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Nitrogen


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants

in Phenylalanine


 








 








 








Calculations of the 14N nqcc tensors in the conformers of phenylalanine shown below were made on ropt  molecular structures given by MP2/6-311++G(d,p) and B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) optimization.


 

































































Conformer IIa

Conformer IIb


 








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 Phenylalanine, conformer IIa (MHz).  Calculation was made on MP2/6-311++G(d,p) and B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) ropt  molecular structures.
   










Calc /MP2

Calc /B3P86
Expt [1]

   








Xaa
0.271
-
0.219
-
0.283(16)


Xbb
0.852

1.392

1.257(55)


Xcc -
1.123
-
1.173
-
0.992(39)


Xab -
1.163
-
1.040




Xac
2.385

2.653




Xbc
2.473

2.003




 








RMS

0.410 (48. %)

0.130 (15. %)




RSD
0.030 (1.3 %)

0.030 (1.3 %)



 







Xxx
1.658

1.658




Xyy
2.653

2.599




Xzz -
4.311
-
4.257




ETA
0.231

0.221




 








 








 








   








Table 2.  14N nqcc's in Phenylalanine, conformer IIa (MHz).  Calculation was made on MP2/6-311++G(d,p) and B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) ropt  molecular structures.
   










Calc /MP2
Calc /B3P86
Expt [1]

   








Xaa -
0.604
-
1.024
-
0.777(22)


Xbb -
0.347

0.226

0.0695(36)


Xcc
0.951

0.798

0.7075(14)


Xab -
2.592
-
2.523




Xac -
1.420
-
1.647




Xbc -
2.070
-
1.906




 








RMS

0.296 (57. %)

0.177 (34. %)




RSD
0.030 (1.3 %)
0.030 (1.3 %)



 







Xxx
1.651

1.666




Xyy
2.590

2.558




Xzz -
4.242
-
4.224




ETA
0.222

0.211




 








 








 













Table 3.  Phenylalanine.  Rotational Constants (MHz).






Calc /MP2 Calc /B3P86     Expt [1]





  Conformer IIa A 1657.6
1687.0
1666.0436(14)

B   649.9
  634.5
  638.56314(12)

C   580.4
  566.3
  568.76843(15)

 


  Conformer IIb A 2451.2
2474.0
2457.05490(48)

B   464.2
  462.7
  460.659722(79)

C   429.0
  425.1
  424.74604(13)


 








 








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


 








 








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