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Complexation Of N So2 Molecules (N=1,2,3) With Formaldehyde And Thioformaldehyde, L. M. Azofra, Steve Scheiner
Complexation Of N So2 Molecules (N=1,2,3) With Formaldehyde And Thioformaldehyde, L. M. Azofra, Steve Scheiner
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Ab initio and density functional theory calculations are used to examine complexes formed between H2CO and H2CS with 1, 2, and 3 molecules of SO2. The nature of the interactions is probed by a variety of means, including electrostatic potentials, natural bond orbital, atoms in molecules, energy decomposition, and electron density redistribution maps. The dimers are relatively strongly bound, with interaction energies exceeding 5 kcal/mol. The structures are cyclic, containing both a O/S⋯S chalcogen bond and a CH⋯O H-bond. Addition of a second SO2 molecule leads to a variety of heterotrimer structures, most of which resemble the original dimer, where …