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Density Functional Theory Study of the Electronic State, Geometry, and Harmonic Frequencies for Linear C n
How Does Energized NCCCCCN Lose Carbon in the Gas Phase? A Joint Experimental and Theoretical Study
Study of the isomers of isoelectronic C(4), (C(3)B)(-), and (C(3)N)(+): rearrangements through cyclic isomers
Optimized structures of the isoelectronic cumulenes (CCCB)â, CCCC, and (CCCN)+ and of their isomers formed by rearrangement have been calculated at the B3LYP/6-311+ G(3df) level of theory with relative energies and electronic states determined at the CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ level of theory. The ground states of CCCC and (CCCN)+ are triplets, whereas the ground state of (CCCB)â is a quasi-linear singlet structure that is only 0.6 kcal molâ1 more negative in energy than the linear triplet. When energized, both triplet and singlet CCCC cyclize to planar rhomboids, of which the singlet is the lowest-energy configuration. Ring-opening of rhomboid Câ reforms CCCC with the carbons partially randomized. Similar rearrangements occur for (CCCB)â and (CCCN)+, but the reactions are different in the detail. In the case of (CCCN)+, rearrangement of atoms is supported both experimentally and theoretically. Because (CCCB)â and (CCCN)+ are not symmetrical, two fully cyclized forms are possible; the one more resembling a rhomboid structure is called a âkiteâ structure, and the other is called a âfanâ structure. The rearrangement of (CCCB)â is more favored via the triplet with equilibrating kite and fan structures being formed, whereas the singlet (CCCN)+ ring closes to give the singlet kite structure, which may ring open to give a mixture of (CCCN)+ and (CCNC)+. Intersystem crossing may occur for the triplet and singlet forms of CCCC and (CCCB)â but not for (CCCN)+.Tianfang Wang, Mark A. Buntine and John H. Bowi