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Substituent effects in cation/pi interactions and electrostatic potentials above the centers of substituted benzenes are due primarily to through-space effects of the substituents.


ABSTRACT: Substituent effects in cation/pi interactions have been examined using the M05-2X DFT functional and CCSD(T) paired with triple-zeta-quality basis sets. In contrast to popular, intuitive models, trends in substituent effects are explained primarily in terms of direct through-space interactions with the substituents. While there is some scatter in the data, which is attributed to pi polarization, the trend in substituent effects in cation/pi interactions is captured by an additive model in which the substituent is isolated from the aryl ring. Similarly, changes in the electrostatic potential at a point above the center of a substituted benzene arise largely from through-space effects of the substituents; pi polarization is not the dominant underlying cause.

SUBMITTER: Wheeler SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2787874 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Substituent effects in cation/pi interactions and electrostatic potentials above the centers of substituted benzenes are due primarily to through-space effects of the substituents.

Wheeler Steven E SE   Houk K N KN  

Journal of the American Chemical Society 20090301 9


Substituent effects in cation/pi interactions have been examined using the M05-2X DFT functional and CCSD(T) paired with triple-zeta-quality basis sets. In contrast to popular, intuitive models, trends in substituent effects are explained primarily in terms of direct through-space interactions with the substituents. While there is some scatter in the data, which is attributed to pi polarization, the trend in substituent effects in cation/pi interactions is captured by an additive model in which  ...[more]

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