scholarly journals The Magnetic Behaviour of CoTPP Supported on Coinage Metal Surfaces in the Presence of Small Molecules: A Molecular Cluster Study of the Surface trans-Effect

Nanomaterials ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 218
Author(s):  
Silvia Carlotto ◽  
Iulia Cojocariu ◽  
Vitaliy Feyer ◽  
Luca Floreano ◽  
Maurizio Casarin
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Small Molecules ◽  
Metal Surfaces ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Direct Interaction ◽  
Closed Shell ◽  
Magnetic Behaviour ◽  
Molecular Cluster ◽  
Coinage Metal ◽  
Trans Effect

Density functional theory, combined with the molecular cluster model, has been used to investigate the surface trans-effect induced by the coordination of small molecules L (L = CO, NH3, NO, NO2 and O2) on the cobalt electronic structure of cobalt tetraphenylporphyrinato (CoTPP) surface-supported on coinage metal surfaces (Cu, Ag, and Au). Regardless of whether L has a closed- or an open-shell electronic structure, its coordination to Co takes out the direct interaction between Co and the substrate eventually present. The CO and NH3 bonding to CoTPP does not influence the Co local electronic structure, while the NO (NO2 and O2) coordination induces a Co reduction (oxidation), generating a 3d8 CoI (3d6 CoIII) magnetically silent closed-shell species. Theoretical outcomes herein reported demonstrate that simple and computationally inexpensive models can be used not only to rationalize but also to predict the effects of the Co–L bonding on the magnetic behaviour of CoTPP chemisorbed on coinage metals. The same model may be straightforwardly extended to other transition metals or coordinated molecules.

Addressing the uncertainty of DFT-determined hydrogenation mechanisms over coinage metal surfaces

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kunran Yang ◽  
Bo Yang
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Dft Calculations ◽  
Reaction Mechanisms ◽  
Metal Surfaces ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Coinage Metal

Density functional theory (DFT) has been considered as a powerful tool for the identification of reaction mechanisms. However, it is still unclear whether the error of DFT calculations would lead...

scholarly journals Equilibrium Bond Lengths from Orbital-Free Density Functional Theory

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 1771
Author(s):  
Kati Finzel
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Closed Shell ◽  
Functional Derivative ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Bond Lengths ◽  
Pauli Potential ◽  
Orbital Free ◽  
Shell Fragments

This work presents an investigation to model chemical bonding in various dimers based on the atomic fragment approach. The atomic fragment approach is an ab-initio, parameter-free implementation of orbital-free density functional theory which is based on the bifunctional formalism, i.e., it uses both the density and the Pauli potential as two separate variables. While providing the exact Kohn-Sham Pauli kinetic energy when the orbital-based Kohn-Sham data are used, the bifunctional formalism allows for approximations of the functional derivative which are orbital-free. In its first implementation, the atomic fragment approach uses atoms in their ground state to model the Pauli potential. Here, it is tested how artificial closed-shell fragments with non-integer electron occupation perform regarding the prediction of bond lengths of diatomics. Such fragments can sometimes mimic the electronic structure of a molecule better than groundstate fragments. It is found that bond lengths may indeed be considerably improved in some of the tested diatomics, in accord with predictions based on the electronic structure.

Doping effects on the geometric and electronic structure of tin clusters

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (44) ◽  
pp. 24478-24488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Gleditzsch ◽  
Marc Jäger ◽  
Lukáš F. Pašteka ◽  
Armin Shayeghi ◽  
Rolf Schäfer
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Beam Deflection ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Doping Effects ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Trajectory Simulations

In depth analysis of doping effects on the geometric and electronic structure of tin clusters via electric beam deflection, numerical trajectory simulations and density functional theory.

Hydrostibination of Alkynes: A Radical Mechanism

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josh MacMillan ◽  
Katherine Marczenko ◽  
Erin Johnson ◽  
Saurabh Chitnis
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional ◽  
Activation Barrier ◽  
Closed Shell ◽  
Reaction Rates ◽  
Radical Mechanism ◽  
Neutral Radical ◽  
Kinetic Isotope ◽  
Rate Limiting Step ◽  
Ionic Mechanisms ◽  
Terminal Acetylenes

The addition of Sb-H bonds to alkynes was reported recently as a new hydroelementation reaction that exclusively yields anti-Markovnikov <i>Z</i>-olefins from terminal acetylenes. We examine four possible mechanisms that are consistent with the observed stereochemical and regiochemical outcomes. A comprehensive analysis of solvent, substituent, isotope, additive, and temperature effects on hydrostibination reaction rates definitively refutes three ionic mechanisms involving closed-shell charged intermediates. Instead the data support a fourth pathway featuring neutral radical Sb<sup>II</sup> and Sb<sup>III</sup> intermediates. Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations are consistent this model, predicting an activation barrier that is within 1 kcal mol<sup>-1</sup> of the experimental value (Eyring analysis) and a rate limiting step that is congruent with experimental kinetic isotope effect. We therefore conclude that hydrostibination of arylacetylenes is initiated by the generation of stibinyl radicals, which then participate in a cycle featuring Sb<sup>II</sup> and Sb<sup>III</sup> intermediates to yield the observed <i>Z</i>-olefins as products. This mechanistic understanding will enable rational evolution of hydrostibination as a methodology for accessing challenging products such as <i>E</i>-olefins.

Electronic Structure Benchmark Calculations of Inorganic and Biochemical Carboxylation Reactions

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar A. Douglas-Gallardo ◽  
David A. Sáez ◽  
Stefan Vogt-Geisse ◽  
Esteban Vöhringer-Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Chemical Reactions ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Correlation Energy ◽  
Electronic Energy ◽  
Basis Sets ◽  
Electronic Correlation ◽  
Correct Description ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Co2 ◽  
High Level

<div><div><div><p>Carboxylation reactions represent a very special class of chemical reactions that is characterized by the presence of a carbon dioxide (CO2) molecule as reactive species within its global chemical equation. These reactions work as fundamental gear to accomplish the CO2 fixation and thus to build up more complex molecules through different technological and biochemical processes. In this context, a correct description of the CO2 electronic structure turns out to be crucial to study the chemical and electronic properties associated with this kind of reactions. Here, a sys- tematic study of CO2 electronic structure and its contribution to different carboxylation reaction electronic energies has been carried out by means of several high-level ab-initio post-Hartree Fock (post-HF) and Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations for a set of biochemistry and inorganic systems. We have found that for a correct description of the CO2 electronic correlation energy it is necessary to include post-CCSD(T) contributions (beyond the gold standard). These high-order excitations are required to properly describe the interactions of the four π-electrons as- sociated with the two degenerated π-molecular orbitals of the CO2 molecule. Likewise, our results show that in some reactions it is possible to obtain accurate reaction electronic energy values with computationally less demanding methods when the error in the electronic correlation energy com- pensates between reactants and products. Furthermore, the provided post-HF reference values allowed to validate different DFT exchange-correlation functionals combined with different basis sets for chemical reactions that are relevant in biochemical CO2 fixing enzymes.</p></div></div></div>

Redox Potential - (Electronic) Structure Relationships in 18- and 17-Electron Mononitrile (or Monocarbonyl) Diphosphine Complexes of Re and Fe

2001 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Fátima C. Guedes Da Silva ◽  
Luísa M. D. R. S. Martins ◽  
João J. R. Fraústo Da Silva ◽  
Armando J. L. Pombeiro
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Voltammetry ◽  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Binding Sites ◽  
Closed Shell ◽  
Carbonyl Complexes ◽  
Metal Centre ◽  
Pt Electrode ◽  
Metal Site ◽  
Oxidation Potentials ◽  
First Time

The organonitrile or carbonyl complexes cis-[ReCl(RCN)(dppe)2] (1) (R = 4-Et2NC6H4 (1a), 4-MeOC6H4 (1b), 4-MeC6H4 (1c), C6H5 (1d), 4-FC6H4 (1e), 4-ClC6H4 (1f), 4-O2NC6H4 (1g), 4-ClC6H4CH2 (1h), t-Bu (1i); dppe = Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2), or cis-[ReCl(CO)(dppe)2] (2), as well as trans-[FeBr(RCN)(depe)2]BF4 (3) (R = 4-MeOC6H4 (3a), 4-MeC6H4 (3b), C6H5 (3c), 4-FC6H4 (3d), 4-O2NC6H4 (3e), Me (3f), Et (3g), 4-MeOC6H4CH2 (3h); depe = Et2PCH2CH2PEt2), novel trans-[FeBr(CO)(depe)2]BF4 (4) and trans-[FeBr2(depe)2] (5) undergo, as revealed by cyclic voltammetry at a Pt-electrode and in aprotic non-aqueous medium, two consecutive reversible or partly reversible one-electron oxidations assigned as ReI → ReII → ReIII or FeII → FeIII → FeIV. The corresponding values of the oxidation potentials IE1/2ox and IIE1/2ox (waves I and II, respectively) correlate with the Pickett's and Lever's electrochemical ligand and metal site parameters. This allows to estimate these parameters for the various nitrile ligands, depe and binding sites (for the first time for a FeIII/IV couple). The electrochemical ligand parameter show dependence on the "electron-richness" of the metal centre. The values of IE1/2ox for the ReI complexes provide some supporting for a curved overall relationship with the sum of Lever's electrochemical ligand parameter. The Pickett parametrization for closed-shell complexes is extended now also to 17-electron complexes, i.e. with the 15-electron ReII and FeIII centres in cis-{[ReCl(dppe)2]}+ and trans-{FeBr(depe)2}2+, respectively.

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