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Example 2<br />

Comparing Cation Stabilities<br />

in a Homologous Series of<br />

Molecules<br />

To build the model:<br />

1. From the File menu, choose New Model.<br />

2. Click the Text Building tool.<br />

3. Click in the model window.<br />

A text box appears.<br />

4. For tri-chloro, type CCl3 and press the Enter<br />

key.<br />

5. Repeat step 1 through step 4 for the other<br />

cations: type CHCl2 for di-chloro; type CH2Cl<br />

for mono-chloro and CH3 for methyl cation.<br />

NOTE: The cations in this example are even electron<br />

closed shell systems and are assumed to have Singlet<br />

ground state. No modifications through additional<br />

keywords are necessary. The default RHF computation<br />

is used.<br />

6. For each model, click the central carbon, type<br />

“+” and press the Enter key.<br />

The model changes to a cation and insures that<br />

the charge is sent to MOPAC.<br />

To perform the computation:<br />

1. From the MOPAC Interface submenu of the<br />

Calculations menu, choose Minimize<br />

Energy.<br />

2. On the Theory tab, choose AM1.<br />

3. On the Properties tab, select Charges in the<br />

Properties list.<br />

4. Select Wang-Ford from the Charges list.<br />

5. Click Run.<br />

The results for the model appear in the<br />

Message window when the computation is<br />

complete.<br />

The molecules are now planar, reflecting sp 2<br />

hybridization of the central carbon.<br />

The following table shows the results:<br />

tri-chloro cation di-chloro cation mono-chloro cation methyl cation<br />

C(1) 0.03660 C(1) 0.11255 C(1) 0.32463 C(1) 0.72465<br />

Cl(2) 0.31828 Cl(2) 0.33189 Cl(2) 0.35852 H(2) 0.08722<br />

Cl(3) 0.32260 Cl(3) 0.33171 H(3) 0.15844 H(3) 0.09406<br />

Cl(4) 0.32253 H(4) 0.22384 H(4) 0.15841 H(4) 0.09406<br />

From these simple computations, you can reason<br />

that the charge of the cation is not localized to the<br />

central carbon, but is rather distributed to different<br />

extents by the other atoms attached to the charged<br />

carbon. The general trend for this group of cations<br />

is that the more chlorine atoms attached to the<br />

charged carbon, the more stable the cation (the<br />

decreasing order of stability is tri-chloro >di-chloro<br />

> mono-chloro > methyl).<br />

Example 3<br />

Analyzing Charge<br />

Distribution in a Series Of<br />

Mono-substituted Phenoxy<br />

Ions<br />

1. From the File menu, choose New Model.<br />

2. Click the Text Building tool.<br />

ChemOffice 2005/<strong>Chem3D</strong> MOPAC Computations • 191<br />

Computing Properties

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