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Peng X, Cao W, Hu Z, Yang Y, Sun Z, Wang XB, Sun H. Observation of a super-tetrahedral cluster of acetonitrile-solvated dodecaborate dianion via dihydrogen bonding. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:054308. [PMID: 38341708 DOI: 10.1063/5.0186614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/13/2024] Open
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We launched a combined negative ion photoelectron spectroscopy and multiscale theoretical investigation on the geometric and electronic structures of a series of acetonitrile-solvated dodecaborate clusters, i.e., B12H122-·nCH3CN (n = 1-4). The electron binding energies of B12H122-·nCH3CN are observed to increase with cluster size, suggesting their enhanced electronic stability. B3LYP-D3(BJ)/ma-def2-TZVP geometry optimizations indicate each acetonitrile molecule binds to B12H122- via a threefold dihydrogen bond (DHB) B3-H3 ⁝⁝⁝ H3C-CN unit, in which three adjacent nucleophilic H atoms in B12H122- interact with the three methyl hydrogens of acetonitrile. The structural evolution from n = 1 to 4 can be rationalized by the surface charge redistributions through the restrained electrostatic potential analysis. Notably, a super-tetrahedral cluster of B12H122- solvated by four acetonitrile molecules with 12 DHBs is observed. The post-Hartree-Fock domain-based local pair natural orbital- coupled cluster singles, doubles, and perturbative triples [DLPNO-CCSD(T)] calculated vertical detachment energies agree well with the experimental measurements, confirming the identified isomers as the most stable ones. Furthermore, the nature and strength of the intermolecular interactions between B12H122- and CH3CN are revealed by the quantum theory of atoms-in-molecules and the energy decomposition analysis. Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations are conducted at various temperatures to reveal the great kinetic and thermodynamic stabilities of the selected B12H122-·CH3CN cluster. The binding motif in B12H122-·CH3CN is largely retained for the whole halogenated series B12X122-·CH3CN (X = F-I). This study provides a molecular-level understanding of structural evolution for acetonitrile-solvated dodecaborate clusters and a fresh view by examining acetonitrile as a real hydrogen bond (HB) donor to form strong HB interactions.
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- Xiaogai Peng
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- Physical Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- Physical Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China
- NYU-ECNU Center for Computational Chemistry at NYU Shanghai, Shanghai 200062, China
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Naskar P, Talukder S, Ghosh S, Chaudhury P. Controlling the isomerization dynamics of iodide acetonitrile dimer complex by optimally designed electromagnetic field: A wave packet based approach. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUANTUM CHEMISTRY 2019; 119:e25927. [DOI: 10.1002/qua.25927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/19/2023]
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- Pulak Naskar
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Calcutta Kolkata India
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- School of Chemical SciencesIndian Association for the Cultivation of Science Kolkata India
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- Department of ChemistrySerampore College Serampore West Bengal India
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Mbaiwa F, Holtgrewe N, Dao DB, Lasinski J, Mabbs R. Photoelectron Angular Distributions as Probes of Cluster Anion Structure: I–·(H2O)2 and I–·(CH3CN)2. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:7249-54. [DOI: 10.1021/jp4104596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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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- Foster Mbaiwa
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Botswana, Private Bag UB00704, Gaborone, Botswana
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- Department
of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings
Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings
Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings
Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings
Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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Milner EM, Nix MGD, Dessent CEH. Evidence for hydrogen bond network formation in microsolvated clusters of Pt(CN)42−: collision induced dissociation studies of Pt(CN)42−·(H2O)nn = 1–4, and Pt(CN)42−·(MeCN)mm = 1, 2 cluster ions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:18379-85. [DOI: 10.1039/c1cp21538h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Nguyen TNV, Hughes SR, Peslherbe GH. Microsolvation of the Sodium and Iodide Ions and Their Ion Pair in Acetonitrile Clusters: A Theoretical Study. J Phys Chem B 2008; 112:621-35. [DOI: 10.1021/jp076567k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Tao-Nhân V. Nguyen
- Centre for Research in Molecular Modeling and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H4B 1R6
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- Centre for Research in Molecular Modeling and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H4B 1R6
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- Centre for Research in Molecular Modeling and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H4B 1R6
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Takayanagi T. Dynamical Calculations of Charge-Transfer-to-Solvent Excited States of Small I-(CH3CN)n Clusters. J Phys Chem A 2006; 110:7011-8. [PMID: 16737248 DOI: 10.1021/jp061395x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Relaxation dynamics of photoexcited charge-transfer-to-solvent (CTTS) states for the I(-)(CH(3)CN)(n) (n = 2 and 3) clusters has been theoretically studied using electronic structure methods. First, we have calculated several lowest singlet and triplet potential energy surfaces using the multireference configuration interaction method. It was found that the character of the singlet CTTS excited-state potential surfaces is very similar to that of the triplet CTTS states. Due to a small singlet-triplet splitting, the lowest triplet potential energy surface was used as a good model to understand the dynamics of the photoexcited singlet CTTS states. We have carried out direct molecular dynamics simulations on the lowest triplet surface at the B3LYP level. When an I(-) anion is exteriorly solvated by CH(3)CN molecules, we found that the (CH(3)CN)(n)(-) anion cluster is effectively produced. In addition, when the I(-) anion is placed in the interior in I(-)(CH(3)CN)(n) clusters, photoexcitation gives an acetonitrile monomer anion plus neutral monomers. However, if the initial geometric configuration is distorted from the minimum structure, we also found that the (CH(3)CN)(2)(-) anion cluster, where an excess electron is internally trapped, is formed via I(-)(CH(3)CN)(2) + hnu --> I + (CH(3)CN)(2)(-) process.
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Hobza P, Zahradník R, Müller-Dethlefs K. The World of Non-Covalent Interactions: 2006. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1135/cccc20060443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The review focusses on the fundamental importance of non-covalent interactions in nature by illustrating specific examples from chemistry, physics and the biosciences. Laser spectroscopic methods and both ab initio and molecular modelling procedures used for the study of non-covalent interactions in molecular clusters are briefly outlined. The role of structure and geometry, stabilization energy, potential and free energy surfaces for molecular clusters is extensively discussed in the light of the most advanced ab initio computational results for the CCSD(T) method, extrapolated to the CBS limit. The most important types of non-covalent complexes are classified and several small and medium size non-covalent systems, including H-bonded and improper H-bonded complexes, nucleic acid base pairs, and peptides and proteins are discussed with some detail. Finally, we evaluate the interpretation of experimental results in comparison with state of the art theoretical models: this is illustrated for phenol...Ar, the benzene dimer and nucleic acid base pairs. A review with 270 references.
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Ab initio electronic structure calculations have been performed for (CH(3)CN)(2) (-) and (CH(3)CN)(3) (-) cluster anions using a diffuse basis set. We found both the dipole-bound structures and internal structures, where in the former structure an excess electron is mainly distributed on the surface of the cluster while an excess electron is internally trapped in the latter configuration. The optimized structures found for cluster anions were compared to those for neutral clusters. Potential-energy surfaces were also plotted as a function of appropriate internal coordinates in order to understand the interconversions of the optimized structures of clusters. The relative stabilities of the optimized confirmers have been discussed on the basis of the characteristics of these potential surfaces, relative energies, and electron vertical detachment energies.
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Nguyen TNV, Peslherbe GH. Microsolvation of Alkali and Halide Ions in Acetonitrile Clusters. J Phys Chem A 2003. [DOI: 10.1021/jp020728x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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