ISSN:
0020-7608
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
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Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
With empirical and theoretical atom-atom potentials the GABA·nH2O, n = 25, 192 and GABA·Zn2+ · nH2O, n = 25, 50, 100 complexes are simulated at 298.15 K by the Monte Carlo technique. The results show that the carboxyl group of GABA coordinates six water molecules. Two geometries of the GABA·Zn2+ complex, corresponding to the “direct” and “through-water” interaction of Zn2+ with the carboxyl group of GABA were found. For the latter interaction a GABA·Zn2+ · 6H2O complex was found whereas the hydration of the former interaction leads to a GABA·Zn2+ · 5H2O complex. Here the carboxyl group of GABA displaces only one water molecule in the first hydration shell of Zn2+. Energetically the “direct” and “through-water” geometries seem to be competitive, the former being slightly favored.
Additional Material:
12 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qua.560260203
