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Spectroscopic and ab initio investigation of 2,6-difluorophenylacetylene–amine complexes: coexistence of C–H⋯N and lone-pair⋯π complexes and intermolecular coulombic decay

Abstract

Binary complexes of 2,6-difluorophenylacetylene with methylamine, dimethylamine, trimethylamine and triethylamine were investigated using one colour resonant two photon ionization and infrared-optical double resonance spectroscopic techniques combined with high level ab initio calculations. All four amines form CAc–H⋯N hydrogen-bonded complexes. Additionally trimethylamine and triethylamine form complexes characterized by Lp⋯π interactions, due to the electron deficient nature of the phenyl ring of 2,6-difluorophenylacetylene. The Lp⋯π interacting structure of the 2,6-difluorophenylacetylene–trimethylamine complex is about 1.5 kJ mol−1 higher in energy than the CAc–H⋯N hydrogen-bonded structure, which is the global minimum. Energy decomposition analysis indicates that the electrostatics and dispersion interactions favour the formation of CAc–H⋯N and Lp⋯π complexes, respectively. Interestingly the CAc–H⋯N hydrogen-bonded complex of 2,6-difluorophenylacetylene–triethylamine showed a smaller shift in the acetylenic C–H stretching frequency than the 2,6-difluorophenylacetylene–trimethylamine complex. The observed fragmentation of the binary complexes of 2,6-difluorophenylacetylene with the four amines following resonant two-photon ionization can be explained on the basis of the intermolecular coulombic decay process.

Graphical abstract: Spectroscopic and ab initio investigation of 2,6-difluorophenylacetylene–amine complexes: coexistence of C–H⋯N and lone-pair⋯π complexes and intermolecular coulombic decay

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
02 Mha 2014
Accepted
31 Nhl 2014
First published
31 Nhl 2014

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015,17, 434-443

Spectroscopic and ab initio investigation of 2,6-difluorophenylacetylene–amine complexes: coexistence of C–H⋯N and lone-pair⋯π complexes and intermolecular coulombic decay

S. I. Mondal, A. Dey, S. Sen, G. N. Patwari and D. Ghosh, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 434 DOI: 10.1039/C4CP03445G

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