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Mahapatra N, Chandra S, Ramanathan N, Sundararajan K. Structural Elucidation of N 2O Clusters at Low Temperatures: Exemplary Framework Stabilized by π-Hole-Driven N···O and N···N Pnicogen Bonding Interactions. J Phys Chem A 2024; 128:4623-4637. [PMID: 38867592 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c01103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2024]
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N2O is a classic prototype, in which central nitrogen is sufficiently electropositive with a positive potential of 20 kcal mol-1 in magnitude to qualify it as a possible pnicogen. This was applied to a test with N2O clusters using ab initio calculations in association with various molecular topographic tools. The structure of the energetically dominant and N2O dimer was in favor of a perpendicular geometry, where the central nitrogen atom of the N2O submolecule assumed a near 90° angle with the adjacent N═O and/or N═N moiety, which provides the affirmation of central nitrogen as a possible π-hole-driven pnicogen. The terminal nitrogen and oxygen atoms of N2O continue to act as conventional electron donors (Lewis bases) with a negative potential. Overall, predominant π-hole-driven N···O and N···N pnicogen bonding interactions were observed to stabilize N2O clusters. Furthermore, N2O clusters (dimers and trimers) were synthesized at low temperatures in an Ar matrix using molecular beam (effusive and supersonic expansion) experiments. The geometries of these clusters were characterized by probing infrared spectroscopy with corroboration from ab initio computational methods. In addition to our previously investigated nitromethane and nitrobenzene systems, N2O also makes it to a pnicogen bonder's club with the central nitrogen as a π-hole-driven pnicogen.
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- Nandalal Mahapatra
- Materials Chemistry & Metal Fuel Cycle Group, Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam 603102, Tamil Nadu, India
- Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kalpakkam603102, Tami Nadu, India
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- Materials Chemistry & Metal Fuel Cycle Group, Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam 603102, Tamil Nadu, India
- Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kalpakkam603102, Tami Nadu, India
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- Materials Chemistry & Metal Fuel Cycle Group, Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam 603102, Tamil Nadu, India
- Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kalpakkam603102, Tami Nadu, India
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- Materials Chemistry & Metal Fuel Cycle Group, Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam 603102, Tamil Nadu, India
- Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kalpakkam603102, Tami Nadu, India
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Scheiner S, Michalczyk M, Zierkiewicz W. Involvement of Arsenic Atom of AsF 3 in Five Pnicogen Bonds: Differences between X-ray Structure and Theoretical Models. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27196486. [PMID: 36235021 PMCID: PMC9572024 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27196486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Revised: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Bonding within the AsF3 crystal is analyzed via quantum chemical methods so as to identify and quantify the pnicogen bonds that are present. The structure of a finite crystal segment containing nine molecules is compared with that of a fully optimized cluster of the same size. The geometries are qualitatively different, with a much larger binding energy within the optimized nonamer. Although the total interaction energy of a central unit with the remaining peripheral molecules is comparable for the two structures, the binding of the peripherals with one another is far larger in the optimized cluster. This distinction of much stronger total binding within the optimized cluster is not limited to the nonamer but repeats itself for smaller aggregates as well. The average binding energy of the cluster rises quickly with size, asymptotically approaching a value nearly triple that of the dimer.
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- Steve Scheiner
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-0300, USA
- Correspondence: to: (S.S.); (M.M.); (W.Z.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
- Correspondence: to: (S.S.); (M.M.); (W.Z.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
- Correspondence: to: (S.S.); (M.M.); (W.Z.)
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Suryaprasad B, Chandra S, Ramanathan N, Sundararajan K. Unique Dispersion-Induced Tetrel Bond with Co-operative σ-hole-Induced Pnicogen Bond in the POCl 3-Acetone Heterodimer: Experimental Confirmation at Low Temperatures. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:6637-6647. [PMID: 36126354 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c04635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Both tetrel and pnicogen bonds are known to be induced through σ-/π-holes. This work reports computational and experimental evidence of the carbonyl carbon of acetone hosting a tetrel bond by dispersion rather electrostatic forces, for the first time, while phosphorus of POCl3 sustains pnicogen bonding via the σ-hole. Heterodimers of POCl3 with acetone (CH3COCH3) have been isolated within inert gas matrixes of Ar and N2 at 12 K. Characteristic vibrational bands at P═O stretching of POCl3 and C═O stretching of CH3COCH3 have been obtained in support of the computations. The potential energy surface has been traced computationally using ab initio and density functional methods. CH3COCH3 harboring such a tetrel bond, in itself, is quite intriguing. The interplay of these interactions has been comprehended by the quantum theory of atoms in molecules, natural bond orbital, energy decomposition, electrostatic potential mapping, and noncovalent interaction analyses.
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- Bodda Suryaprasad
- Materials Chemistry and Metal Fuel Cycle Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam 603102, Tamilnadu, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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- Materials Chemistry and Metal Fuel Cycle Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam 603102, Tamilnadu, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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- Materials Chemistry and Metal Fuel Cycle Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam 603102, Tamilnadu, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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- Materials Chemistry and Metal Fuel Cycle Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam 603102, Tamilnadu, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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Mahapatra N, Chandra S, Ramanathan N, Sundararajan K. Experimental proof for σ and π-hole driven dual pnicogen bonding in phosphoryl chloride-nitromethane heterodimers: A combined matrix isolation infrared and ab initio computational studies. J Mol Struct 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.132045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Sruthi P, Ramanathan N, Sundararajan K. Pentavalent P…N phosphorus bonding in the heterodimers of POCl3…nitrogen bases: Evidence from matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy and Ab initio computations. J Mol Struct 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.130638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Exploring pentavalent phosphorous bonding in phosphoryl chloride-halocarbon heterodimers at low temperatures and ab initio Computations. Chem Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2021.111112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Chandra S, Suryaprasad B, Ramanathan N, Sundararajan K. Nitrogen as a pnicogen?: evidence for π-hole driven novel pnicogen bonding interactions in nitromethane-ammonia aggregates using matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy and ab initio computations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:6286-6297. [PMID: 33688865 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp06273a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The role of nitrogen, the first member of the pnicogen group, as an electron donor in hypervalent non-covalent interactions has been established long ago, while observation of its electron accepting capability is still elusive experimentally, and remains quite intriguing, conceptually. In the light of minimal computational exploration of this novel class of pnicogen bonding so far, the present work provides experimental proof with unprecedented clarity, for the existence of N(acceptor)N(donor) interaction using the model nitromethane (NM) molecule with ammonia (AM) as a Lewis base in NM-AM aggregates. The NM-AM dimer, in which the nitrogen atom of NM (as a unique pnicogen) accepts electrons from AM (the traditional electron donor), was synthesized at low temperatures under isolated conditions within inert gas matrixes and was characterized using infrared spectroscopy. The experimental generation of the NM-AM dimer stabilized via NN interaction has strong corroboration from ab initio calculations. Furthermore, confirmation regarding the directional prevalence of this NN interaction over C-HN and N-HO hydrogen bonding is elucidated quantitatively by quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM), electrostatic potential mapping (ESP), natural bond orbital (NBO), non-covalent interaction (NCI) and energy decomposition (ED) analyses. The present study also allows the extension of σ-hole/π-hole driven interactions to the atoms of the second period, in spite of their low polarizability.
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- Swaroop Chandra
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Materials Chemistry & Metal Fuel Cycle Group, Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam - 603102, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Materials Chemistry & Metal Fuel Cycle Group, Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam - 603102, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Materials Chemistry & Metal Fuel Cycle Group, Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam - 603102, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Materials Chemistry & Metal Fuel Cycle Group, Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam - 603102, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Suryaprasad B, Chandra S, Ramanathan N, Sundararajan K. Pentavalent P…π phosphorus bonding with associated Cl…π halogen bonding in influencing the geometry of POCl3-Phenylacetylene heterodimers: Evidence from matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy and ab initio computations. J Mol Struct 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.129288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Sruthi PK, Chandra S, Ramanathan N, Sundararajan K. Unusual blue to red shifting of C-H stretching frequency of CHCl 3 in co-operatively P⋯Cl phosphorus bonded POCl 3-CHCl 3 heterodimers at low temperature inert matrixes. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:174305. [PMID: 33167652 DOI: 10.1063/5.0031162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Heterodimers of POCl3-CHCl3 were generated in Ne, Ar, and Kr matrixes at low temperatures and were studied using infrared spectroscopy. The remarkable role of co-operative pentavalent phosphorus bonding in the stabilization of the structure dictated by hydrogen bonding is deciphered. The complete potential energy surface of the heterodimer was scanned by ab initio and density functional theory computational methodologies. The hydrogen bond between the phosphoryl oxygen of POCl3 and C-H group of CHCl3 in heterodimers induces a blue-shift in the C-H stretching frequency within the Ne matrix. However, in Ar and Kr matrixes, the C-H stretching frequency is exceptionally red-shifted in stark contrast with Ne. The plausibility of the Fermi resonance by the C-H stretching vibrational mode with higher order modes in the heterodimers has been eliminated as a possible cause within Ar and Kr matrixes by isotopic substitution (CDCl3) experiments. To evaluate the influence of matrixes as a possible cause of red-shift, self-consistent Iso-density polarized continuum reaction field model was applied. This conveyed the important role of the dielectric matrixes in inducing the fascinating vibrational shift from blue (Ne) to red (Ar and Kr) due to the matrix specific transmutation of the POCl3-CHCl3 structure. The heterodimer produced in the Ne matrix possesses a cyclic structure stabilized by hydrogen bonding with co-operative phosphorus bonding, while in Ar and Kr the generation of an acyclic open structure stabilized solely by hydrogen bonding is promoted. Compelling justification regarding the dispersion force based influence of matrix environments in addition to the well-known dielectric influence is presented.
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- P K Sruthi
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Materials Chemistry and Metal Fuel Cycle Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam 603102, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Materials Chemistry and Metal Fuel Cycle Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam 603102, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Materials Chemistry and Metal Fuel Cycle Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam 603102, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Materials Chemistry and Metal Fuel Cycle Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam 603102, India
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Gopi R, Ramanathan N, Sundararajan K. The structure of benzonitrile-water complex as unveiled by matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy: Is it linear or cyclic at low temperatures? J Mol Struct 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.128636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The fundamental underpinnings of noncovalent bonds are presented, focusing on the σ-hole interactions that are closely related to the H-bond. Different means of assessing their strength and the factors that control it are discussed. The establishment of a noncovalent bond is monitored as the two subunits are brought together, allowing the electrostatic, charge redistribution, and other effects to slowly take hold. Methods are discussed that permit prediction as to which site an approaching nucleophile will be drawn, and the maximum number of bonds around a central atom in its normal or hypervalent states is assessed. The manner in which a pair of anions can be held together despite an overall Coulombic repulsion is explained. The possibility that first-row atoms can participate in such bonds is discussed, along with the introduction of a tetrel analog of the dihydrogen bond.
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- Steve Scheiner
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-0300, USA
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Chandra S, Suryaprasad B, Ramanathan N, Sundararajan K. Dominance of unique Pπ phosphorus bonding with π donors: evidence using matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy and computational methodology. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:20771-20791. [PMID: 32909555 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp02880k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Albeit the first account of hypervalentπ interactions has been reported with halogenπ interactions, the feasibility of their extension to other hypervalent atoms as possible Lewis acids is still open. In this work, the role of phosphorus as an acceptor from the π electron cloud (Pπ pnicogen or phosphorus bonding) in PCl3-C2H2 and PCl3-C2H4 heterodimers is explored, by combining matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy with ab initio and DFT computational methodologies. The respective potential energy surfaces of the PCl3-C2H2 and PCl3-C2H4 heterodimers reveal unique minima stabilized by a concert of reasonably strong to weak interactions, of which Pπ phosphorus bonding was energetically dominant. Heterodimers, trimers and tetramers bound primarily by this unique phosphorus bond were generated at low temperatures. The dominance of phosphorus bonding in the PCl3-C2H2 and PCl3-C2H4 heterodimers over other interactions (such as Hπ, HCl, HP, Clπ and lone pair-π interactions) was confirmed and substantiated using extended quantum theory of atoms in molecules, natural bond orbital, electrostatic potential mapping and energy decomposition analyses. The following inferences in correlation with results from non-covalent-interaction analysis offer a complete understanding of the nature of the Pπ phosphorus bonding interactions. The significance of electrostatic forces kinetically favoring the formation of phosphorus bonded heterodimers, in addition to thermodynamic stabilization, is demonstrated experimentally.
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- Swaroop Chandra
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Materials Chemistry & Metal Fuel Cycle Group, Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam - 603102, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Materials Chemistry & Metal Fuel Cycle Group, Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam - 603102, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Materials Chemistry & Metal Fuel Cycle Group, Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam - 603102, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Materials Chemistry & Metal Fuel Cycle Group, Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam - 603102, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Del Bene JE, Alkorta I, Elguero J. Complexes H 2 CO:PXH 2 and HCO 2 H : PXH 2 for X=NC, F, Cl, CN, OH, CCH, CH 3 , and H: Pnicogen Bonds and Hydrogen Bonds. Chemphyschem 2020; 21:741-748. [PMID: 32069382 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202000099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Ab initio MP2/aug'-cc-pVTZ calculations have been carried out to investigate H2 CO : PXH2 pnicogen-bonded complexes and HCO2 H : PXH2 complexes that are stabilized by pnicogen bonds and hydrogen bonds, with X=NC, F, Cl, CN, OH, CCH, CH3 , and H. The binding energies of these complexes exhibit a second-order dependence on the O-P distance. DFT-SAPT binding energies correlate linearly with MP2 binding energies. The HCO2 H : PXH2 complexes are stabilized by both a pnicogen bond and a hydrogen bond, resulting in greater binding energies for the HCO2 H : PXH2 complexes compared to H2 CO : PXH2 . Neither the O-P distance across the pnicogen bond nor the O-P distance across the hydrogen bond correlates with the binding energies of these complexes. The nonlinearity of the hydrogen bonds suggests that they are relatively weak bonds, except for complexes in which the substituent X is either CH3 or H. The pnicogen bond is the more important stabilizing interaction in the HCO2 H : PXH2 complexes except when the substituent X is a more electropositive group. EOM-CCSD spin-spin coupling constants 1p J(O-P) across pnicogen bonds in H2 CO:PXH2 and HCO2 H : PXH2 complexes increase as the O-P distance decreases, and exhibit a second order dependence on that distance. There is no correlation between 2h J(O-P) and the O-P distance across the hydrogen bond in the HCO2 H : PXH2 complexes. 2h J(O-P) coupling constants for complexes with X=CH3 and H have much greater absolute values than anticipated from their O-P distances.
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- Janet E Del Bene
- Department of Chemistry, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, 44555, USA
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- Instituto de Química Médica (IQM-CSIC), Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Química Médica (IQM-CSIC), Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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Ramanathan N, Sarkar S, Sundararajan K. Prototypical cyclohexane dimers: spectroscopic evidence for σ stacking at low temperatures. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:905-913. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp05237b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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In this work, the first unambiguous spectroscopic evidence for the existence of σ stacking interactions in cyclohexane dimers has been provided using matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy.
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- N. Ramanathan
- Materials Chemistry and Metal Fuel Cycle Group
- Homi Bhabha National Institute
- Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
- Kalpakkam 603 102
- India
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- Materials Chemistry and Metal Fuel Cycle Group
- Homi Bhabha National Institute
- Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
- Kalpakkam 603 102
- India
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- Materials Chemistry and Metal Fuel Cycle Group
- Homi Bhabha National Institute
- Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
- Kalpakkam 603 102
- India
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