Theoretical study on the intermolecular interactions of tetrazole dimers

Tetrazole monomers (1, 11) and all of their possible stable dimers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8) were fully optimized by DFT method at the B3LYP/6-31 I ++G** level. Among the eight dimers, there were two I H-tetrazole dimers, three 2H-tetrazole dimers and three hetero dimers of 1H-tetrazole and 2H-tetrazole. Vibrational frequencies were calculated to ascertain that each structure was stable (no imaginary frequencies). The basis set superposition errors (BSSE) are 2.78, 2.28, 2.97, 2.75, 2.74, 2.18, 1.23 and 3. 10 kJ/mol, and the zero point energy (ZPE) corrections for the interaction energies are 4.88, 4.18, 3.87, 3.65, 3.54, 3.22, 2.87 and 4.34 kJ/mol for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, respectively. After BSSE and ZPE corrections, the greatest corrected intermolecular interaction energy of the dimers is -43.71 kJ/mol. The charge redistribution mainly occurs on the adjacent N-H center dot center dot center dot N atoms between submolecules. The charge transfer between two subsystems is very small. Natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis was performed to reveal the origin of the interaction. Based on the statistical thermodynamic method, the standard thermodynamic functions, heat capacities ((Cod, entropies (SOT) and thermal corrections to enthalpy (H-T(0)), and the changes of thermodynamic properties from monomer to dimer in the temperature range of 200.00 K to 700 K have been obtained. I H-tetrazole monomer can spontaneously turn into two stable dimers at 298.15 K.