期刊
CHEMPHYSCHEM
卷 16, 期 7, 页码 1520-1528出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201500068
关键词
cycloparaphenylenes; density functional theory; macrocyclic compounds; self-assembly; supramolecular chemistry
资金
- Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad of Spain
- European Regional Development Fund [CTQ2011-27253, CTQ2014-55073P, FIS2012-35880]
Cycloparaphenylenes (CPPs) are nanosized structures with unique isolated and bulk properties, and are synthetic targets for the template-driven bottom-up synthesis of carbon nanotubes. Thus, a systematic understanding of the supramolecular order at the nanoscale is of utmost relevance for molecular engineering. In this study, it is found that intramolecular noncovalent (dispersion) interactions must be taken into account for obtaining accurate estimates of the structural and optoelectronic properties of [n]CPP compounds, and their influence as the number of repeat units increases from n=4 to n=12 is also analyzed, both in the gas phase and in solution. The supramolecular self-assembly, for which both intra- and intermolecular noncovalent interactions are relevant, of [6]CPP is also investigated by calculating the binding energies of dimers taken along several crystal directions. These are also used to estimate the cohesive energy of the crystal, which is compared to the value obtained by means of dispersion-corrected DFT calculations using periodic boundary conditions. The reasonable agreement between both computational strategies points towards a first estimate of the [6]CPP cohesive energy of around 50 kcalmol(-1).
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