ISSN:
0192-8651
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
;
Biochemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Computer Science
Notes:
Intermolecular potential functions have been developed for use in computer simulations of substituted benzenes. Previously reported optimized potentials for liquid simulations (OPLS) for benzene and organic functional groups were merged and tested by computing free energies of hydration for toluene, p-xylene, phenol, anisole, benzonitrile, p-cresol, hydroquinone, and p-dicyanobenzene. The calculations featured Monte Carlo simulations at 25°C and 1 atm with statistical perturbation theory. The average difference between the computed results and experimental data for the absolute free energies of hydration is 0.5 kcal/mol. The AM1-SM2 method is also found to perform well in predicting the free energies of hydration for the substituted benzenes. In addition, the Monte Carlo simulations provided details on the hydration of the substituted benzenes, in particular for the solute-water hydrogen bonding. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
13 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcc.540140207
