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- Title
Revealing Germylene Compounds to Attain Superbasicity with Sigma Donor Substituents: A Density Functional Theory Study.
- Authors
Biswas, Abul Kalam; Ganguly, Bishwajit
- Abstract
Compounds of GeII are shown for the first time to function as superbases. Two B(N=P iPr3)2 groups attached to a germanium(II) center show a gas-phase proton affinity of 296.2 kcal mol−1, which is close to the range of a hyperbase as revealed by B3LYP-D3/6-31G(2d,p) level of theory. These DFT calculations showed better agreement of geometrical parameters for the reported stable germylene compound 1 than previously reported calculations. A systematic study with different substitutions of GeII revealed that such a system can achieve basicity close to a hyperbase. The stabilities of these superbases were examined with dimerization energy and singlet-triplet state energy difference (Δ ES-T). Furthermore, the calculated gas-phase proton affinity values also show good correlation with the most negative valued point ( Vmin) in electron-rich regions from the molecular electrostatic potential. The high PA values of compounds were also supported by ionization potential, electron affinity, absolute electronegativity, and absolute hardness calculations. The energetics for the reaction with BH3 and AlMe3 further suggest that the lone pair of GeII can act as a Lewis base and display higher donor-acceptor bond strengths.
- Subjects
GERMYLENES; SUPERBASES (Chemistry); SUBSTITUENTS (Chemistry); ELECTRON donor-acceptor complexes; PROTON affinity; ELECTRIC potential; GAS phase reactions; DENSITY functional theory
- Publication
Chemistry - A European Journal, 2017, Vol 23, Issue 11, p2700
- ISSN
0947-6539
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/chem.201605209