Ab initio computational modeling on the tautomerism of monochalcogenocarboxylic acids CH3C(O)XH (X = S, Se, and Te) in the polar and aprotic solution
Ab initio computational modeling on the tautomerism of monochalcogenocarboxylic acids CH3C(O)XH (X = S, Se, and Te) in the polar and aprotic solution
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10.1002/qua.21218
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发表时间:
2007
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2.2
通讯作者:
Qiang-Gen Li;Guoming Liang;Xin Wang;S. Chu;Yi Ren
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作者:
Qiang-Gen Li;Guoming Liang;Xin Wang;S. Chu;Yi Ren
Computational modeling by an ab initio molecular orbital method (HF and MP2) with the 6-311+G(d,p) and 6-311++G(2df,2pd) basis sets on the tautomerism of three monochalcogenocarboxylic acids CH3C(O)XH (X = S, Se, and Te) in the polar and aprotic solution tetrahydrofuran (THF) was undertaken using the combined supramolecular/continuum method, in which CH3OCH3 was considered as a realistic model for THF in the supermolecule. Our calculations showed that the tautomerism involving CH3OCH3 not only gives the preference of the enol form CH3C(X)OH (X = S, Se, and Te) in the tautomeric equilibrium, but also significantly lowers the tautomeric barriers by >34 kJ/mol in THF solution. These results support the experiments of Kato and coworkers, in contrast with earlier Delaere et al.'s theoretical prediction for the tautomeric barrier of thioformic acid HC(O)SH…O(CH3)2, in which the barrier is increased by ∼6 kJ/mol relative to reactants complex because of the constraint in locating the tautomeric transition structure. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2007