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Robinson HT, Haakansson CT, Corkish TR, Watson PD, McKinley AJ, Wild DA. Hydrogen Bonding versus Halogen Bonding: Spectroscopic Investigation of Gas-Phase Complexes Involving Bromide and Chloromethanes. Chemphyschem 2022; 24:e202200733. [PMID: 36504309 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202200733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Revised: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Hydrogen bonding and halogen bonding are important non-covalent interactions that are known to occur in large molecular systems, such as in proteins and crystal structures. Although these interactions are important on a large scale, studying hydrogen and halogen bonding in small, gas-phase chemical species allows for the binding strengths to be determined and compared at a fundamental level. In this study, anion photoelectron spectra are presented for the gas-phase complexes involving bromide and the four chloromethanes, CH3 Cl, CH2 Cl2 , CHCl3 , and CCl4 . The stabilisation energy and electron binding energy associated with each complex are determined experimentally, and the spectra are rationalised by high-level CCSD(T) calculations to determine the non-covalent interactions binding the complexes. These calculations involve nucleophilic bromide and electrophilic bromine interactions with chloromethanes, where the binding motifs, dissociation energies and vertical detachment energies are compared in terms of hydrogen bonding and halogen bonding.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hayden T Robinson
- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009.,Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, United Kingdom, OX1 3QZ
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009.,School of Science, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, 6027
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Halides and the carbon-carbon double bond: Interactions of ethylene with bromide and iodide. Chem Phys Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2022.139433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Corkish TR, Haakansson CT, Watson PD, Robinson HT, McKinley AJ, Wild DA. Towards an Understanding of Halide Interactions with the Carbonyl-Containing Molecule CH 3 CHO. Chemphyschem 2021; 22:1316-1320. [PMID: 33977585 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202100180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The anion photoelectron spectra of Cl- ⋅⋅⋅CD3 CDO, Cl- ⋅⋅⋅(CD3 CDO)2 , Br- ⋅⋅⋅CH3 CHO, and I- ⋅⋅⋅CH3 CHO are presented with electron stabilisation energies of 0.55, 0.93, 0.48, and 0.40 eV, respectively. Optimised geometries of the singly solvated species featured the halide appended to the CH3 CHO molecule in-line with the electropositive portion of the C=O bond and having binding energies between 45 and 52 kJ mol-1 . The doubly solvated Cl- ⋅⋅⋅(CH3 CHO)2 species features asymmetric solvation upon the addition of a second CH3 CHO molecule. Theoretical detachment energies were found to be in excellent agreement with experiment, with comparisons drawn between other halide complexes with simple carbonyl molecules.
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Affiliation(s)
- Timothy R Corkish
- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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Haakansson CT, Corkish TR, Watson PD, Robinson HT, Tsui T, McKinley AJ, Wild DA. Spectroscopic Investigation of Chalcogen Bonding: Halide-Carbon Disulfide Complexes. Chemphyschem 2021; 22:808-812. [PMID: 33704887 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202100148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A combined experimental and theoretical approach has been used to study intermolecular chalcogen bonding. Specifically, the chalcogen bonding occurring between halide anions and CS2 molecules has been investigated using both anion photoelectron spectroscopy and high-level CCSD(T) calculations. The relative strength of the chalcogen bond has been determined computationally using the complex dissociation energies as well as experimentally using the electron stabilisation energies. The anion complexes featured dissociation energies on the order of 47 kJ/mol to 37 kJ/mol, decreasing with increasing halide size. Additionally, the corresponding neutral complexes have been examined computationally, and show three loosely-bound structural motifs and a molecular radical.
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Affiliation(s)
- Christian T Haakansson
- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009, Perth, Western Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009, Perth, Western Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009, Perth, Western Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009, Perth, Western Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009, Perth, Western Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009, Perth, Western Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009, Perth, Western Australia
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Corkish TR, Haakansson CT, Watson PD, McKinley AJ, Wild DA. Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Structures of X - ⋅⋅⋅CH 2 O (X=F, Cl, Br, I) Complexes. Chemphyschem 2021; 22:69-75. [PMID: 33184977 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202000852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A combined experimental and theoretical approach has been used to investigate X- ⋅⋅⋅CH2 O (X=F, Cl, Br, I) complexes in the gas phase. Photoelectron spectroscopy, in tandem with time-of-flight mass spectrometry, has been used to determine electron binding energies for the Cl- ⋅⋅⋅CH2 O, Br- ⋅⋅⋅CH2 O, and I- ⋅⋅⋅CH2 O species. Additionally, high-level CCSD(T) calculations found a C2v minimum for these three anion complexes, with predicted electron detachment energies in excellent agreement with the experimental photoelectron spectra. F- ⋅⋅⋅CH2 O was also studied theoretically, with a Cs hydrogen-bonded complex found to be the global minimum. Calculations extended to neutral X⋅⋅⋅CH2 O complexes, with the results of potential interest to atmospheric CH2 O chemistry.
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Affiliation(s)
- Timothy R Corkish
- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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Haakansson CT, Corkish TR, Watson PD, McKinley AJ, Wild DA. The bromide-bromomethyl radical dimer complex: Anion photoelectron spectroscopy and CCSD(T) calculations. Chem Phys Lett 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2020.138060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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