Bridging Calorimetry and Simulation through Precise Calculations of Cucurbituril–Guest Binding Enthalpies
| Autor: | Andrew T. Fenley, Niel M. Henriksen, Michael K. Gilson, Hari S. Muddana |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Steric effects
Aqueous solution 010304 chemical physics Chemistry Isothermal titration calorimetry Nanotechnology macromolecular substances Calorimetry 010402 general chemistry 01 natural sciences Article 0104 chemical sciences Computer Science Applications Microsecond Molecular dynamics Computational chemistry Cucurbituril 0103 physical sciences Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Dispersion (chemistry) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation |
| ISSN: | 1549-9626 1549-9618 |
| Popis: | We used microsecond time scale molecular dynamics simulations to compute, at high precision, binding enthalpies for cucurbit[7]uril (CB7) with eight guests in aqueous solution. The results correlate well with experimental data from previously published isothermal titration calorimetry studies, and decomposition of the computed binding enthalpies by interaction type provides plausible mechanistic insights. Thus, dispersion interactions appear to play a key role in stabilizing these complexes, due at least in part to the fact that their packing density is greater than that of water. On the other hand, strongly favorable Coulombic interactions between the host and guests are compensated by unfavorable solvent contributions, leaving relatively modest electrostatic contributions to the binding enthalpies. The better steric fit of the aliphatic guests into the circular host appears to explain why their binding enthalpies tend to be more favorable than those of the more planar aromatic guests. The present calculations also bear on the validity of the simulation force field. Somewhat unexpectedly, the TIP3P water yields better agreement with experiment than the TIP4P-Ew water model, although the latter is known to replicate the properties of pure water more accurately. More broadly, the present results demonstrate the potential for computational calorimetry to provide atomistic explanations for thermodynamic observations. |
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