Large Amplitude Motions And π-hydrogen Bonding In The Thiophene–water Complex Characterized By Rotational Spectroscopy And Quantum Chemical Calculations
Silva, Weslley G. D. P.
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Title
Large Amplitude Motions And π-hydrogen Bonding In The Thiophene–water Complex Characterized By Rotational Spectroscopy And Quantum Chemical Calculations
Author(s)
Silva, Weslley G. D. P.
Contributor(s)
van Wijngaarden, Jennifer
Issue Date
2021-06-23
Keyword(s)
Mini-symposium: Large Amplitude Motions
Abstract
The rotational spectrum of the thiophene–water (thiophene–w) complex was studied for the first-time using Fourier transform microwave (FTMW) spectroscopy from 7 to 20 GHz. Supported by density functional theory (DFT) calculations, transitions belonging to a single dominant conformer were observed in the spectrum. By comparing the experimentally derived spectroscopic parameters, which includes data for the singly substituted $^{18}$O isotopic species, with the results from quantum chemical calculations at the B2PLYP-D3(BJ)/def2-TZVP level of theory, we show that the observed pattern of transitions is consistent with a structure that is highly averaged over a large amplitude rocking motion of the water. This effective geometry, stabilized via a primary O–H...$\pi$ hydrogen bond, has the oxygen atom of water sitting above the plane of the thiophene molecule centered on the ring’s $\sigma$$_{v}$ plane of symmetry. The spectrum also reveals a tunneling splitting with a characteristic 3:1 intensity ratio that arises from a water-centered internal rotation about its C$_{2}$ axis which exchanges its hydrogen atoms with an estimated barrier of approximately 2.7 kJ/mol (B2PLYP-D3(BJ)/def2-TZVP). Based on symmetry-adapted perturbation theory (SAPT) calculations, electrostatic and dispersive interactions are shown to be the most stabilizing contributors behind the formation of thiophene–w.
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