A COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF METAL-DINITROGEN COORDINATION

被引:20
作者
DEETH, RJ
FIELD, CN
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JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-DALTON TRANSACTIONS | 1994年 / 13期
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10.1039/dt9940001943
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O61 [无机化学];
学科分类号
070301 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Local density functional theory (DFT) discrete variational Xalpha (DVXalpha) calculations have been performed on the model metal-dinitrogen system trans-[MA4(N2)2] (M = Mo, A = PH3 or SH2; M = W, A = PH3) and trans-[MClA4(N2)] (M = Mo, A = PH3 or SH2). Molecular-orbital and charge density analyses demonstrate a reasonable qualitative correlation between theory and experiment with respect to metal-ligand bonding, N-N stretching frequencies, and the sites and relative rates of attack on co-ordinated N2 by protons and organic radicals. Comparisons with ab initio Hartree-Fock theory results for [Mo(PH3)(N2)2] show that the DVXalpha method gives a better description of the charge distribution. Attempts to quantify the theoretical predictions via binding-energy calculations have been less successful. Evidently, a more sophisticated DFT treatment will be required for improved quantitative accuracy.
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页码:1943 / 1948
页数:6
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