Most approximations to the exchange-correlation functional of Kohn-Sham density functional theory lead to delocalization errors that undermine the description of charge-transfer phenomena. We explore how various approximate functionals and charge-distribution schemes describe ground-state atomic-charge distributions in the lithium-benzene complex, a model system of relevance to carbon-based sup...

Calculations based on density functional methods are carried out to investigate the effects of a variety of substituents (NMe2, OMe, Me, F, H, Cl, CN, NO2) on the Mulliken charges (QM) for Cα and N atoms of N-(4-Substituted benzylidene)-1-phenylmethanamine oxide using Hammett’s MSP and Taft’s DSP equations. The MSP and DSP correlations give normal substituent effect at Cα and N atom sites. This...

In this work, we report synthesis, crystallographic, spectroscopic and quantum chemical studies of a new imine oxime, namely (4-nitro-phenyl)-(1-phenyl-ethylimino)-acetaldehyde oxime (nppeieoH). Spectroscopic and X-ray diffraction studies showed that nppeieoH is hydrolyzed in aqueous solution, forming nitroisonitrosoacetophenone (ninap) and the hydrolysis product binds to Pd(II) to yield [Pd(np...

Single-walled boron nitride nanotubes are chosen as model reactants, and (10,0) and (6,6) are chosen as representatives of armchair and zigzag nanotubes, respectively, to study the interaction of carbenes of the type :CX2. It is found that, contrary to the case of carbon nanotubes, boron nitride tubes, particularly armchair BNNTs, do not show a propensity for cyclopropane ring formation. The SW...

The pairwise descreening approximation provides a rapid computational algorithm for the evaluation of solute shape effects on electrostatic contributions to solvation energies. In this article we show that solvation models based on this algorithm are useful for predicting free energies of solvation across a wide range of solute functionalities, and we present six new general parametrizations of...

Ion-adsorbed rare earth minerals have ions adsorbed on the surfaces of clay such as kaolinite and high contents medium heavy elements. They are important resources supporting development high-tech industries. In this study, CASTEP module in Materials Studio was used to study adsorption ion Y(III) interface (Al-OH)-H2O (Si-O)-H2O with density functional theory. The monitoring calculation chemica...

Since phthalonitrile compounds have become popular lately, the focus has been on idea that these should be investigated. A unique compound, 4-(4-(1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-phenylethyl)phenoxy)phthalonitrile (coded as PN) was selected and molecular modeling studies were carried out this compound to brought literature. First, time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) calculations (Geometry op...

We have constructed a group of classical potentials based on ab initio density-functional theory (DFT) calculations to describe the chemical bonding between benzenedithiolate (BDT) molecule and gold atoms, including bond stretching, bond angle bending, and dihedral angle torsion involved at the interface between the molecule and gold clusters. Three DFT functionals, local-density approximation ...