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Fast estimation of hydrogen-bonding donor and acceptor propensities: a GMIPp study

Posted June 8th, 2010 by pschmidtke
TitleFast estimation of hydrogen-bonding donor and acceptor propensities: a GMIPp study
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2002
AuthorsSalichs, A, Lopez M, Segarra V, Orozco M, Luque FJ
JournalJournal of computer-aided molecular design
Volume16
Issue8-9
Pagination569 - 583
Date Published2002/09//Aug
KeywordsChemical; Nitrogen/chemistry; Organic Chemicals/chemistry; Oxygen/chemistry; Quantum Theory; Static Electricity; Thermodynamics, Computer Simulation; Heterocyclic Compounds/chemistry; Hydrogen Bonding; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Models
AbstractThe suitability of the GMIPp energy functional as a fast, efficient method for estimating the hydrogen-bond donor and acceptor propensities of a wide variety of organic compounds is examined. Comparison of the GMIPp values is made with two experimental hydrogen-bond scales: i) the hydrogen-bond basicity scale for N-heteroaromatics in carbon tetrachloride, and ii) the hydrogen-bond acidities for NH/OH donors and hydrogen-bond basicities of N/O acceptors determined in 1,1,1-trichloroethane. Attention is paid to i) the reliability of semiempirical versus ab initio treatments of the quantum mechanical molecule, ii) the role of solvation, and iii) the effect of including the polarization energy component in the calculation of the GMIPp functional. The statistical analysis of the results reveals that the GMIP functional, which combines electrostatic and steric energy components, predicts with reasonable accuracy and computational efficiency the hydrogen-bond strength for a wide variety of compounds.