Density functional calculations on cyclodextrins

Autor: Walter Snor, Helmut Viernstein, Peter Wolschann, Elisabeth Liedl, Petra Weiss-Greiler, Alfred Karpfen
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly. 139:363-371
ISSN: 1434-4475
0026-9247
DOI: 10.1007/s00706-007-0811-2
Popis: Conformations of α-, β-, and γ-CDs under anhydrous conditions in the gas phase were investigated by a density functional method, B3LYP/6-31G(d,p). These calculations resulted in several symmetric conformations with different energies. The lowest energy conformations contain two rings of homodromic hydrogen bonds and are referred to “one-gate-closed” conformations. Different orientations of hydrogen bonds lead to four minima. Other conformational minima were found for “open” conformations which correspond to some extent to experimentally determined structures.
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