Laeber Kelly F P, Prates Letícia M, Baptista Leonardo, Cruz Maurício T M
Departamento de Química Geral e Inorgânica, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro-RJ CEP 20550-900, Brazil.
Centro de Tecnologia Mineral Avenida Pedro Calmon, 900, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro-RJ CEP, 21941 908, Brazil.
ACS Omega. 2025 Apr 16;10(16):16559-16578. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.4c11531. eCollection 2025 Apr 29.
Climate change is a serious global problem. CO is of paramount importance in mitigating this environmental problem. Understanding the interaction of CO with functionalized carbon structures is essential for designing new materials to aid in efficiently capturing CO. In this work, the interaction between carbon dioxide (CO) and coronene models, simulating graphene and the asphaltene moiety, was studied through DFT (CAM-B3LYP-D3) and DLPNO-CCSD(T) methods to investigate the effect of nitrogen doping in two arrangements. Aromaticity, electronic, and topological properties were evaluated using HOMA, HOMO-LUMO gap, QTAIM, and NCI methods. The results show that the adsorption of CO in the coronene molecule is dependent on the position of the heteroatom and governed by noncovalent interactions, such as van der Waals and hydrogen bonds. The CO/-coronene complex with pyridinic-N is stabilized due to two unconventional hydrogen bonds parallel to the aromatic π system. We hope that the present results can help the synthesis of inhibitors of asphaltene precipitation and better systems for CO capture.
气候变化是一个严重的全球性问题。一氧化碳在缓解这一环境问题方面至关重要。了解一氧化碳与功能化碳结构的相互作用对于设计有助于高效捕获一氧化碳的新材料至关重要。在这项工作中,通过密度泛函理论(CAM-B3LYP-D3)和DLPNO-CCSD(T)方法研究了二氧化碳(CO₂)与模拟石墨烯和沥青质部分的蔻模型之间的相互作用,以研究两种排列方式下氮掺杂的影响。使用HOMA、HOMO-LUMO能隙、QTAIM和NCI方法评估了芳香性、电子和拓扑性质。结果表明,一氧化碳在蔻分子中的吸附取决于杂原子的位置,并受范德华力和氢键等非共价相互作用的支配。具有吡啶型氮的CO₂/蔻络合物由于与芳香π体系平行的两个非常规氢键而稳定。我们希望目前的结果能够有助于沥青质沉淀抑制剂的合成以及更好的一氧化碳捕获系统。