The structural stabilities, geometry and electronic properties of C24 and some its heterofullerenederivatives are compared at the B3LYP/6-311-EFG**//B3LYP/6-31+G* level of theory. Vibrationalfrequency calculations show that all the systems are true minima. The calculated binding energies ofheterofullerenes show C24 as the, most stable fullerenes by 9.03eV/atom. While decreasing bindingenergy in...

In this contribution, we have evaluated the (anti)aromatic character of thirty-four different borole compounds in their neutral and reduced states based on two aromaticity indices, namely nucleus-independent chemical shift (NICS) and multicenter indices (MCI), calculated at the PBE0/6-31+G(d,p) level of theory. Both indices corroborate the notion that neutral borole compounds are antiaromatic a...

In this work, we have analyzed the local aromaticity of the six-membered rings (6-MRs) of planar and pyramidalized pyracylene species through the structurally based harmonic oscillator model of aromaticity (HOMA), the electronically based para-delocalization index (PDI), and the magnetic-based nucleus independent chemical shift (NICS) measurements, as well as with maps of ring current density. ...

Hydrogen storage capacity of some Li(+)/F(-) doped neutral and charged aromatic/antiaromatic systems is studied at the B3LYP, M05-2X, MPW1K and MP2 levels of theory. Various conceptual density functional theory based global and local reactivity descriptors, nucleus independent chemical shift (NICS), NICS-rate, interaction energy per H(2) molecule, reaction enthalpy and reaction electrophilicity...

In this contribution, we have evaluated the (anti)aromatic character of thirty-four different borole compounds in their neutral and reduced states based on two aromaticity indices, namely nucleus-independent chemical shift (NICS) and multicenter indices (MCI), calculated at the PBE0/6-31+G(d,p) level of theory. Both indices corroborate the notion that neutral borole compounds are antiaromatic a...

The influence of various all-electron basis sets and effective core potentials employed along with several DFT functionals (B3LYP, B3PW91, BLYP, BP86 and M06) on the magnitude of nucleus independent chemical shift (NICS) values in different metallic nano-clusters and hydrocarbons is studied. In general, it is demonstrated that the NICS values are very sensitive to the applied method/basis set; ...

The most refined nucleus-independent chemical shift index (NICS(0)(πzz)) and the extra cyclic resonance energies (ECREs), based on the block localized wave function (BLW) method, show that the aromaticity of all azines is like that of benzene. The same is true for aza-naphthalenes relative to naphthalene. The lower relative energies of isomers with vicinal N's are due to the weakness of NN bond...

Here, five bonds to carbon through tri-coordination are theoretically established in the global minimum energy isomers of Al3C3− anion (1a) and Al3C3 neutral (1n) for first time. Various Al3C3−/0 identified using density functional theory at PBE0-D3/def2-TZVP level. Chemical bonding features thoroughly analyzed these two (1a 1n) with different topological quantum chemical tools, such as adaptiv...

The structures and properties of [n]sila-acenes (n=2-4) were investigated by density functional theory method. The results of calculations were obtained at B3LYP/6-311G (d,p) level on model species. Energetic criteria suggest that 2-1b (n=2), 3-1b (n=3), and 4-1b (n=4) isomers enjoy stabilization. By frontier orbital analysis, these systems are among the most stable of the family. Also, calcula...