The existence of the rare six-membered and intramolecular C-H···F-C hydrogen-bond has been experimentally proven in the gas phase and in the solid state recently. However, the effect of the substituents on this C-H···F-C hydrogen-bond system has never been reported. In view of the importance of this type of C-H···F-C H-bonding whose weak interaction has been found critical in nanotechnology and biological systems, the nine functional groups composed of electron donating and electron withdrawing groups are inserted into this C-H···F-C interaction to study the group effect on the hydrogen bonding. Group effects on this C-H···F-C H-bonding system have been found, and their effects on the H-bonding system have been found to be tunable.

This work reports the results of high level ab initio calculations of the OC-HCO(+) complex and the SC-HCS(+) complex and their hydrogen migration transition states. Geometry optimizations are performed at the CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pV5Z level of theory. Subsequent frequency calculations are carried out at the CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVQZ level of theory. Additional geometry optimizations and harmonic frequency calculations for all the species involved in this study have been done with the explicitly correlated CCSD(T)-F12 method with the aug-cc-pVTZ and VTZ-F12 basis set. The geometries, rotational constants, harmonic vibrational frequencies, and energetics of the species involved in the complex are reported. These methods result in accurate computational predictions that have mean deviations for bond lengths, rotational constants, and vibrational frequencies of 0.001 Å, 163 MHz, and 46 cm(-1), respectively. These results provide essential spectroscopic properties for the complexes that can facilitate both laboratory and interstellar observations, and they also provide a comparison between oxygen and sulfur complex observability based on thermodynamic stability.

We performed accurate ab initio investigations of the geometric parameters and the vibrational structure of neutral HNS/HSN triatomics and their singly charged anions and cations. We used standard and explicitly correlated coupled cluster approaches in connection with large basis sets. At the highest levels of description, we show that results nicely approach those obtained at the complete basis set limit. Moreover, we generated the three-dimensional potential energy surfaces (3D PESs) for these molecular entities at the coupled cluster level with singles and doubles and a perturbative treatment of triple excitations, along with a basis set of augmented quintuple-zeta quality (aug-cc-pV5Z). A full set of spectroscopic constants are deduced from these potentials by applying perturbation theory. In addition, these 3D PESs are incorporated into variational treatment of the nuclear motions. The pattern of the lowest vibrational levels and corresponding wavefunctions, up to around 4000 cm(-1) above the corresponding potential energy minimum, is presented for the first time.

Accurate ab initio computations of structural and spectroscopic parameters for the HPS/HSP molecules and corresponding cations and anions have been performed. For the electronic structure computations, standard and explicitly correlated coupled cluster techniques in conjunction with large basis sets have been adopted. In particular, we present equilibrium geometries, rotational constants, harmonic vibrational frequencies, adiabatic ionization energies, electron affinities, and, for the neutral species, singlet-triplet relative energies. Besides, the full-dimensional potential energy surfaces (PESs) for HPS(x) and HSP(x) (x = -1,0,1) systems have been generated at the standard coupled cluster level with a basis set of augmented quintuple-zeta quality. By applying perturbation theory to the calculated PESs, an extended set of spectroscopic constants, including τ, first-order centrifugal distortion and anharmonic vibrational constants has been obtained. In addition, the potentials have been used in a variational approach to deduce the whole pattern of vibrational levels up to 4000 cm(-1) above the minima of the corresponding PESs.

This work reports the results of a high level ab initio study of the linear proton bound ion-molecule complex of HCNH(+) with HCN and its isomer HNC. The energetics, equilibrium geometries, and predicted equilibrium rotational constants of three strongly interacting ion-molecule complexes are reported from calculations performed at the coupled-cluster calculations including singles, doubles, and perturbative triple excitations (CCSD(T))∕aug-cc-pVnZ (n = 2-5) level of theory. Harmonic vibrational frequencies from calculations performed at the CCSD(T)∕aug-cc-pVnZ (n = 2-4) level of theory are presented. Additional calculations are performed at the CCSD(T)-F12b∕VnZ-F12 level of theory, and the associated energetics, equilibrium geometries, and equilibrium spectroscopic properties are reported. Anharmonicity is treated with the vibrational configuration interaction method, and the predicted anharmonic vibrational frequencies are reported. The results of these calculations show that of the four possible linear interactions of HCNH(+) with HCN and HNC, there are three strongly interacting proton bound complexes. Further, the study presents results that the fourth possible interaction provides the basis for a novel HNC to HCN isomerization pathway in the interstellar medium.

This work reports the results of high level ab initio calculations of the PN-HNP(+) complex and the corresponding hydrogen migration transition state. The geometries, rotational constants, harmonic vibrational frequencies, and energetics of each species involved in the complex are reported. A reduced dimensional 2D and 4D potential energy surface is constructed and used to obtain 2D and 4D vibrational states. The results of this study show excellent correlation to available experimental data for PN. The presented results can facilitate both laboratory and interstellar observations of this novel and strongly interacting linear proton-bound complex.