- and CH- interactions in the molecular nitrogen- and methane-pyridine complexes Department of Chemistry University of Alberta
Valuable prototypes for the - and CH- interactions found in many reactive systems. Supramolecular structures DNA - stacking and assembly CH- attraction in asymmetric hydrogenation reactions MOTIVATION
a T. Steiner and G. R. Desiraju Chem. Commun. 8, 891 (1998). b The CH/pi Interaction, by M. Nishio, M. Hirota, and Y. Umezawa (1998). c M. Yamakawa, I. Yamada, R. Noyori, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 40, 15,2818 (2001). What is CH- interaction? A weak noncovalent bond occurring between soft acids and soft bases. But is it a non-conventional weak hydrogen bond? a Is it more like ‘hydrogen bond’ C-H O? b Fig.1 c Fig.2
Hydrogen bonds diagram: G. R. Desiraju, Acc. Chem. Res., 35, , (2002). a MATI: K. Shibasaki, A. Fujii, N. Mikami, and S. Tsuzuki, J. Phys. Chem. A 110, 4397 (2006). WEAKLY BOUND N 2 -C 5 H 5 N 1.3 Kcal/mol a CH 4 -C 6 H 6 1.1(1) Kcal/mol Dispersion interaction
What are we doing? 15 N 2 - C 5 H 5 NCH 4 - C 5 H 5 N Answers to questions. 1. How do N 2, CH 4 interact with a polar aromatic nitrogen heterocycle? 2. What is the vdW bond distance? -not well measured for CH 4 -C 6 H 6 FTMW
MW EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS 15 N 2 - C 5 H 5 N
The spectrum of 15 N 2 -C 5 H 5 N. Sample: 0.5% pyridine + 2.5% 15 N atm. Ne
A 1 ( = 0, I = 0) stateB 2 ( = 1, I = 1) state MP2/6-311G(d,p) A/MHz (31) (36) B/MHz (22) (34) C/MHz (22) (30) aa /MHz4.9192(23)4.9290(36) 0.25( bb - cc ) /MHz (83)1.5393(11) DJDJ /kHz4.1478(44)4.1791(71) D JK /kHz18.773(16)18.721(21) DKDK /kHz22.761(40)20.642(26) d1d1 /kHz (41) (67) d2d2 /kHz0.0312(19)0.0352(18) Number of lines RMS/kHz The fit: 15 N 2 -C 5 H 5 N
A 1 ( = 0, I = 0) stateB 2 ( = 1, I = 1) state MP2 rigid dimerPyridine R /Å // 10(1) 4.6 // 90.0 V2V2 /cm tor /cm aa /MHz (15)3.2880(24) (3) bb /MHz (166)1.4946(44) 1.434(3) cc /MHz (166) (44) 3.474(3) IaIa /amu Å (31) (36) (6) IbIb /amu Å (22) (34) (6) IcIc /amu Å (22) (30) (6) N 2 -OCS V 2 = 40 cm -1 J. P. Connelly, S. P. Duxon, S. K. Kennedy, B. J. Howard, and J. S. Muenter, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 175, (1996). Structural information: 15 N 2 -C 5 H 5 N
The structure 15 nitrogen-pyridine dimer. MP2/6-311G(d,p) binding energy: 438 cm -1 (1.3 kcal/mol) DimerR/Å C 5 H 5 N-N a C 6 H 6 -N b C 6 H 4 F 2 -N c (N 2 ) a Y. Ohshima, H. Kohguchi, and Y. Endo, Chem. Letts. 184, 21 (1991). b Schäfer, C. Kang, and D. W. Pratt, J. Phys. Chem. A 107, (2003). C A. Wada and H. Kanamori, J. Chem. Phys. 109, 9434 (1998). [MP4 theory] N-N-N interaction
MW EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS CH 4 - C 5 H 5 N A floppy vdW system
Theory shows vdW bond distance can vary depending on the calculation methods. a K. Shibasaki, A. Fujii, N. Mikami, and S. Tsuzuki, J. Phys. Chem. A 110, 4397 (2006).
The spectrum of CH 4 -C 5 H 5 N. Sample: 0.5% pyridine + 2.5% CH atm. Ne
ConstantUnit 12 CH 4 -C 5 H 5 N A-state (j CH4 = 0, I CH4 = 2) 12 CH 4 -C 5 H 5 N F-state (j CH4 = 1, I CH4 = 1) 13 CH 4 -C 5 H 5 N AMHz (24) (69) (13) BMHz (44) (83) (33) CMHz (62) (10) (33) DJDJ kHz109.67(10)224.17(14)177.32(19) D JK kHz32.9(36)-144.2(30)-772.1(32) DKDK kHz373.6(470)101.2(40)437.1(21) d1d1 kHz-86.21(17)86.21 d2d2 kHz (79) RMSkHz aa MHz2.99(16) bb MHz3.92(31) cc MHz0.93(31) M aa MHz0.036(29) RMSkHz88.0 b-dipole transitions
The structure of methane-pyridine: A vdW complex MP2/ G(d,p) binding energy: 361 cm -1 (1.03 kcal/mol) a M. Schauer and E. R. Bernstein, J. Chem.Phys. 82, 726 (1985). b D. A. Roham, S. Suzuki, R. D. Suenram, F. J. Lovas S. Dasgupta, W. A. Goddard III, and B. A. Blake, Nature, 362, 735 (1993). DimerR/Å C 5 H 5 N-CH a C 6 H 6 -CH b C 6 H 6 -NH A non-conventional NH hydrogen bond complex
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