考虑色散的计算方法通常用Grimme的D3方法,这种方法得到的参数是基于气相的数据和气相的计算方法,而应用到溶液中总是存在一些问题。第一个问题,需要考虑溶剂-溶质的色散,采用的方法是F. Floris and J. Tomasi , Evaluation of the Dispersion Contribution to the Solvation Energy. A Simple Computational Model in the Continuum Approximation, J. Comput. Chem., 1989, 10 , 616 —627,Gaussian程序中只包含溶剂表中的前25个溶剂分子(见Gaussian手册),我们现在已经又加入了一些Gaussian程序中有但不能计算溶剂-溶质色散的溶剂,如1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, 1,4-dioxane, 2-methyl-2-propanol, N,N-dimethylacetamide,O-xylene, P-xylene,2-propanol, anisol,aceticacid, formacid, ethylethanoate, ethylmethanoate, n,n-dimethylacetamide, n,n-dimethylformamide, n-octane, perfluorobenzene,pyridine, trans-decaline, 以及Gaussian程序没有的溶剂, 如HFIP, 2-methyl-2-butanol, trifluroaceticacid, triflurotoluene 等,如需要其它溶剂分子也可以加入。这种方法我们已经对一些体系进行验证,在考虑溶液平动熵校正的情况下,计算结果比较符合实际。如:
(1)S.-J. Li, W. Fang, J. O. Richardson, D.-C. Fang*, Tunnelling assisted hydrogen elimination mechanisms of FeCl3/TEMPO, Chem. Comm., 58, 565(2022). DoI: 10.1039/D1CC06035J
(2)H.-J. Long, L. Zhang, B. Lian, D.-C. Fang*, DFT study on the ruthenium-catalyzed decarbonylative annulation of an alkyne with a
six-membered hydroxychromone via C–H/C–C activation, Org. Chem. Front., 9, 1056(2022). DOI: 10.1039/d1qo01786a
(3) Z.-H. Wu, D.-C. Fang*, DFT study on ruthenium-catalyzed N-methylbenzamide-directed 1,4-addition of the ortho C–H bond to maleimide via C–H/C–C activation, Org. Chem. Front., 9,6808-6816(2022). 10.1039/D2QO01487D
(4)X.-R. Zhu, D.-C. Fang*, DFT DFT study on stereoselective Rh-catalyzed intramolecular [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of allene–ene–ynes, Org. Chem. Front.,10,2624(2023). DOI: 10.1039/d3qo00363a
(5)S.-C. Liu, D.-C. Fang*, DFT Studies on Mechanisms of Carboamination/Diamination of Unactivated Alkenes Mediated by Pd(IV) Intermediates, J. Org. Chem. , 88, 14540(2023). DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c01561
(6)X.-R. Zhu, D.-C. Fang*, DFT studies on the reaction mechanism of Ru(II)-catalyzed the C−H activation of aromatic amide and alkylation of non-active olefins, Comput. Theoret. Chem., 1229,114339(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2023.114339
(7). L.-F. Yao, L. Zhang, D.-C. Fang*, Theoretical exploration of Rh/Cu cooperative catalysis in C−H allylation of benzamide with 1,3-diene, Organometallics, 43, 495(2024). DOI: 10.1039/d1qo01786a
(8) D.-Y. Liu, D.-C. Fang*, Theoretical Study on the Mechanism of Ru(II)-Catalyzed Intermolecular [3 + 2] Annulation between o-Toluic Acid and 3,5-Bis(trifluoromethyl)benzaldehyde: Octahedral vs. Trigonal Bipyramida, J. Org. Chem., in press. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c01461
我们现在发现实际上处理溶质-溶质色散,溶剂-溶质色散在两个分子的作用区域只有1/2是属于溶质分子的(见左图),即达到热力学平衡。实际上,对于一个分子来说,溶质色散与溶剂-溶质色散需要一起来考虑,即溶质分子色散在溶液中也只能取1/2(见右图蓝色部分),具体可以见:
(1)S.-C. Liu, X.-R. Zhu, D.-Y. Liu, D.-C. Fang*, DFT calculations on the solutional systems--solvation energy, dispersion energy and entropy, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 25, 913-931(2023). DOI:10.1039/D2CP04720A
(2) D.-C. Fang*,S.-C. Liu, D.-Y. Liu, X.-R. Zhu The treatment of dispersion terms for solution systems, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.,25,19422(2023). DOI: 10.1039/D3CP02733C
还有其它一些工作已经完成待发表。