σ Bond activation through tunneling: formation of the boron hydride cations BHn(+) (n = 2, 4, 6)

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics : PCCP
Yudong QiuJay Agarwal

Abstract

The network of H2 additions to B(+) and subsequent insertion reactions serve as a tractable model for hydrogen storage in elementary boron-containing compounds. Here, they are investigated using state-of-the-art ab initio methods (up to CCSDTQ and cc-pCV6Z basis sets). The binding energies of H2 to HBH(+) (14.9 kcal mol(-1)) and HBH(H2)(+) (18.1 kcal mol(-1)) are determined to be much higher than those for B(H2)(+) (3.8 kcal mol(-1)), B(H2)2(+) (3.0 kcal mol(-1)), and B(H2)3(+) (2.5 kcal mol(-1)) at the CCSDTQ/CBS level of theory. These predictions are in agreement with the experiments of Kemper, Bushnell, Weis, and Bowers (J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1998, 120, 7577). Molecular orbital analyses show that the enhanced binding in HBH(H2)m(+) complexes originates from the strong interaction between the 1σu HOMO of HBH(+) and the 1σu LUMO of H2. For the insertion reactions B(H2)n(+) → HBH(H2)n-1(+), activation barriers are determined to be 58.3 kcal mol(-1) [Mk-MRCCSD(T)/CBS], 12.2 kcal mol(-1) (CCSDTQ/CBS) and 4.6 kcal mol(-1) (CCSDTQ/CBS) for n = 1, 2, and 3, respectively. After using theoretical results to remove tunneling effects from the experimental rate constants, new Arrhenius fits yield activation barriers of 4.6(3) kcal mol(-1) a...Continue Reading

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