Ab initio and DFT study of the inner mechanism and dynamic stereochemistry of electrophilic addition reaction of bromine to bisbenzotetracyclo[6.2.2.2(3,6).0 (2,7)]tetradeca-4,9,11,13-tetraene

DFT and MP2 study on the electrophilic addition reaction of bromine to exo-tricyclo[3.2.1.0(2.4)]oct-6-ene

The geometry and electronic structure of exo-tricyclo[3.2.1.0(2,4)]oct-6-ene (exo-TCO) was investigated using DFT methods. The two faces of the endo-pyramidalised double bond of the molecule are not equivalent. The exo face of the double bond has regions with high electron density (q (i,HOMO)) and greater negative potential. Molecular complexes of exo-TCO with bromine were investigated using the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) method; the exo-TCO . . . Br(2)(exo) molecular complex was found to be relatively more stable than the exo-TCO . . . Br(2)(endo) complex. The cationic intermediates of the reaction were studied by DFT and MP2 methods. The solvent effect was evaluated using the self-consistent isodensity polarised continuum model (SCI-PCM). The exo-bromonium cation was found to be more stable than the endo-bromonium cation. Exo-facial selectivity due to electronic and steric factors was observed upon addition of bromine to exo-TCO. The multicentre nonclassical delocalised bromocarbonium cation IV and the exo-bridged-bromonium cation I are more stable than the rearrangement cation V. The reaction products are formed via exo-bridged-bromonium I and nonclassical IV cations, which are the most stable intermediates and whose stabilities barely differ. The mechanism of the addition reaction is also discussed.

Density functional theory investigation of electrophilic addition reaction of bromine to tricyclo[4.2.2.2(2,5)]dodeca-1,5-diene

The geometry and the electronic structure of tricyclo[4.2.2.2(2,5)]dodeca-1,5-diene (TCDD) molecule were investigated by DFT/B3LYP and /B3PW91 methods using the 6-311G(d,p) and 6-311++G(d,p) basis sets. The double bonds of TCDD molecule are syn-pyramidalized. The structure of pi-orbitals and their mutual interactions for TCDD molecule were investigated. Potential energy surface (PES) of the TCDD-Br(2) system was studied by B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) method and the configurations [molecular charge-transfer (CT) complex, transition states (TS1 and TS2), intermediate (INT) and product (P)] corresponding to the stationary points (minima or saddle points) were determined. Initially, a molecular CT-complex forms between Br(2) and TCDD. With a barrier of 22.336 kcal mol(-1) the CT-complex can be activated to an intermediate (INT) with energy 15.154 kcal mol(-1) higher than that of the CT-complex. The intermediate (INT) then transforms easily (barrier 5.442 kcal mol(-1)) into the final, N-type product. The total bromination is slightly exothermic. Accompanying the breaking of Br-Br bond, C1-Br, C5-Br and C2-C6 bonds are formed, and C1 = C2 and C5 = C6 double bonds transform into single bonds. The direction of the reaction is determined by the direction of intramolecular skeletal rearrangement that is realized by the formation of C2-C6 bond.