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Nitrile Imine Cycloaddition Energy Landscape

A scientific contour plot titled "Nitrile Imine Cycloaddition Energy Landscape." The x-axis represents "C - C Bond Length (Angstrums)" and the y-axis represents "C - N Bond Length (Angstrums)," both ranging from 1.4 to 3.0. The plot uses a color gradient to show relative energy in kcal/mol, with a color scale on the right ranging from black/blue (low energy, 2.500) to red (high energy, 131.5). Four chemical structures showing different stages of a molecular reaction are positioned in the corners around the central heat map. The top right of the image includes technical text: "B3-LYP/def2-TZVP GS."

Label

Nitrile Imine Cycloaddition Energy Landscape

Artist

Yael Medley

Description

This is a potential energy surface that shows energies of structures based on my constrained calculations. It depicts the cycloaddition reaction between a nitrile imine and acetylene. The nitrile imine can be formed from the tetrazole 2ANS5P (2-anisole-5-phenyl) using light or heat.

Type

PowerPoint Snipping Tool

Artist Affiliation

Graduate Student

Department

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Area of Research

Organic Chemistry

Research Group Site

The Zhu Group

Date

2025