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Construction and Systematical Symmetric Studies of a Series of Supramolecular Clusters with Binary or Ternary Ammonium Triphenylacetates
Published on: February 15, 2016
Theoretical investigation of the conformational behaviour of N-phenylbenzohydroxamic acid in solution
1Laboratoire d'Electrochimie et Chimie Analytique, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, UMR 7575, 11 rue P. et M. Curie, F-75231 Paris Cedex 05, France. ciofini@ext.jussieu.fr
Abstract:
Using ab initio theoretical approaches, we investigated the relative stability of two of the possible isomers of N-phenylbenzohydroxamic acid, PhCONOHPh. In particular, within the framework of density functional theory (DFT), we studied the cis and trans conformational isomers of PhCONOHPh, both in the gas phase and in solution. A polarizable continuum model (C-PCM) and a cluster approach were used to simulate the solute-solvent interactions and their effect on the relative stabilities of the isomers. The possible formation of dimers, experimentally postulated, was also taken into account. Finally, (13)C and (1)H NMR spectra were computed and analysed in order to compare them with available experimental data.
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