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Density-functional tight-binding modeling of electromechanics of phosphorene

2018

Single-layer black phosphorus or phosphorene is a two-dimensional material made from a puckered honeycomb structure. It is a semiconductor with a tunable band gap and both its mechanical and electronic properties are highly asymmetric because of the puckering. Recently there has been numerous computational studies and some experimental works trying to bring deeper understanding about this relatively new 2D material. In this study we simulate phosphorene using computationally low-cost density functional tight-binding (DFTB) method to see how stretching, shearing and bending affect its electronic properties. The band structure analysis shows that there is a relation between shearing and bendi…

DFT insights into competing mechanisms of guaiacol hydrodeoxygenation on a platinum cluster

2023

In a scenario of declining fossil resources and increasing demand for renewable and sustainable alternatives, biomass is the only source able to offer an easy and gradual transition in the use of current energy technologies based on the exploitation of carbon derivatives. Its conversion to liquid fuels has oriented our study towards the computational mechanistic analysis of the guaiacol catalytic hydrodeoxygenation, which is currently considered one of the most challenging routes for upgrading biomass-derived bio-oils. For this purpose, a subnanometric Pt10 platinum cluster was chosen as the catalyst model, with Pt as a computational reference element for catalytic hydrogenation, and guaiac…

In Search of the [PhB(μ-NtBu)2]2As• Radical: Experimental and Computational Investigations of the Redox Chemistry of Group 15 Bis-boraamidinates

2008

DFT calculations for the group 15 radicals [PhB(μ-NtBu)2]2M• (M = P, As, Sb, Bi) predict a pnictogen-centered SOMO with smaller contributions to the unpaired spin density arising from the nitrogen and boron atoms. The reactions of Li2[PhB(μ-NR)2] (R = tBu, Dipp) with PCl3 afforded the unsolvated complex LiP[PhB(μ-NtBu)2]2 (1a) in low yield and ClP[PhB(μ-NDipp)2] (2), both of which were structurally characterized. Efforts to produce the arsenic-centered neutral radical, [PhB(μ-NtBu)2]2As•, via oxidation of LiAs[PhB(μ-NtBu)2]2 with one-half equivalent of SO2Cl2, yielded the Zwitterionic compound [PhB(μ-NtBu)2As(μ-NtBu)2B(Cl)Ph] (3) containing one four-coordinate boron center with a B−Cl bond.…

Hydrogenation of but-2-yne-1,4-diol on a palladium cluster: a computational study

2013

Modelowanie metodami ab initio i DFT właściwości spektroskopowych wybranych pochodnych ftalocyjaniny

2017

Odkryte na początku XX wieku ftalocyjaniny to interesująca klasa związków chemicznych. Dzięki obecności cyklicznego polienu spełniającego regułę Huckla struktury chemiczne tych związków są bardzo trwałe, a w pierścieniach benzenowych na obrzeżach tych związków można umieścić podstawniki. Można modyfikować w ten sposób właściwości ftalocyjaniny takie jak rozpuszczalność czy zdolność katalityczną. Jednak najważniejszą cechą tych związków są sprzężone wiązania podwójne, dzięki którym wykazują one absorpcję światła w zakresie widzialnym. Ftalocyjaniny i ich pochodne znajdują zastosowanie między innymi jako barwniki, katalizatory, fotouczulacze, sensory chemiczne i komórki światłoczułe w panelac…

Alkane dehydrogenation on defective BN quasi-molecular nanoflakes: DFT studies

2020

Lower alkanes are feedstocks readily available but relatively inert. The con- version of low cost alkanes to industrially relevant alkenes is usually carried out on metal-based heterogeneous catalysts. Considering both the cost and the potential harmfulness of the metal involved in the dehydrogenation cat- alysts (typically, platinum or chromium), the study of metal-free processes represents an important challenge for the industrial chemistry in order to address more sustainable protocols and different routes either to activate or transform alkanes. Framed in this context, it was investigated, using a den- sity functional theory approach, the potential dehydrogenation activity of de- fectiv…

Photochemical Functionalization of Allyl Benzoates by C-H Insertion

2013

The photoreactivity of allyl benzoates, containing an electron-rich double bond, has been explored by irradiation at 305 nm in different solvents. Solvent addition products arising from an insertion of the alpha H–C bonds of THF, dioxane, and i-PrOH to the allylic double bond was realized. The observed reactivity depended on reaction conditions and substitution pattern of the substrate. A DFT study on this unusual reaction was performed allowing the formulation of two mechanistic pathways.

Synthesis, Structures and DFT Calculations on Alkaline-Earth Metal Azide-Crown Ether Complexes

2008

The first examples of azide complexes of calcium, strontium or barium with crown ethers have been prepared and fully characterised, notably [Ba([18]crown-6)(N3)2(MeOH)], [Sr([15]crown-5)(N3)2(H2O)], [Ca([15]crown-5)(N3)2(H2O)] and [Sr([15]crown-5)(N3(NO3)]. Crystal structures reveal the presence of a variety of coordination modes for the azide groups including kappa 1-, mu-1,3- and linkages via H-bonded water molecules, in addition to azide ions. The [Ba([18]crown-6)(N3)2(MeOH)].1/3 MeOH contains dinuclear cations with three mu-1,3-NNN bridges, the first example of this type in main group chemistry. The structures obtained have been compared with molecular structures computed by density fun…

Structure and properties of N-methyl-N-(4-pyridyl)-nitramine and 1,4-dihydro-1-methyl-4-nitriminopyridine

2002

Abstract The molecular structure and spectral properties of N -methyl- N -(4-pyridyl)-nitramine ( 1 ) and 1,4-dihydro-1-methyl-4-nitriminopyridine ( 3 ) were investigated by the X-ray diffraction, FTIR, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods and DFT theoretical calculations. N -methyl- N -(4-pyridyl)-nitramine ( 1 ) crystallises in the orthorhombic Pbca space group. It is composed of two planar fragments; nitramino (N 2 O 2 ) group and the pirydyl ring. These two groups are twisted at about 70° with respect to each other, along the Ar–N bond. On the contrary, in compound 3 , they are coplanar to each other. Twist of the nitramino group in 1 with respect to the pirydyl ring leads to a sign…

DFT study of the interaction free energy of p–p complexes of fullerenes with buckybowls and viologen dimers

2011

We present a theoretical investigation, by means of DFT protocols, of the complexation thermodynamics of (i) complexes of C70 and C60 fullerenes with bowl-shaped hexabenzocoronene derivatives and (ii) complexes of C60 with viologen dimers. The recent functionals of the M06 family, accounting for p-p interactions to a good level of approximation, have been used to calculate the interaction free energies. For the former complexes, the good agreement between the calculated results and the experimental data confirms the reliability of the protocol used. On these grounds, we then checked the stability of a series of complexes of C60 with some viologen dimers, 1BPnBP1 (n = 6-9), where two N-methy…