scholarly journals Conformational Analysis of Quaternary Ammonium-Type Ionic Liquid Cation, N,N-Diethyl-N-methyl-N-(2-methoxyethyl) Ammonium Cation

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takahiro Takekiyo ◽  
Yusuke Imai ◽  
Hiroshi Abe ◽  
Yukihiro Yoshimura

Conformational preference of N,N-diethyl-N-methyl-N-(2-methoxyethyl) ammonium cation ([DEME]+), which is one of the quaternary ammonium-based ionic liquid cation, in the gas phase has been investigated using a density functional theory (DFT) calculation. Eight candidates for the stable conformers of [DEME]+ exist in the gas phase, and can it energetically classify into two groups. One is a five conformers group, which has the intramolecular attractive interaction form (the folded form). The other is a three conformers group, which is the noninteraction form (the extended form). The transformation from the folded form to the extended form induces large changes in the dipole moment and partial charges of N and O atoms. Here we show that the difference in the dipole moment and partial charges of N and O atoms associated with the conformational change of [DEME]+ are closely related to the molecular orientation of [DEME]-based ionic liquids in the liquid state.

Author(s):  
R. A. Ismail ◽  
A. B. Suleiman ◽  
A. S. Gidado ◽  
A. Lawan ◽  
A. Musa

Rosiglitazone ( C18H19N3O3S ) is an anti-diabetic drug that reduces insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes. The parameters (bond lengths and bond angles), HOMO, LUMO, HOMO-LUMO energy gap, dipole moment, thermodynamic properties, total energy and vibrational frequencies and intensities of the Rosiglitazone molecule in gas phase and in solvents (Water, Ethanol, DMSO and Acetonitrile) were calculated based on Density Functional Theory (DFT) using standard basis sets: B3LYP/6-31G(d,p), B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p) and B3LYP/6-31++G(d,p). Windows version of Gaussian 09 was used for all the calculations. From the results obtained, the solvents have little influence on the optimized parameters of the molecule. The highest HOMO value of -5.433 eV was found in gas phase showing that the molecule will best donate electron in the gas phase, followed by ethanol in comparison with other solvents. The values of the HOMO were observed to increase with the decrease in dielectric constants of the solvents across all the basis sets used. The lowest LUMO energy of -1.448 eV was found to be in ethanol which shows that the molecule will best accept electron in ethanol compared to the gas phase and other solvents. The largest HOMO-LUMO gap of 4.285 eV was found in water which shows its higher kinetic stability and less chemical reactivity compared to other solvents and in the gas phase. The chemical softness of the molecule was found to decrease as the dielectric constants of the solvents increased namely from ethanol to water. The chemical hardness was found to slightly increase with the increase in dielectric constants of the solvents. The highest value of the dipole moment of 4.6874 D was found in water indicating that the molecule will have the strongest intermolecular interactions in water compared to other solvents and in the gas phase. The total energy increased as the dielectric constants of the solvents decreased from water to ethanol. The vibrational frequencies and intensities increased as the dielectric constants of the solvents increased from ethanol to water. The results confirmed the effects of solvents on the structural, electronic and thermodynamic properties of the studied molecule and will be useful in the design and development of rosiglitazone as an anti-diabetic drug.


2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hafida Chemouri ◽  
Sidi Mohamed Mekelleche

The mechanism, the regioselectivity, the stereoselectivity and the kinetics of Diels–Alder reactions of isoprene with acrylic acid and acrylonitrile have been studied, at the B3PW91/6-31G(d,p) level of theory, both in the gas phase and in the presence of organic [dichloromethane (DCM)] and ionic liquid [1-ethylpyridinium trifluoroacetate (EPTFA)] solvents. Intrinsic reaction coordinate calculations show that these reactions take place through an asynchronous concerted mechanism leading to the endo para cycloadducts as the major products in the gas phase and to the exo para cycloadducts as the major products both in organic and in ionic liquid solvents. The explicit solvation model involving the coordination of one molecule of the solvent with the dienophiles shows a considerable decrease of the activation energy when passing from DCM to EPTFA. The enhancement of these cycloaddition reactions can be explained by the strong hydrogen bonding created between the ion pair of the ionic liquid and the oxygen atom of the dienophile reagents. Moreover, density functional theory-based reactivity indices also show an increase of the reaction polarity and consequently of the reaction rate, when replacing DCM solvent by EPTFA solvent. The results obtained give evidence that the ionic liquid EPTFA is an excellent solvent for Diels–Alder reactions in comparison with conventional organic solvents.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Drew P. Harding ◽  
Laura J. Kingsley ◽  
Glen Spraggon ◽  
Steven Wheeler

The intrinsic (gas-phase) stacking energies of natural and artificial nucleobases were explored using density functional theory (DFT) and correlated ab initio methods. Ranking the stacking strength of natural nucleobase dimers revealed a preference in binding partner similar to that seen from experiments, namely G > C > A > T > U. Decomposition of these interaction energies using symmetry-adapted perturbation theory (SAPT) showed that these dispersion dominated interactions are modulated by electrostatics. Artificial nucleobases showed a similar stacking preference for natural nucleobases and were also modulated by electrostatic interactions. A robust predictive multivariate model was developed that quantitively predicts the maximum stacking interaction between natural and a wide range of artificial nucleobases using molecular descriptors based on computed electrostatic potentials (ESPs) and the number of heavy atoms. This model should find utility in designing artificial nucleobase analogs that exhibit stacking interactions comparable to those of natural nucleobases. Further analysis of the descriptors in this model unveil the origin of superior stacking abilities of certain nucleobases, including cytosine and guanine.


2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 5057-5069 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-ung Lee ◽  
Yeonjoon Kim ◽  
Woo Youn Kim ◽  
Han Bin Oh

A new approach for elucidating gas-phase fragmentation mechanisms is proposed: graph theory-based reaction pathway searches (ACE-Reaction program) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations.


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