal clusters of the given type differ significantly between them in terms of geometric parameters, as well as in geometric form, wherein the most stable modifications of metal clusters considered are similar between themselves in geometric form. In addition, the standard thermodynamic parameters of formation of metal clusters considered here, and namely standard enthalpy ΔfH0(298 K), entropy Sf0(298 K), and Gibbs’ energy ΔfG0(298 K) of formation for these metal clusters, were calculated.


RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (38) ◽  
pp. 31968-31975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuai Zhao ◽  
Liguo Gao ◽  
Chunfeng Lan ◽  
Shyam S. Pandey ◽  
Shuzi Hayase ◽  
...  

In this work, we present a detailed first-principles investigation on the stoichiometric and oxygen-deficient structures of double perovskites, Sr2BMoO6 (B = Mg, Co and Ni), using the density functional theory (DFT) method.


2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 102
Author(s):  
Emma Persoon ◽  
Yuekui Wang ◽  
Gerhard Raabe

Quantum-chemical ab initio, time-independent, as well as time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) calculations were performed on the so far elusive heterocycles inda- and thallabenzene (C5H5In and C5H5Tl), employing several different methods (MP2, CISD, CCSD, CCSD(T), BD, BD(T), QCISD, QCISD(T), CASSCF, DFT/B3LYP), effective core potentials, and different basis sets. While calculations on the MP2 level predict the ground states of the title compounds to be singlets with the first triplet states between 13 and 15 kcal mol−1 higher in energy, single point calculations with the QCISD(T), CCSD(T), and BD(T) methods at CCSD-optimized structures result in energy differences between the singlet and the triplet states in the range between 0.3 and 2.1 kcal mol−1 in favour of the triplet states. According to a CASSCF(8,8) calculation the triplets are also more stable by about 2.5–2.9 kcal mol−1. Calculations were also performed for the C5v-symmetric η5 structural isomers (cyclopentadienylindium, CpIn, and cyclopentadienylthallium, CpTl, Cp = C5H5) of the title compounds. At the highest level of theory employed in this study, C5H5In is between 79 and 88 kcal mol−1 higher in energy than CpIn, while this energy difference is even larger for thallabenzene where C5H5Tl is energetically between 94 and 102 kcal mol−1 above CpTl. In addition we report on the UV/vis spectra calculated with a TD-DFT method as well as on the spectra of the normal modes of C5H5In and C5H5Tl. Both types of spectra might facilitate identification of the title compounds eventually formed in photolysis or pyrolysis experiments.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Cecilia Bichara ◽  
Hernán Enrique Lanús ◽  
Evelina Gloria Ferrer ◽  
Mónica Beatriz Gramajo ◽  
Silvia Antonia Brandán

We have carried out a structural and vibrational theoretical study for the citric acid dimer. The Density Functional Theory (DFT) method with the B3LYP/6-31G∗ and B3LYP/6-311++ methods have been used to study its structure and vibrational properties. Then, in order to get a good assignment of the IR and Raman spectra in solid phase of dimer, the best fit possible between the calculated and recorded frequencies was carry out and the force fields were scaled using the Scaled Quantum Mechanic Force Field (SQMFF) methodology. An assignment of the observed spectral features is proposed. A band of medium intensity at 1242  together with a group of weak bands, previously not assigned to the monomer, was in this case assigned to the dimer. Furthermore, the analysis of the Natural Bond Orbitals (NBOs) and the topological properties of electronic charge density by employing Bader's Atoms in Molecules theory (AIM) for the dimer were carried out to study the charge transference interactions of the compound.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saeedeh Mohammadi ◽  
Mohammad Esmailpour ◽  
Mina Mohammadi

Abstract This paper is a new step in helping the treatment of coronavirus by improving the performance of chloroquine drug. For this purpose, we propose a complex of chloroquine drug with graphene nanoribbon (GNR) scheme. We compute the structural and electrical properties and absorption of chloroquine (C18H26ClN3) and GNR complex using the density functional theory (DFT) method. By creating a drug and GNR complex, the density of states of electrons increases and the energy gap decreases compared to the chloroquine. Also, using absorption calculations and spectrums such as infrared and UV-Vis spectra, we showed that GNR is a suitable structure for creating chloroquine drug complex. Our results show that the dipole moment, global softness and electrophilicity for the drug complex increases compared to the non-complex state. Our calculations can be useful for increasing performance and reducing the side effects of chloroquine, and thus can be effective in treating coronavirus.


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