Estimating structure, stability, and electronic properties on halogenated derivatives of
Nastaran Abedini1, Mohamad Z Kassaee2,3
1Department of Chemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, 14115-175, Iran.
Abstract:
In this computational survey, substituent effects of group 17 on the stability (singlet-triplet energy gaps, ΔEs-t) and reactivity of singlet (s) and triplet (t) forms of 2-germabicyclo[1.1.1.]pentane-2-ylidenes are considered by using B3LYP/6-311 + + G**, B3LYP/aug-cc-pvtz, and B3LYP/def2-TZVP level of theories. In all germylene structures, singlets appear more stable than their corresponding triplet congeners, revealing a singlet ground state and the order of stability appears to be 1,3,4,4,5,5-hexachloro-2-germabicyclo[1.1.1.]pentane-2-ylidenes (3) > 1,3,4,4,5,5-hexabromo-2-germabicyclo[1.1.1.]pentane-2-ylidenes (4) > 1,3,4,4,5,5-hexafluoro-2-germabicyclo[1.1.1.]pentane-2-ylidenes (2) > 1,3,4,4,5,5-hexaiodo-2-germabicyclo[1.1.1.]pentane-2-ylidenes (5) > 2-germabicyclo[1.1.1.]pentane-2-ylidenes (1), at the three levels of theory. The positive and negative effects on germylene stability are LP(F, Cl, Br, and I) → LP*G̈e and σ(C-Ge) → σ*(C-F, Cl, Br, and I) interactions, respectively. The results of our calculations show that every singlet germylene with high LP(F, Cl, Br, and I) → LP*G̈e interactions has higher electrophilicity. Also, in going from the most electronegative F to the least electronegative I, the nucleophilicity index (N) for germylene increases. Finally, this survey introduces that germylene 4 s with rather high band gap (ΔEHOMO-LUMO = 97.19 kcal/mol), nucleophilicity (2.20 eV), and stability (ΔEs-t = 76.95 kcal/mol) has high proton affinity (171.55 kcal/mol) that can be applied as multidentate ligands and it is hoped that this will prompt experimental attention toward its.
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