Deng Cong-Hao

THEORETICAL STUDIES ON CARBENES AND CARBENOIDS (IV) ——ISOMERIZATIONS AND DECOMPOSITIONS OF CARBENOIDS H 2 C=CLiCl AND H_2CLiCl

The isomerizations and decompositions of carbenoids H_2C=CLiCl and H_2CLiCl have been studied by use of HF/STO-3G gradient method. Three equilibrium structures of H_2C=CLiCl were obtained, in which the linear structure has the lowest energy and the askew substituted structure was the next. It is found that the decomposition of H_2C=CLiCl undergoes a concerted FBW rearrangement and the inversion barrier of its askew substituted structure is 36 kJ/mol. For H_2CLiCl, the askew substituted structure, extending all valences of the carbon into a single hemisphere, is the lowest energy and its inversion barrier is 87 kJ/mol. The discussions on the factors concerned with the structural stabilities are given in this paper.