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DFT Surface Infers Ten-Vertex Cationic Carboranes from the Corresponding Neutral closo Ten-Vertex Family: The Computed Background Confirming Their Experimental Availability
Modern computational protocols based on the density functional theory (DFT) infer that polyhedral closo ten-vertex carboranes are key starting stationary states in obtaining ten-vertex cationic carboranes. The rearrangement of the bicapped square polyhedra into decaborane-like shapes with open hexag...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10141709/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37110879 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28083645 |
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author | McKee, Michael L. Vrána, Jan Holub, Josef Fanfrlík, Jindřich Hnyk, Drahomír |
author_facet | McKee, Michael L. Vrána, Jan Holub, Josef Fanfrlík, Jindřich Hnyk, Drahomír |
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description | Modern computational protocols based on the density functional theory (DFT) infer that polyhedral closo ten-vertex carboranes are key starting stationary states in obtaining ten-vertex cationic carboranes. The rearrangement of the bicapped square polyhedra into decaborane-like shapes with open hexagons in boat conformations is caused by attacks of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) on the closo motifs. Single-point computations on the stationary points found during computational examinations of the reaction pathways have clearly shown that taking the “experimental” NHCs into account requires the use of dispersion correction. Further examination has revealed that for the purposes of the description of reaction pathways in their entirety, i.e., together with all transition states and intermediates, a simplified model of NHCs is sufficient. Many of such transition states resemble in their shapes those that dictate Z-rearrangement among various isomers of closo ten-vertex carboranes. Computational results are in very good agreement with the experimental findings obtained earlier. |
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spelling | pubmed-101417092023-04-29 DFT Surface Infers Ten-Vertex Cationic Carboranes from the Corresponding Neutral closo Ten-Vertex Family: The Computed Background Confirming Their Experimental Availability McKee, Michael L. Vrána, Jan Holub, Josef Fanfrlík, Jindřich Hnyk, Drahomír Molecules Article Modern computational protocols based on the density functional theory (DFT) infer that polyhedral closo ten-vertex carboranes are key starting stationary states in obtaining ten-vertex cationic carboranes. The rearrangement of the bicapped square polyhedra into decaborane-like shapes with open hexagons in boat conformations is caused by attacks of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) on the closo motifs. Single-point computations on the stationary points found during computational examinations of the reaction pathways have clearly shown that taking the “experimental” NHCs into account requires the use of dispersion correction. Further examination has revealed that for the purposes of the description of reaction pathways in their entirety, i.e., together with all transition states and intermediates, a simplified model of NHCs is sufficient. Many of such transition states resemble in their shapes those that dictate Z-rearrangement among various isomers of closo ten-vertex carboranes. Computational results are in very good agreement with the experimental findings obtained earlier. MDPI 2023-04-21 /pmc/articles/PMC10141709/ /pubmed/37110879 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28083645 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article McKee, Michael L. Vrána, Jan Holub, Josef Fanfrlík, Jindřich Hnyk, Drahomír DFT Surface Infers Ten-Vertex Cationic Carboranes from the Corresponding Neutral closo Ten-Vertex Family: The Computed Background Confirming Their Experimental Availability |
title | DFT Surface Infers Ten-Vertex Cationic Carboranes from the Corresponding Neutral closo Ten-Vertex Family: The Computed Background Confirming Their Experimental Availability |
title_full | DFT Surface Infers Ten-Vertex Cationic Carboranes from the Corresponding Neutral closo Ten-Vertex Family: The Computed Background Confirming Their Experimental Availability |
title_fullStr | DFT Surface Infers Ten-Vertex Cationic Carboranes from the Corresponding Neutral closo Ten-Vertex Family: The Computed Background Confirming Their Experimental Availability |
title_full_unstemmed | DFT Surface Infers Ten-Vertex Cationic Carboranes from the Corresponding Neutral closo Ten-Vertex Family: The Computed Background Confirming Their Experimental Availability |
title_short | DFT Surface Infers Ten-Vertex Cationic Carboranes from the Corresponding Neutral closo Ten-Vertex Family: The Computed Background Confirming Their Experimental Availability |
title_sort | dft surface infers ten-vertex cationic carboranes from the corresponding neutral closo ten-vertex family: the computed background confirming their experimental availability |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10141709/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37110879 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28083645 |
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