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| 1 Mechanisms of Metal-Mediated C-N Coupling Processes: A Synergistic Relationship between Gas-Phase Experiments and Computational Chemistry |
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1.2 From Metal-Carbon to Carbon-Nitrogen Bonds |
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1.2.1 Thermal Reactions of Metal Carbide and Metal Methylidene Complexes with Ammonia |
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1.2.2 How Metals Control the C-N Bond-Making Step in the Coupling of CH4 and NH3 |
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1.2.3 C-N Coupling via SN2 Reactions: Neutral Metal Atoms as a Novel Leaving Group |
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1.3 From Metal-Nitrogen to Carbon-Nitrogen Bonds |
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1.3.1 High-Valent Iron Nitride and Iron Imide Complexes |
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1.3.2 Metal-Mediated Hydroamination of an Unactivated Olefin by [ Ni(NH2)]+ |
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1.4 Conclusion and Perspectives |
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12 | (2) |
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14 | (1) |
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| 2 Fundamental Aspects of the Metal-Catalyzed C-H Bond Functionalization by Diazocarbenes: Guiding Principles for Design of Catalyst with Non-redox-Active Metal (Such as Ca) and Non-Innocent Ligand |
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2.1.1 Electronic Structure of Free Carbenes |
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2.1.2 Electronic Structure of Metallocarbenes |
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2.2 Theoretical Models and Methods |
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25 | (1) |
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2.3 Design of Catalyst with Non-redox-Active Metal and Non-Innocent Ligand |
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26 | (9) |
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2.3.1 The Proposed Catalyst: a Coordinatively Saturated Ca(II) Complex |
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2.3.2 Potential Energy Surface of the [ (PDI)Ca(THF)3] Catalyzed C-H Bond Alkylation of MeCH2Ph by Unsubstituted N2CH2 Diazocarbene |
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2.3.3 [ (PDI)Ca(THF)3]-Catalyzed C-H Bond Alkylation of MeCH2Ph by Donor-Donor (D/D) Diazocarbene N2CPh2 |
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2.4 Conclusions and Perspectives |
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37 | (1) |
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| 3 Using Metal Vinylidene Complexes to Probe the Partnership Between Theory and Experiment |
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3.1.1 The Partnership between Theory and Experiment |
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3.1.2 Transition-Metal-Stabilized Vinylidenes |
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3.2 Project Planning in Organometallic Chemistry |
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44 | (5) |
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3.2.1 Experimental Methodologies |
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44 | (2) |
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3.2.2 Computational Methodologies |
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46 | (3) |
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49 | (14) |
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3.3.1 Mechanism of Rhodium-Mediated Alkyne to Vinylidene Transformation |
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50 | (4) |
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3.3.2 Using Ligand Assistance to Form Ruthenium-Vinylidene Complexes |
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54 | (4) |
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3.3.3 Vinylidenes in Gold Catalysis |
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58 | (3) |
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3.3.4 Metal Effects on the Alkyne/Vinylidene Tautomer Preference |
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61 | (2) |
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3.4 The Benefits of Synergy and Partnerships |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (5) |
| 4 Ligand, Additive, and Solvent Effects in Palladium Catalysis - Mechanistic Studies En Route to Catalyst Design |
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69 | (2) |
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4.2 The Effect of Solvent in Palladium-Catalyzed Cross Coupling and on the Nature of the Catalytically Active Species |
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4.3 Common Additives in Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions - Effect on (Pre)catalyst and Active Catalytic Species |
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75 | (4) |
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4.4 Pd(I) Dimer: Only Precatalyst or Also Catalyst? |
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79 | (2) |
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4.5 Investigation of Key Catalytic Intermediates in High-Oxidation-State Palladium Chemistry |
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81 | (6) |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (5) |
| 5 Computational Studies on Sigmatropic Rearrangements via π-Activation by Palladium and Gold Catalysts |
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93 | (1) |
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5.1.1 Sigmatropic Rearrangements |
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5.1.2 Metal-Catalyzed Sigmatropic Rearrangements |
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5.2 Palladium as a Catalyst |
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94 | (9) |
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5.2.1 Palladium Alkene Activation |
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94 | (9) |
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5.2.1.1 [ 3,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangements |
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5.2.1.2 [ 2,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangements |
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5.2.2 Palladium Alkyne Activation |
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5.3.1 Gold Alkene Activation |
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5.3.1.1 [ 3,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangements |
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5.3.2 Gold Alkyne Activation |
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5.3.2.1 [ 3,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangements |
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108 | (9) |
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| 6 Theoretical Insights into Transition Metal-Catalyzed Reactions of Carbon Dioxide |
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121 | (1) |
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6.3 Hydrogenation of CO2 with H2 |
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122 | (5) |
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6.4 Coupling Reactions of CO2 and Epoxides |
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127 | (4) |
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6.5 Reduction of CO2 with Organoborons |
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131 | (3) |
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6.6 Carboxylation of Olefins with CO2 |
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134 | (1) |
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6.7 Hydrocarboxylation of Olefins with CO2 and H2 |
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134 | (3) |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (1) |
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| 7 Catalytically Enhanced NMR of Heterogeneously Catalyzed Hydrogenations |
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7.2 Parahydrogen and PHIP Basics |
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146 | (3) |
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7.3 PHIP as a Mechanistic Tool in Homogeneous Catalysis |
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7.3.1 PHIP-Enhanced NMR of Reaction Products |
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150 | (2) |
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7.3.2 PHIP Studies of Reaction Intermediates |
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7.3.3 Activation of H2 and Structure and Dynamics of Metal Dihydride Complexes |
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7.4 PHIP-Enhanced NMR and Heterogeneous Catalysis |
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7.4.1 PHIP with Immobilized Metal Complexes |
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7.4.2 PHIP with Supported Metal Catalysts |
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7.4.3 Model Calculations Related to Underlying Chemistry in PHIP |
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7.5 Summary and Conclusions |
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| 8 Combined Use of Both Experimental and Theoretical Methods in the Exploration of Reaction Mechanisms in Catalysis by Transition Metals |
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8.1.1 Hammett Methodology |
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8.1.2 Kinetic Isotope Effects |
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188 | (1) |
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8.1.3 Competition Experiments |
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189 | (1) |
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8.2 Recent DFT Developments of Relevance to Transition Metal Catalysis |
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190 | (7) |
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8.2.1 Computational Efficiency |
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191 | (2) |
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8.2.4 Effective Core Potentials |
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8.2.5 Connecting Theory with Experiment |
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8.3.1 Rhodium-Catalyzed Decarbonylation of Aldehydes |
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198 | (5) |
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8.3.2 Iridium-Catalyzed Alkylation of Alcohols with Amines |
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203 | (2) |
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8.3.3 Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic C-H Alkylation |
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205 | (4) |
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8.3.4 Ruthenium-Catalyzed Amidation of Alcohols |
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209 | (4) |
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213 | (1) |
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| 9 Is There Something New Under the Sun? Myths and Facts in the Analysis of Catalytic Cycles |
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9.1.2 A Brief History of Catalysis |
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9.2 Kinetics Based on Rate Constants or Energies |
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218 | (9) |
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9.2.2 TOF Calculation of Any Cycle |
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9.2.3 TOF in the E-Representation |
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9.3 Application: Cross-Coupling with a Bidentate Pd Complex |
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227 | (3) |
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9.4 A Century of Sabatier's Genius Idea |
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9.5 Theory and Practice of Catalysis, Including Concentration Effects |
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9.5.1 Application: Negishi Cross-Coupling with a Ni Complex |
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9.5.2 Can a Reaction Be Catalyzed in Both Directions? |
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9.6 RDStep[ X], RDStates[ /] |
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9.6.1 Finding the RDStates |
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9.6.2 Finding the Irreversible Steps |
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9.7.1 The Last Myth: Defining the TOF |
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9.7.2 Final Words about the E-Representation |
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| 10 Computational Tools for Structure, Spectroscopy and Thermochemistry |
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249 | (2) |
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251 | (9) |
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10.2.1 Potential Energy Surface: Molecular Structure, Transition States, and Reaction Paths |
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251 | (3) |
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10.2.2 DFT and Hybrid Approaches for Organometallic Systems |
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254 | (3) |
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10.2.3 Description of Environment |
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10.3 Spectroscopic Techniques |
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10.3.1 Rotational Spectroscopy |
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10.3.1.1 Identification of Conformers/Tautomers |
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10.3.1.2 Accurate Equilibrium Structures |
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10.3.2 Vibrational Spectroscopy |
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10.3.2.2 Infrared and Raman Intensities |
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10.3.2.3 Effective Treatment of Fermi Resonances |
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10.3.2.5 Approximate Methods: Hybrid Force Fields |
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10.3.2.6 Approximate Methods: Reduced Dimensionality VPT2 |
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10.3.3 Electronic Spectroscopy |
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280 | (7) |
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10.3.3.1 General Framework for Time-Independent and Time-Dependent Computations of Vibronic Spectra |
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10.3.3.2 Approximate Description of Excited State PES |
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10.4 Applications and Case Studies |
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10.4.1 Thermodynamics and Vibrational Spectroscopy Beyond Harmonic Approximation: Glycine and Its Metal Complexes |
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10.4.1.1 Accurate Results for Isolated Glycine from Hybrid CC/DFT Computations |
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10.4.1.2 Glycine Adsorbed on the (100) Silicon Surface |
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290 | (1) |
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10.4.1.3 Glycine-Metal Binding |
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291 | (6) |
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10.4.2 Optical Properties of Organometallic Systems |
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10.4.2.1 Metal Complexation effects on the Structure and UV—Vis Spectra of Alizarin |
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10.4.2.2 Luminescent Organometallic Complexes of Technological Interest |
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10.4.3 Interplay of Different Effects: The Case of Chlorophyll-a |
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10.5 Conclusions and Future Developments |
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| 11 Computational Modeling of Graphene Systems Containing Transition Metal Atoms and Clusters |
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11.2 Quantum Chemical Modeling and Benchmarking |
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11.2.1 Electron Correlation Methods |
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11.2.1.1 Truncated Coupled Cluster Methods |
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322 | (1) |
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11.2.1.2 Truncated Quadratic Configuration Interaction Methods |
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11.2.1.3 Methods of Moller-Plesset Perturbation Theory |
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11.2.2 Dispersion-Accounting DFT Methods |
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324 | (10) |
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11.2.2.1 Empirically Corrected DFT Methods |
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325 | (5) |
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11.2.2.2 Density Functionals with Nonlocal Correlation Term |
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330 | (4) |
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11.2.3 Database and Benchmarking Considerations |
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11.2.3.1 S22, S66, and Related Databases |
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334 | (3) |
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11.2.3.2 Databases of Relatively Large Intermolecular Systems |
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11.2.3.3 DFT Methods Benchmarking against Systems with Transition Metal Species |
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11.2.4 Outlook on Database and Benchmarking |
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11.3 Representative Studies of Graphene Systems with Transition Metals |
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11.3.2 Pristine Graphene as a Substrate for Transition Metal Particles |
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342 | (5) |
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11.3.2.1 Transition Metal Adatoms on Pristine Graphene |
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342 | (1) |
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11.3.2.2 Metal Clusters or Nanoparticles on Pristine Graphene |
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343 | (4) |
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11.3.3 Defective or Doped Graphene as a Support for Transition Metal Particles |
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11.3.3.1 Transition Metal Adatoms on Doped or Defective Graphene |
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11.3.3.2 Transition Metal Clusters on Doped or Defective Graphene |
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349 | (3) |
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11.3.4 Studies of Complex Graphene Systems with Transition Metals |
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11.3.5 Modeling Chemical Transformations in Graphene/Transition Metal Systems |
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