Substituent effects in cubane and hypercubane: a DFT and QTAIM study
Substituent effects in cubane and hypercubane: a DFT and QTAIM study
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立方烷和超立方烷中的取代效应:DFT 和 QTAIM 研究
DOI:
10.1007/s00214-017-2144-5
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发表时间:
2017
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
Fabio Pichierri
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作者:
湯本史明 ;サブリン エリーナ;清水伸隆;加藤龍一;フレッテリック ロバート;千田俊哉;Fabio Pichierri
Using the quantum theory of atoms in molecules in combination with density functional theory, we investigate the charge densities of different cubane and hypercubane derivatives in which all the terminal hydrogen atoms of the title hydrocarbons are replaced by an equal number of substituents (F, Cl, Br, CH3, and NO2). The analysis of the charge densities of the bond, ring, and cage critical points indicates that these substituents have the ability to alter the charge density of the cubane skeleton, thereby enhancing the strain of its carbon–carbon bonds. Also, the change in the charge density as a function of the expansion and contraction of the cubane cage indicates that the persubstituted derivatives respond differently to the deformation of their carbon cages. A linear correlation between the one-bond nuclear spin–spin coupling constant1J(13C13C) and the charge densities calculated at the bond critical points suggests the possibility of employing this NMR parameter for studying the effects of substituents in cage hydrocarbons.