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Development of Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalysts using Chiral Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
Published on: January 17, 2020
The electronic structure of the C2H4O...2HF tri-molecular heterocyclic hydrogen-bonded complex: a theoretical study
Boaz G de Oliveira1, Regiane C M U Araújo, Francisco F Chagas
1Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 58036-300, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil. boazgaldino@gmail.com
Abstract:
The geometries of three isomers of the C2H4O...2HF tri-molecular heterocyclic hydrogen-bonded complex were examined through B3LYP/aug-cc-pVDZ calculations. Analysis of structural parameters, determination of CHELPG (charge electrostatic potential grid) intermolecular charge transfer, interpretation of infrared stretching modes, and Bader's atoms in molecules (AIM) theory calculations was carried out in order to characterize the hydrogen bonds in each isomer of the C2H4O...2HF complex. The most stable structure was determined through the identification of hydrogen bonds between C2H4O and HF, (O...H), as well as in the hydrofluoric acid dimer, (HF(D-R)...HF(D)). However, the existence of a tertiary interaction (F(lambda)...H(alpha)) between the fluoride of the second hydrofluoric acid and the axial hydrogen atoms of C2H4O was decisive in the identification of the preferred configuration of the C2H4O...2HF system.
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