Abedini N, Kassaee MZ. A theoretical investigation into novel germylenes: effects of nitrogen substitution on stability and multiplicity.
J Mol Model 2020;
26:325. [PMID:
33128610 DOI:
10.1007/s00894-020-04570-7]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
The effects of substituting nitrogen atoms on the stability of novel singlet (s) and triplet (t) forms of germylenes (1-20) are compared and contrasted, at B3LYP/AUG-cc-pVTZ level of theory. Every one of the 40 new divalents scrutinized appears as a minimum on its energy surface, for showing no negative force constant. Also, every singlet (1s-20s) appears more stable than its corresponding triplet (1t-20t). The highest stability (ΔEs-t) is achieved by germylene (11) where all the three nitrogens are bonded to the central boron atom. The EHOMO slightly decreases when the number of electronegative, σ-acceptor nitrogen atoms increases, and also causes it to be less electron-rich. Germylene 16s with low stability (ΔEs-t = 17.19 kcal/mol), bond gap (ΔEHOMO-LUMO = 57.46 kcal/mol-1), and atomic charge on -G̈e- (+ 0.9012), has high electrophilicity (ω = 3.78 eV) and nucleophilicity (N = 3.87 eV). Germylenes 8s, 14s, and 19s with coordinate covalent bond between nitrogen (N(Y)) and germylene center have low ω and high ΔEHOMO-LUMO. The purpose of the present work was, therefore, to assess the influence of nitrogen substituents on the stability (ΔΕs-t), band gaps (ΔΕHOMO-LUMO), N, ω, and heat of hydrogenation (ΔEH). This investigation is aimed to introduce novel germylenes that can be applied as cumulated multi-dentate NHG̈e ligands.
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