Why an integrated approach between search algorithms and chemical intuition is necessary?

VS Thimmakondu, A Sinjari, D Inostroza… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Though search algorithms are appropriate tools for identifying low-energy isomers, fixing
several constraints seems to be a fundamental prerequisite to successfully running any …

Icy Grain Mantle Surface Astrochemistry of MgNC: The Emergence of Metal Ion Catalysis Studied via Model Ice Cluster Calculations

DE Woon - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2022 - ACS Publications
One of a small number of known magnesium-containing astromolecules, magnesium
isocyanide (MgNC) was first detected in 1986. MgNC is an intriguing reactant to consider: it …

Kinetic Stability of Si2C5H2 Isomer with a Planar Tetracoordinate Carbon Atom

K Thirumoorthy, V Chandrasekaran, AL Cooksy… - Chemistry, 2020 - mdpi.com
Dissociation pathways of the global minimum geometry of Si 2 C 5 H 2 with a planar
tetracoordinate carbon (ptC) atom, 2, 7-disilatricyclo [4.1. 0.0 1, 3] hept-2, 4, 6-trien-2, 7-diyl …

Theoretical investigation of the structures, stabilities, and vibrational and rotational spectroscopic parameters of linear HOMgNC and HMgNCO molecules by density …

J Bai, HT Yu - New Journal of Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, the structures and stabilities of [H, Mg, N, C, O] isomers were theoretically
characterized by density functional theory and coupled-cluster computations. Linear …

Six Low-Lying Isomers of C11H8 Are Unidentified in the Laboratory–A Theoretical Study

T Roy, S Ghosal, VS Thimmakondu - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Isomers of C11H8 have been theoretically examined using density functional theory and
coupled-cluster methods. The current investigation reveals that 2 a H-cyclopenta [cd] indene …

Energetic and Spectroscopic Properties of Astrophysically Relevant MgC4H Radicals Using High-Level Ab Initio Calculations

T Roy, S Satpati, A Sinjari, A Anoop… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Considering the importance of magnesium-bearing hydrocarbon molecules (MgC n H; n= 2,
4, and 6) in the carbon-rich circumstellar envelopes (eg, IRC+ 10216), a total of 28 …

Main-Group Metal Complexes of Benzene: Predicted Features of Stabilization and Isomerization

FY Naumkin - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Complexes of metal atoms with organic molecules represent a broad variety of systems with
many important applications, eg, in metal–organic interfaces and organometallic chemistry …

Why Are MgC3H Isomers Missing in the Interstellar Medium?

S Panda, D Sivadasan, N Job, A Sinjari… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Considering the recent findings of linear doublet (2Σ+) MgC n H isomers (n= 2, 4, and 6) in
the evolved carbon star IRC+ 10216, various structural isomers of MgC3H and MgC3H+ are …

Organomagnesium Crown Ethers and Their Binding Affinities with Li+, Na+, K+, Be2+, Mg2+, and Ca2+ Ions – A Theoretical Study

S Roy, K Thirumoorthy, UK Padidela… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Novel organomagnesium crown ether molecules have been computationally characterized
using density functional theory (DFT). Monomer units of MgC6 are used as building blocks …

Possible Role of Metal-Ions in the Chemistry of Prochirality and the Origin of Chirality in the Interstellar Medium

S Thripati, R Gautam… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Propylene oxide (c-C3H6O) is the first chiral molecule detected in the interstellar medium
(ISM). Its recent detection has opened up newer avenues to be explored in interstellar …