A MOLECULAR MECHANICS VALENCE FORCE-FIELD FOR SULFONAMIDES DERIVED BY ABINITIO METHODS
A MOLECULAR MECHANICS VALENCE FORCE-FIELD FOR SULFONAMIDES DERIVED BY ABINITIO METHODS
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DOI:
10.1021/j100177a038
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发表时间:
1991-11-28
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通讯作者:
HOPFINGER, AJ
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作者:
NICHOLAS, JB;VANCE, R;HOPFINGER, AJ
Molecular mechanics valence force field parameters for the sulfonamide group, SO2NH, have been derived from ab initio calculations at the RHF/6-31G* level of theory. The force field parameters were designed to be used in conjunction with existing parameters from the MM2/MMP2 force field. The new parameters are demonstrated to accurately reproduce the ab initio optimized geometries of four molecules that contain the sulfonamide group. The strategy used in force field parametrization is discussed. The conformational flexibility of the sulfonamide group has been investigated. Calculations at the RHF/6-31G* level reveal the existence of two stable conformers and that interconversion is achieved by nitrogen inversion rather than rotation about the S-N bond. The energetic effects of expanding the basis set to 6-31G* and of including MP2 and MP3 corrections for electron correlation are discussed. The geometries and Mulliken charges for the ab initio optimized structures are also reported.