{"id":19307,"date":"2017-12-26T09:35:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T09:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=19307"},"modified":"2018-02-25T08:45:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T08:45:35","slug":"are-diazomethanes-hypervalent-molecules-an-attempt-into-more-insight-by-more-tuning-with-substituents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=19307","title":{"rendered":"Are diazomethanes hypervalent molecules? An attempt into more insight by more &#8220;tuning&#8221; with substituents."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kcite-section\" kcite-section-id=\"19307\">\n<p>Recollect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=19251\">the suggestion<\/a>\u00a0that diazomethane has hypervalent character<span id=\"cite_ITEM-19307-0\" name=\"citation\"><a href=\"#ITEM-19307-0\">[1]<\/a><\/span>. When I looked into this, I came to the conclusion that it probably was mildly hypervalent, but on carbon and not nitrogen. Here I try some variations with substituents to see what light if any this casts.<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/diazomethane2.svg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19309\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/diazomethane2.svg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have expanded the resonance forms of diazomethane by one structure from those shown in the previous two posts (a form by the way not considered in the original article<span id=\"cite_ITEM-19307-0\" name=\"citation\"><a href=\"#ITEM-19307-0\">[1]<\/a><\/span>) to include a nitrene. This takes us back to an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=19133\">earlier suggestion<\/a>\u00a0on this blog that HC\u2261S\u2261CH is not a stable species but a higher order saddle point which distorts down to a <em>bis<\/em>-carbene, together with the suggestion that hypervalent triple bonds have the option of converting four of the six electrons into two carbene lone pairs, replacing the triple bond with a single bond. This in turn harks back to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=14037\">G. N. Lewis&#8217;<\/a> 101 year old idea for acetylene itself!<\/p>\n<p>To explore this mode, I start by replacing the terminal \u2261N in diazomethane with a \u2261C-Me group, which cannot absorb electrons into lone-pairs in the manner that nitrogen can. A \u03c9B97XD\/Def2-TZVPP calculation<sup>\u2021<\/sup> reveals that the linear form is a transition state for interconversion into a carbene. The IRC for the process (below) shows this carbene is ~10 kcal\/mol lower than the linear &#8220;hypervalent&#8221; form.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/E-1.svg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/E-1.svg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NBO analysis of this transition state reveals a similar orbital pattern to diazomethane itself, including a non-bonding orbital on the H<sub>2<\/sub>C carbon. The Wiberg carbon bond indices are 3.6764 and N 3.6454 and the bond orders C=N 1.1390 and N=CMe 1.6192.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19319\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/H2CNCMe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/H2CNCMe.jpg 689w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/H2CNCMe-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ELF analysis of this transition state reveals the presence of two non-bonding pairs on the carbon atoms either side of the nitrogen but unshared with it, with populations of 1.19e and 1.37e (DFT). That nitrogen really does not like excess electrons! The four atoms C,N,C,C have ELF valence basins totalling 8.00, 6.94, 7.69 and 7.92e (DFT) or 8.07, 7.07 and 7.61e (CASSCF), suggesting that unlike diazomethane itself, the octet-excess induced hypervalence on carbon is slightly decreased.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19318\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/H2CNCMe_ELF-1-1024x382.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/H2CNCMe_ELF-1-1024x382.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/H2CNCMe_ELF-1-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/H2CNCMe_ELF-1-768x287.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/H2CNCMe_ELF-1.jpg 2025w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19323\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/H2CNCMe_CAS_ELF-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/H2CNCMe_CAS_ELF-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/H2CNCMe_CAS_ELF-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/H2CNCMe_CAS_ELF-768x459.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pumping even more electrons in by replacing the \u2261C-Me group with \u2261C-NH<sub>2<\/sub> does not increase any hypervalence, but does induce more electrons to reside in &#8220;lone pairs&#8221;. Of the four atoms along the chain, three have &#8220;lone pairs&#8221; associated with them, a total of 4.83e that do not contribute to bonds (valence).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19326\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/H2CNCNH2_ELF-1024x787.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/H2CNCNH2_ELF-1024x787.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/H2CNCNH2_ELF-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/H2CNCNH2_ELF-768x590.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An electron withdrawing \u2261C-CN group replacing the\u00a0\u2261C-NH<sub>2<\/sub> reverses the effect of the latter, but this linear species is still a transition state for carbon isomerisation:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19328\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/H2CNCCN_ELF-1024x258.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/H2CNCCN_ELF-1024x258.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/H2CNCCN_ELF-300x76.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/H2CNCCN_ELF-768x193.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally, combining all we have learnt by adding in nitro groups on the first carbon. This is no longer a transition state but now a stable species; the sum of the ELF basin integrations around the carbon on the left reaches 8.95e, slightly higher than the dinitro-diazomethane discussed in the previous post. The numerical Wiberg atom bond indices are C 3.8713, N 3.6898, C 3.8503, C 3.9958 and N\u00a03.0288 for the atoms along the chain, with the first nitrogen the &#8220;least-valent&#8221;.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19329\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/O2N2CNCCN_ELF-1024x637.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/O2N2CNCCN_ELF-1024x637.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/O2N2CNCCN_ELF-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/O2N2CNCCN_ELF-768x478.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So we see that &#8220;hypervalence&#8221;, or at least &#8220;octet-excess&#8221;, which is not exactly the same as hypervalence since it includes contributions from non-bonding electrons, is balanced on a knife-edge. Trying to increase the octet-excess by pumping electrons in turns the system into a transition state for carbene formation. Octet-excess is seen as a metastable property, to be relieved by geometric distortions where possible or localization of electrons into non-bonding lone pairs. And I remind yet again that no evidence has manifested in calculations of the molecules above that the central nitrogen of these diazomethane-like systems has any propensity for octet or valence-excess as implied by the formula\u00a0C=N\u2261X.<span id=\"cite_ITEM-19307-0\" name=\"citation\"><a href=\"#ITEM-19307-0\">[1]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><sup>\u2021<\/sup>FAIR data for all calculations is available at DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14469\/hpc\/3476\">10.14469\/hpc\/3476<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n    <ol class=\"kcite-bibliography csl-bib-body\"><li id=\"ITEM-19307-0\">M.C. Durrant, \"A quantitative definition of hypervalency\", <i>Chemical Science<\/i>, vol. 6, pp. 6614-6623, 2015. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/c5sc02076j\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/c5sc02076j<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div> <!-- kcite-section 19307 -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recollect the suggestion\u00a0that diazomethane has hypervalent character. When I looked into this, I came to the conclusion that it probably was mildly hypervalent, but on carbon and not nitrogen. Here I try some variations with substituents to see what light if any this casts. 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It is defined as\u00a0\"the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hypervalency&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hypervalency","link":"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18975,"url":"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=18975","url_meta":{"origin":19307,"position":2},"title":"Hypervalence revisited. The odd case of hexamethyl selenium.","author":"Henry Rzepa","date":"November 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"One thread that runs through this blog is that of hypervalency. It was therefore nice to come across a recent review of the concept which revisits the topic, and where a helpful summary is given of the evolving meanings over time of the term hypervalent. 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