DFT and MP2 investigations of L-proline and its hydrated complexes.
A theoretical study of L-proline-nH(2)O (n = 1-3) has been performed using the hybrid DFT-B3LYP and MP2 methods together with the 6-311++G(d,p) basis set. The results show that the P2 conformer is energetically favorable when forming a hydrated structure, and the hydration of the carboxyl group leads to the greatest stability. For hydrated complexes, the adiabatic and vertical singlet-triplet excitation energies tend to decrease with the addition of water molecules. The hydration energy indicates that in the hydrated complexes the order of stability is: binding site 2 > binding site 1 > binding site 3, and binding site 12 > binding site 23 > binding site 13. As water molecules are added, the stabilities of these hydrated structures gradually increase. In addition, an infrared frequency analysis indicated that there are some differences in the low-frequency range, which are mainly dominated by the O-H stretching or bending vibrations of different water molecules. All of these results should aid our understanding of molecular behavior and provide reference data for further studies of biological systems.
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Weinan Teachers University, Weinan, Shaanxi 714000, People's Republic of China. lixiaojun0@yahoo.com.cn
Xiao-Jun
XJ
Li
Zhi-Jian
ZJ
Zhong
Hai-Zhen
HZ
Wu
D008962:Models, Theoretical; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011392:Proline / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
D014867:Water; D011392:Proline
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