{"id":24027,"date":"2021-07-11T09:54:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T08:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=24027"},"modified":"2021-07-11T09:54:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T08:54:36","slug":"molecules-with-very-large-dipole-moments-cyclopropenium-acetylide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rzepa.net\/blog\/?p=24027","title":{"rendered":"Molecules with very large dipole moments: cyclopropenium acetylide"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Occasionally, someone comments about an old post here, asking a question. Such was the case here<\/a>, when a question about the dipole moment of cyclopropenylidene arose. It turned out to be 3.5D, but this question sparked a thought about the related molecule below.<\/p>\n

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Of the two resonance forms show above, the one on the left is a zwitterion resulting in the formation of an aromatic cyclopropenium ring, with the charge balanced by the acetylide anion.‡<\/sup> The calculated structure (\u03c9B97XD\/Def2-TZVPP\/SCRF=chloroform, Data DOI 10.14469\/hpc\/8399<\/a> ) shows a short terminal CC bond which indicates a significant degree of delocalisation of the three membered ring.<\/p>\n

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Molecular electrostatic potential<\/p><\/div>\n

The molecular electrostatic potential (above) agrees with a large dipole moment of 11.9D. This is certainly up there with the molecule suggested in 2016 as being the most polar molecule neutral compound synthesised[1]<\/a><\/span> and is a fair bit smaller than that candidate. A brief search of the literature (Scifinder) suggest that the molecule is currently unknown. Anybody fancy making it?<\/p>\n

The Data DOI by the way gives you access to the other outputs from the calculation, which would include the molecular orbitals and the molecular vibrations which I have not shown here.<\/p>\n

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‡<\/sup> Such zwitterions are known as unstable intermediates. See e.g. [2]<\/a><\/span> for examples.<\/p>\n

References<\/h2>\n
  1. J. Wudarczyk, G. Papamokos, V. Margaritis, D. Schollmeyer, F. Hinkel, M. Baumgarten, G. Floudas, and K. M\u00fcllen, \"Hexasubstituted Benzenes with Ultrastrong Dipole Moments\", Angewandte Chemie International Edition<\/i>, vol. 55, pp. 3220-3223, 2016. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/anie.201508249<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n
  2. H.S. Rzepa, \"Routes involving no free C\n <sub>2<\/sub>\n in a DFT-computed mechanistic model for the reported room-temperature chemical synthesis of C\n <sub>2<\/sub>\", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics<\/i>, vol. 23, pp. 12630-12636, 2021. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/d1cp02056k<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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