A new computational strategy has been applied to the conformational and spectroscopic properties in the gas phase of amino acids with very distinctive features, ranging from different tautomeric forms (histidine) to ring puckering (proline), and heteroaromatic structures with non-equivalent rings (tryptophan). The integration of modern double-hybrid functionals and wave-function composite methods has allowed us to obtain accurate results for a large panel of conformers with reasonable computer times. The remarkable agreement between computations and microwave experiments allows an unbiased interpretation of the latter in terms of stereoelectronic effects.

DFT Meets Wave-Function Methods for Accurate Structures and Rotational Constants of Histidine, Tryptophan, and Proline

Barone, Vincenzo
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Uribe Grajales, Lina Marcela;Mendolicchio, Marco
2023

Abstract

A new computational strategy has been applied to the conformational and spectroscopic properties in the gas phase of amino acids with very distinctive features, ranging from different tautomeric forms (histidine) to ring puckering (proline), and heteroaromatic structures with non-equivalent rings (tryptophan). The integration of modern double-hybrid functionals and wave-function composite methods has allowed us to obtain accurate results for a large panel of conformers with reasonable computer times. The remarkable agreement between computations and microwave experiments allows an unbiased interpretation of the latter in terms of stereoelectronic effects.
2023
Settore CHIM/02 - Chimica Fisica
Settore CHEM-02/A - Chimica fisica
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