Molecular structure and IR spectra of generation phosphorus dendrimer built from cyclophosphazene core with terminal phenoxy groups by DFT calculations

Spectroscopic and molecular structure investigation of the phosphorus-containing G'2 dendrimer with terminal aldehyde groups using DFT method

The FTIR and FT Raman spectra of the second generation dendrimer G'2 built from thiophosphoryl core with terminal aldehyde groups have been recorded. The structural optimization and normal mode analysis were performed for model compound C, consisting of thiophosphoryl core, one branch with three repeated units, and four 4-oxybenzaldehyde terminal groups on the basis of the density functional theory (DFT) at the PBE/TZ2P level. The vibrational frequencies, infrared and Raman intensities for the t,g,g- and t,-g,g-conformers of the terminal groups were calculated. The t,g,g-conformer is 2.0 kcal/mol less stable compared to t,-g,g-conformer. A reliable assignment of the fundamental bands observed in the experimental IR and Raman spectra of dendrimer was achieved. For the low generations (G'1 to G'3) the disk form of studied dendrimer molecules is the most probable. For higher generations, the shape of dendrimer molecules will be that of a cauliflower.

Raman spectroscopy study of phosphorus-containing dendrimers built from thiophosphoryl core

The FT-Raman spectra of 10 generations of phosphorus-containing dendrimers containing P=S and P=O bonds with terminal benzaldehyde and P-Cl groups have been recorded and analyzed. The Raman spectra of dendrimers are determined by the ratio T(n)/R(n) (T(n)--number of terminal groups, R(n)--number of repeating units). This ratio trends to r-1 (r--branching functionality of repeating unit), and becomes constant, when the generation number is higher than 3. The lines full width at half height in Raman spectra of 10 generations was measured. The possibility appears to separate the lines assigned to the core, repeating units and terminal groups of dendrimers by difference spectroscopy method. The influence of the encirclement on the line frequencies and intensities was studied and due to the predictable, controlled and reproducible structure of dendrimers the information, usually inaccessible is obtained. Some lines in the Raman difference spectra have characteristic EPR-like form. The strong line at 1600 cm(-1) show marked changes of intensity in dependence of aldehyde (-CH=O) or azomethyne (-CH=N) substituents in the aromatic ring.