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Structural and Spectroscopic Properties of an Aliphatic Boronic Acid Studied by Combination of Experimental and Theoretical Methods

Structural and Spectroscopic Properties of an Aliphatic Boronic Acid Studied by Combination of Experimental and Theoretical Methods

Michał K Cyrański, Aneta Jezierska, Paulina Klimentowska, Jarosław J Panek, Grazyna Z Zukowska, Andrzej Sporzyński

J Chem Phys. 2008 Mar 28;128(12):124512.

PMID: 18376948

Abstract:

Boronic acids have emerged as one of the most useful class of organoboron molecules, with application in synthesis, catalysis, analytical chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, biology, and medicine. In this study, the structural and spectroscopic properties of n-butylboronic acid were investigated using experimental and theoretical approaches. X-ray crystallography method provided structural information on the studied compound in the solid state. Infrared and Raman spectroscopy served as tools for the data collection on vibrational modes of the analyzed system. Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics simulations in solid state were carried out at 100 and 293 K to investigate an environmental and temperature influence on molecular properties of the n-butylboronic acid. Analysis of interatomic distances of atoms involved in the intermolecular hydrogen bond was performed to study the proton motion in the crystal. Subsequently, Fourier transform of autocorrelation functions of atomic velocities and dipole moment was applied to study the vibrational properties of the compound. In addition, the inclusion of quantum nature of proton motion was performed for O-H stretching vibrational mode by application of the envelope method for intermolecular hydrogen-bonded system. The second part of the computational study consists of simulations performed in vacuo. Monomeric and dimeric forms of the n-butylboronic acid were investigated using density functional theory and Moller-Plesset second-order perturbation method. The basis set superposition error was estimated. Finally, atoms in molecules (AIM) theory was applied to study electron density topology and properties of the intermolecular hydrogen bond. Successful reproduction of the molecular properties of the n-butylboronic acid by computational methodologies, presented in the manuscript, indicates the way for future studies of large boron-containing organic systems of importance in biology or materials science.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP4426475	Butylboronic acid		4426-47-5	Price

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