title: Analysis of one-bond Se-Se nuclear couplings in diselenides and 1,2-diselenoles on the basis of molecular orbital theory: torsional angular dependence, electron density influence, and origin in j(Se, Se).
abstract: Nuclear couplings for the Se-Se bonds, (1)J(Se, Se), are analyzed on the basis of the molecular orbital (MO) theory. The values are calculated by employing the triple zeta basis sets of the Slater type at the DFT level. (1)J(Se, Se) are calculated modeled by MeSeSeMe (1a), which shows the typical torsional angular dependence on varphi(C(Me)SeSeC(Me)). The dependence explains well the observed (1)J(obsd) (Se, Se) of small values (<or= 64 Hz) for RSeSeR' (1) (simple derivatives of 1a) and large values (330-380 Hz) observed for 4-substituted naphto[1,8-c, d]-1,2-diselenoles (2) which correspond to symperiplanar diselenides. (1)J (Se, Se: 2) becomes larger as the electron density on Se increases. The paramagnetic spin-orbit terms contribute predominantly. The contributions are evaluated separately from each MO (psi(i)) and each psi(i) --> psi(a) transition, where psi(i) and psi(a) are occupied and unoccupied MO's, respectively. The separate evaluation enables us to recognize and visualize the origin and the mechanism of the couplings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Material Science and Chemistry, Faculty of Systems Engineering, Wakayama University, 930 Sakaedani, Wakayama 640-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Akito
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authors.lastname: Tanioku
authors.forename: Satoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Waro
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
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