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Solute-induced Water Structure: Computer Simulation on a Model System
1988
Abstract Two series of Monte Carlo simulations have been carried out on a system consisting of 125 water molecules, one of which is kept fixed to simulate a water molecule whose mobility is restricted by a solute. The results are checked against similar simulations without restrictions, used as a control, and they show how the blocked molecule helps increase both the structural order and the connectivity of the hydrogen bond network. Cooperativity originating from proton polarizability of H-bonds and/or from many-body terms of interaction potentials cannot be involved since we use a rigid water model and ab initio pair potentials. The present findings are interpreted as indicative of a moti…
Structural Characterization and Magnetic Properties of the First 2,2‘-Bipyrimidine-Containing Iron(III) Complexes
1998
Two new iron(III) complexes of the formulas [Fe(bpm)Cl3(H2O)]·H2O (1) and [Fe2(bpm)Cl6(H2O)2]·2H2O (2) (bpm = 2,2‘-bipyrimidine) have been synthesized and their crystal structures determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. 1 and 2 crystallize in the monoclinic system, space group P21/n, with a = 8.593(2) A, b = 17.669(4) A, c = 8.928(2) A, β = 102.36(2)°, and Z = 4 for 1 and a = 6.422(3) A, b = 11.999(4) A, c = 12.297(6) A, β = 93.82(4)°, and Z = 2 for 2. The structure of complex 1 is made up of neutral [Fe(bpm)Cl3(H2O)] mononuclear units and water molecules of crystallization. The monuclear units are linked through hydrogen bonds involving the coordinated water molecule and one of the…
Oxide/water interfaces: how the surface chemistry modifies interfacial water properties
2012
The organization of water at the interface with silica and alumina oxides is analysed using density functional theory-based molecular dynamics simulation (DFT-MD). The interfacial hydrogen bonding is investigated in detail and related to the chemistry of the oxide surfaces by computing the surface charge density and acidity. We find that water molecules hydrogen-bonded to the surface have different orientations depending on the strength of the hydrogen bonds and use this observation to explain the features in the surface vibrational spectra measured by sum frequency generation spectroscopy. In particular, 'ice-like' and 'liquid-like' features in these spectra are interpreted as the result o…
Malonic acid: A multi-modal bridging ligand for new architectures and properties on molecule-based magnets
2003
Abstract In this work, we show how the design of one-, two- and three-dimensional materials can strongly benefit from the use of crystal engineering techniques, which can give rise to structures of different shapes, and how these differences can give rise to different properties. We will focus on the networks constructed by assembling malonate ligands and metal centres. The idea of using malonate (dianion of propanedioic acid, H 2 mal) is that they can give rise to different coordination modes with the metal ions bind. Extended magnetic networks of dimensionalities 1 (1D), 2 (2D) and 3 (3D) can be chemically constructed from malonato-bridged metallic complexes. These coordination polymers b…
3-Formyl-2-furanboronic acid: X-ray and DFT studies
2004
The molecule of the title compound, C5H5BO4, is almost planar with the boronic acid group inclined to the furan ring by 3.7 (1)°. DFT (density functional theory) calculations at the B3LYP/6-311+G** level of theory (with no imaginary frequencies) were used to approximate the influence of hydrogen bonding on the molecular geometry and have confirmed the planarity of the molecule. No significant differences in geometrical parameters in the solid state and in the gas phase are associated with the presence of the O—H⋯O intermolecular hydrogen-bonding network. The crystal packing is characterized by O—H⋯O hydrogen-bonded dimers, which are additionally linked by O—H⋯O, as well as C—H⋯O interactio…
Coordinating and hydrogen bonding ability of a bifunctional 2D paddle-wheel copper(II) coordination polymer
2015
abstract A new copper(II) complex of formula {[Cu 2 (H 2 btc) 2 (dmf) 2 ] 4dmf} n (1)[H 4 btc = 1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarb-oxylic acid, dmf = dimethylformamide] has been synthesised and its structure determined by X-raydiffraction. The structure displays a new square grid of ‘‘paddle-wheel’’ tetracarboxylate-bridgeddicopper(II) units with an intradimer copper–copper separation of 2.619(2) A. The dmf molecules areretained through weak axial coordinative bonds and hydrogen bonding interactions with the carboxylicgroups of the porous neutral network of 4 4 net topology. The magnetic behaviour of 1 corresponds to astrong antiferromagnetic coupling within each dicopper(II) unit (J = 343 cm 1 with …
Crystal structure and IR spectrum of 1-O-α-d-glucopyranosyl-d-mannitol–ethanol (2/1)
1999
Abstract 1- O - α - d -Glucopyranosyl- d -mannitol–ethanol (2/1), (C 12 H 24 O 11 ) 2 –C 2 H 5 OH, crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2 1 with unit cell dimensions a =11.4230(8) A, b =9.525(4) A, c =15.854(2) A, β =102.751(7)° and V =1682.4(7) A 3 , Z =2, D x =1.45 Mg m −3 , λ (Mo-K α )=0.71069 A, μ=0.128 mm −1 , F (000)=788 and T =293(2) K. The structure was solved by direct methods and refined by least-squares calculations on F 2 to R 1 =0.0371[ I >2 σ ( I )], and 0.0930 (all data, 3542 independent reflections, R int =0.021). There are two molecules of glucopyranosylmannitol (GPM) and one ethanol molecule in the asymmetric unit, and the glucopyranosyl ring adopts a chair conforma…
Crystal and molecular structure and electronic properties of [Cu(phen)2(HL)] · (phen)0.5 · 7H2O (H3L = 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione), a nove…
1998
Abstract The crystal and molecular structure of [Cu(phen)2(HL) · (phen)0.5 · 7H2O (H2L = 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione) has been determined by X-ray diffraction methods. The structure is built up of neutral [Cu(phen)2(HL)] entities (which are associated to form dinuclear units through hydrogen bonds involving the cyanurate ions), uncoordinated phenanthroline and crystallisation water molecules. The copper atom is involved in a CuN5 chromophore, with an stereochemistry near to a compressed trigonal bipyramid (TBP) but with a significant degree of distortion towards the square pyramidal (SP) topology. The EPR spectrum is indicative of a mixed d z 2 d x 2 −y 2 ground state for the copp…
Effect of hydrogen bonds on polarizability of a water molecule in (H2O)(N) (N = 6, 10, 20) isomers.
2010
Abstract: Polarizabilities of the low-lying isomers of (H2O)N (N = 6, 10, 20) clusters were computed by using Density Functional Theory. The global polarizabilities of the water isomers were found to depend mainly on the total number of water molecules rather than their cluster structures. We show that this result hides in fact a strong heterogeneity of the molecular polarizability within the different isomers. The global polarizability of a cluster was divided into a sum of molecular contributions by using the Hirshfeld partitioning scheme. We reveal that the value of the local polarizability of a molecule in the cluster is correlated with the number and type of the hydrogen bonds (HB) the…
Crystal structures, spectral and magnetic properties of cobalt(II) pyridinecarboxylates: A novel polymeric chain in {[{2,6-(MeO)2nic}2(H2O)2Co(μ-H2O)…
2006
Abstract Synthesis and characterization of two new cobalt(II) complexes, namely monomeric [Co(2-MeSnic)2(H2O)4] · 4H2O (2-MeSnic is 2-methylthionicotinate) and polymeric {[{2,6-(MeO)2nic}2(H2O)2Co(μ-H2O)Co(H2O)4(μ-H2O)]{2,6-(MeO)2nic}2 · 6H2O}n (2,6-(MeO)2nic is 2,6-dimethoxynicotinate), are reported. The characterizations were based on elemental analysis, infrared and electronic spectra as well as magnetic measurements. Crystal structures of both complexes have been determined. In both of them – ([Co(2-MeSnic)2(H2O)4] · 4H2O and {[{2,6-(MeO)2nic}2(H2O)2Co(μ-H2O)Co(H2O)4(μ-H2O)]{2,6-(MeO)2nic}2 · 6H2O}n) – the CoII atom is six-coordinated. In the 2nd complex, there are two nonequivalent CoI…