基于预测和结构不变的类比:以计算为导向的半孔结合有机晶体
Qiang Zhu1,2, Jay Johal3, Daniel E Widdowson4
1Materials Innovation Factory and Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L7 3NY, U.K.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|May 31, 2022
概括
研究人员开发了一种结合晶体结构预测和结构不变的新计算方法,以发现罕见的半孔分子晶体. 这种方法导致了新型低密度结有机框架3D-CageHOF-1的识别.
科学领域:
- 材料科学
- 晶体学
- 计算化学
背景情况:
- 半孔分子晶体对分离和催化有价值,但由于竞争的弱相互作用和分子包装偏好,它们的设计具有挑战性.
- 设计多孔分子晶体的现有方法,如同态替代,对于分子晶体来说可能不可靠.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种用于设计罕见的半孔分子晶体的新计算方法.
- 发现新的低密度的有机框架.
主要方法:
- 结合晶体结构预测 (CSP) 与结构不变量,以评估预测的晶体结构之间的相似性.
- 使用点向距离分布的结构不变量来识别类似的晶体形式.
- 使用CSP来预测有机的动力捕获,低密度的多态.
主要成果:
- 发现了3D-CageHOF-1,这是一个稀有的低密度 (0.54 g cm−3) 的半孔有机结构.
- 确定了有机 (Cage-3-NH2) 的5个预测多态,类似于现有的不同分子 (T2) 的多孔晶体.
- 展示了一种系统比较化学不相似分子的能量结构景观的方法.
结论:
- 结合CSP和结构不变的方法有效地增强了分子晶体的传统同态替代策略.
- 这种方法可以发现罕见的半孔材料,并促进对不同分子晶体结构的比较.
- 开发的方法克服了与不同格子参数进行预测的分子晶体比较的挑战.
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