title: Theoretical study of the enthalpies of formation for C40H56 carotenes.
abstract: Theoretical study of the enthalpies of formation (DeltaHf) for polyenes up to nine ethylene units and for several C40H56 carotenes including beta-carotene, alpha-carotene, lycopene, and prolycopene is presented. For polyenes and small branched alkenes, we used G2, G3, and G3MP2B3 theories, and the DeltaHf values were evaluated with the atomization, isodesmic bond separation, and homodesmic schemes. The applicability of six DFT functionals were evaluated by comparing their predictions with those obtained using G3 theory within the atomization scheme. Additivity approaches, including atom equivalents and group equivalents using DFT and semiempirical theories, were explored. We found that group equivalents associated with isodesmic reactions are able to provide the most accurate predictions within the test set. The predictions from the six functionals are in good agreement with the G3 results. Among them, B3LYP performs the best, with an average absolute deviation of only 0.30 kcal/mol. The application of DFT in the prediction for the DeltaHf value of C40H56 carotenes is promising.
authors: Department of Chemistry, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua 50058, Taiwan.
authors: Cheng-Yi
authors: CY
authors: Tu
authors: Wen-Hsin
authors: WH
authors: Guo
authors: Ching-Han
authors: CH
authors: Hu
mesh_terms: D002338:Carotenoids / Q000737:chemistry*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D002338:Carotenoids