ISSN:
0192-8651
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
;
Biochemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Computer Science
Notes:
Ab initio calculations with full geometry optimization have been carried out on the planar cCc, cTc, tTc, tCt, tTt, and cCt conformers of β-hydroxyacrolein using the 4-21G basis set, and on the cCc and cCt conformers using the 4-31G basis set. The hydrogen-bonded cCc conformer is the most stable and the cCt conformer the least stable, with the other conformers following the above sequence. β-Hydroxy substitution has scarcely any influence on the geometry of the trans-acrolein structure, whereas the geometry of the cis-acrolein structure shows significant changes which depend on whether the O—H group is cis or trans with respect to the CHO group about the C=C bond. The ΔET values for cis → trans isomerization about the C—C bond in cCt and cTc support the hypothesis that these changes in geometry are the result of a destabilizing interaction in cCt and a stabilizing interaction in cTc. The geometry of the hydrogen-bonded structure cCc sets it apart from all the other conformers: it has by far the longest C=C, the longest C=O, the longest O—H, the shortest C—C, and the shortest C—O. Its formation from cCt involves a lengthening of C=C, C=O, and O—H and a shortening of C—C and C—O, indicating a delocalization of charge within the ring. 4-21G calculations have also been made for a distorted cCt structure that has the same bond lengths and angles as the equilibrium cCc structure, and the distortion energy, cCt (equm. geom.) → cCt (distorted geom.), is found to be +13.1 kJ mole-1. Taking the energy of this distorted cCt structure as the baseline, the hydrogen-bonding energy in cCc is found to be - 80.3 kJ mole-1.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcc.540010409
