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Enthalpies of Adduct Formation between Boron Trifluoride and Selected Organic Bases in Solution: Toward an Accurate Theoretical Entry to Lewis Basicity

Version 1 : Received: 1 October 2021 / Approved: 4 October 2021 / Online: 4 October 2021 (11:21:32 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 1 November 2021 / Approved: 2 November 2021 / Online: 2 November 2021 (10:38:18 CET)

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Gal, J.-F.; Maria, P.-C.; Yáñez, M.; Mó, O. Enthalpies of Adduct Formation between Boron Trifluoride and Selected Organic Bases in Solution: Toward an Accurate Theoretical Entry to Lewis Basicity. Molecules 2021, 26, 6659. Gal, J.-F.; Maria, P.-C.; Yáñez, M.; Mó, O. Enthalpies of Adduct Formation between Boron Trifluoride and Selected Organic Bases in Solution: Toward an Accurate Theoretical Entry to Lewis Basicity. Molecules 2021, 26, 6659.

Abstract

The Lewis basicity of selected organic bases, modeled by the enthalpies of adduct formation between gaseous BF3 and the bases in dichloromethane (DCM) solution, is critically examined. Although experimental enthalpies for a large number of molecules have been reported in the literature, it may be desirable to estimate missing or uncertain data for important Lewis bases. We have decided to use high-level ab initio procedures, combined with a polarized continuum solvation model, in which the solvated species are the clusters formed by specific hydrogen bonding of DCM with the Lewis base and the Lewis base/BF3 adduct. This mode of interaction with DCM corresponds to a specific solvation model (SSM). The results actually show that the enthalpy of BF3 adduct formation in DCM solution is clearly influenced by specific interactions, DCM acting as hydrogen-bonding donor (HBD) molecule in two ways: base/DCM and adduct/DCM, confirming that specific solvation is an important contribution to experimentally determined Lewis basicity scales. This analysis allows us to conclude that there are reasons to suspect some gas-phase values to be in error by more than the stated experimental uncertainty. Some experimental values in DCM solution that were uncertain because of identified reasons can be complemented by the computed values.

Keywords

BF3 enthalpies; Lewis basicity; Specific solvation; High-level ab initio calculations; Dichloromethane; Boron trifluoride.

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Physical Chemistry

Comments (1)

Comment 1
Received: 2 November 2021
Commenter: Jean-Francois Gal
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author
Comment: Lines 36-38 of the former version were removed.
The following additions were made (line numbers of the current version given):
82-85; 216-219; 275-279; 301-308 including Fig. 4; 392-394; 396-398.
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