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DFT analysis of titanium complexes with oxygen-containing bidentate ligands
2003
Strength of the TiO co-ordinate bond in several titanium complexes with bidentate ligands has been investigated by means of DFT. Mutual interaction of particular donors and their influence on Lewis acidity of the central atom have also been studied. The energy of ligand binding ranges from −19 to −454 kJ/mol, depending on the kind of donors. Calculations confirm that a strong donor, alkoxide anion, co-ordinatively saturates the titanium and makes binding of new ligands less exoenergetic. On the contrary, two oxygen atoms of similar donor number do not have much influence on each other. Strength of the TiO bonds in titanium complexes with certain oxygen-containing bidentate ligands has bee…
Alkyl- and aryl-substituted corroles. 4. Solvent effects on the electrochemical and spectral properties of cobalt corroles.
2003
Solvent effects on the electrochemistry and spectroscopic properties of alkyl- and aryl-substituted corroles in nonaqueous media are reported. The oxidation and reduction of six compounds containing zero to seven phenyl or substituted phenyl groups on the macrocycle were studied in four different nonaqueous solvents (CH(2)Cl(2), PhCN, THF, and pyridine) containing 0.1 M tetra-n-butylammonium perchlorate. Dimers were formed upon oxidation of all corroles in CH(2)Cl(2), but this was not the case in the other three solvents, where either monomers or dimers were formed upon oxidation depending upon the solvent Gutmann donor number and the number or location of aryl substituents on the macrocycl…
Molecular “Floppyness” and the Lewis Acidity of Silanes: A Density Functional Theory Study
2001
A comprehensive set of Lewis acid-base adducts of silanes was investigated by means of the density functional theory geometry optimization [B3LYP/6−31G(d)], and thermochemical calculations, [B3LYP/6−311+G(2d,p)//B3LYP/6−31G(d)]. Complex formation was found to weaken Si−Cl and Si−Br bonds more than Si−F or Si−H bonds. Comparable distances between Si and a Lewis base L (L = NH3, OH2, F−) are shorter in hexa- than in pentacoordinated complexes. The molecular structures of the pentacoordinated Si complexes allowed for a mapping of an SN2 reaction pathway by correlating the lengths of the Si−X and Si−L bonds. Complex formation was found to be exothermic for most of the coordination compounds, an…