Theoretical study of O - > X (S, Se, Te) coordination in organic compounds

Abstract

Ab initio (RHF/LanL2DZ, MP2(fc)/LanL2DZ, MP2(fc)/6-31G**, and MP2(fc)/6-311++G**) calculations were performed for a series of β -chalcogenovinylaldehydes, 1,6-dioxa-6a-chalcogenopentalenes, and bimolecular complexes of formaldehyde with chalcogen hydrides and chlorides. The calculations reproduce well the existence and experimentally observed structural peculiarities of the intra- and intermolecular Ο - > chalcogen attractive interactions that stabilize the hypervalent T-shaped bond configuration at a chalcogen atom. These interactions increase in the order S, Se, Te and with the increasing electronegativity of a substituent attached to the chalcogen center. The ab initio calculations performed predict the existence of sufficiently stable bimolecular complexes H2CO . . .XR1R2 (X = S, Se, Te; R1, R2 = H, Cl) with a complexation energy comparable to the energy of a strong hydrogen bond.Key words: ab initio calculations, chalcogen-containing compounds, intramolecular coordination.