简介:ThereactionofsingletoxygenwithethylenehasbeenstudiedattheabinitiolevelwithbothHF/3-21GandHF/6-31Gbasissets,fullyoptimizingthegeometriesofthecriticalpoints.Thetransitionstateleadingtotheintermediateperoxiranefromtheinitialreactantsisfound,Iocatedat81.71kJ/molabovethedissociationlimit.Thevibrationalanalysisisdonewithtwobasissets.Fromtheresultsitcanbeseenthatthefrequencieshavenotbeenmadeanimprovementobviouslywithaugmented6-31Gcomparedto3-21Gbasis;itfollowsthatmainreasonfortoohighHF/3-21Gfrequencycouldmainlybethevibrationalanharmonicity.TheeigenvectorcorrespondingtothesingleimaginaryvibrationalfrequencyisdominatedbythelargerO-Odistance.Thefindingofthetransitionstateconfirmsthattheperoxiraneminimumcanbereachablepassingthroughaperoxirane-likesaddlepoint.Inaddition,themechanismsofthereactionformingoxiranearediscussedaswell.
简介:Sphere-likecompoundC8H17Si(OPhC12H25)3N(1)formsmesophases.Inordertoinvestigatetherelationshipbetweenmolecularstructureandliquidcrystalproperties,structuralstudiesarecarriedoutonthemodelmoleculesofcompound1anditssubstitutedderivativesusingahinitiocalculations.TheresultsshowthatthecyanoorchlorosubstitutedtribenzosilatranecompoundsR1Si(OPhR2)3N(R1R2=CNorCl)havemuchbiggerdipolemomentsoranisotropyofpolarizabilityandmorelikespherethanthecorrespondingalkylsubstitutedcompounds.Cyanoorchlorosubstitutedtribenzosilatraneswouldbebettercandidatesforsphere-likemeso-gens.
简介:Theabinitiomolecularorbitalmethodisemployedtostudytheenantioselectivereductionofacetophenonewithboranecatalyzedbythiszolidino[3,4-c]oxazaborolidine.Computationresultshowsthatthecontrollingstepforthereductionisthedecompositionofthecatalyst-alkoxyboraneadductandthereductionleadstoS-alcohols.ThetransitionatateofthehydridetransferfromtheboranemoietytothecarbonylcarbonofacetophenoneisatwistedchairstructurewithaB(2)-N(3)-BBH3-HBH3-CCo-OCO6-memberedring.
简介:AbinitiomolecularorbitalcalculationsofdoublynegativechargedB16H162-(D2)andneutralB16H16(Td)havebeendoneattheHF/6-31Glevel.TheyarepredictedtobechemicallyandkineticallystablebyvibrationalanalysesontheirrespectiveenergyhypersurfaceoftheHF/6-31Glevel.ThegeometricalstructureofthespeciesB16H1622-(D2)wasdiscussed.