scholarly journals Tetrel Bonding Interactions in Perchlorinated Cyclopenta- and Cyclohexatetrelanes: A Combined DFT and CSD Study

Molecules ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 1770 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Bauzá ◽  
Antonio Frontera
Keyword(s):  
Dft Calculations ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Electron Donor ◽  
Halogen Atom ◽  
Lone Pair ◽  
Covalent Bond ◽  
Atoms In Molecules ◽  
Aim Analysis ◽  
Structural Database ◽  
Close Contacts

In this manuscript, we combined DFT calculations (PBE0-D3/def2-TZVP level of theory) and a Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) survey to evaluate the ability of perchlorinated cyclopenta- and cyclohexatetrelanes in establishing tetrel bonding interactions. For this purpose, we used Tr5Cl10 and Tr6Cl12 (Tr = Si and Ge) and HCN, HF, OH− and Cl− as electron donor entities. Furthermore, we performed an Atoms in Molecules (AIM) analysis to further describe and characterize the interactions studied herein. A survey of crystal structures in the CSD reveals that close contacts between Si and lone-pair-possessing atoms are quite common and oriented along the extension of the covalent bond formed by the silicon with the halogen atom.

scholarly journals π-Hole Tetrel Bonds—Lewis Acid Properties of Metallylenes

Crystals ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Sławomir J. Grabowski
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Lewis Acid ◽  
Natural Bond Orbital ◽  
Database Search ◽  
Lewis Base ◽  
Atoms In Molecules ◽  
Acid Properties ◽  
Structural Database ◽  
Tetrel Bonds

The MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ calculations were performed on the dihalometallylenes to indicate their Lewis acid and Lewis base sites. The results of the Cambridge Structural Database search show corresponding and related crystal structures where the tetrel center often possesses the configuration of a trigonal bipyramid or octahedron. The calculations were also carried out on dimers of dichlorogermylene and dibromogermylene and on complexes of these germylenes with one and two 1,4-dioxide molecules. The Ge⋯Cl, Ge⋯Br, and Ge⋯O interactions are analyzed. The Ge⋯O interactions in the above mentioned germylene complexes may be classified as the π-hole tetrel bonds. The MP2 calculations are supported by the results of the Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules (QTAIM) and the Natural Bond Orbital (NBO) approaches.

Effect of delocalization of nonbonding electron density on the stability of the M–Ccarbene bond in main group metal-imidazol-2-ylidene complexes: a computational and structural database study

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Tetteh ◽  
Albert Ofori
Keyword(s):  
Electron Density ◽  
Lone Pair ◽  
Main Group ◽  
Binding Energies ◽  
Electrostatic Model ◽  
Group Metal ◽  
Main Group Metal ◽  
Structural Database ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Lone Pair Electrons

Abstract The M–Ccarbene bond in metal (M) complexes involving the imidazol-2-ylidene (Im) ligand has largely been described using the σ-donor only model with donation of σ electrons from the sp-hybridized orbital of the carbene carbon into vacant orbitals on the metal centre. Analyses of the M–Ccarbene bond in a series of group IA, IIA and IIIA main group metal complexes show that the M-Im interactions are mostly electrostatic with the M–Ccarbene bond distances greater than the sum of the respective covalent radii. Estimation of the binding energies of a series of metal hydride/fluoride/chloride imidazol-2-ylidene complexes revealed that the stability of the M–Ccarbene bond in these complexes is not always commensurate with the σ-only electrostatic model. Further natural bond orbital (NBO) analyses at the DFT/B3LYP level of theory revealed substantial covalency in the M–Ccarbene bond with minor delocalization of electron density from the lone pair electrons on the halide ligands into antibonding molecular orbitals on the Im ligand. Calculation of the thermodynamic stability of the M–Ccarbene bond showed that these interactions are mostly endothermic in the gas phase with reduced entropies giving an overall ΔG > 0.

Three green luminescent cadmium complexes containing 8-aminoquinoline ligands: Syntheses, crystal structures, emission spectra and DFT calculations

2008 ◽  
Vol 128 (10) ◽  
pp. 1665-1672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heng Xu ◽  
Liang-Fang Huang ◽  
Li-Min Guo ◽  
Yuan-Guang Zhang ◽  
Xiao-Ming Ren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dft Calculations ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Emission Spectra ◽  
Cadmium Complexes

The Through-Bond Interaction of a Sulfur Lone Pair with Oxygenated Substituents in the Thiacyclohexane Framework

2005 ◽  
Vol 58 (7) ◽  
pp. 531
Author(s):  
Laura Andrau ◽  
Jonathan M. White
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Bond Distance ◽  
Lone Pair ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Ester Derivative ◽  
Bond Interaction ◽  
Derivatives Of ◽  
Electron Demand

Low-temperature X-ray crystal structures were determined on a range of derivatives of 4-thiacyclohexanol 5a of varying electron demand with a view to finding evidence for a through-bond interaction between the sulfur lone pair and the oxygenated substituent. In contrast to earlier suggestions, plots of C–OR bond distance versus pKa (ROH) showed that any interaction between the sulfur and the OR group is unlikely to be of a through-bond origin. Furthermore, unimolecular solvolysis rate measurements on the nosylate ester derivative 5g showed that the sulfur actually retards the reaction slightly in comparison with the corresponding sulfur-free analogue 6.

scholarly journals The N-atom in [N(PR3)2]+ cations (R = Ph, Me) can act as electron donor for (pseudo) anti-electrostatic interactions

CrystEngComm ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (20) ◽  
pp. 3768-3771 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Bauzá ◽  
Antonio Frontera ◽  
Tiddo J. Mooibroek ◽  
Jan Reedijk
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Electron Donor ◽  
Molecular Hydrogen ◽  
Electrostatic Interactions ◽  
Lone Pair ◽  
Dft Study ◽  
Nitrogen Lone Pair

A CSD analysis and DFT study reveal that the nitrogen lone-pair in [N(PPh3)2]+ is partially intact and involved in intramolecular hydrogen bonding.

Crystal structures and DFT calculations of new chlorido-dimethylsulfoxide-MIII (M = Ir, Ru, Rh) complexes with the N-pyrazolyl pyrimidine donor ligand: kinetic vs. thermodynamic isomers

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (17) ◽  
pp. 6353 ◽  
Author(s):  
María M. Cánaves ◽  
María I. Cabra ◽  
Antonio Bauzá ◽  
Pablo Cañellas ◽  
Kika Sánchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dft Calculations ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Donor Ligand
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