Week 4 Problem Set - 30BL (Turn in your computer assignment during week 5)

• DO PROBLEMS (I-III) DURING YOUR ASSIGNED LAB PERIOD. Include Part IV into your prelab.
• ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS ARE TO BE DONE IN YOUR LAB NOTEBOOK.
• This assignment is worth 10 points and should take between 60-100 minutes to complete.
  
• Bring a black, blue and red pen (or crayon or pencil).
• TIME SAVER HINT: PLACE YOUR PC_SPARTAN PLUS FILES ON THE DESKTOP INSTEAD OF STORING THEM ON YOUR FOLDER IN THE STUDENT DIRECTORIES. BY DOING THIS YOUR CALCULATIONS WILL BE UP TO 10 TIMES FASTER BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO USE THE NETWORK!
• ATTENTION: PC_Spartan Pro application has a problem printing!
  BUT THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR PRINTING
  FROM SPARTAN. Here's what do:
  
  - Open a blank document in MS Word.
  - Copy the molecule from Spartan (Ctrl C)
  - Paste into Word
  - And print -- voila!
  
  

PART I. DIELS ALDER RXN

This assignment is to be completed in the UCLA Science Learning Center computing labs.

1. You can download the files that you saved during the first computer assignment. Alternatively, the files you need for today's assignment can be found at the following location: (at the desktop level) double click the Network Neighboorhood icon --> Dellsrv2 --> Commonly Shared Folders. Copy the the 130AL folder to your desktop.

2. Optimize the above structural geometry of the above EXO and ENDO cycloadducts (see below instructions). Compare the energies of the endo and exo cycloadducts. Which one is more stable product (thermodynamic product)? How can you rationalize the differences?

exo product cis-norbornene-5,6-exo-dicarboxylic acid

endo product cis-norbornene-5,6-endo-dicarboxylic acid

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Instructions:

• Build, minimize and save the structure. (don't forget to Minimize the structure after building it!!)

  this is the minimize button. Always minimize your structure before leaving the building mode.

• click on to enter View Mode
  
  
• Select Calculations from the Setup menu.

  
  

  The following window should appear. Select the options shown.

  

  Verify the Charge is Neutral and Multiplicity is Singlet. Click OK.

• Select Submit from Setup menu.

  
  

• When the calculation is completed you will be notified.
  
• Select Output from the Display menu.

  

  Record the heat of formation value given

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See these Helpful Hints for manipulating structures!

Note:

3. Calculate the LUMO for maleic anhydride and cyclopentadiene (see below instructions). Compare and contrast the LUMO diagram of maleic anhydride given in the course reader from the one generated by PC Spartan Plus.

cyclopentadiene

maleic anhydride

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Instructions:

• Build and save the structure. (don't forget to Minimize the structure!!)
• click on to enter the View Mode
  
• Select Calculations from the Setup menu. The following window should appear. Select the options shown.
  

  

  Click OK to close the window.

• Under the Setup menu, select Surfaces. A window should appear. In this window click Add.

  

  A second window should appear. In this window, select the following

  

  Then click OK to exit dialog. Close the previous window.

  Select Submit from Setup menu. When the calculation is completed you will be notified.

• Under the Display menu, select Surfaces.

  

  A window should appear. In this window check the yellow box.

  

  Next, select the molecule by clicking on it. In the bottom right corner of the window, change the selection from Solid to Transparent.

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LUMO of maleic anhydride (from course reader)

Draw the LUMO generated from PC Spartan Plus (or print and paste)

4. Calculate the HOMO for cyclopentadiene. Compare and contrast the HOMO diagram of cyclopentadiene given in the course reader from the one generated by PC Spartan Plus.

Instructions:

• same as above except replace "LUMO" with "HOMO"

HOMO of cyclopentadiene (from course reader)

Draw the HOMO generated from PC Spartan Plus (or print and paste)

PART II. Aldol Experiment

1. a. Calculate the dipole moment for benzil, dibenzyl ketone and tetraphenylcyclopentadienone. Draw the structure and the net dipole. Which has the greatest dipole? Which has the smallest dipole? [During lab of week 7 you will TLC these three components. The dipole calculations performed here will help you determine their relative R_f values].

dibenzyl ketone

benzil

tetraphenylcyclopentadienone

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Instructions:

• Build and save the structure.
• click on to enter the View Mode
  
• Select Calculations from the Setup menu. The following window should appear. Select the options shown.
  

  

  Click OK to close the window.

• Select Submit from Setup menu. When the calculation is completed you will be notified.
  
  
• Under the Display menu, select Properties.

  

  A window should appear (the values in this example should differ from yours). If there are no values in the window then you need to double click on the molecule.

  

  Record the dipole moment given. (In this example the dipole = 3.9 debye).

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PART III.

1. Calculate the dipole moment for dihedral angles: 0 through 180 degrees in 10 degree increments. Plot the dipole moment of benzil vs. the dihedral angle.

Newman Projection of Benzil

Instructions:

• click on Constrain Dihedral angle tool,
  
• select the atoms shown below (i.e., both oxygens and and carbonyl carbons)
  

Click on the lock tool, , in the bottom right corner so that it looks like this,

Set the dihedral angle to 0 and hit the ENTER key.

• click on the minimize tool, , and wait for the operation to complete.
• click on the minimize tool, , a second time and wait for the operation to complete.
• Select Calculations from the Setup menu. The following window should appear. Select the options shown.
  

• Make sure the
• Click OK to close the window.
• Select Submit from Setup menu. When the calculation is completed you will be notified.
  
  
• Under the Display menu, select Properties.

  

• A window should appear (the values in this example should differ from yours). If there are no values in the window then you need to double click on the molecule.

  

• Record the dipole moment and energy given. (In this example the dipole = 3.9 debye).
• Calculate the dipole moment for dihedral angles: 0 through 180 degrees in 10 degree increments. (Hint: Just click on the pink bond and change the value in the box.). Do not define a new constraint at this point. This will confuse the program completely!
  
• For the higher angles (>120 degrees), you might have to uncheck the symmetry box in the setup calculation menu.
• Plot the dipole moment and energy of benzil vs. the dihedral angle (use MS Excel, XY Scatter plot). Do you see any trends? If so, rationalize this observation.