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Mata RA, Zhanabekova T, Obenchain DA, Suhm MA. Dispersion Control over Molecule Cohesion: Exploiting and Dissecting the Tipping Power of Aromatic Rings. Acc Chem Res 2024; 57:1077-1086. [PMID: 38537179 PMCID: PMC11025128 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2023] [Revised: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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ConspectusWe have learned over the past years how London dispersion forces can be effectively used to influence or even qualitatively tip the structure of aggregates and the conformation of single molecules. This happens despite the fact that single dispersion contacts are much weaker than competing polar forces. It is a classical case of strength by numbers, with the importance of London dispersion forces scaling with the system size. Knowledge about the tipping points, however difficult to attain, is necessary for a rational design of intermolecular forces. One requires a careful assessment of the competing interactions, either by sensitive spectroscopic techniques for the study of the isolated molecules and aggregates or by theoretical approaches. Of particular interest are the systems close to the tipping point, when dispersion interactions barely outweigh or approach the strength of the other interactions. Such subtle cases are important milestones for a scale-up to realistic multi-interaction situations encountered in the fields of life and materials science. In searching for examples that provide ideal competing interactions in complexes and small clusters, aromatic systems can offer a diverse set of molecules with a variation of dispersion and electrostatic forces that control the dominant and peripheral interactions. Our combined spectroscopic and theoretical investigations provide valuable insights into the balance of intermolecular forces because they typically allow us to switch the aromatic substituent on and off. High-resolution rotational spectroscopy serves as a benchmark for molecular structures, as correct calculations should be based on correct geometries. When discussing the competition with other noncovalent interactions, obvious competitors are directional hydrogen bonds. As a second counterweight to aryl interactions, we will discuss aurophilic/metallophilic interactions, which also have a strong stabilization with a small number of atoms involved. Vibrational spectroscopy is most sensitive to interactions of light atoms, and the competition of OH hydrogen bonds with dispersion forces in a molecular aggregate can be judged well by the OH stretching frequency. Experiments in the gas phase are ideal for gauging the accuracy of quantum chemical predictions free of solvent forces. A tight collaboration utilizing these three methods allows experiment vs experiment vs theory benchmarking of the overall influence of dispersion in molecular structures and energetics.
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- Ricardo A. Mata
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Czernek J, Brus J, Czerneková V. A computational inspection of the dissociation energy of mid-sized organic dimers. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:204303. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0093557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The gas-phase value of the dissociation energy ( D0) is a key parameter employed in both experimental and theoretical descriptions of noncovalent complexes. The D0 data were obtained for a set of mid-sized organic dimers in their global minima which was located using geometry optimizations that applied ample basis sets together with either the conventional second-order Møller–Plesset (MP2) method or several dispersion-corrected density-functional theory (DFT-D) schemes. The harmonic vibrational zero-point (VZP) and deformation energies from the MP2 calculations were combined with electronic energies from the coupled cluster theory with singles, doubles, and iterative triples [CCSD(T)] extrapolated to the complete basis set (CBS) limit to estimate D0 with the aim of inspecting values that were most recently measured, and an analogous comparison was performed using the DFT-D data. In at least one case (namely, for the aniline⋯methane cluster), the D0 estimate that employed the CCSD(T)/CBS energies differed from experiment in the way that could not be explained by a possible deficiency in the VZP contribution. Curiously, one of the DFT-D schemes (namely, the B3LYP-D3/def2-QZVPPD) was able to reproduce all measured D0 values to within 1.0 kJ/mol from experimental error bars. These findings show the need for further measurements and computations of some of the complexes. In order to facilitate such studies, the physical nature of intermolecular interactions in the investigated dimers was analyzed by means of the DFT-based symmetry-adapted perturbation theory.
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- Jiří Czernek
- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Heyrovsky Square 2, 162 06 Praha 6, The Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Heyrovsky Square 2, 162 06 Praha 6, The Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Praha 8, The Czech Republic
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The account of atom-pair dispersion interaction on the stabilization of C–H/π bound phenylacetylene–hydrocarbon complexes. Theor Chem Acc 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-021-02757-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Medel R, Suhm MA. Understanding benzyl alcohol aggregation by chiral modification: the pairing step. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:25538-25551. [PMID: 33169124 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp04825a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A combination of linear infrared and Raman spectroscopy in supersonic slit jet expansions is used to clarify the conformational preferences in the dimer of the transiently chiral benzyl alcohol (phenylmethanol) under vacuum isolation. By experimentally exploring close analogies with the permanently chiral 1-phenylethanol, which is conformationally locked in the jet through intramolecular chirality induction, and by computational analysis of their conformational energy landscapes, several conclusions are drawn. The lowest energy dimer is confirmed to be cooperatively OHOHπ-bonded and shown to be homochiral. Its heterochiral counterpart is slightly higher in energy and can be spectrally assigned as a minor constituent. A metastable heterochiral OHπ/OHπ structure with weakly coupled hydrogen bonds is efficiently trapped behind a Ci symmetry-enhanced barrier and can be assigned by IR/Raman mutual exclusion. Its homochiral counterpart is kinetically less stable but might be addressed by rotational spectroscopy. Ratings of standard density functionals with a standard basis set in terms of reproducing these experimental chirality synchronization benchmarks are presented.
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- Robert Medel
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Goettingen, Tammannstr. 6, 37077 Goettingen, Germany.
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Knochenmuss R, Sinha RK, Leutwyler S. Benchmark Experimental Gas-Phase Intermolecular Dissociation Energies by the SEP-R2PI Method. Annu Rev Phys Chem 2020; 71:189-211. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-050317-014224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The gas-phase ground-state dissociation energy D0( S0) of an isolated and cold bimolecular complex is a fundamental measure of the intermolecular interaction strength between its constituents. Accurate D0 values are important for the understanding of intermolecular bonding, for benchmarking high-level theoretical calculations, and for the parameterization of dispersion-corrected density functionals or force-field models that are used in fields ranging from crystallography to biochemistry. We review experimental measurements of the gas-phase D0( S0) and D0( S1) values of 55 different M⋅S complexes, where M is a (hetero)aromatic molecule and S is a closed-shell solvent atom or molecule. The experiments employ the triply resonant SEP-R2PI laser method, which involves M-centered ( S0 → S1) electronic excitation, followed by S1 → S0 stimulated emission spanning a range of S0 state vibrational levels. At sufficiently high vibrational energy, vibrational predissociation of the M⋅S complex occurs. A total of 49 dissociation energies were bracketed to within ≤1.0 kJ/mol, providing a large experimental database of accurate noncovalent interactions.
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- Richard Knochenmuss
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka 576104, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Knochenmuss R, Sinha RK, Balmer FA, Ottiger P, Leutwyler S. Intermolecular dissociation energies of 1-naphthol complexes with large dispersion-energy donors: Decalins and adamantane. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:104304. [PMID: 32171216 DOI: 10.1063/1.5144773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The ground-state intermolecular dissociation energies D0(S0) of supersonic-jet cooled intermolecular complexes of 1-naphthol (1NpOH) with the bi- and tricycloalkanes trans-decalin, cis-decalin, and adamantane were measured using the stimulated-emission-pumping/resonant two-photon ionization (SEP-R2PI) method. Using UV/UV holeburning, we identified two isomers (A and B) of the adamantane and trans-decalin complexes and four isomers (A-D) of the cis-decalin complex. For 1NpOH·adamantane A and B, the D0(S0) values are 21.6 ± 0.15 kJ/mol and 21.2 ± 0.32 kJ/mol, those of 1NpOH·trans-decalin A and B are 28.7 ± 0.3 kJ/mol and 28.1 ± 0.9 kJ/mol, and those of 1NpOH·cis-decalin A and B are 28.9 ± 0.15 kJ/mol and 28.7 ± 0.3 kJ/mol. Upon S0 → S1 electronic excitation of the 1NpOH moiety, the dissociation energies of adamantane, trans-decalin, and the cis-decalin isomer C change by <1% and those of cis-decalin isomers A, B, and D increase only slightly (1%-3%). This implies that the hydrocarbons are dispersively adsorbed to a naphthalene "face." Calculations using the dispersion-corrected density functional theory methods B97-D3 and B3LYP-D3 indeed predict that the stable structures have face geometries. The B97-D3 calculated D0(S0) values are within 1 kJ/mol of the experiment, while B3LYP-D3 predicts D0 values that are 1.4-3.3 kJ/mol larger. Although adamantane has been recommended as a "dispersion-energy donor," the binding energies of the trans- and cis-decalin adducts to 1NpOH are 30% larger than that of adamantane. In fact, the D0 value of 1NpOH·adamantane is close to that of 1NpOH·cyclohexane, reflecting the nearly identical contact layer between the two molecules.
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- Richard Knochenmuss
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Knochenmuss R, Sinha RK, Leutwyler S. Face, Notch, or Edge? Intermolecular dissociation energies of 1-naphthol complexes with linear molecules. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:234303. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5100139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Richard Knochenmuss
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Knochenmuss R, Maity S, Balmer F, Müller C, Leutwyler S. Intermolecular dissociation energies of 1-naphthol·n-alkane complexes. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:034306. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5034110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Richard Knochenmuss
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Even though (H2O)2 and (HF)2 are arguably the most thoroughly characterized prototypes for hydrogen bonding, their heterogeneous analogue H2O···HF has received relatively little attention. Here we report that the experimental dissociation energy ( D0) of this important paradigm for heterogeneous hydrogen bonding is too large by 2 kcal mol-1 or 30% relative to our computed value of 6.3 kcal mol-1. For reference, computational procedures similar to those employed here to compute D0 (large basis set CCSD(T) computations with anharmonic corrections from second-order vibrational perturbation theory) provide results within 0.1 kcal mol-1 of the experimental values for (H2O)2 and (HF)2. Near the CCSD(T) complete basis set limit, the electronic dissociation energy for H2O···HF is ∼4 kcal mol-1 larger than those for (H2O)2 and (HF)2 (∼9 kcal mol-1 for the heterogeneous dimer vs ∼5 kcal mol-1 for the homogeneous dimers). Results reported here from symmetry-adapted perturbation theory computations suggest that this large difference is primarily due to the induction contribution to the interaction energy.
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- Thomas More Sexton
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Mississippi , University , Mississippi 38677-1848 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Virginia Tech , Blacksburg , Virginia 24061 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Mississippi , University , Mississippi 38677-1848 , United States
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Knochenmuss R, Sinha RK, Leutwyler S. Intermolecular dissociation energies of dispersively bound complexes of aromatics with noble gases and nitrogen. J Chem Phys 2018; 148:134302. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5019432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Richard Knochenmuss
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Yang H, Watts HD, Gibilterra V, Weiss TB, Petridis L, Cosgrove DJ, Kubicki JD. Quantum Calculations on Plant Cell Wall Component Interactions. Interdiscip Sci 2018; 11:485-495. [DOI: 10.1007/s12539-018-0293-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2017] [Revised: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Varandas AJC. Straightening the Hierarchical Staircase for Basis Set Extrapolations: A Low-Cost Approach to High-Accuracy Computational Chemistry. Annu Rev Phys Chem 2018; 69:177-203. [PMID: 29394151 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-050317-021148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Because the one-electron basis set limit is difficult to reach in correlated post-Hartree-Fock ab initio calculations, the low-cost route of using methods that extrapolate to the estimated basis set limit attracts immediate interest. The situation is somewhat more satisfactory at the Hartree-Fock level because numerical calculation of the energy is often affordable at nearly converged basis set levels. Still, extrapolation schemes for the Hartree-Fock energy are addressed here, although the focus is on the more slowly convergent and computationally demanding correlation energy. Because they are frequently based on the gold-standard coupled-cluster theory with single, double, and perturbative triple excitations [CCSD(T)], correlated calculations are often affordable only with the smallest basis sets, and hence single-level extrapolations from one raw energy could attain maximum usefulness. This possibility is examined. Whenever possible, this review uses raw data from second-order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory, as well as CCSD, CCSD(T), and multireference configuration interaction methods. Inescapably, the emphasis is on work done by the author's research group. Certain issues in need of further research or review are pinpointed.
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- António J C Varandas
- Coimbra Chemistry Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Coimbra 3004-535, Portugal;
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Mata RA, Suhm MA. Benchmarking Quantum Chemical Methods: Are We Heading in the Right Direction? Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:11011-11018. [PMID: 28452424 PMCID: PMC5582598 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201611308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2016] [Revised: 12/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Theoreticians and experimentalists should work together more closely to establish reliable rankings and benchmarks for quantum chemical methods. Comparison to carefully designed experimental benchmark data should be a priority. Guidelines to improve the situation for experiments and calculations are proposed.
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- Ricardo A. Mata
- Institut für Physikalische ChemieUniversität GöttingenTammannstrasse 637077GöttingenGermany
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- Institut für Physikalische ChemieUniversität GöttingenTammannstrasse 637077GöttingenGermany
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Mata RA, Suhm MA. Quantenchemische Methoden im Leistungsvergleich: Stimmt die Richtung noch? Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201611308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Ricardo A. Mata
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie; Universität Göttingen; Tammannstraße 6 37077 Göttingen Deutschland
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie; Universität Göttingen; Tammannstraße 6 37077 Göttingen Deutschland
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Maity S, Knochenmuss R, Holzer C, Féraud G, Frey J, Klopper W, Leutwyler S. Accurate dissociation energies of two isomers of the 1-naphthol⋅cyclopropane complex. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:164304. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4965821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- Surajit Maity
- Departement für Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3000 Bern 9, Switzerland
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- Departement für Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3000 Bern 9, Switzerland
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- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Fritz-Haber-Weg 2, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Departement für Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3000 Bern 9, Switzerland
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- Departement für Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3000 Bern 9, Switzerland
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- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Fritz-Haber-Weg 2, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Departement für Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3000 Bern 9, Switzerland
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Frey JA, Holzer C, Klopper W, Leutwyler S. Experimental and Theoretical Determination of Dissociation Energies of Dispersion-Dominated Aromatic Molecular Complexes. Chem Rev 2016; 116:5614-41. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Jann A. Frey
- Departement
für Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Fritz-Haber-Weg 2, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Fritz-Haber-Weg 2, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Departement
für Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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