Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (5): 907.

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Density Functional Calculation and Monte Carlo Simulation of Solvating Effect of Tautomerism and Proton Transfer of 2-Amino-2-imidazoline

XUE Ying1, ZHANG Hui1, XIE Dai-Qian1,2, YAN Guo-Sen1   

  1. 1. Key Lab of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China;
    2. Institute of Theretical and Computational Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • Received:2004-06-18 Online:2005-05-10 Published:2005-05-10

Abstract: The density functional theory and Monte Carlo simulation were used to study the tautomerism and proton transfer of 2-amino-2-imidazoline in the gas phase and in water. Two reaction pathways, the direct and water-assisted transfers, were considered. The optimized geometrical structures and thermodynamic properties of stationary points for the reaction system in the gas phase were calculated at B3LYP/6-311+G~(**) level of the theory. The study of solvating effect of water on the proton transfer of 2-amino-2-imidazoline indicates that water as the solvent is favorable for the water-assisted process and slows the rate of the direct transfer pathway.

Key words: 2-Amino-2-imidazoline, Proton transfer, Effect of solvent, Monte Carlo simulation

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