Sr2+和Ba2+水分子体系结构和结合能的从头算和ABEEM/MM研究

应用从头算方法和ABEEM/MM浮动电荷分子力场, 研究了水合碱土离子团簇Sr²⁺/Ba²⁺(H₂O)_n (n=1-6), 构建了离子-水相互作用的ABEEM/MM势能函数, 获得了水合离子团簇的稳定结构, 计算了结合能. 计算结果表明, ABEEM/MM方法的结果和从头算方法的结果有很好的一致性. 进一步应用ABEEM/MM对Sr²⁺和Ba²⁺水溶液进行了分子动力学模拟. 对Sr²⁺水溶液, 得到的Sr²⁺-水中氧原子的径向分布函数的第一和第二最高峰分别位于0.257和0.464 nm处, 第一和第二水合层的配位水分子数分别为9.2和11.4; 对Ba²⁺水溶液, 得到的Ba²⁺与水中氧原子的径向分布函数的第一和第二最高峰分别位于0.269和0.467 nm处, 第一和第二水合层的配位水分子数分别为9.9和12.4. 这与实验值或其它理论模拟结果有较好的一致性. 对比外层的水分子, 金属离子的极化作用使得溶液中第一水合层中水分子的O―H键长增长, HOH键角减小.     

应用ABEEM/MM模型研究水分子团簇(H2O)n (n=11～16)的性质

应用ABEEM/MM 模型计算了较大的水分子团簇(H2O)n (n=11~16)的各种性质,如：优化的几何构型, 氢键个数, 结合能, 稳定性, ABEEM 电荷分布, 偶极矩, 以及结构参数、平均氢键个数和强度, 增加的团簇结合能等.结果表明,从立方体结构到笼状结构的过渡出现在n=12的水分子团簇中,随着类似于笼状结构特点的不断增强,五元环的富集程度有所增加.     

精密从头算与ABEEM/MM模型对水团簇(H2O)11 9种低能结构的计算

用精密从头算方法研究了(H2O)11的9种低能异构体的性质, 包括优化的几何结构、结合能、偶极矩和氢键个数等, 并且得出了515-a是(H2O)11的全局最低能结构. 同时, 也用ABEEM/MM(atom bond electronegativity equalization method/molecular mechanics) 模型研究了这些性质, 与从头算的结果进行了比较, 得到了相符合的结果. 这显示了ABEEM/MM模型在描述中等大小的水分子团簇结构上是成功的.     

精密从头算与ABEEM／MM模型对水团簇（H2O）11 9种低能结构的计算

用精密从头算方法研究了(H2O)11的9种低能异构体的性质,包括优化的几何结构、结合能、偶极矩和氢键个数等,并且得出了515-a是(H2O)11的全局最低能结构.同时,也用ABEEM/MM(atom bond electronegativity equalization method/molecular mechanics)模型研究了这些性质,与从头算的结果进行了比较,得到了相符合的结果.这显示了ABEEM/MM模型在描述中等大小的水分子团簇结构上是成功的.     

应用ABEEM/MM力场模型研究水分子团簇(H2O)n(n=7～35)的性质

应用ABEEM/MM模型研究和计算了水分子团簇(H2O)n(n=7～35)的各种性质,如:优化的几何构型,氢键个数,结合能,稳定性,ABEEM电荷分布,偶极矩,以及结构参数、平均氢键个数和强度、团簇的递增结合能等,并描述了六聚水区域中所反映的从二维结构(从二聚水到五聚水)到三维结构(n>6的水分子团簇)的过渡,又进一步地预测了从立方体结构到笼状结构的过渡出现在n=12的水分子团簇中,随着类似于笼状结构特点的不断增强,五元环的富集程度有所增加.以上研究不仅系统研究和分析了水团簇的各种性质,而且对比Ab initio研究和实验结果,进一步验证了ABEEM/MM模型的合理性以及参数的正确性和可转移性.     

NH4+( (H2O)n(n＝1～9)的量子化学和ABEEM/MM的理论研究

运用量子化学和ABEEM/MM浮动电荷分子力场, 构建描述铵离子-水体系相互作用的精密势能函数, 对 - (H₂O)_n (n＝1～9)簇合物的结构和稳定性等性质进行了研究. 对团簇的结合能和电荷布居分析发现, 当n≤4时, 随着水分子数目的增加, 与水分子间尽可能多地形成线型氢键, 直至水分子在 周围形成完整的第一水合层|当n≥5时, 簇合物以 为中心, 通过氢键网络形成的环状和笼状结构为最稳定. 与第一水合层水分子的相互作用强于水分子之间的相互作用. 结果表明, ABEEM/MM方法的结果与量子化学方法得到的结果有很好的一致性.     

应用ABEEM/MM模型研究水分子团簇(H2O)n(n=7~10)的性质

应用ABEEM/MM模型计算了中等大小水分子团簇(H₂O)_n(n=7~10)的各种性质, 如: 优化的几何构型、氢键个数、结合能、稳定性、ABEEM电荷分布、偶极矩、结构参数的描述等, 并描述了六聚水区域中所反映的从二维结构(从二聚水到五聚水)到三维结构(n>6的水分子团簇)的过渡.     

脂肪族氨基酸二肽与水团簇的理论研究

用ABEEMσπ/MM模型和MP2/6-31+G(d)//B3LYP/6-31G(d)方法研究水合效应对脂肪族氨基酸二肽的影响.从结构和能量两方面说明Leu残基在蛋白质中起成旋作用,Val和Ⅱe残基在蛋白质中起解旋作用.同时得出:水分子严重影响了二肽分子的骨架二面角;对于结合相同数目水分子的团簇倾向于形成含有环状氢键的结构,并且含有环状氢键团簇的结合能大于含有链状氢键团簇的结合能.     

应用从头计算和ABEEMσπ极化力场方法对ML_n(M=Na~+/K~+;L=NMA,H_2O;n=1～6)的研究

本文使用从头计算MP2/6-311++G(2d,2p)//B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p)和ABEEM??极化力场(ABEEM??/MM)方法,对MLn(M=Na+/K+;L=N-methlylacetamide,H2O;n=1~6)体系的结构、结合能和电荷分布进行系统研究.研究结果表明,ABEEM??/MM所获得的各种物理量与从头算结果符合很好,其中键长的平均绝对偏差(AAD)接近0.03?,键角的AAD小于0.69°,结合能的AAD小于5%,ABEEM??的电荷分布与从头算的电荷分布的线性相关系数均在0.97以上.     

从头算和ABEEMσπ/MM对(CH_3OH)_n(n=3～12)和[Na(CH_3OH)_n]~+(n=3～6)体系的研究

采用从头算方法(ab initio)和原子-键电负性均衡浮动电荷分子力场方法(ABEEMσπ/MM),对甲醇团簇(CH_3OH)n(n=3~12)和[Na(CH_3OH)_n]~+(n=3~6)体系的结构、电荷分布和结合能进行研究.依据从头算结果构建上述体系的ABEEMσπ/MM浮动电荷势能函数,并确定相关参数.结果表明,ABEEMσπ/MM所获得的结构和结合能等均优于OPLS/AA力场,并与从头算结果相符,其中键长的平均绝对偏差(AAD)小于0.004 nm,键长、键角和结合能的相对均方根偏差(RRMSD)分别小于3.8%,1.7%和6.8%;电荷分布与从头算结果的线性相关系数均大于0.99.     

Ab initio QM/MM dynamics of H3O+ in water

A molecular dynamics (MD) simulation based on a combined ab initio quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) method has been performed to investigate the solvation structure and dynamics of H3O+ in water. The QM region is a sphere around the central H3O+ ion, and contains about 6-8 water molecules. It is treated at the Hartree-Fock (HF) level, while the rest of the system is described by means of classical pair potentials. The Eigen complex (H9O4+) is found to be the most prevalent species in the aqueous solution, partly due to the selection scheme of the center of the QM region. The QM/MM results show that the Eigen complex frequently converts back and forth into the Zundel (H5O2+) structure. Besides the three nearest-neighbor water molecules directly hydrogen-bonded to H3O+, other neighbor waters, such as a fourth water molecule which interacts preferentially with the oxygen atom of the hydronium ion, are found occasionally near the ion. Analyses of the water exchange processes and the mean residence times of water molecules in the ion's hydration shell indicate that such next-nearest neighbor water molecules participate in the rearrangement of the hydrogen bond network during fluctuative formation of the Zundel ion and, thus, contribute to the Grotthuss transport of the proton.     

A study of N-methylacetamide in water clusters: based on atom-bond electronegativity equalization method fused into molecular mechanics

N-methylacetamide (NMA) is a very interesting compound and often serves as a model of the peptide bond. The interaction between NMA and water provides a convenient prototype for the solvation of the peptides in aqueous solutions. Here we present NMA-water potential model based on atom-bond electronegativity equalization method fused into molecular mechanics (ABEEM/MM) that is to take ABEEM charges of all atoms, bonds, and lone-pair electrons of NMA and water molecules into the electrostatic interaction term in molecular mechanics. The model has the following characters: (1)it allows the charges in system to fluctuate responding to the ambient environment; (2) for two major types of intermolecular hydrogen bonds, which are the hydrogen bond forming between the lone-pair electron on amide oxygen and the water hydrogen, and the one forming between the lone-pair electron on water oxygen and the amide hydrogen, we take special treatments in describing the electrostatic interaction by the use of the parameters k(lpO=, H) and k(lpO(-), HN(-)), respectively. The newly constructed potential model based on ABEEM/MM is first applied to amide-water clusters and reproduces gas-phase state properties of NMA(H(2)O)(n) (n=1-3) including optimal structures, dipole moments, ABEEM charge distributions, energy difference of the isolated trans- and cis-NMA, interaction energies, hydrogen bonding cooperative effects, and so on, whose results show the good agreement with those measured by available experiments and calculated by ab initio methods. In order to further test the reasonableness of this model and the correctness and transferability of the parameters, many static properties of the larger NMA-water complexes NMA(H(2)O)(n) (n=4-6) are also studied including optimal structures and interaction energies. The results also show fair consistency with those of our quantum chemistry calculations.     

Theoretical Study on Co^3＋ in Aqueous Solution in Terms of ABEEM/MM Model

A detailed theoretical investigation on Co^3＋ hydration in aqueous solution has been carded out by means of molecular dynamics （MD） simulations based on the atom-bond electronegativity equalization method fused into molecular mechanics （ABEEM/MM）. The effective Co^3＋ ion-water potential has been constructed by fitting to ab initio structures and binding energies for ionic clusters. And then the ion-water interaction potential was applied in combination with the ABEEM-7P water model to molecular dynamics simulations of single Co^3＋（aq.） solution, managing to reproduce many experimental structural and dynamical properties of the solution. Here, not only the common properties （radial distribution function, angular distribution function and solvation energy） obtained for Co^3＋ in ABEEM-7P water solution were in good agreement with those from the experimental methods and other molecular dynamics simulations but also very interesting properties of charge distributions, geometries of water molecules, hydrogen bond, diffusion coefficients, vibrational spectra are investigated by ABEEM/MM model.     

Ab initio QM/MM simulation of Ag+ in 18.6% aqueous ammonia solution: structure and dynamics investigations

Structure and dynamics investigations of Ag(+) in 18.6% aqueous ammonia solution have been carried out by means of the ab initio quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) molecular dynamics (MD) simulation method. The most important region, the first solvation shell, was treated by ab initio quantum mechanics at the Restricted Hartree-Fock (RHF) level using double-zeta plus polarization basis sets for ammonia and plus ECP for Ag(+). For the remaining region in the system, newly constructed three-body corrected potential functions were used. The average composition of the first solvation shell was found to be [Ag(NH(3))(2)(H(2)O)(2.8)](+). No ammonia exchange process was observed for the first solvation shell, whereas ligand exchange processes occurred with a very short mean residence time of 1.1 ps for the water ligands. No distinct second solvation shell was observed in this simulation.     

鸟嘌呤四链体中Na~+的移动

Na+-G-四链体复合物是一个明显的极化体系,其形成或解离过程中,Na+的移动路线目前还不十分明确.σπ水平的原子-键电负性均衡方法融合进分子力学(ABEEMσπ/MM)模型除原子位点外,还明确地定义了孤对电子、σ键和π键的位置,并且各位点电荷随分子环境改变而浮动,因此能更好地反映该体系的极化现象.本文应用ABEEMσπ/MM方法研究了Na+-G-四平面复合物的性质,包括它的几何构型、电荷分布和结合能等,并在MP2/6-31G(d,p)水平上做了相应的从头算,两种结果十分吻合.Na+的存在改变了G-tetrad的氢键方式.通过比较Na+各条移动路线中体系的结合能,预测G-四链体中三个Na+最有可能沿α方向依次移出.以上研究为进一步应用ABEEMσπ/MM模型进行G-四链体中离子交换通道的动力学模拟打下坚实的基础.     

VBEFP: a valence bond approach that incorporates effective fragment potential method

An ab initio explicit solvation valence bond (VB) method, called VBEFP, is presented. The VBEFP method is one type of QM/MM approach in which the QM part of system is treated within the ab initio valence bond scheme and the solvent water molecules are accounted by the effective fragment potential (EFP) method, which is a polarized force field approach developed by Gordon et al. (J. Chem. Phys. 1996, 105, 1968). This hybrid method enables one to take the first-solvation shell and heterogeneous solvation effects into account explicitly with VB wave function. Therefore, the nature of chemical bonding and the mechanism of chemical reactions with explicit solvent environments can be explored at the ab inito VB level. In this paper, the hydrated metal-ligand complexes [M(2+)L](H(2)O)(n) (M(2+): Mg(2+), Zn(2+); L: NH(3), CH(2)O) are studied by the VBEFP method. Resonance energy and bond order are computed, and the influence of the solvent coordination and hydrogen bonding to the metal-ligand bonding are explored in the paper.