The gas-phase reaction of nitric acid with the amidogen radical under atmospheric conditions has been investigated using quantum mechanical (QCISD and CCSD(T)) and DFT (B3LYP, BH&HLYP, M05, M05-2X, and M06-2X) calculations with the 6-311+G(2df,2p), aug-cc-pVTZ, aug-cc-pVQZ and extrapolation to the CBS basis sets. The reaction begins with the barrierless formation of a hydrogen-bonded complex, w...

Five 8-(4-R-phenyl)-1-naphthol derivatives were prepared by PdCl(2)-catalysed electrophilic aromatic substitution. The pK(a)' values for these 1,8-disubstituted arene naphthols have been measured in acetonitrile/water (R = NO(2), 8.42; R = Cl, 8.52; R = H, 8.56; R = Me 8.68; and R = OMe, 8.71) and indicate a correlation with the electronic nature of the arene substituent, as determined through ...

In this work, we studied a copper complex-based dye, which is proposed for potential photovoltaic applications and is named Cu (I) biquinoline dye. Results of electron affinities and ionization potentials have been used for the correlation between different levels of calculation used in this study, which are based on The Density Functional Theory (DFT) and time-dependent (TD) DFT. Further, the ...

The mechanism of the redox-relay Heck reaction was investigated using deuterium-labeled substrates. Results support a pathway through a low energy palladium-alkyl intermediate that immediately precedes product formation, ruling out a tautomerization mechanism. DFT calculations of the relevant transition structures at the M06/LAN2DZ+f/6-31+G* level of theory show that the former pathway is favor...

The reaction of cyclobutane-1,2-dione with hydroxide was studied by a variety of ab initio (MP2, SCS-MP2, CCSD(T), CEPA/1) and density functional (M06-2X) methods. Three possible reaction paths of the initially formed tetrahedral adduct leading to either 1-hydroxycyclopropane-1-carboxylate (benzilic acid type rearrangement, path A), α-oxobutanoate (path B) or γ-oxobutanoate (path C) were consid...

Supramolecular assembly of donor-acceptor complexes as the key component in organic functional nanomaterials is a promising approach for future electronic devices. One representative example of the donor-acceptor complexes is the naphthalene diimide-pyrene (NDI-Py) system, which shows fascinating photoelectric properties. Herein, the analysis of the π-π interactions between NDI and Py has been ...

A full theoretical study of the reaction between a novel type of ylide, i.e. nitrone ylides, and alkenes has been carried out. Both concerted and polar stepwise mechanisms have been considered. Only the zwitterionic mechanism predicts correctly the experimentally observed adducts. Depending on the level of theory, the mechanism moves from concerted to polar stepwise, as demonstrated by the corr...

Substituted oligothiophenes have a long history in the field of organic electronics, as they often combine outstanding electro-optical properties with the ease of synthesis. To assist the rational selection of the most promising structures to be synthesized, there is the demand for tools that allow prediction of the properties of the materials. In this study, we present strategies for synthesis...

The main photophysical properties of a series of expanded bacteriochlorins, recently synthetized, have been investigated by means of DFT and TD-DFT methods. Absorption spectra computed with different exchange-correlation functionals, B3LYP, M06 and ωB97XD, have been compared with the experimental ones. In good agreement, all the considered systems show a maximum absorption wavelength that falls...

We have quantum chemically investigated how methyl substituents affect the stability of alkyl radicals Me m H 3-m C • and corresponding C–X bonds (X = H, CH 3 , OH; 0 - 3) using density functional theory at M06-2X/TZ2P. The state-of-the-art in physical organic chemistry is that are stabilized upon an increase their degree substitution from < primary secondary tertiary, this underlying cause for...