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Computational Materials Chemistry: Methods and Applications

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Computational and Theoretical Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 694

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Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, China
Interests: OLED material; phosphorescent material; metal complex; DFT; molecular modeling

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Dear Colleagues,

Computational materials chemistry plays a crucial role in accelerating new materials’ discovery and development by providing insights into material properties and behaviors through computational modeling and simulations. It helps guide experimental efforts to optimize material designs, and explore new materials with tailored functionalities, leading to advancements in various fields such as energy, electronics, and materials science. The methods used in computational materials chemistry need to be selected based on the system and properties, and molecular dynamics (MD) and quantum mechanics (QM) are commonly used methods in computational materials chemistry. In particular, density functional theory (DFT) is widely employed in computational materials chemistry due to its versatility and efficiency. In recent years, with the development of computer technology, machine learning methods have become promising tools that utilize large amounts of experimental and computational data to construct models and algorithms capable of predicting material properties, discovering new materials, and accelerating the materials’ design process. This Special Issue focuses on the methods and applications of computational materials chemistry, to comprehensive understanding and exploration for computational materials chemistry. We hope that this Special Issue inspires authors and readers and makes an important contribution to the field of computational materials chemistry.

Dr. Cong Zhang
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Keywords

  • molecular modeling
  • materials design
  • molecular dynamics (MD)
  • quantum mechanics (QM)
  • density functional theory (DFT)
  • machine learning

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Mechanistic Studies on Rhodium-Catalyzed Chemoselective Cycloaddition of Ene-Vinylidenecyclopropanes: Water-Assisted Proton Transfer
by Ziqi Yu, Min Shi and Yin Wei
Molecules 2024, 29(5), 1085; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29051085 - 29 Feb 2024
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Rhodium-catalyzed cycloaddition reactions are a powerful tool for the construction of polycyclic compounds. Combined experimental and DFT studies were used to investigate the temperature-controlled chemoselectivity of cationic rhodium-catalyzed intramolecular cycloaddition reactions of ene-vinylidenecyclopropanes. After a series of mechanistic studies, it was found that [...] Read more.
Rhodium-catalyzed cycloaddition reactions are a powerful tool for the construction of polycyclic compounds. Combined experimental and DFT studies were used to investigate the temperature-controlled chemoselectivity of cationic rhodium-catalyzed intramolecular cycloaddition reactions of ene-vinylidenecyclopropanes. After a series of mechanistic studies, it was found that trace amounts of water in the reaction system play an important role in generating the product with endo double bond located on a five-membered ring and revealed that trace amounts of water in the reaction system, including the rhodium catalyst, substrate and solvent, were sufficient to promote the formation of the product with endo double bond located on a five-membered ring, and additional water could not further accelerate the reaction. DFT calculation results show that the addition of water indeed significantly lowers the energy barrier of the proton transfer step, making the formation of the product with endo double bond located on a five-membered ring more likely to occur and confirming the rationality of water-assisted proton transfer occurring in the selective access to the product with endo double bond located on a five-membered ring. Full article
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