Ab initio calculations on large molecules using molecular fragments. Characterization of the zwitterion of glycine

The ab initio molecular fragment approach is applied to a characterization study of the ground state of the zwitterion of glycine. Included among the properties studied are the — conformational energy surface, the electronic structure, and the magnitude and direction of the dipole moment. The results of the present study are compared to the results of other theoretical and experimental studies.This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation, the University of Kansas, and the Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001.NSF Trainee (1969-1972).Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (1971–1973).     

纯硅MCM-41中孔分子筛合成因素的研究Ⅰ.Na~+、K~+阳离子对合成的影响

本文采用表面活性剂十六烷基三甲基溴化铵（Ｃ１６ＴＡＢｒ，以下为１６３１），在（Ｎａ，Ｋ）ＯＨＳｉＯ２Ｃ１６ＴＡＢｒＨ２Ｏ体系中分别利用室温、水热及干粉法进行了纯硅ＭＣＭ４１中孔分子筛的合成，考察了阳离子Ｎａ＋、Ｋ＋对ＭＣＭ４１合成及稳定性的影响。通过ＸＲＤ对结晶度的测定，发现ＮａＭＣＭ４１的晶化速率明显高于ＫＭＣＭ４１，而热稳定性和水热稳定性较差，且ａ０值小于后者。同时发现，就合成方法而言，室温法得到的产物具有很高的结晶度，利用水热法合成的样品的热稳定性明显较高，而干法得到的分子筛产品具有优良的水热稳定性。     

蝎型钒氧配合物的合成、结构及量子化学研究

设计合成了两种新型的以聚类吡唑硼酸盐为配体的钒氧配合物VO(acac)[HB(pz)3](1)和VO(acac)[HB(3,5-Me2pz)3]·CH3CN(2). 运用元素分析、 红外光谱和紫外光谱对所合成的配合物进行了表征, 并用X射线衍射测定了它们的晶体结构. 同时, 采用量子化学的Hartree Fock方法和自然轨道分析方法(NBO), 使用3-21G*(6d, 7f)基组计算得到了两个分子体系的分子轨道、原子电荷以及键级, 并对其结构进行了分析.     

聚酰胺酸及其接枝衍生物的三阶非线性光学性能研究

设计合成了苯代三聚氰胺与均苯四酸二酐缩聚物, 及不同侧链的p-π共轭缩聚物, 并以量子化学PM3/CIS方法为基础, 利用完全态求和(SOS)公式, 对不同侧链取代的聚酰胺酸的分子进行了几何构型优化, 并计算了其三阶非线性光学系数γ. 研究了不同侧链对聚合物三阶非线性性能的影响. 这些结果对合成具有优良加工性能的三阶非线性光学材料是有一定的指导作用.     

Vibronisches Spektralverhalten von Molekülen: XX. Theoretische Untersuchung der S2←S0-Absorption des Pyrens im Rahmen der Herzberg-Teller-Näherung erster Ordnung

Summary On the basis of the completely-optimized S₀ and S₂ molecular geometries of pyrene the vibrational structure of the electronic S₂S₀ transition was calculated within both the Condon approach and the first-order Herzberg-Teller approach. The theoretical results demonstrate the significant influence of vibronic coupling. An analysis of the active vibrational modes is given. The theory-experiment comparison within the Herzberg-Teller approach is satisfactory.

     

Theoretical study of PO and PO−

The diatomic systems, PO and PO^– are studied, using numerical Hartree-Fock (NHF) and coupled-cluster calculations. The latter employs a hybrid NHF and Slater orbital basis set. Highly accurate CCSD methods predict bond lengths accurate to <0.004 Å and frequencies to 60 cm^–1. In addition the electron affinity of PO is computed to be 0.89 eV compared to an experimental value of 1.09±0.01. Comparisons are made with SCF and MBPT(2) results for PO⁺ using conventional basis sets.Dedicated to Professor J. Koutecký on the occasion of his 65th birthdayGuggenheim Fellow     

Topological properties of the electronic density of CO-MgF2 and OC-MgF2 adducts

By means of Bader's approach on topological properties of the electronic density, the major stability of the O-bonded adduct over the C-bonded one between MgF₂ and CO is reinforced.     

Modeling of serine protease prototype reactions with the flexible effective fragment potential quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical method

A complete cycle of chemical transformations for the serine protease prototype reaction is modeled following calculations with the flexible effective fragment quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) method. The initial molecular model is based on the crystal structure of the trypsin–bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor complex including all atoms of the enzyme within approximately 15–18 Å of the oxygen center O of the catalytic serine residue. Several selections of the QM/MM partitioning are considered. Fractions of the side chains of the residues from the catalytic triad (serine, histidine and aspartic acid) and a central part of a model substrate around the C–N bond to be cleaved are included into the QM subsystem. The remaining part, or the MM subsystem, is represented by flexible chains of small effective fragments, whose potentials explicitly contribute to the Hamiltonian of the QM part, but the corresponding fragment–fragment interactions are described by the MM force fields. The QM/MM boundaries are extended over the C–C bonds of the peptides assigned to the QM subsystem in the enzyme, C–C and C–N bonds in model substrates. Multiple geometry optimizations have been performed by using the RHF/6-31G method in the QM part and OPLSAA or AMBER sets of MM parameters, resulting in a series of stationary points on the complex potential-energy surfaces. All structures generally accepted for the serine protease catalytic cycle have been located. Energies at the stationary points found have been recomputed at the MP2/6-31+G^* level for the QM part in the protein environment. Structural changes along the reaction path are analyzed with special attention to hydrogen-bonding networks. In the case of a model substrate selected as a short peptide CH₃(NHCO-CH₂)₂ – HN–CO–(CH₂–NHCO)CH₃ the computed energy profile for the acylation step shows too high activation energy barriers. The energetics of this rate-limiting step is considerably improved, if more realistic model for the substrate is considered, following the motifs of the ThrI11–GlyI12–ProI13-–CysI14–LysI15–AlaI16–ArgI17–IleI18–IleI19 sequence of the bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor.     

DNA-mediated coordinative assembly of upconversion hetero-nanostructures for targeted dual-modality imaging of cancer cells

We reported a simple and universal strategy for DNA-mediated assembly of CdTe quantum dots (QDs) and lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs). Such DNA-QD/UCNPs heterostructures not only maintains both fluorescent properties of QDs and upconversion luminescence behaviors of UCNPs, but also offers a polyvalent DNA surface, allowing for targeted dual-modality imaging of cancer cells using an aptamer     

Electronic spectral and photophysical properties of some p-phenylenevinylene oligomers in solution and thin films

A comprehensive photophysical and spectroscopic study of a new class of p-phenylenevinylene oligomers (PPV-trimers) possessing different alkyl and alkyloxy sidechain substituents and different end groups (aldehyde, CC, phenylene and anthracene units) was undertaken in solution at room temperature (293 K), low temperature (77 K) and in thin films. The study comprises absorption, emission and triplet–triplet absorption spectra, together with quantitative measurements of quantum yields (fluorescence, intersystem crossing, internal conversion and singlet oxygen formation) and lifetimes. The data allow the determination of rate constants for all decay processes. From these, several conclusions could be drawn. Changing from alkyl to alkyloxy substituents does not change fluorescence and internal conversion yields but decreases the (already small) intersystem crossing yield. The introduction of anthracene at the terminal ends of the PPV-trimers leads to the lowest fluorescence yield reported in this study. Of particular importance is the fact that the fluorescence quantum yields in films are of the same order of magnitude as those in solution, which suggests the potential for use of these oligomers for light-emitting device applications. With one of the alkyloxy derivatives, a more detailed study of the early part of the fluorescence decay was made, and it was found that upon excitation a fast conformational relaxation process of the initially excited oligomer occurs, leading to a more planar conjugation segment.