Evidence for phosphorus bonding in phosphorus trichloride–methanol adduct: A matrix isolation infrared and ab initio computational study

PR Joshi, N Ramanathan, K Sundararajan… - The Journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
PR Joshi, N Ramanathan, K Sundararajan, K Sankaran
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2015ACS Publications
The weak interaction between PCl3 and CH3OH was investigated using matrix isolation
infrared spectroscopy and ab initio computations. In a nitrogen matrix at low temperature, the
noncovalent adduct was generated and characterized using Fourier transform infrared
spectroscopy. Computations were performed at B3LYP/6-311++ G (d, p), B3LYP/aug-cc-
pVDZ, and MP2/6-311++ G (d, p) levels of theory to optimize the possible geometries of
PCl3–CH3OH adducts. Computations revealed two minima on the potential energy surface …
The weak interaction between PCl3 and CH3OH was investigated using matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy and ab initio computations. In a nitrogen matrix at low temperature, the noncovalent adduct was generated and characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Computations were performed at B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p), B3LYP/aug-cc-pVDZ, and MP2/6-311++G(d,p) levels of theory to optimize the possible geometries of PCl3–CH3OH adducts. Computations revealed two minima on the potential energy surface, of which, the global minimum is stabilized by a noncovalent P···O interaction, known as a pnictogen bonding (phosphorus bonding or P-bonding). The local minimum corresponded to a cyclic adduct, stabilized by the conventional hydrogen bonding (Cl···H–O and Cl···H–C interactions). Experimentally, 1:1 P-bonded PCl3–CH3OH adduct in nitrogen matrix was identified, where shifts in the P–Cl modes of PCl3, O–C, and O–H modes of CH3OH submolecules were observed. The observed vibrational frequencies of the P-bonded adduct in a nitrogen matrix agreed well with the computed frequencies. Furthermore, computations also predicted that the P-bonded adduct is stronger than H-bonded adduct by ∼1.56 kcal/mol. Atoms in molecules and natural bond orbital analyses were performed to understand the nature of interactions and effect of charge transfer interaction on the stability of the adducts.
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