Thermochemical parameters of CHFO and CF2O
Myrna H Matus1, Minh Tho Nguyen, David A Dixon
1Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, USA.
Abstract:
Thermochemical properties of CHFO and CF 2O and their derivatives were calculated by using coupled-cluster theory (U)CCSD(T) calculations with the aug-cc-pV nZ ( n = D, T, Q, 5) basis sets extrapolated to the complete basis set limit with additional corrections. The predicted properties include the following. Enthalpies of formation (298 K, kcal/mol): Delta H f (CF 2O) = -144.7, Delta H f(CHFO) = -91.1, Delta H f (CFO (*)) = -41.6. Bond dissociation energy (0 K, kcal/mol): BDE(CFO-F) = 120.7, BDE(CHO-F) = 119.1, BDE(CFO-H) = 100.2. Ionization potential (eV): IP 1(CF 2O) = 13.04, IP 2(CF 2O) = 14.09, IP 1(CHFO) = 12.41, IP 2(CHFO) = 13.99, IP 1(CFO (*)) = 9.34. Proton affinity (298 K, kcal/mol), PA O(CF 2O) = 148.8, PA O(CHFO) = 156.7, PA F(CHFO) = 154.5 kcal/mol. Electron affinity: EA(CFO (*)) = 2.38 eV. Triplet-singlet separation gap (eV): Delta E T1-S0(CF 2O) = 4.47, Delta E T1-S0(CHFO) = 4.36. Triplet-triplet transition energy (eV): Delta E T2-T1(CF 2O) = 0.44. The new calculated values contribute to solving some persistent discrepancies in the literature. The effects of F-atoms on thermochemical parameters are not linearly additive, and the changes are largely dominated by the first F-substitution. On the basis of the calculated proton affinities of CF 2O and CF 3OH, the nucleophilicities of the oxygen atoms are, within computational errors, the same in both compounds.
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