Effect of Hyperconjugation on Photovoltaic Performance in Pseduo-2D Perylene Diimide Derivatives

Theπ-πinteraction is acknowledged as the predominant factor to determine the molecular packing in organic photovoltaic materials,while other non-covalent intermolecular interactions especially theσ-πhyperconjugation are often ignored.Herein,a perylene diimide(PDI)derivative named FIDT-PDI is designed and synthesized to shed light into the effect of hyperconjugation on the molecular packing and further the photovoltaic performance.Dynamic NMR and 2D NOE NMR demonstrate the formation of intermolecularσ-πhyperconjugation between the C—H bond of the PDI moiety in one molecule and the phenyl sidechain in another molecule of FIDT-PDI.Benefiting from theσ-πhyperconjugation,FIDT-PDI with twisted backbone reversely exhibits more ordered packing and stronger crystallinity compared with another PDI derivative FIDTT-PDI which has better planarity,consequently achieving superior PCE and higher carrier mobility.This contribution is the first paradigm to unravel the structure-property relationship betweenσ-πhyper-conjugation of conjugated materials and corresponding photovoltaic performance.

Infrared Spectroscopy of Neutral and Cationic Pyrrolidine Monomer in Supersonic Jet

Pyrrolidine,a five membered heterocyclic molecule,is widely existing in organism.Herein,infrared spectra of pyrrolidine monomer in neutral and cationic states were obtained by vacuum ultraviolet ionization,infrared photodissociation and time of flight mass spectrometry.Both in neutral and cationic states,it is found that their CH stretching vibration bands are red shifted.In the IR spectrum of neutral pyrrolidine,because the electric dipole moment of NH is small,we have not observed the NH stretching vibration bands.However,the NH stretching vibration band of pyrrolidine is greatly enhanced after ionization,and this band red-shifts compared with the previous experiment.The red shifts of CH stretching vibrations in neutral and cationic states are caused by the negative and positive hyperconjugation,respectively.The enhancement and red shift of the NH stretching band are owing to the ejection of the electrons on the N atom after ionization.Through the calculations,it is found that the acidity of the CH bond is a little stronger than that of NH bond.These kinds of studies would be helpful to understand the intrinsic properties of biomolecules in neutral and cationic states,and to provide reference for the further study of living organic macromolecules.

Ab initio Study of Hyperconjugative Effect on Electronic Wavefunctions of 2-chloroethanol

The electronic structure of five conformers of 2-chloroethanol was studied by ab initio calculations at B3LYP and MP2 levels of theory with aug-cc-pVTZ basis set. The existing hydrogen bond and hyperconjugation effects on the stability of 2-chloroethanol conformers were discussed on the base of natural bond orbital analyses. The result exhibits that hyperconjugation is the main factor to determine the stability of conformers. Such effects on the electron wavefunctions of the highest-occupied molecular orbital （HOMO） of different conformers are demonstrated with electron momentum spectroscopy, exhibiting the obviously different symmetries of the HOMO wavefunctions in momentum space.

Conformational and Bonding Analysis of C₂H₄²⁺

In this report, different models of bonding and structure such as Lewis, VSEPR, Ligand close packing (LCP), VB, qualitative MO and QTAIM have been applied to analyze the Bonds and structures of two equilibrium geometries (planar D2h and perpendicular D2d) of C2H42+. The geometries were optimized at near RHF and MP2 limit using ccpVTZ basis set. While the above bonding models are successfully applied for predicting the low energy isomers of molecules, prior to solving the Schr?dinger equation, it is shown that the cited models fail in predicting the existence of perpendicular, D2d form of C2H42+. In this regard the interpretations of significant energetic stabilization of D2d form over planar isomer has also been revisited. This is attributed to the hidden effect of the Pauli Exclusion principle.

Theoretical study of γ-aminobutyric acid conformers:Intramolecular interactions and ionization energies

Allowing for all combinations of internal single-bond rotamers, 1,296 unique trial structures of γ-Aminobutyric acid （GABA） are obtained. All of these structures are optimized at the M06-2X level of theory and a total of 68 local minimal conformers are found. The nine low-lying conformers are used for further studies. According to the calculated relative Gibbs free energies at M06-2X level of theory, we find that the dispersion is important for the relative energy of GABA. The intramolecular hydrogen bonds and byperconjugative interaction and their effects on the conformational stability are studied. The results show that both of them have great influence on the conformers. The vertical ionization energies （VIE） are calculated and match the experimental data well. The results show that the neutral GABA in the gas phase is a multi-conformer system and at least four conformations exist.

Sn-fused perylene diimides: Synthesis, mechanism, and properties

The first example of metal Sn-fused perylene diimides(PDI)derivative(Sn-PDI)was designed,synthesized,and investigated.To obtain this type compound,a simple one-pot synthesis,named stannylative cycloaddition reaction,has been successfully developed via a palladium-based catalyst system.The novel mechanism exhibits that the reaction experiences oxidative addition,Pd-cyclization,stannylation,Pd-Sn-cyclization,and reductive elimination processes successively.This stannylative cycloaddition does realize uniqueσ-πhyperconjugation effect and therefore significantly influencing on the photophysical,electrochemical and excited state properties.Compared with those of PDI,both of the absorption and fluorescence spectra of Sn-PDI display large red-shifts over 20 nm.The electron energy levels of Sn-PDI have changed with an uncommon regulation.And Sn-PDI gives a considerably raised highest occupied molecular orbital(HOMO)level of-6.00 eV More importantly,the singlet excitons of Sn-PDI could efficiently intersystem cross(ISC)into triplet state with a long lifetime of 17.8μs,which is far longer than that(4.4 ns)of PDI.

Theoretical study of bifurcated bent blue-shifted hydrogen bonds CH_2…Y

Ab initio quantum chemistry methods were applied to study the bifurcated bent hydrogen bonds Y… H2CZ (Z = O, S, Se) and Y…H2CZ2 (Z = F, Cl, Br) (Y = Cl-, Br-) at the MP2/6-311++G(d,p) and MP2/6-311++G(2df,2p) levels. The results show that in each complex there are two equivalent blue-shifted H-bonds Y…H—C, and that the interaction energies and blue shifts are large, the energy of each Y…H—C H-bond is 15-27 kJ/mol, and Δr(CH) = -0.1 - -0.5 pm and Δv(CH) = 30 - 80 cm-1. The natural bond orbital analysis shows that these blue-shifted H-bonds are caused by three factors: large rehybridization; small direct intermolecular hyperconjugation and larger indirect intermolecular hy- perconjugation; large decrease of intramolecular hyperconjugation. The topological analysis of elec- tron density shows that in each complex there are three intermolecular critical points: there is one bond critical point between the acceptor atom Y and each hydrogen, and there is a ring critical point inside the tetragon YHCH, so these interactions are exactly H-bonding.

How long a C–C bond can be? An example of extraordinary long C–C single bond in 1,2-diarylamino-o-carborane

How long a C-C bond can be?A question has long fascinated chemists.This work reports an example of extraordinary long C-C bond distance of 1.990(4)?observed in single-crystal X-ray structure of 1,2-(NHMes)2-o-carborane(2;Mes=2,4,6-trimethylphenyl).DFT calculations show that hyperconjugation of lone pairs of the nitrogen atoms into the emptyσ^*orbital of the cage C-C bond is the origin of the bond elongation.Such hyperconjugation can be suppressed if the two nitrogen atoms in 2 are linked to a Lewis acidic germanium(Ⅱ)center.

A boryl-migratory semipinacol rearrangement

The semipinacol rearrangement is one of the classic yet useful synthetic tools in organic synthesis.However,semipinacol rearrangements involving heteroatom-migration are rare.Reported herein is a boryl-migratory semipinacol rearrangement of α-hydroxyallylboronates and α-hydroxypropargylboronates triggered by diverse halogen-,oxygen-,sulfur-and seleniumcontaining electrophiles.The protocol leads to a mild and facile access to organoborons bearing valuable functionalities.The σ(C-B)hyperconjugation is believed to be the key factor that leads to the observed exclusive chemoselectivity and enhanced reactivity.Synthetic utilities of the formed products were demonstrated.

Hydrogen Bonding Interaction of Formic Acid-, Formaldehyde-, Formylfluoride-Nitrosyl Hydride： Theoretical Study on the Geometries, Interaction Energies and Blue- or Red-Shifted Hydrogen Bonds

The hydrogen bonding interaction of formic acid-, formaldehyde-, formylfluoride-nitrosyl hydride complexes was investigated by the density functional theory （DFT） and ab inito method in conjunction with 6-311＋＋G（2d,2p） basis set. The geometries, vibrational frequencies and interaction energies of the complexes were calculated by both standard and CP-corrected methods respectively. Moreover, G3B3 method was employed to estimate the interaction energies. There are C--H…O, N--H…O, N--H…F blue-shifted H-bonds and red-shifted O----H…O H-bond in the complexes. Electron density redistribution and rehybridization contribute to the N--H and C--H blue shifts. All geometric reorganizations contribute to the N--H blue shifts and partial geometric reorganizations contribute to the C--H blue shifts. The geometric reorganizations of the complex C except ZH（5）-O（4）-C（1） contribute to the O----H red shift. For the N--H blue shifts, the effect of r（N--O） variation on the N--H blue shifts is larger than that of ZH-N-O variation. Rehybridization plays a dominant role in the degree of N--H blue shifts, whereas the electron density redistribution contributes more to the degree of C--H blue shifts than the other effects do.

Correlation between structure and stability of nitronic acids and nitronic esters

On the basis of investigation on structural characteristics and stability of more than one hundred nitronic acids and nitronic esters, an equilibrium theory of electronic effects in conjugated systems is put forward and the type of structures is classified. On that basis, an empirical rule for the correlation between structure and stability of nitronic acids and nitronic esters is proposed, which predicts that stable nitronic acids and nitronic esters should have the C type of structure that meets the matching principle of electronic effects.