Quantum Chemical Study of the Lithium Cation Coordination by Dimethylsulfoxide Molecules

Abstract

A quantum chemical study of the lithium ion coordination by dimethylsulfoxide molecules has been performed by HF/6-31G (d), HF/6-311+(d,p), and B3LYP/6-311+(d,p) methods with full geometry optimization. The coordination number of Li+ in the dimethylsulfoxide was found to be equal to 4. Heats of the complex formation at each stage of the process were calculated (in kJ/mol); these are 267.2, 203.0, 122.8, and 90.5 in HF/6-31G(d); 270.6, 200.5, 108.8, and 82.9 in HF/6-311+(d,p); 256.3, 186.8, 100.8, and 80.1 in B3LYP/6-311+(d,p) for 1-4 DMSO molecules, respectively. The paper reports on the structure parameters of the complexes formed, and the corresponding charge distributions. The solvation of the lithium cation with dimethylsulfoxide molecules was shown to be more preferable than that with water molecules in the gas phase. A possibility for an Li+·(4DMSO)·OH- associate to form in the DMSO medium was examined using the HF/6-311+(d,p) method.