scholarly journals Car–Parrinello and path integral molecular dynamics study of the intramolecular hydrogen bonds in the crystals of benzoylacetone and dideuterobenzoylacetone

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (42) ◽  
pp. 23026-23037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Durlak ◽  
Zdzisław Latajka
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Hydrogen Bonds ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Path Integral ◽  
Molecular Crystal ◽  
Short Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Deuterated Analogue ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Intramolecular Hydrogen

The dynamics of the intramolecular short hydrogen bond in the molecular crystal of benzoylacetone and its deuterated analogue are investigated using ab initio molecular dynamics simulations.

Molecular dynamics simulations of N-methylacetamide (NMA) in water by the ABEEM/MM model

2009 ◽  
Vol 87 (12) ◽  
pp. 1738-1746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Qian ◽  
Li-Nan Lu ◽  
Zhong-Zhi Yang
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Hydrogen Bonds ◽  
Potential Model ◽  
Lone Pair ◽  
Static Properties ◽  
Range Interaction ◽  
Hydrogen Bond Interaction ◽  
Lone Pair Electron ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

The N-methylacetamide (NMA) is a very interesting kind of compound and often serves as a model of the peptide bond. The interaction between NMA and water provides a convenient prototype for the solvation of peptides in aqueous solutions. We have carried out molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of a NMA molecule in water under 1 atm and 298 K. The simulations make use of the newly developed NMA–water fluctuating charge ABEEM/MM potential model ( Yang, Z. Z.; Qian, P. J. Chem. Phys. 2006, 125, 064311 ), which is based on the combination of the atom-bond electronegativity equalization method (ABEEM) and molecular mechanics (MM). This model has been successfully applied to NMA–water gas clusters, NMA(H2O)n (n = 1–6), and accurately reproduced many static properties. For the NMA–water ABEEM/MM potential model, two characters must be emphasized in the simulations. Firstly, the model allows the charges in system to fluctuate, responding to the ambient environment. Secondly, for two major types of intermolecular hydrogen bonds, which are the hydrogen bond forming between the lone-pair electron on amide oxygen and the water hydrogen, and the one forming between the lone-pair electron on water oxygen and the amide hydrogen, we take special treatments in describing the electrostatic interaction by the use of the parameters klpO=,H and klpO–,HN–, respectively, which explicitly describe the short-range interaction of hydrogen bonds in the hydrogen bond interaction region. All sorts of properties have been studied in detail, such as, radial distribution function, energy distribution, ABEEM charge distribution and dipole moment, and so on. These simulation results show that the ABEEM/MM-based NMA–water potential model appears to be robust, giving the solution properties in excellent agreement with other dynamics simulations on similar systems.

Resolving the anomalous infrared spectrum of the MeCN–HCl molecular cluster using ab Initio molecular dynamics

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (45) ◽  
pp. 24685-24690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolai Bork ◽  
Ville Loukonen ◽  
Henrik G. Kjaergaard ◽  
Hanna Vehkamäki
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Hydrogen Bonds ◽  
Infrared Spectrum ◽  
Ir Spectra ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Molecular Complexes ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Molecular Cluster ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

Molecular dynamics simulations reveal that the asymmetric peak seen in IR spectra of acetonitrile–HCl molecular complexes are due to high population of complexes with partially broken hydrogen bonds.

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