Balancing Donor-Acceptor and Dispersion Effects in Heavy Main Group Element π Interactions: Effect of Substituents on the Pnictogenâ
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π Arene Interaction.
Chemphyschem
; 20(19): 2539-2552, 2019 10 02.
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| ID: mdl-31369692
ABSTRACT
High-level ab initio calculations using the DLPNO-CCSD(T) method in conjunction with the local energy decomposition (LED) were performed to investigate the nature of the intermolecular interaction in bismuth trichloride adducts with π arene systems. Special emphasis was put on the effect of substituents in the aromatic ring. For this purpose, benzene derivatives with one or three substituents (R=NO2 , CF3 , OCHO, OH, and NH2 ) were chosen and their influence on donor-acceptor interaction as well as on the overall interaction strength was examined. Local energy decomposition was performed to gain deeper insight into the composition of the interaction. Additionally, the study was extended to the intermolecular adducts of arsenic and antimony trichloride with benzene derivatives having one substituent (R=NO2 and NH2 ) in order to rationalize trends in the periodic table. The analysis of natural charges and frontier molecular orbitals shows that donor-acceptor interactions are of πâσ* type and that their strength correlates with charge transfer and orbital energy differences. An analysis of different bonding motifs (Biâ
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π arene, Biâ
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R, and Clâ
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π arene) shows that if dispersion and donor-acceptor interaction coincide as the donor highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) of the arene is delocalized over the π system, the Mâ
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π arene motif is preferred. If the donor HOMO is localized on the substituent, Râ
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π arene bonding motifs are preferred. The Clâ
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π arene bonding motif is the least favorable with the lowest overall interaction energy.
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Chemphyschem
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2019
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