ISSN:
0192-8651
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
;
Biochemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Computer Science
Notes:
The equilibrium between three pairs of 1,4- and 1,6-dialkylcyclooctatetraenes was investigated with the two quantum mechanical algorithms, IBMOL and PCILO. PCILO computations reproduce the trend of stability within each pair of isomers obtained earlier by Allinger with molecular mechanics calculations, while IBMOL computations do not. These results not only can be explained in the light of, but also are a confirmation of Allinger's conclusions that the conformational stability is governed by the magnitude of the van der Waals' attraction between the two alkyl groups: The dispersion energy, which is essentially an electron correlation effect, is not accounted for by a method like IBMOL that, albeit ab initio, is based on the Hartree-Fock independent particle model, while it is fairly well reproduced by a method like PCILO that, albeit semiempirical, is based on a configuration interaction approach. Simulation of the full configuration interaction (CI) correction through a suitable dispersion term brings IBMOL results to a good agreement with the molecular mechanics ones.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcc.540050307
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