Compound energetics rationalization schemes

Compound energetics rationalization schemes Acid-base rationalization... 

Most energetic contributions are, as we have discussed, difficult to predict and large experimental efforts have for that reason been devoted to derive systematic trends in the energetics of classes of materials. In this chapter we will try to convey an overview of periodic trends in the thermodynamic properties of inorganic compounds and we will also present selected examples illustrating some of the more usual rationalization schemes. Finally, trends in enthalpy of mixing are treated. Also here we aim to look at trends and rationalization schemes. The chapter is by no means exhaustive - only selected classes of compounds and selected rationalization schemes are discussed. 

The chiral discrimination in the self-association of chiral l,3a,4,6a-tetrahydroi-midazo[4,5-d]imidazoles 3 has been studied using density functional theory methods [37], (Scheme 3.20). Clusters from dimers to heptamers have been considered. The heterochiral dimers (RR SS or SS RR) are more stable than the homochiral ones (RR RR or SS SS) with energy differences up to 17.5 kJ mol-1. Besides, in larger clusters, the presence of two adjacent homochiral molecules imposes an energetic penalty when compared to alternated chiral systems (RR SS RR SS...). The differences in interaction energy within the dimers of the different derivatives have been analyzed based on the atomic energy partition carried out within the AIM framework. The mechanism of proton transfer in the homo- and heterochiral dimers shows large transition-state barriers, except in those cases where a third additional molecule is involved in the transfer. The optical rotatory power of several clusters of the parent compound has been calculated and rationalized based on the number of homochiral interactions and the number of monomers of each enantiomer within the complexes. 

This fact cannot be easily rationalized on the basis of geometric considerations as developed in the case of phosphorus compounds. In particular, the ring strain does not explain why the six-membered ring 109 ( Ct-Si-Cj — 105°) favors retention instead of inversion of configuration (Table 27). This angular value suggests that intermediates such as 112 and 113 are energetically similar, and both inversion and retention would be expected (Scheme 42). 

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