Abstract :
[en] Dimers (water-methanol, guanine-cytosine) as well as trimers (methanol-water-imidazole, formamide-methylformate-formamide), are studied as H-bonded complexes of increasing complexity. All the investigated conformations have been fully optimized. In particular, it is the first time that all the intra- and intermolecular parameters of the guanine-cytosine complex are left variable. In minimal basis sets, the planar conformation has been found to be a first-order critical point. The minimal basis set MINI-1 has been adapted to provide nearly planar amides. The stability of the complexes is accounted for by four energy components of the same order: the first-order term (electrostatic + exchange), the polarization, the charge transfer and the correlation terms. In the case of the studied trimers, the energy components, apart from the electrostatic one, have been found to be nearly additive.
Funders :
FRSM - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique Médicale
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique
BELSPO - SPP Politique scientifique - Service Public Fédéral de Programmation Politique scientifique
DGTRE - Région wallonne. Direction générale des Technologies, de la Recherche et de l'Énergie
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