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Mó O, Montero-Campillo MM, Yáñez M, Alkorta I, Elguero J. Discovering trends in the Lewis acidity of beryllium and magnesium hydrides and fluorides with increasing clusters size. J Comput Chem 2024; 45:1702-1715. [PMID: 38567760 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.27356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
Abstract
We have reported in the last years the strong effect that Be- and Mg-containing Lewis acids have on the intrinsic properties of typical bases, which become acids upon complexation. In an effort to investigate these changes when the Be and Mg derivatives form clusters of increasing size, we have examined the behavior of the (MX2)n (M = Be, Mg; X = H, F; n = 1, 2, 3) clusters when they interact with ammonia, methanimine, hydrogen cyanide and pyridine, and with their corresponding deprotonated forms. The complexes obtained at the M06-2X/aug-cc-pVTZ level were analyzed using the MBIE energy decomposition formalism, in parallel with QTAIM, ELF, NCIPLOT and AdNDP analyses of their electron density. For n = 1 the interaction enthalpy for the different families of monomers, Be (Mg) hydrides and Be (Mg) fluorides, follows the same trend as the intrinsic basicity of the base that interacts with them. This interaction is greatly reinforced after the deprotonation of the base, resulting in a significant enhancement of the intrinsic acidity of the corresponding MX2-Base complex. For (MX2)2 clusters a further reinforcement of the interaction with the base is observed, this reinforcement being again larger for the deprotonated complexes. However, the concomitant increase of their intrinsic acidity is one order of magnitude larger for hydrides than for fluorides. Unexpectedly, the cyclic conformers (MX2)3, which are more unstable than the linear ones, become the global minima after association with the base and the same is true for the deprotonated complex. Accordingly, a further increase of the intrinsic acidity of the (MX2)3-Base complexes with respect to the (MX2)2-Base ones is observed. This effect is maximum for (MgF2)3 clusters, to the point that the (MgF2)3-Base complexes become more acidic than nitric acid, the extreme case being the cluster (MgF2)3-NCH, whose acidity is higher than that of perchloric acid.
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- Otilia Mó
- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Facultad de Ciencias, and Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Facultad de Ciencias, and Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Facultad de Ciencias, and Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Química Médica, IQM-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Química Médica, IQM-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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Alkorta I, Elguero J, Oliva-Enrich JM, Yáñez M, Mó O, Montero-Campillo MM. The Importance of Strain (Preorganization) in Beryllium Bonds. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25245876. [PMID: 33322617 PMCID: PMC7763456 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25245876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In order to explore the angular strain role on the ability of Be to form strong beryllium bonds, a theoretical study of the complexes of four beryllium derivatives of orthocloso-carboranes with eight molecules (CO, N2, NCH, CNH, OH2, SH2, NH3, and PH3) acting as Lewis bases has been carried out at the G4 computational level. The results for these complexes, which contain besides Be other electron-deficient elements, such as B, have been compared with the analogous ones formed by three beryllium salts (BeCl2, CO3Be and SO4Be) with the same set of Lewis bases. The results show the presence of large and positive values of the electrostatic potential associated to the beryllium atoms in the isolated four beryllium derivatives of ortho-carboranes, evidencing an intrinsically strong acidic nature. In addition, the LUMO orbital in these systems is also associated to the beryllium atom. These features led to short intermolecular distances and large dissociation energies in the complexes of the beryllium derivatives of ortho-carboranes with the Lewis bases. Notably, as a consequence of the special framework provided by the ortho-carboranes, some of these dissociation energies are larger than the corresponding beryllium bonds in the already strongly bound SO4Be complexes, in particular for N2 and CO bases. The localized molecular orbital energy decomposition analysis (LMOEDA) shows that among the attractive terms associated with the dissociation energy, the electrostatic term is the most important one, except for the complexes with the two previously mentioned weakest bases (N2 and CO), where the polarization term dominates. Hence, these results contribute to further confirm the importance of bending on the beryllium environment leading to strong interactions through the formation of beryllium bonds.
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- Ibon Alkorta
- Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva, 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain;
- Correspondence: (I.A.); (J.M.O.-E.); (M.Y.)
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- Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva, 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain;
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- Instituto de Química-Física “Rocasolano” (CSIC), Serrano, 119, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
- Correspondence: (I.A.); (J.M.O.-E.); (M.Y.)
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Módulo 13, and Institute of Advanced Chemical Sciences (IadChem), Campus de Excelencia UAM-CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, E-28049 Madrid, Spain; (O.M.); (M.M.M.-C.)
- Correspondence: (I.A.); (J.M.O.-E.); (M.Y.)
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Módulo 13, and Institute of Advanced Chemical Sciences (IadChem), Campus de Excelencia UAM-CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, E-28049 Madrid, Spain; (O.M.); (M.M.M.-C.)
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Módulo 13, and Institute of Advanced Chemical Sciences (IadChem), Campus de Excelencia UAM-CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, E-28049 Madrid, Spain; (O.M.); (M.M.M.-C.)
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Alkorta I, Elguero J, Del Bene JE, Mó O, Montero-Campillo MM, Yáñez M. Mutual Influence of Pnicogen Bonds and Beryllium Bonds: Energies and Structures in the Spotlight. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:5871-5878. [PMID: 32538087 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c03689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
Pnicogen bonds, which are weak noncovalent interactions (NCIs), can be significantly modified by the presence of beryllium bonds, one of the strongest NCIs known. We demonstrate the importance of this influence by studying ternary complexes in which both NCIs are present, that is, the ternary complexes formed by a nitrogen base (NH3, NHCH2, and NCH), a phosphine (fluorophosphane, PH2F) and a beryllium derivative (BeH2, BeF2, BeCl2, BeCO3, and BeSO4). Energies, structures, and nature of the chemical bonding in these complexes are studied by means of ab initio computational methods. The pnicogen bond between the nitrogen base and the phosphine and the beryllium bond between the fluorine atom of fluorophosphane and the beryllium derivative show large cooperativity effects both on energies and geometries, with dissociation energies up to 296 kJ mol-1 and cooperativity up to 104 kJ mol-1 in the most strongly bound complex, CH2HN:PH2F:BeSO4. In the complexes between the strongest nitrogen bases and the strongest beryllium donors, phosphorus-shared and phosphorus-transfer bonds are found.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ibon Alkorta
- Instituto de Química Médica, CSIC, Juan de la Cierva, 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Química Médica, CSIC, Juan de la Cierva, 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio 44555, USA
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Módulo 13, and Institute of Advanced Chemical Sciences (IadChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Excelencia UAM-CSIC, Cantoblanco, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Módulo 13, and Institute of Advanced Chemical Sciences (IadChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Excelencia UAM-CSIC, Cantoblanco, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Módulo 13, and Institute of Advanced Chemical Sciences (IadChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Excelencia UAM-CSIC, Cantoblanco, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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Oliva-Enrich JM, Alkorta I, Elguero J. Complexes Between Adamantane Analogues B 4X 6 -X = {CH 2, NH, O ; SiH 2, PH, S} - and Dihydrogen, B 4X 6: nH 2 ( n = 1-4). MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 25:molecules25051042. [PMID: 32110922 PMCID: PMC7179137 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25051042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Revised: 02/16/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
In this work, we study the interactions between adamantane-like structures B4X6 with X = {CH2, NH, O ; SiH2, PH, S} and dihydrogen molecules above the Boron atom, with ab initio methods based on perturbation theory (MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ). Molecular electrostatic potentials (MESP) for optimized B4X6 systems, optimized geometries, and binding energies are reported for all B4X6:nH2 (n = 1–4) complexes. All B4X6:nH2 (n = 1–4) complexes show attractive patterns, with B4O6:nH2 systems showing remarkable behavior with larger binding energies and smaller B···H2 distances as compared to the other structures with different X.
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- Josep M. Oliva-Enrich
- Instituto de Química-Física “Rocasolano”, CSIC, Serrano, 119, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +34-91-745-95-55; Fax: +34-91-564-24-31
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- Instituto de Química Médica, CSIC, Juan de la Cierva, 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain; (I.A.); (J.E.)
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- Instituto de Química Médica, CSIC, Juan de la Cierva, 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain; (I.A.); (J.E.)
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Alkorta I, Montero-Campillo MM, Mó O, Elguero J, Yáñez M. Weak Interactions Get Strong: Synergy between Tetrel and Alkaline-Earth Bonds. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:7124-7132. [PMID: 31339721 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b06051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Weak and strong noncovalent interactions such as tetrel bonds and alkaline-earth bonds, respectively, cooperate and get reinforced when acting together in ternary complexes of general formula RN··· SiH3F···MY, where MY is a Be or Mg derivative and RN is a N-containing Lewis base with different hybridization patterns. Cooperativity has been studied in the optimized MP2/aug'-cc-pVTZ ternary complexes by looking at changes on geometries, binding energies, 29Si NMR chemical shifts, and topological features according to the atoms in molecules theoretical framework. Our study shows that cooperativity in terms of energy is in general significant: more than 40 kJ/mol, and up to 83.6 kJ/mol in the most favorable case. The weakest the isolated interaction, the strongest the reinforcement in the ternary complex; in this sense, the tetrel bond is shortened enormously, between 0.3 and 0.6 Å. This dramatic reinforcement of the tetrel bond is also nicely reflected in the positive variations of the 29Si chemical shifts in all the ternary complexes. At the same time the ternary complexes are characterized by the presence of totally planar silyl group, due to the pentacoordination of the Si atom. Both the hybridization of the N base and the geometry imposed by the alkaline-earth ligands have a strong influence on the binding energies, as they modify the donor ability of N and the Lewis acid character of the alkaline-earth metal.
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- Ibon Alkorta
- Instituto de Química Médica , IQM-CSIC . Juan de la Cierva, 3 , E-28006 Madrid , Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Facultad de Ciencias and Institute of Advanced Chemical Sciences (IadChem) , Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , Campus de Excelencia UAM-CSIC , Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid , Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Facultad de Ciencias and Institute of Advanced Chemical Sciences (IadChem) , Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , Campus de Excelencia UAM-CSIC , Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid , Spain
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- Instituto de Química Médica , IQM-CSIC . Juan de la Cierva, 3 , E-28006 Madrid , Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Facultad de Ciencias and Institute of Advanced Chemical Sciences (IadChem) , Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , Campus de Excelencia UAM-CSIC , Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid , Spain
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Montero-Campillo MM, Brea O, Mó O, Alkorta I, Elguero J, Yáñez M. Modulating the intrinsic reactivity of molecules through non-covalent interactions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:2222-2233. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp06908e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Non-covalent interactions as tools for modifying molecular properties.
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Affiliation(s)
- M. Merced Montero-Campillo
- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Facultad de Ciencias and Institute of Advanced Chemical Sciences (IadChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Campus de Excelencia UAM-CSIC
- 28049-Madrid
- Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University
- Stockholm
- Sweden
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Facultad de Ciencias and Institute of Advanced Chemical Sciences (IadChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Campus de Excelencia UAM-CSIC
- 28049-Madrid
- Spain
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- Instituto de Química Médica, IQM-CSIC
- E-28006 Madrid
- Spain
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- Instituto de Química Médica, IQM-CSIC
- E-28006 Madrid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Facultad de Ciencias and Institute of Advanced Chemical Sciences (IadChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Campus de Excelencia UAM-CSIC
- 28049-Madrid
- Spain
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