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:
Recent studies performed in our group on a classical problem of quantum chemistry, with strong implications for theoretical biochemistry and pharmacology, are here summarized. Ab initio descriptions of noncovalent interactions, and in particular H bonds and acid-base couples, have been reexamined using as novel tools the decomposition of ΔE with the inclusion of CP corrections and a further decomposition of the ΔE components into group contributions. Some results of systematic analyses performed over H-bonded dimers are reported, supplemented by a successful application of this approach to a problem of noticeable economic importance (the identification of catalysts for the industrial synthesis of tensioactives). A new feature, presented here for the first time, is the extension of the CP-corrected decomposition of ΔE to bimolecular interactions in solution.
Additional Material:
8 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qua.560350115
