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Quantum chemical methods have been used to study the conformational and electronic properties of sulfanilamide and derivatives with antibacterial activity. Calculations at B3LYP/6-311++G(3df,2p) level of theory predict the existence of four conformers for sulfanilamide depending on the orientation of p-amino and amide groups. Focusing on the sulfonamide moiety, amide NH(2) and SO(2) groups could exist either in an eclipsed or staggered arrangement. Gas-phase results predict the eclipsed conformer to be most stable but opposite to what has been rationalized previously, no stabilizing hydrogen bonds between those groups has been found through NBO analysis. When solvent effect is taken into account through the IEF-PCM method, staggered conformer is preferred; in fact, eclipsed conformation changed when explicit solvent molecules were included. Conformational analysis of all derivatives has shown two global minima which are specular images. Five out of the seven derivatives studied adopted a particular minimum energy conformation with very similar geometries.
Assuntos
Antibacterianos/química , Elétrons , Conformação Molecular , Sulfanilamidas/química , Algoritmos , Simulação por Computador , Eletroquímica , Ligação de Hidrogênio , Modelos Moleculares , TermodinâmicaRESUMO
A mechanism for the reaction of the NO(3) radical with the simplest alkene, ethene, is proposed. The mechanism involves three paths leading to three main different products: oxirane, ethanal, and nitric acid. The three paths start from the same initial intermediate, an NO(3)-ethene adduct. The calculated energy barriers show that the oxirane is the product kinetically more favored. Initial analysis of the potential energy surface was made at AM1 level. Then, the geometries and characterization of the found stationary points on the surface were refined at ROHF level with a 6-31G basis set. Further refinement was carried out at CASSCF level with the same basis set, and an active space was built with five active electrons in six active orbitals.
