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:
The proton-transfer barriers along the intramolecular hydrogen bond in a series of substituted salicylaldehyde anils were calculated using the AM1 SCF semiempirical method. The reliability of this method for the calculation of proton-transfer barriers was analyzed by the comparison of AM1 barriers for a series of different tautomeric organic compounds with those calculated using ab initio SCF and second-order perturbation theory with extended basis sets. In general, the AM1 method systematically overestimates the barrier height. However, this error is approximately constant for given pairs of groups involved in the intramolecular proton transfer. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
9 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
