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Nitrogen


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants

in Alanine


 








 








 








Calculations of the 14N nqcc tensors in the conformers of alanine shown below were made on ropt  molecular structures given by MP2/6-311++G(d,p) and B3LYP/cc-pVTZ optimization.


 















































Conformer I

Conformer IIa


 








Calculated and experimental [1] nqcc's are compared in Tables 1 and 2.  Structure parameters are given here in Z-matrix format.  Rotational are given in Table 3.

 








In Table 1 and 2, subscripts a,b,c refer to the principal axes of the inertia tensor; x,y,z to the principal axes of the nqcc tensor.  ETA = (Xxx - Xyy)/Xzz.

RMS is the root mean square difference between calculated and experimental diagonal nqcc's (percentage of the average of the magnitudes of the experimental nqcc's).  RSD is the calibration residual standard deviation of the B3PW91/6-311+G(df,pd) model for calculation of the nitrogen efg's/nqcc's.

 








 
   








Table 1.  14N nqcc's in Alanine, conformer I (MHz).  Calculation was made on MP2/6-311++G(d,p) and B3LYP/cc-pVTZ ropt  molecular structures.
   










Calc /MP2

Calc /B3LYP
Expt [1]

   








Xaa -
3.361
-
3.574
-
3.2567(11)


Xbb
1.924

1.988

2.0093(16)


Xcc
1.437

1.586

1.2474(16)


Xab
2.414

2.400




Xac -
1.535
-
1.187




Xbc
0.505

0.382




 








RMS

0.134 (6.1 %)

0.268 (12.3 %)




RSD
0.030 (1.3 %)

0.030 (1.3 %)



 







Xxx
1.854

1.829




Xyy
2.867

2.884




Xzz -
4.721
-
4.713




ETA
0.215

0.224




 








 








 








   








Table 2.  14N nqcc's in Alanine, conformer IIa (MHz).  Calculation was made on MP2/6-311++G(d,p) and B3LYP/cc-pVTZ ropt  molecular structures.
   










Calc /MP2
Calc /B3LYP
Expt [1]

   








Xaa
0.781

0.493

0.4515(17)


Xbb
0.261

0.360

0.3267(21)


Xcc -
1.042
-
0.853
-
0.7782(21)


Xab
2.049

2.219




Xac -
1.940
-
2.093




Xbc
2.373

2.256




 








RMS

0.246 (47.5 %)

0.053 (10.3 %)




RSD
0.030 (1.3 %)
0.030 (1.3 %)



 







Xxx
1.772

1.786




Xyy
2.596

2.650




Xzz -
4.368
-
4.436




ETA
0.189

0.195




 








 








 













Table 3.  Alanine.  Rotational Constants (MHz).






Calc /MP2 Calc /B3LYP     Expt [1]





  Conformer I A 5074.
5072.
5066.14560(42)

B 3050.
3052.
3100.95058(29)

C 2298.
2275.
2264.01342(24)

 


  Conformer IIa A 4993.
4976.
4973.05578(61)

B 3197.
3225.
3228.33792(45)

C 2344.
2299.
2307.8087(34)


 








 








[1] S.Blanco, A.Lesarri, J.C.López, and J.L.Alonso, J.Am.Chem.Soc. 126,11675(2004).


 








 








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