Molecular Recognition of Pyromellitic Imide-azacyclophane to Organic Pollutant

Anion can be identified by pyromellitic imide-azacyclophane which is one of the host compounds.This article investigated the interaction between the host and organic pollution compounds.The host and other eight compounds were optimized by DFT（density functional theory） B3LYP/6-31G level and the energy of compounds was corrected using Boys-Bemardi method.On the basis of B3LYP/6-31G optimized geometries,the RDG function and sign（λ2（r））ρ（r） function values of space points were calculated,and color RDG isosurface map was drawn.3He chemical shift was calculated by the B3LYP/6-31G method.The results showed that the eight organic pollution molecules with the host one shaped stable configurations by hydrogen bonds,respectively.The stabilization energy of complexes 4 and 7 showed repulsion（steric effects） of cyclophane cage observably affecting the stability of the complexes.The location,intensity and the type of interaction in complex 1 were analyzed through color-filled RDG isosurface map.Aromaticity calculations showed that the weak interaction reduced the transverse induction ring current in the host rings,and deteriorated the aromaticity of compounds.

Theoretical Study of Pnicogen Bonding Interactions between ECl3（P, As） and Different Electron Donors

The pnicogen bond interaction between different electron donors(anion, π-electron, heteroatom) and ECl3(E = As, P) was calculated by the method of MP2/aug-cc-p VTZ. It has been indicated that the pnicogen bonds of complex formed by the anion and ECl3 are more stable than that by the neutral electron donor, in which the pnicogen bonds of complex formed by NH3 and ECl3 are the most stable, and that by H2S and ECl3 is the least stable. The nature of pnicogen bond interaction is the closed shell interaction by AIM analysis, and BCP electron density is positively correlated to the complex interaction energy. RDG and DDF graphical analyses are performed to visualize the nature of pnicogen bond interaction from different donors, the position and strength of the pnicogen bond interaction, as well as the rearrangement of electron density after the formation of pnicogen bond system.

Quantitative Structure-chromatographic Retention Relationship for Polychlorinated Dibenzothiophenes and Their Corresponding Sulfones

Polychlorinated dibenzothiophenes(PCDTs)and their corresponding sulfone(PCDTO2)compounds are a group of important persistent organic pollutants.In the present study,geometrical optimization and subsequent calculations of electrostatic potentials(ESPs)on molecular surface have been performed for all 135 PCDTs and 135 PCDTO2 congeners at the HF/6-31G*level of theory.A number of statistically-based parameters have been extracted.Linear relationship between gas-chromatographic retention index(RI)and the structural descriptors have been established by multiple linear regression.The result shows that two descriptors derived from positive electrostatic potential on molecular surface,σ+^2 andπ,together with the molecular volume(Vmc)and the energy of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital(ELUMO)can be well used to express the quantitative structure-retention relationship(QSRR)of PCDTs and PCDTO2.Predictive capability of the two models has been demonstrated by leave-one-out cross-validation with the cross-validated correlation coefficient(RCV)of 0.996 and 0.997,respectively.Furthermore,the predictive power of the models is further examined for the external test set.Correlation coefficients(R)between the observed and predicted RI values for the external test set are 0.997 and0.998,respectively,validating the robustness and good prediction of our model.The QSRR model established may provide again a powerful method for predicting chromatographic properties of aromatic organosulfur compounds.