Article Dans Une Revue Crystals Année : 2024

In Situ Calculation of the Rotation Barriers of the Methyl Groups of Tribromomesitylene Crystals: Theory Meets Experiment

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The computation of the rotation barriers of the methyl groups (Me) of tribromomesitylene (TBM) crystals has been carried out. Experimentally, the barriers of the three Me groups of TBM are found to be high and different. These groups do not experience the same hindering environment in the crystal state. For an isolated TBM molecule, the three barriers are equal and very low. We found that a cluster of 21 TBM molecules permits the reproduction of the crystal symmetry and structure of the bulk, with a central molecule surrounded by six molecules in the same plane and seven other molecules in two planes above and below. DFT computations including dispersion corrections have been carried out using the ONIOM procedure. The Me groups of the central TBM molecule were rotated step by step to determine the conformations of lowest and highest energy for each Me, thus allowing estimation of the rotation barriers as the difference between these energies. In doing so, we found the following barrier values, namely 105, 173, and 205 cm−1, whereas the experimental values were 111, 180 and 200 cm−1.

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hal-04646112 , version 1 (12-07-2024)

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Anissa Amar, Soria Zeroual, Xavier Rocquefelte, Abdou Boucekkine. In Situ Calculation of the Rotation Barriers of the Methyl Groups of Tribromomesitylene Crystals: Theory Meets Experiment. Crystals, 2024, 14 (6), pp.563. ⟨10.3390/cryst14060563⟩. ⟨hal-04646112⟩
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