The topology of the charge distribution of the silanol–thiophene van der Waals complex: ab initio and DFT study

Abstract

This work reports a quantum-chemistry SCF-MO ab initio study of the topology of charge distribution of the silanol–thiophene van der Waals molecular complex, by using the Hatree–Fock method, perturbation theory at the second level MP2, and density functional theory at the BLYP level. The geometry of the isolated species and the corresponding complexes were fully optimized at each level of theory by using the standard STO/6-31+G(d,p) basis set. Cs symmetry was used for the molecular geometry of silanol and the complex, and C2v for thiophene. The geometric, electronic and vibrational results are compared with previous calculations for the silanol–H2S molecular complex. The nature of the chemical interactions that lead to the formation of the silanol–thiophene complex is analyzed in terms of the topologic properties of the linear conformation. This model reproduces the experimental prediction from the FT-IR adsorption spectra of thiophene in H-ZSM5 zeolites.