scholarly journals Probing radical–molecule interactions with a second generation energy decomposition analysis of DFT calculations using absolutely localized molecular orbitals

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (23) ◽  
pp. 12867-12885
Author(s):  
Yuezhi Mao ◽  
Daniel S. Levine ◽  
Matthias Loipersberger ◽  
Paul R. Horn ◽  
Martin Head-Gordon

Proper treatment of intermolecular complexes formed by radicals and closed-shell molecules in energy decomposition analysis of DFT calculations.

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (33) ◽  
pp. 23067-23079 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul R. Horn ◽  
Yuezhi Mao ◽  
Martin Head-Gordon

Second generation of variational energy decomposition analysis method based on absolutely localized molecular orbitals.


Author(s):  
Jordi Poater ◽  
Diego M Andrada ◽  
Miquel Solà ◽  
Cina Foroutan-Nejad

Here, we provide evidence of the path-dependency of the energy components of the energy decomposition analysis scheme, EDA, by studying a set of thirty-one closed-shell model systems with D2h symmetry...


Author(s):  
Han Gao ◽  
Lingfei Hu ◽  
Yanlei Hu ◽  
Xiangying Lv ◽  
Yanbo Wu ◽  
...  

The mechanism and origin of CpX ligand effects on Rh-catalyzed annulations with alkynes were investigated by using DFT calculations and the approach of energy decomposition analysis (EDA). The results reveal...


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 3111-3121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Engelhardt ◽  
Christian Maaß ◽  
Diego M. Andrada ◽  
Regine Herbst-Irmer ◽  
Dietmar Stalke

We investigated [{(Me2NCH2)2(C4H2N)}Li]2 (1) by means of experimental charge density calculations based on the quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) and DFT calculations using energy decomposition analysis (EDA).


2013 ◽  
Vol 563 ◽  
pp. 25-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Marjolin ◽  
C. Gourlaouen ◽  
C. Clavaguéra ◽  
J.-P. Dognon ◽  
J.-P. Piquemal

Author(s):  
Han Chen ◽  
Chris-Kriton Skylaris

In this work, we present the first extension of an energy decomposition analysis (EDA) method to metallic systems. We extend the theory of our Hybrid Absolutely Localized Molecular Orbitals (HALMO)...


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuezhi Mao ◽  
Matthias Loipersberger ◽  
Kareesa Kron ◽  
Jeffrey Derrick ◽  
Christopher Chang ◽  
...  

<p>To facilitate computational investigation of intermolecular interactions in the solution phase, we report the development of ALMO-EDA(solv), a scheme that allows the application of continuum solvent models within the framework of energy decomposition analysis (EDA) based on absolutely localized molecular orbitals (ALMOs). In this scheme, all the quantum mechanical states involved in the variational EDA procedure are computed with the presence of solvent environment so that solvation effects are incorporated in the evaluation of all its energy components. After validation on several model complexes, we employ ALMO-EDA(solv) to investigate substituent effects on two classes of complexes that are related to electrochemical CO<sub>2</sub> reduction catalysis. For [FeTPP(CO<sub>2</sub>−κC)]<sup>2−</sup> (TPP = tetraphenylporphyrin), we reveal that two ortho substituents which yield most favorable CO2 binding, −N(CH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>3</sub><sup>+</sup> (TMA) and −OH, stabilize the complex via through-structure and through-space mechanisms, respectively. The Coulombic interaction between the positively charged TMA group and activated CO<sub>2</sub> is found to be largely attenuated by the polar solvent. Furthermore, we also provide computational support for the design strategy of utilizing bulky, flexible ligands to stabilize activated CO<sub>2</sub> via long-range Coulomb interactions, which creates biomimetic solvent-inaccessible “pockets” in that electrostatics is unscreened. For the reactant and product complexes associated with the electron transfer from the <i>p</i>-terphenyl radical anion to CO<sub>2</sub> , we demonstrate that the double terminal substitution of <i>p</i>-terphenyl by electron-withdrawing groups considerably strengthens the binding in the product state while moderately weakens that in the reactant state, which are both dominated by the substituent tuning of the electrostatics component. These applications illustrate that this new extension of ALMO-EDA provides a valuable means to unravel the nature of intermolecular interactions and quantify their impacts on chemical reactivity in solution.<br></p>


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