Computational Study on N–N Homolytic Bond Dissociation Enthalpies of Hydrazine Derivatives Yuanyuan Zheng Wenrui Zheng Jiaoyang Wang Huifang Chang Danfeng Zhu 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b12094.s001 https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Computational_Study_on_N_N_Homolytic_Bond_Dissociation_Enthalpies_of_Hydrazine_Derivatives/5938702 The hydrazine derivatives have been regarded as the important building blocks in organic chemistry for the synthesis of organic N-containing compounds. It is important to understand the structure–activity relationship of the thermodynamics of N–N bonds, in particular, their strength as measured by using the homolytic bond dissociation enthalpies (BDEs). We calculated the N–N BDEs of 13 organonitrogen compounds by eight composite high-level <i>ab initio</i> methods including G3, G3B3, G4, G4MP2, CBS-QB3, ROCBS-QB3, CBS-Q, and CBS-APNO. Then 25 density functional theory (DFT) methods were selected for calculating the N–N BDEs of 58 organonitrogen compounds. The M05-2X method can provide the most accurate results with the smallest root-mean-square error (RMSE) of 8.9 kJ/mol. Subsequently, the N–N BDE predictions of different hydrazine derivatives including cycloalkylhydrazines, <i>N</i>-heterocyclic hydrazines, arylhydrazines, and hydrazides as well as the substituent effects were investigated in detail by using the M05-2X method. In addition, the analysis including the natural bond orbital (NBO) as well as the energies of frontier orbitals were performed in order to further understand the essence of the N–N BDE change patterns. 2018-02-22 00:00:00 ab initio methods CBS-APNO CBS-QB 3B homolytic bond dissociation enthalpies BDE M 05-2X method ROCBS-QB NBO DFT CBS-Q hydrazine derivatives 58 organonitrogen compounds RMSE 4MP 13 organonitrogen compounds