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Donoso R, Cárdenas C, Fuentealba P. Coulomb Explosion of Multi-charged Atomic Alkaline Metal Clusters. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:2512-2517. [PMID: 33730505 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c00481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In the present work, a computational study of the Coulomb explosions of atomic metal clusters of the type X82+ was carried out, X = (Li-Cs). The work was done within the Kohn-Sham methodology using the Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics approximation. The dominant fission channels were established and the electron bonding patterns were analyzed with the help of the Electron Localization Function (ELF). A simple theoretical model was developed to understand and describe, in a qualitatively way, the main physical mechanism involved in the fission of these multicharged clusters. It has been found that the most possible fragments after explosion are the same considering the dynamics or the thermodynamics results. The bonds breaking and formation are well depicted by the ELF, and the main physical effects are well described by the developed model.
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- Roberto Donoso
- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile.,Facultad de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile.,Centro para el Desarrollo de la Nanociencia y la Nanotecnología (CEDENNA), Avda. Ecuador 3493, 9170124 Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile.,Centro para el Desarrollo de la Nanociencia y la Nanotecnología (CEDENNA), Avda. Ecuador 3493, 9170124 Santiago, Chile
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Alkorta I, Martín-Fernández C, Montero-Campillo MM, Elguero J. Hydrogen-Bonding Acceptor Character of Be 3, the Beryllium Three-Membered Ring. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:1472-1478. [PMID: 29320188 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b11952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The ability of Be3 as a hydrogen bond acceptor has been explored by studying the potential complexes between this molecule and a set of hydrogen bond donors (HF, HCl, HNC, HCN, H2O, and HCCH). The electronic structure calculations for these complexes were carried out at the MP2 and CCSD(T) computational levels together with an extensive NBO, ELF, AIM, and electrostatic potential characterization of the isolated Be3 system. In all the complexes, the Be-Be σ bond acts as electron donor, with binding energies between 19 and 6 kJ mol-1. A comparison with the analogous cyclopropane:HX complexes shows similar binding energies and contributions of the DFT-SAPT energetic terms. A blue-shift of the harmonic frequencies of Be3 is observed upon complexation.
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- Ibon Alkorta
- Instituto de Química Médica, CSIC , Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Química Médica, CSIC , Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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Liu X, Salahub DR. Application of topological analysis of the electron localization function to the complexes of molybdenum carbide nanoparticles with unsaturated hydrocarbons. CAN J CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2015-0075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The catalytic transformation of the heavy aromatics in bitumen into lighter components is the key to the upgrading and refining of the oil sands. To understand the chemical bonding in molybdenum carbide nanoparticle (MCNP) catalysts and the chemisorption bonds between the MCNPs and unsaturated hydrocarbons, the topological analysis of the electron localization function was applied to various MCNPs and their complexes with unsaturated hydrocarbons. For some of the smaller complexes, comparisons are made with the atoms in molecules approach, including the calculation of delocalization indices. The results are interpreted in the Lewis bonding scheme. It was found that the Mo–C bonding can be highly ionic in cases like Mo8C12 and MoC but shows significant covalent character in Mo2C, Mo3C, and Mo28C14. The chemisorption bonds between hydrocarbons and the MCNPs involve electron sharing of various types with strong covalent character. The strong three– or four–center interactions determine the adsorption configurations of the hydrocarbons on the MCNPs. Derivatives of benzene show some different bonding features, which depend strongly on the substituent or the heteroatom.
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- Xingchen Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, and Centre for Molecular Simulation, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, and Centre for Molecular Simulation, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, and Centre for Molecular Simulation, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, and Centre for Molecular Simulation, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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Furness JW, Ekström U, Helgaker T, Teale AM. Electron localisation function in current-density-functional theory. Mol Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2015.1133859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry, Centre for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry, Centre for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
- Department of Chemistry, Centre for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Binding energies of small lithium clusters: A comparison of different theoretical calculations. Chem Phys Lett 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2014.10.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Muz İ, Atiş M, Canko O. Stochastic search, fragmentation, electronic and reactivity properties of neutral and cationic hydrogenated Li6 clusters. J Mol Struct 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2014.02.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Muz İ, Atiş M, Canko O, Yıldırım EK. Ab initio search for global minimum structures of neutral and anionic hydrogenated Li5 clusters. Chem Phys 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2013.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Wagner LK, Majzoub EH, Allendorf MD, Grossman JC. Tuning metal hydride thermodynamics via size and composition: Li–H, Mg–H, Al–H, and Mg–Al–H nanoclusters for hydrogen storage. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2012; 14:6611-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cp24063g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Gautam S, Dharamvir K, Goel N. Structural Evolution and Stability of Hydrogenated Lin (n = 1–30) Clusters: A Density Functional Study. J Phys Chem A 2011; 115:6383-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jp202493u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Seema Gautam
- Department of Physics & Center of Advanced Studies in Physics and ‡Department of Chemistry & Center of Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh-160014, India
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- Department of Physics & Center of Advanced Studies in Physics and ‡Department of Chemistry & Center of Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh-160014, India
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- Department of Physics & Center of Advanced Studies in Physics and ‡Department of Chemistry & Center of Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh-160014, India
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- Pratim Kumar Chattaraj
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Theoretical Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
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Mera-Adasme R, Mendizábal F, Olea-Azar C, Miranda-Rojas S, Fuentealba P. A computationally efficient and reliable bond order measure. J Phys Chem A 2011; 115:4397-405. [PMID: 21469689 DOI: 10.1021/jp107498h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bond order indexes are useful measures that connect quantum mechanical results with chemical understanding. One of these measures, the natural bond order index, based on the natural resonance theory procedure and part of the natural bond orbital analysis tools, has been proved to yield reliable results for many systems. The procedure's computational requirements, nevertheless, scales so highly with the number of functions in the basis set and the delocalization of the system, that the calculation of this bond order is limited to small or medium size molecules. We present in this work a bond order index, the first order perturbation theory bond order (fopBO), which is based on and strongly connected to the natural bond orbital analysis tools. We present the methodology for the calculation of the fopBO index and a number of test calculations that shows that it is as reliable as the natural bond orbital index, with the same weak sensitivity to variations among commonly used basis sets and, as opposed to the natural bond order index, suitable for the study of large systems, such as most of those of biological interest.
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- Raúl Mera-Adasme
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de Chile,Santiago, Chile
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Fuentealba P, Florez E, Tiznado W. Topological Analysis of the Fukui Function. J Chem Theory Comput 2010; 6:1470-8. [DOI: 10.1021/ct100022w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Patricio Fuentealba
- Departamento de Física, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Santiago-Chile, Instituto de Química, Universidad de Antioquia, A.A. 1226, Medellín, Colombia, and Departamento de Ciencias Químicas, Facultad de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Andres Bello, Av. República 275, Santiago-Chile
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- Departamento de Física, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Santiago-Chile, Instituto de Química, Universidad de Antioquia, A.A. 1226, Medellín, Colombia, and Departamento de Ciencias Químicas, Facultad de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Andres Bello, Av. República 275, Santiago-Chile
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- Departamento de Física, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Santiago-Chile, Instituto de Química, Universidad de Antioquia, A.A. 1226, Medellín, Colombia, and Departamento de Ciencias Químicas, Facultad de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Andres Bello, Av. República 275, Santiago-Chile
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Centeno J, Contreras R, Fuentealba P. Endohedral Cluster of Li10O with Td Symmetry. J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:13451-6. [DOI: 10.1021/jp902665p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jesús Centeno
- Departamento de Física, and Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Santiago de Chile, Chile
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- Departamento de Física, and Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Santiago de Chile, Chile
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- Departamento de Física, and Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Santiago de Chile, Chile
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Fowe EP, Bandrauk AD. Nonlinear time-dependent density functional theory studies of the ionization of CO2 by ultrashort intense laser pulses. CAN J CHEM 2009. [DOI: 10.1139/v09-074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) studies of the ionization of CO2 by intense laser pulses (3.50 × 1014, 1.40 × 1015, 2.99 × 1015, and 1.25 × 1016 W/cm2) at 800 nm (ω = 0.0584 au) are presented in the nonlinear nonpertubative regime. Special emphasis is placed on elucidating molecular orbital orientation and various peak-intensities effects on the ionization processes. The results reveal that molecular orbital ionizations are strongly sensitive to their symmetry and the laser intensities. Most notably, we found that with a proper choice of the laser intensity (3.5 × 1014 W/cm2), the sensitivity is strong enough such that the nature and symmetry of the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) can be directly probed and visualized from the angular dependence of laser-induced ionization. At higher intensities, ionization is found to occur also from inner orbitals, thus complicating the imaging of simple orbitals. A time-dependent electron-localization function (TDELF) is used to get a visual insight on the time evolution process of the electron density.
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- Emmanuel Penka Fowe
- Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada
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Chattaraj PK, Giri S. Electrophilicity index within a conceptual DFT framework. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1039/b802832j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Gómez B, Likhanova NV, Domínguez Aguilar MA, Olivares O, Hallen JM, Martínez-Magadán JM. Theoretical study of a new group of corrosion inhibitors. J Phys Chem A 2007; 109:8950-7. [PMID: 16834300 DOI: 10.1021/jp052188k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In the present work, the molecular interactions of four amino acid compounds were simulated through the density functional theory (DFT) indexes to study their inhibitive properties. The prototype inhibitors previously synthesized 2-amino-N-decylacetamide (G), 2-amino-N-decylpropionamide (A), 2-amino-N-decyl-3-methylbutyramide (V), and 2-amino-N-decyl-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propionamide (T) were used to test the accuracy of this calculation. The generalized gradient approximation (GGA) was the ab initio approach used to optimize the ground state of the molecules. The simulation of molecular dynamics with force field (AMBER) was calculated to obtain the interaction energy between the metallic surface and the inhibitor molecules. A strong correlation of the global and local indexes with the inhibiting capacity was observed. The inhibitive properties of compounds on mild steel in an aqueous hydrochloric acid solution agreed well with those derived from the reactivity and selectivity indexes in gaseous phase.
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- B Gómez
- Programa de Ingeniería Molecular, Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, Eje Lazaro Cardenas 152, Col. San Bartolo de Atepehuacan, Gustavo A. Madero, México 07730 D.F.
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Bickelhaupt FM, Solà M, Guerra CF. Highly polar bonds and the meaning of covalency and ionicity--structure and bonding of alkali metal hydride oligomers. Faraday Discuss 2007; 135:451-68; discussion 489-506. [PMID: 17328442 DOI: 10.1039/b606093e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The hydrogen-alkali metal bond is simple and archetypal, and thus an ideal model for studying the nature of highly polar element-metal bonds. Thus, we have theoretically explored the alkali metal hydride monomers, HM, and (distorted) cubic tetramers, (HM)4, with M = Li, Na, K, and Rb, using density functional theory (DFT) at the BP86/TZ2P level. Our objective is to determine how the structure and thermochemistry (e.g., H-M bond lengths and strengths, oligomerization energies, etc.) of alkali metal hydrides depend on the metal atom, and to understand the emerging trends in terms of quantitative Kohn-Sham molecular orbital (KS-MO) theory. The H-M bond becomes longer and weaker, both in the monomers and tetramers, if one descends the periodic table from Li to Rb. Quantitative bonding analyses show that this trend is not determined by decreasing electrostatic attraction but, primarily, by the weakening in orbital interactions. The latter become less stabilizing along Li-Rb because the bond overlap between the singly occupied molecular orbitals (SOMOs) of H* and M* radicals decreases as the metal ns atomic orbital (AO) becomes larger and more diffuse. Thus, the H-M bond behaves as a text-book electron-pair bond and, in that respect, it is covalent, despite a high polarity. For the lithium and sodium hydride tetramers, the H4 tetrahedron is larger than and surrounds the M4 cluster (i.e., H-H > M-M). Interestingly, this is no longer the case in the potassium and rubidium hydride tetramers, in which the H4 tetrahedron is smaller than and inside the M4 cluster (i.e., H-H < M-M).
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- F Matthias Bickelhaupt
- Afdeling Theoretische Chemie, Scheikundig Laboratorium der Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1083, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Wheeler SE, Schleyer PVR, Schaefer HF. SASS: A symmetry adapted stochastic search algorithm exploiting site symmetry. J Chem Phys 2007; 126:104104. [PMID: 17362058 DOI: 10.1063/1.2646940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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A simple symmetry adapted search algorithm (SASS) exploiting point group symmetry increases the efficiency of systematic explorations of complex quantum mechanical potential energy surfaces. In contrast to previously described stochastic approaches, which do not employ symmetry, candidate structures are generated within simple point groups, such as C2, Cs, and C2v. This facilitates efficient sampling of the 3N-6 Pople's dimensional configuration space and increases the speed and effectiveness of quantum chemical geometry optimizations. Pople's concept of framework groups [J. Am. Chem. Soc. 102, 4615 (1980)] is used to partition the configuration space into structures spanning all possible distributions of sets of symmetry equivalent atoms. This provides an efficient means of computing all structures of a given symmetry with minimum redundancy. This approach also is advantageous for generating initial structures for global optimizations via genetic algorithm and other stochastic global search techniques. Application of the SASS method is illustrated by locating 14 low-lying stationary points on the cc-pwCVDZ ROCCSD(T) potential energy surface of Li5H2. The global minimum structure is identified, along with many unique, nonintuitive, energetically favorable isomers.
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- Steven E Wheeler
- Center for Computational Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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Chapter 5 Understanding and using the electron localization function. THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1380-7323(07)80006-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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A tight-binding quantum Hamiltonian and an empirical embedded-atom model (EAM) potential are used to get insight into the finite-temperature behavior of small Lin clusters, n = 8, 20, and 55. Exchange Monte Carlo simulations provide an extensive sampling of configuration space, including the putative global minimum and many relevant isomers. The heat capacities obtained from the classical simulations are corrected for low-temperature quantum delocalization using the Pitzer-Gwinn approximation. Alternatively, the caloric curves are estimated from the database of local minima using the quantum harmonic superposition approximation. While the two atomistic models predict qualitatively similar features, including some premelting effects in Li20 but none in Li55, strong variations are observed in the melting temperatures, the EAM potential giving unexpectedly low values.
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Chapter 6 Electronic structure and reactivity in double Rydberg anions: characterization of a novel kind of electron pair. THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1380-7323(07)80007-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Matito E, Poater J, Bickelhaupt FM, Solà M. Bonding in Methylalkalimetals (CH3M)n (M = Li, Na, K; n = 1, 4). Agreement and Divergences between AIM and ELF Analyses. J Phys Chem B 2006; 110:7189-98. [PMID: 16599485 DOI: 10.1021/jp057517n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The chemical bonding in methylalkalimetals (CH(3)M)(n)() (M = Li-K; n = 1, 4) has been investigated by making use of topological analyses grounded in the theory of atoms in molecules (AIM) and in the electron localization function (ELF). Both analyses describe the C-M bond as an ionic interaction. However, while AIM diagnoses a decrease of ionicity with tetramerization, ELF considers tetramers more ionic. Divergences emerge also when dealing with the bonding topology given by each technique. For the methylalkalimetal tetramers, the ELF analysis shows that each methyl carbon atom interacts through a bond pair with each of the three hydrogen atoms belonging to the same methyl group and through an ionic bond with the triangular face of the tetrahedral metal cluster in front of which the methyl group is located. On the other hand, the AIM topological description escapes from the traditional bonding schemes, presenting hypervalent carbon and alkalimetal atoms. Our results illustrate that fundamental concepts, such as that of the chemical bond, have a different, even colliding meaning in AIM and ELF theories.
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- Eduard Matito
- Institut de Química Computacional and Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, 17071 Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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Pacios LF. Computational study of the process of hydrogen bond breaking: The case of the formamide–formic acid complex. J Comput Chem 2006; 27:1641-9. [PMID: 16900492 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.20475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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MP2/6-311++G(d,p) and B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) quantum calculations are used to study the formamide-formic acid complex (FFAC), a system bound by two hydrogen bonds, N--H...O and O--H...O, that forms a bond ring at equilibrium. When the intermolecular separation between monomers R increases, this ring opens at a distance for which the weaker N--H...O bond breaks remaining the stronger O--H...O bond. The computational study characterizes that process addressing changes of interaction energy DeltaE, structure and properties of the electron density rho(r) as well as spatial distributions of rho(r), the electrostatic potential U(r), and the electron localization function eta(r). It is shown that the spatial derivatives of DeltaE, the topology of rho(r), and qualitative changes noticed in U(r) = 0 isocontours allow to identify a precise distance R for which one can say the N--H...O hydrogen bond has broken. Both levels of theory predict essentially the same changes of structure and electron properties associated to the process of breaking and virtually identical distances at which it takes place.
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- Luis F Pacios
- Departamento de Biotecnología, Unidad de Química y Bioquímica, E.T.S.I. Montes, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Tiznado W, Oña OB, Bazterra VE, Caputo MC, Facelli JC, Ferraro MB, Fuentealba P. Theoretical study of the adsorption of H on Sin clusters, (n=3–10). J Chem Phys 2005; 123:214302. [PMID: 16356043 DOI: 10.1063/1.2128675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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A recently proposed local Fukui function is used to predict the binding site of atomic hydrogen on silicon clusters. To validate the predictions, an extensive search for the more stable SinH (n=3-10) clusters has been done using a modified genetic algorithm. In all cases, the isomer predicted by the Fukui function is found by the search, but it is not always the most stable one. It is discussed that in the cases where the geometrical structure of the bare silicon cluster suffers a considerable change due to the addition of one hydrogen atom, the situation is more complicated and the relaxation effects should be considered.
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- William Tiznado
- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile.
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Chen YL, Huang CH, Hu WP. Theoretical Study on the Small Clusters of LiH, NaH, BeH2, and MgH2. J Phys Chem A 2005; 109:9627-36. [PMID: 16866416 DOI: 10.1021/jp051978r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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High-level ab initio molecular orbital theory is used to calculate the geometries, vibrational frequencies, atomic charges, and binding energies of the small clusters (LiH)(n), (NaH)(n), (BeH(2))(n), and (MgH(2))(n) (n = 1-4). For (LiH)(n) and (NaH)(n), there are planar cyclic structures when n = 2, 3. We have found the cubic structure T(d) in addition to the planar cyclic D(4)(h) when n = 4. The D(4)(h) is less stable than the T(d) geometry. For (BeH(2))(n) and (MgH(2))(n), when n = 3, there are three kinds of structures: chain C(2)(v), planar cyclic D(3)(h), and hat-like C(2)(v). The C(2)(v) geometry is more stable than the others. When n = 4, there are four kinds of structures: chain D(2)(h), cubic T(d), string-like C(2), and cubic transformation C(1). The most stable compounds in the families of (LiH)(n), (NaH)(n), (BeH(2))(n), and (MgH(2))(n) are cubic T(d), cubic T(d), chain D(2)(h), and string-like C(2) geometries, respectively, when n = 4. Calculated binding energies range from -24 to -37 kcal/mol for (LiH)(n) and --19 to -30 kcal/mol for (NaH)(n), (BeH(2))(n), and (MgH(2))(n). The hydrogen atoms in hydride clusters always have negative charges. The atomic charges of planar cyclic structures are weaker than those of cubic structures, and there is a tendency of reducing along with the increase of the cluster size. The vibrational frequencies of planar cyclic structures have consistent tendency, too. It indicates that the bond distance increases with the ionic character of the bond.
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- Yung-Lung Chen
- Department of Chemical Engineering, WuFeng Institute of Technology, Chia-Yi, Min-Hsiung, Taiwan 621.
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Tiznado W, Chamorro E, Contreras R, Fuentealba P. Comparison among Four Different Ways to Condense the Fukui Function. J Phys Chem A 2005; 109:3220-4. [PMID: 16833651 DOI: 10.1021/jp0450787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Four different ways to condense the Fukui function are compared. Three of them perform a numerical integration over different basins to define the condensed Fukui function, and the other one is the most traditional Fukui function using Mulliken population analysis. The basins are chosen to be the basins of the electron density (AIM), the basins of the electron localization function (ELF), and the basins of the Fukui function itself. The use of the last two basins is new and presented for the first time here. It is found that the last three methods yield results which are stable against a change in the basis set. The condensed Fukui function using the basins of the ELF is not able to give information on the reactivity of an acceptor molecule. In general, the condensed Fukui function using the basins of the density or the basins of the Fukui function describe the reactivity trends well. The latter is preferred, because it only contains information about the Fukui function itself and it gives the right information for donor as well as acceptor centers.
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- W Tiznado
- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile
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Wheeler SE, Sattelmeyer KW, Schleyer PVR, Schaefer HF. Binding energies of small lithium clusters (Lin) and hydrogenated lithium clusters (LinH). J Chem Phys 2004; 120:4683-9. [PMID: 15267328 DOI: 10.1063/1.1645242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Large coupled cluster computations utilizing the Dunning weighted correlation-consistent polarized core-valence (cc-pwCVXZ) hierarchy of basis sets have been conducted, resulting in a panoply of internally consistent geometries and atomization energies for small Li(n) and Li(n)H (n=1-4) clusters. In contrast to previous ab initio results, we predict a monotonic increase in atomization energies per atom with increasing cluster size for lithium clusters, in accordance with the historical Knudsen-effusion measurements of Wu. For hydrogenated lithium clusters, our results support previous theoretical work concerning the relatively low atomization energy per atom for Li(2)H compared to LiH and Li(3)H. The CCSD(T)/cc-pwCVQZ atomization energies for LiH, Li(2)H, Li(3)H, and the most stable isomer of Li(4)H, including zero-point energy corrections, are 55.7, 79.6, 113.0, and 130.6 kcal/mol, respectively. The latter results are not consistent with the most recent experiments of Wu.
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- Steven E Wheeler
- Center for Computational Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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Pacios LF. Topological Descriptors of the Electron Density and the Electron Localization Function in Hydrogen Bond Dimers at Short Intermonomer Distances. J Phys Chem A 2004. [DOI: 10.1021/jp030978t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Luis F. Pacios
- Unidad de Química, Departamento de Biotecnología, E.T.S. Ingenieros de Montes, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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Chamorro E, Santos JC, Gómez B, Contreras R, Fuentealba P. The Bonding Nature of Some Simple Sigmatropic Transition States from the Topological Analysis of the Electron Localization Function. J Phys Chem A 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/jp025958q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Eduardo Chamorro
- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile, and Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile, and Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile, and Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile, and Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile, and Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile
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