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Multiscale Sampling of a Heterogeneous Water/Metal Catalyst Interface using Density Functional Theory and Force-Field Molecular Dynamics
Published on: April 12, 2019
Modulating weak interactions for molecular recognition: a dynamic combinatorial analysis for assessing the
Ester Jiménez-Moreno1, Ana M Gómez, Agatha Bastida
1Departamento de Química Bio-orgánica, Instituto de Química Orgánica General (IQOG-CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, E-28006 Madrid (Spain).
Abstract:
Electrostatic and charge-transfer contributions to CH-π complexes can be modulated by attaching electron-withdrawing substituents to the carbon atom. While clearly stabilizing in the gas phase, the outcome of this chemical modification in water is more difficult to predict. Herein we provide a definitive and quantitative answer to this question employing a simple strategy based on dynamic combinatorial chemistry.
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