摘要
Bond dissociation energies for removal of nitrogen dioxide groups in 10 aliphatic nitro compounds, including nitromethane, nitroethylene, nitroethane, dinitromethane, 1-nitropropane, 2-nitropropane, 1-nitrobutane, 2-methyl-2-nitropropane, nitropentane, and nitrohexane, are calculated using the highly accurate complete basis set （CBS-Q） and the three hybrid density functional theory （DFT） methods B3LYP, B3PW91 and B3P86 with 6-31G^＊＊ basis set. By comparing the computed bond dissociation energies and experimental results, we find that the B3LYP/6-31G^＊＊ and B3PW91/6-31G^＊＊ methods are incapable of predicting the satisfactory bond dissociation energy （BDE）. However, B3P86/6-31G^＊＊ and CBS-Q computations are capable of giving the calculated BDEs, which are in extraordinary agreement with the experimental data. Nevertheless, since CBS-Q computational demands increase rapidly with the number of containing atoms in molecules, larger molecules soon become prohibitively expensive. Therefore, we suggest to take the B3P86/6-31G^＊＊ method as a reliable method of computing the BDEs for removal of the NO2 groups in the aliphatic nitro compounds.
Bond dissociation energies for removal of nitrogen dioxide groups in 10 aliphatic nitro compounds, including nitromethane, nitroethylene, nitroethane, dinitromethane, 1-nitropropane, 2-nitropropane, 1-nitrobutane, 2-methyl-2-nitropropane, nitropentane, and nitrohexane, are calculated using the highly accurate complete basis set （CBS-Q） and the three hybrid density functional theory （DFT） methods B3LYP, B3PW91 and B3P86 with 6-31G^＊＊ basis set. By comparing the computed bond dissociation energies and experimental results, we find that the B3LYP/6-31G^＊＊ and B3PW91/6-31G^＊＊ methods are incapable of predicting the satisfactory bond dissociation energy （BDE）. However, B3P86/6-31G^＊＊ and CBS-Q computations are capable of giving the calculated BDEs, which are in extraordinary agreement with the experimental data. Nevertheless, since CBS-Q computational demands increase rapidly with the number of containing atoms in molecules, larger molecules soon become prohibitively expensive. Therefore, we suggest to take the B3P86/6-31G^＊＊ method as a reliable method of computing the BDEs for removal of the NO2 groups in the aliphatic nitro compounds.
基金
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant Nos 10376021, 10274055, the Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics, and the Research Fund for the Doctoral Programme of High Education of China under grant No 20020610001.
