Density-functional calculations of the nuclear magnetic shielding and indirect nuclear spin–spin coupling constants of three isomers of C20

The parameters of the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrum – shielding constants and indirect spin–spin coupling constants – of three isomers of C20 are studied using density-functional theory. The performance of different exchange–correlation functionals is analysed by optimising the geometry for the ring, bowl and cage isomers, followed by a computation of the NMR constants at the optimised structure. The results are analysed and rationalised by performing comparisons of the three isomers with one another and with related systems such as polyynes (for the ring), o-benzyne (for the bowl) and C60 (for the cage). The shielding and spin–spin parameters calculated using the Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof (PBE) exchange–correlation functional are sufficiently reliable to assist in future experimental NMR studies of C20 and, in particular, the identification of its isomers.

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