Theoretical study of tetramethyl- and tetra-tert-butyl-substituted cyclobutadiene and tetrahedrane

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2000-02-17

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Balcı, Metin
McKee, ML
Schleyer, PV

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The tetramethyl and tetra-tert-butyl derivatives of cyclobutadiene and tetrahedrane have been studied with ab initio and density functional methods. The ring in tetra-tert-butylcyclobutadiene displays very unequal bond lengths (1.354, 1.608 Angstrom) and confirms the earlier suspicion that the low-temperature X-ray structure was distorted. The C-C single bonds have the longest separations found to date between sp(2)-hybridized carbons. Tetra-rert-butyltetrahedrane, which prefers T over Td symmetry, is calculated to be 1.5 kcal/mol more stable than tetra-tert-butylcyclobutadiene (B3LYP/6-311+G(d)//B3LYP/6-3 1G(d)). The dications, C4R42+, dianions, C4R42-, and dilithiated species, Li2C4R4 (R = H, Nle, t-Bu), also were studied to determine the effect of substitution on structure and stability. Finally, NICS (nucleus-independent chemical shifts) values were calculated and showed, as expected, the dications and dianions (4n + 2 pi-electrons) to be aromatic (negative NICS(0)) and the cyclobutadienes to be antiaromatic (positive NICS(0)).

Subject Keywords

Potential-Energy Surface, C Single Bond, Small Rings, Aromatic Systems, Chemical-Shifts, Huckel Aromaticity, Diffuse Functions, 4-Membered Rings, Raman-Spectrum, Radical-Cation

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/56344

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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

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https://doi.org/10.1021/jp9922054

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M. Balcı, M. McKee, and P. Schleyer, “Theoretical study of tetramethyl- and tetra-tert-butyl-substituted cyclobutadiene and tetrahedrane,” JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A, pp. 1246–1255, 2000, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/56344.