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Complexes of adamantane-based group 13 Lewis acids and superacids: Bonding analysis and thermodynamics of hydrogen splitting
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The electronic structure and chemical bonding in donor-acceptor complexes formed by group 13 element adamantane and perfluorinated adamantane derivatives EC9R15 (E=B, Al; R=H, F) with Lewis bases XR3 and XC9H15 (X=N, P; R= H, CH3) have been studied using energy decomposition analysis at the BP86/TZ2P level of theory. Larger stability of complexes with perfluorinated adamantane derivatives is mainly due to better electrostatic and orbital interactions. Deformation energies of the fragments and Pauli repulsion are of less importance, with exception for the boron-phosphorus complexes. The MO analysis reveals that LUMO energies of EC9R15 significantly decrease upon fluorination (by 4.7 and 3.6 eV for E=B and Al, respectively) which results in an increase of orbital interaction energies by 27-38 (B) and 15-26 (Al) kcal mol(-1). HOMO energies of XR3 increase in order PH3
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EL HAMDI, Majid, et al. Complexes of adamantane-based group 13 Lewis acids and superacids: Bonding analysis and thermodynamics of hydrogen splitting. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 2016. Vol. 37, num. 15, pags. 1355-1362. ISSN 0192-8651. [consulted: 14 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/128313