ISSN:
0192-8651
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
;
Biochemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Computer Science
Notes:
Proton affinities (PAs) of 2-, 3-, and 4-monosubstituted phenolates in the gas phase are calculated using the MINDO/3, MNDO, and AM1 methods. The following substituents are considered: H, F, Cl (only MNDO and AM1), CN, CH3, OH, NO2, OCH3, COOH, and NH2. The results are compared with experimental values (high-pressure mass spectroscopy) at 600 K. The MINDO/3 method overestimates the experimental PAs with a mean percentual error of ca. 4.3%. The MNDO results agree much better with the experimental values and are only ca. 1.3% too high. However, the best agreement is observed for the AM1 method, where the mean percentual error is only ca. 0.69% (in absolute value). The greatest disagreement is found for 2-hydroxyphenolate (ca. +2.0%) and 2-carboxyphenolate (ca. +2.7%). The PA of 2-nitrophenolate is underestimated by ca. 1.6%. Correlations between the calculated proton affinities on the one hand, charge densities on the acid H atom of the phenols, charges on the O atom in the phenolate ions, and substituent parameters on the other hand are studied. Particularly good linear relationships are found for the 3- and 4-monosubstituted compounds within the AM1 formlism. For the 2-substituted phenolates, only the AM1 method is satifactory. As a general conclusion, the AM1 method appears to be distinctly superior to MNDO for the calculation of PAs, and definitely superior to MINDO/3.
Additional Material:
12 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcc.540110302
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