Symmetry-Binding Correlations of Crown Ether Complexes with Li+and Na+

Yaffa Shalit; Inbal Tuvi-Arad

doi:10.1021/acsomega.1c02684

Symmetry-Binding Correlations of Crown Ether Complexes with Li⁺and Na⁺

Yaffa Shalit, Inbal Tuvi-Arad

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The gas-phase structure of 18-crown-6 in the presence of Li+ and Na+ cations is highly flexible and generally distorted. Using density functional theory calculations, natural bond orbital analysis, and symmetry measures, we reveal the driving forces behind the structural and energy trends of 18-crown-6 and its phenyl substituents. We show that the structural deviation from C3-symmetry increases with the non-bonded interactions between the occupied spx orbitals of the crowns' oxygen atoms and the unoccupied 2s orbital of the cation. These orbital interactions are strongly correlated with the overall host-guest interaction energy. Our approach highlights the role of non-bonded interactions and paves the way for deeper understanding of structure-reactivity relations of flexible host-guest systems.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	19233-19237
Number of pages	5
Journal	ACS Omega
Volume	6
Issue number	29
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c02684
State	Published - 27 Jul 2021

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