ISSN:
0192-8651
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
;
Biochemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Computer Science
Notes:
At high levels of ab initio theory (6-31G*//4-31G), the most stable C4H42+ isomer is indicated to be the nonplanar cyclobutadiene dication (1a); the planar form, 1b, is indicated to be 7.5 kcal/mol less stable. The second most stable C4H42+ isomer, the methylenecyclopropene dication, is indicated to prefer the perpendicular (2a) over the planar (2b) arrangement by 7 kcal/mol. The “anti van't Hoff” cyclo-(HB)2C=CH2 system (4), isoelectronic with 2, also prefers the perpendicular conformation (4a), and retains the C=C double bond. The linear butatriene dication (3) is the least stable C4H42+ species investigated. The perpendicular (D2d) arrangement (3a), permitting double allyl cationlike conjugation, is preferred over the planar D2h form (3b) by 26 kcal/mol. The heat of formation of the most stable form of C4H42+, 1a, is estimated to be 623-640 kcal/mol. This species should be thermodynamically stable toward dissociation into smaller charged fragments.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcc.540020316
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