Spartan Student Tutorials

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Table of Contents 1. Basic Operations.......................................................................1 2. Acrylonitrile: Building an Organic Molecule.........................13 3. Sulfur Tetrafluoride: Building an Inorganic Molecule............22 4. Infrared Spectrum of Acetone.................................................26 5. Benzene Chromium Tricarbonyl.............................................30 6. Proton NMR Spectrum of 2-Norbornene................................33 7.

C NMR Spectrum of Coumarin............................................38

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8. Weak vs. Strong Acids............................................................42 9. Internal Rotation in n-Butane..................................................46 10. Ene Reaction...........................................................................49 11. SN2 Reaction of Bromide and Methyl Chloride......................53 12. Polypeptides and Polynucleotides...........................................57 13. Biomolecules...........................................................................62

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Basic Operations

This tutorial introduces a number of basic operations in Spartan Student required for molecule manipulation, property query and spectra and graphics display. It should be completed first. Specifically it shows how to: i) open molecules, ii) view different models and manipulate molecules on screen, iii) measure bond distances, angles and dihedral angles, iv) display energies, dipole moments, atomic charges and infrared and NMR spectra and v) display graphical surfaces and property maps. Spreadsheet operations are not illustrated, no molecules are built and no calculations are performed. 1. Start Spartan Student. Click (left mouse button) on File from the menu bar that appears at the top of Spartan Student’s main window. Click on Open... from the File menu that appears. Alternatively, click on the icon at the top of the screen. A file browser appears.

Move to the tutorials directory*, click on basic operations and click on Open (or double click on basic operations). A single file containing ethane, acetic acid dimer, propene, ammonia, hydrogen peroxide, acetic acid, water, cyclohexanone, ethylene, benzene, aniline and cyclohexenone will be opened. A ball-and-spoke model for the first molecule (ethane) will be displayed, and its name appears at the bottom right of the screen.

2. Practice rotating (move the mouse while holding down the left button) and translating (move the mouse while holding down the right button). Click on Model from the menu bar.

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Wire

Ball-and-Wire

Tube

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One after another, select Wire, Ball and Wire, Tube and finally Ball and Spoke from the Model menu. All four models for ethane show roughly the same information. The wire model looks the most like a conventional line formula. It uses color to distinguish different atoms, and one, two and three lines between atoms to indicate single, double and triple bonds, respectively.



The ball-and-wire model is identical to the wire model, except that atom positions are represented by small spheres, making it easy to identify atom locations. The tube model is identical to the wire model, except that bonds are represented by solid cylinders. The tube model is better than the wire model in conveying three-dimensional shape. The ball-and-spoke model is a variation on the tube model; atom positions are represented by colored spheres, making it easy to see atom locations.



Select Space Filling from the Model menu.

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Space-Filling

The space-filling model is different from the other models in that bonds are not shown. Rather, each atom is displayed as a colored sphere that represents its size. Thus, the space-filling model for a molecule provides a measure of its size. While lines between atoms are not drawn, the existence (or absence) of bonds can be inferred from the extent to which spheres on neighboring atoms overlap. If two spheres substantially overlap, then the atoms are almost certainly bonded, and conversely, if two spheres barely overlap, then the atoms are not bonded. Intermediate overlaps suggest weak bonding, for example, hydrogen bonding.

3. Click once on the right arrow key at the bottom left of the screen. This will move to the next molecule in the document, acetic acid dimer. Its name will appear at the bottom of the screen. If you make a mistake, use the backward or forward step keys to get to acetic acid dimer in the document. Switch to a space-filling model and look for overlap between the (OH) hydrogen on one acetic acid molecule and the (carbonyl) oxygen on the other. Return to a ball-and-spoke model and select Hydrogen Bonds from the Model menu.



Ball-and-Spoke model for acetic acid dimer with hydrogen bonds displayed



The two hydrogen bonds, that are responsible for holding the acetic acid molecules together, will be drawn.

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Use the 3 key to toggle between stereo 3D and regular display. To view in 3D you will need to wear the red/blue glasses.

4. Distances, angles, and dihedral angles can easily be measured with Spartan Student using Measure Distance, Measure Angle, and Measure Dihedral, respectively, from the Geometry menu.

a) Measure Distance: This measures the distance between two atoms. Click once on to move to the next molecule, propene, and then select Measure Distance from the Geometry menu (or click on the icon at the top of the screen). Click on a bond or on two atoms (the atoms do not need to be bonded). The distance (in Ångstroms) will be displayed at the bottom of the screen. Repeat the process for several atoms. When you are finished, select View from the Build menu (or click on the icon at the top of the screen).

b) Measure Angle: This measures the angle around a central atom. Click once on to move to the next molecule, ammonia, and then select Measure Angle from the Geometry menu (or click on the icon at the top of the screen). Click first on H, then on N, then on another H. 4

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Alternatively, click on two NH bonds. The HNH angle (in degrees) will be displayed at the bottom of the screen. Click on when you are finished. c) Measure Dihedral: This measures the angle formed by two intersecting planes, one containing the first three atoms selected and the other containing the last three atoms selected. Click once on to move to the next molecule, hydrogen peroxide, then select Measure Dihedral from the Geometry menu (or click on the icon at the top of the screen) and then click in turn on the four atoms (HOOH) that make up hydrogen peroxide. The HOOH dihedral angle will be displayed at the bottom of the screen. Click on when you are finished. 5. Energies, dipole moments and atomic charges among other calculated properties, are available from Properties under the Display menu.

a) Energy: Click once on to move to the next molecule, acetic acid, and then select Properties from the Display menu. The Molecule Properties dialog appears.

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This provides the energy for acetic acid in atomic units 5

(Energy in au). Also provided is an estimate of the energy in water (Energy(aq) in au). b) Dipole Moment: The magnitude of the dipole moment (Dipole Moment in debyes) is also provided in the Molecule Properties dialog. A large dipole moment indicates large separation of charge. You can attach the dipole moment vector, where the + side refers to the positive end of the dipole, to the model on the screen, by checking the box to the left of Display Dipole Vector near the bottom of the dialog. c) Atomic Charges: To display the charge on an atom, click on it with the Molecule Properties dialog on the screen. The Atom Properties dialog replaces the Molecule Properties dialog.



Electrostatic atomic charges are given in units of electrons. A positive charge indicates a deficiency of electrons on an atom and a negative charge, an excess of electrons. Repeat for other atoms. Confirm that the positively-charged atom(s) lie at the positive end of the dipole moment vector. When you are finished, close the dialog by clicking on at the top of the dialog.

d) Infrared Spectra: Molecules vibrate (stretch, bend, twist) even if they are cooled to absolute zero. This is the basis of infrared spectroscopy, where absorption of energy occurs when the frequency of a particular molecular motion matches the frequency of the light. Infrared spectroscopy is important for identifying molecules as different functional groups vibrate at noticeably different and characteristic frequencies. 6

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Click once on to move to the next molecule in the document, water. To animate a vibration, select Spectra from the Display menu and click on the IR tab. This leads to the IR Spectra dialog.



This displays the three vibrational frequencies for the water molecule, corresponding to bending and symmetric and antisymmetric stretching motions. One after the other, click on each frequency and examine the motion. Turn “off” the animation when you are finished.



Click once on to move to the next molecule, cyclohexanone. The Spectra dialog now lists its 45 vibrational frequencies. Examine each in turn (click on the entry in the dialog) until you locate the frequency corresponding to the CO (carbonyl) stretch. Next, click on Draw Calculated at the top of the dialog. The infrared spectrum of cyclohexanone appears.

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You can move the spectrum around the screen by first clicking on it to select it (it will turn yellow) and then moving the mouse while holding down the right button. You can size it by moving the mouse up and down while holding down both the Shift key and the right button.



Identify the line in the spectrum associated with the C=O stretch (a small red circle moves from line to line as you step through the frequencies in the Spectra dialog). Note that this line is isolated and that it is very intense, making it easy to find.



If your computer is connected to the internet, you can draw the experimental IR spectrum for cyclohexanone on top of the calculated spectrum. Select Web Site under Experimental Data From: at the bottom of the dialog and click on Draw Experimental in the middle of the dialog.



Note that the two spectra are broadly similar, but that the lines in the calculated spectrum are consistently of higher frequency. To see this more clearly, click on the calculated spectrum and move the slider bar to the right of Scale near the top of the dialog. The calculated spectrum will be uniformly scaled and it will be possible to bring it into close agreement with the experimental spectrum. Calculated and experimental spectra are automatically fit by selecting Experimental under Calculated Fit at the center of the IR Spectra dialog.

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You can remove the plot by clicking on both Delete Calculated and Delete Experimental in the Spectra dialog. (These buttons have replaced Draw Calculated and Draw Experimental, respectively.)

e) NMR Spectra: Along with mass spectrometry, NMR spectroscopy is the most powerful tool available with which to assign molecular structure. Many nuclei exhibit NMR spectra, but proton and 13C are by far the most important.

We will use cyclohexanone to illustrate 13C NMR. This is already selected so there is no need to move in the list of molecules. With the Spectra dialog on screen, click on the NMR tab to bring up the NMR Spectra dialog.



Click on Draw Calculated under 13C Spectrum to show the calculated 13C spectrum.

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This comprises four lines, corresponding to the four distinct 9

carbons. If you are connected to the internet, select Web Site under Experimental Data From: at the bottom right of the dialog and click on Draw Experimental (under 13C Spectrum) to superimpose the experimental spectrum onto the calculated one.



Remove the spectra by clicking on Delete Calculated and Delete Experimental in the NMR Spectra dialog. (These buttons have replaced Draw Calculated and Draw Experimental, respectively.)

6. Spartan Student permits display, manipulation and query of a number of important graphical quantities resulting from quantum chemical calculations. Most important are the electron density (that may reveal both the chemical bonds and how much space a molecule actually takes up), and key molecular orbitals (that provide insight into both bonding and chemical reactivity). In addition, the electrostatic potential map, an overlaying of the electrostatic potential (the attraction or repulsion of a positive charge for a molecule) onto the electron density, is valuable for describing overall molecular charge distribution as well as anticipating sites of electrophilic addition. Another indicator of electrophilic addition is provided by the local ionization potential map, an overlaying of the energy of electron removal (ionization) onto the electron density. Finally, an indicator of nucleophilic addition is provided by the LUMO map, an overlaying of the lowest-unoccupied molecular orbital (the LUMO) onto the electron density.

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Click once on to move to the next molecule, ethylene, and then select Surfaces from the Display menu. The Surfaces dialog appears. Tutorial 1



Display ethylene’s highest-occupied molecular orbital (the HOMO) as an opaque solid. Click inside the box to the left of the line homo inside the dialog. What you see is a π orbital, equally concentrated above and below the plane of the molecule. The colors (red and blue) give the sign of the orbital. Changes in sign correlate with bonding or antibonding character. You can if you wish, turn “off” the graphic by deselecting HOMO.



Click once on to move to the next molecule, benzene, and select density potential inside the Surfaces dialog. An electrostatic potential map for benzene will appear. Click on the map. The Style menu will appear at the bottom right of the screen. Select Transparent from this menu. Making the map transparent allows you to see the molecular skeleton underneath. Go back to a Solid display (Style menu) in order to clearly see color differences. The surface is colored red in the π system (by convention, indicating negative potential and the fact that this region is attracted to a positive charge), and blue in the σ system (by convention, indicating positive potential and the fact that this region is repelled by a positive charge). Bring up the Properties dialog (Display menu) and click on the surface. Click inside the box to the left of Bands in the Surface Properties dialog to replace the continuous display with a series of color bands. When you are finished, click on at the top of the Surface Properties dialog to close it.



Click once on to move to the next molecule, aniline, and select density ionization inside the Surfaces dialog. The graphic that appears, a local ionization potential map. By

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convention, red regions on the density surface indicate areas from which electron removal (ionization) is relatively easy, meaning that they are subject to electrophilic attack. These are easily distinguished from regions where ionization is relatively difficult (by convention, colored blue). Note that the ortho and para ring carbons are more red than the meta carbons, consistent with the known directing ability of the amino substituent.

Click once on to move to the next molecule, cyclohexenone, and select LUMO in the Surfaces dialog. The resulting graphic portrays the lowest-energy empty molecular orbital (the LUMO) of cyclohexenone. This orbital is delocalized onto several atoms and it is difficult to tell where exactly a pair of electrons (a nucleophile) will attack the molecule.



A clearer portrayal is provided by a LUMO map, that displays the (absolute) value of the LUMO on the electron density surface. By convention, the color blue is used to represent maximum value of the LUMO and the color red, minimum value. First, remove the LUMO from your structure (select LUMO in the Surfaces dialog) and then turn on the LUMO map (select density |LUMO| in the dialog). Note that there are two blue regions, one directly over the carbonyl carbon and the other over the β carbon. This is entirely consistent with known chemistry. Enones may either undergo carbonyl addition or conjugate (Michael) addition. HO

O

CH3 CH3Li



carbonyl addition

O (CH3)2CuLi

Michael addition

CH3

7. When you are finished, close the document by selecting Close from the File menu or alternatively by clicking on the icon at the top of the screen.

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Acrylonitrile: Building an Organic Molecule

This tutorial illustrates use of the organic model kit, as well as the steps involved in examining and querying different molecular model styles and in carrying out a quantum chemical calculation. The simplest building blocks incorporated into Spartan Student’s organic model kit are atomic fragments. These constitute specification of atom type, for example, carbon, and local environment, for example, tetrahedral. However, much of organic chemistry is organized around functional groups, collections of atoms, the structure and properties of which are roughly the same in every molecule. The organic model kit also incorporates a small library of functional groups that can easily be extended or modified. For example, the carboxylic acid group may be modified to build a carboxylate anion (by deleting a free valence from oxygen), or an ester (by adding tetrahedral carbon to the free valence at oxygen). O

C R

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O

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carboxylic acid

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O O–

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carboxylate anion

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Acrylonitrile provides a good opportunity to illustrate the basics of molecule building in Spartan Student, as well as the steps involved in carrying out and analyzing a quantum chemical calculation. H H

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Spartan Student includes a subset of approximately 5,000 molecules from the full Spartan Molecular Database (SMD) which comprises more than 150,000 molecules along with their structures, energies, spectra and properties calculated with up to 10 theoretical models.

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1. Click with the left mouse button on File from the menu bar. Then click on New from the menu that appears (or click on the icon at the top of the screen). The organic model kit appears.



At the center of the kit is a library of atomic fragments. Click on trigonal planar sp2 hybridized carbon from the fragment library. A model of the fragment appears at the top of the model kit. Bring the cursor anywhere on screen and click. Rotate the carbon fragment (drag the mouse while holding down the left button) so that you can clearly see both the double free valence (=) and the two single free valences (–). Spartan Student’s model kits connect atomic fragments (as well as groups, rings and ligands) through free valences. Any free valences that remain upon exiting a model kit are automatically converted to hydrogen atoms; it is not necessary to explicitly add hydrogens to open valences.

2. sp2 carbon is still selected. Click on the double free valence. The two fragments are connected by a double bond, leaving you with ethylene. The name “ethylene” will appear at the bottom right of the screen. If you make a mistake and click instead on the single free valence, select Undo from the Edit menu. You can also start over by selecting Clear from the Edit menu. 14

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Spartan Student’s organic model kit allow only the same type of free valences to be connected, for example, single to single, double to double, etc.

3. Click on Groups in the model kit, and select Cyano from the functional groups available from the menu.



Click on any of the four single free valences on ethylene (they are equivalent). This bonds the cyano group to ethylene, leaving you with acrylonitrile.* Its name will now appear at the bottom right of the screen.

4. Select Minimize from the Build menu (or click on the icon at the top of the screen). The final molecular mechanics energy (36.2 kJ/mol) and symmetry point group (Cs) are provided at the bottom right of the screen. 5. Select View from the Build menu (or click on the icon at the top of the screen). The model kit disappears, leaving only a ball-and-spoke model of acrylonitrile on screen.

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ball-and-spoke model

This model can be rotated, translated and zoomed by using the mouse in conjunction with keyboard functions. To rotate the model, drag the mouse while holding down the left button; to rotate in the plane of the screen also hold down the Shift key. To translate the model, drag the mouse with the right button depressed. To zoom the model (translation perpendicular to the screen), use the center mouse wheel (scroll wheel) if available, or hold down the Shift key in addition to the right button while dragging the mouse up (zoom in) or down (zoom out).

6. Select Configure... from the Model menu, and click to select Mass Number under Atom in the Configure dialog that appears.



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7. Select Calculations... from the Setup menu, and perform the following operations in the Calculations dialog which appears.



Select Equilibrium Geometry from the leftmost menu to the right of Calculate. This specifies optimization of equilibrium geometry. Select Hartree-Fock and then 3-21G from the middle and right menus to the right of Calculate. This specifies a Hartree-Fock calculation using the 3-21G split-valence basis set. This method generally provides a reliable account of geometries. When you finish, click on OK to remove the dialog.

8. Select Submit from the Setup menu.* A file browser appears.



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The name acrylonitrile will be presented to you in the box to the right of File name. Either use it or type in whatever name

You could also have clicked on Submit inside the Calculations dialog.

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you like and then click on Save.* You will be notified that the calculation has been submitted.



Click on OK to remove the message from the screen. After a molecule has been submitted, and until the calculation has completed, you are not permitted to modify any dialogs or other information associated with it.

9. You will be notified when the calculation has completed.



Click on OK to remove the message from the screen. Select Output from the Display menu. A window containing text output for the job appears.

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Proper names will automatically be provided for you to accept, modify or replace whenever the molecule exists in the Spartan Molecular Database and where the document being submitted contains only one molecule. Otherwise the names “spartan1”, “spartan2”, etc., will be provided. Tutorial 2



You can scan the output from the Hartree-Fock calculation by using the scroll bar at the right of the window or by clicking (left button) on or inside the output window and using the scroll wheel on your mouse. The information at the top of the dialog includes the task, basis set, number of electrons, charge and multiplicity, as well as further details of the calculation. Below this is the symmetry point group of the molecule that was maintained during the optimization.



Eventually, a series of lines appear, under the heading “Optimization”. These tell the history of the optimization process. Each line (or “Step”) provides results for a particular geometry. Ideally, the energy will monotonically approach a minimum value for an optimized geometry. If the geometry was not optimized satisfactorily an error message, such as: “Optimization has exceeded N steps – Stop”, will be displayed following the last optimization cycle. If this were the case, you would have been notified that the job had failed, rather than seeing the “completed” message dialog.



Near the end of the output is the final energy (-168.82040 atomic units for acrylonitrile with the 3-21G basis set), and the computation time. Click on at the top of the output dialog to close it.



You may examine the total energy and dipole moment among other calculated properties without having to go through the output. Select Properties from the Display menu to bring up the Molecule Properties dialog.



To see the dipole moment vector (indicating the sign and

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direction of the dipole moment), check the box to the right of Display Dipole Vector. (wire, ball-and-wire or tube models are best for this display.)



Uncheck the box to remove the dipole moment vector.



Click on an atom. The (Molecule Properties) dialog will be replaced by the Atom Properties dialog.



Among other things, this provides atomic charges. To obtain the charge on another atom, simply click on it. Inspect all the atomic charges on acrylonitrile (by clicking on the appropriate atoms). When you are finished, click on at the top of the Atom Properties dialog to close it.

10. Select Surfaces from either the Setup or Display menu. Click on Add... (at the bottom of the Surfaces dialog that results) to bring up the Add Surface dialog.

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Select density from the Surface menu and potential from the Property menu. This requests an electrostatic potential map (an electron density surface onto which the value of the electrostatic potential will be mapped). Click on OK. A line density potential appears at the top of the dialog. If you make a mistake, click on this line (select density potential) and then click on Delete at the bottom of the dialog.

11. The graphics calculation will run without needing to submit the job following your request. When it has completed, select density potential by clicking in the selection box in the Surfaces dialog. The surface itself corresponds to the electron density and provides a measure of the overall size and shape of acrylonitrile. The colors indicate values of the electrostatic potential on this surface; by convention, colors toward red correspond to negative potential (stabilizing interaction between the molecule and a positive charge), while colors toward blue correspond to positive potential. The nitrogen (the most electronegative atom) is red and the hydrogens (the most electropositive atoms) are blue. 12. Select Close from the File menu (or click on ) to remove acrylonitrile from the screen.* Also, close any open dialogs.

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Sulfur Tetrafluoride: Building an Inorganic Molecule

This tutorial illustrates the use of the inorganic model kit for molecule building. It also shows how molecular models may be used to quantify concepts from more qualitative treatments. Organic molecules are made up of a relatively few elements and generally obey conventional valence rules. They may be easily built using the organic model kit. However, many molecules incorporate other elements, or do not conform to normal valence rules, or involve ligands. They cannot be constructed using the organic model kit. Sulfur tetrafluoride is a good example. F S F

F F

sulfur tetrafluoride

The unusual “see-saw” geometry observed for the molecule is a consequence of the fact that the “best” (least crowded) way to position five electron pairs around sulfur is in a trigonal bipyramidal arrangement. The lone pair assumes an equatorial position so as to least interact with the remaining electron pairs. The rationale behind this is that a lone pair is “bigger” than a bonding electron pair. Sulfur tetrafluoride provides the opportunity to look at the bonding and charges in a molecule which “appears” to have an excess of electrons around its central atom (ten instead of eight), as well as to look for evidence of a lone pair. 1. Bring up the inorganic model kit by clicking on and then clicking on the Inorganic tab at the top of the (organic) model kit. 22

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The inorganic model kit comprises an atom bar (clicking on which bring up the Periodic Table*) followed by a selection of atomic hybrids, then bond types, and finally Rings, Groups, Ligands, More and Clipboard menus (all except for Ligands are the same as found in the organic model kit).

2. Click on the atom bar to bring up the Periodic Table.



Select (click on) S in the Periodic Table and the five coordinate trigonal bipyramid structure from the list of atomic hybrids. Click on screen. A trigonal bipyramid sulfur will appear at the top of the model kit.

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the one-coordinate entry from the list of atomic hybrids. One after the other, click on both axial free valences of sulfur, and two of the three equatorial free valences. 4. It is necessary to delete the remaining free valence (on an equatorial position); otherwise it will become a hydrogen. Click on and then click on the remaining equatorial free valence. 5. Click on

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6. Select Calculations... from the Setup menu. Specify calculation of Equilibrium Geometry using the Hartree-Fock 3-21G model. 7. Select Surfaces from the Setup menu. Click on Add... at the bottom of the Surfaces dialog and select HOMO from the Surface menu in the (Add Surface) dialog which appears.



Click on OK. Leave the Surfaces dialog on screen.

8. Select Submit from the Setup menu, and supply the name “sulfur tetrafluoride see-saw”. 9. After the calculations have completed, select Properties from the Display menu to bring up the Molecule Properties dialog. Next, click on sulfur to bring up the Atom Properties dialog. Is sulfur neutral or negatively charged, indicating that more than the normal complement of (eight) valence electron surrounds this atom, or is it positively charged, indicating “ionic bonding”? F S F

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the highest-occupied molecular orbital. Does it “point” in the expected direction? It is largely localized on sulfur or is there significant concentration on the fluorines? If the latter, is the orbital “bonding” or “antibonding”? 11. Build square planar SF4 as an alternative to the “see-saw” structure. Bring up the inorganic model kit ( ), select S from the Periodic Table and the four-coordinate square-planar structure from the list of atomic hybrids. Click anywhere on screen. Select F in the Periodic Table and the one-coordinate entry from the list of atomic hybrids. Click on all four free valences on sulfur. Click on and then on . 12. E nter the Calculations dialog (Setup menu) and specify calculation of equilibrium geometry using the HF/3-21G model (the same level of calculation as you used for the “see-saw” structure*). Click on Submit at the bottom of the dialog, with the name “sulfur tetrafluoride square planar”. 13. After the calculation has completed, bring up the Molecule Properties dialog (Properties from the Display menu) and note the energy. Is it actually higher (more positive) than that for the “see-saw” structure? 14. Close both molecules as well as any remaining dialogs.

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Infrared Spectrum of Acetone

This tutorial illustrates the steps required to calculate and display the infrared spectrum of a molecule. It also illustrates retrieval of the experimental spectrum from an on-line database and fitting the calculated spectrum to the experimental spectrum. Molecules vibrate in response to their absorbing infrared light. Absorption occurs only at specific wavelengths, which gives rise to the use of infrared spectroscopy as a tool for identifying chemical structures. The vibrational frequency is proportional to the square root of a quantity called a “force constant” divided by a quantity called the “reduced mass”. frequency

α

force constant reduced mass

The force constant reflects the “flatness” or “steepness” of the energy surface in the vicinity of the energy minimum. The steeper the energy surface, the larger the force constant and the larger the frequency. The reduced mass reflects the masses of the atoms involved in the vibration. The smaller the reduced mass, the larger the frequency. This tutorial shows you how to calculate and display the infrared spectrum of acetone, and explore relationships between frequency and both force constant and reduced mass. It shows why the carbonyl stretching frequency is of particular value in infrared spectroscopy. 1. Click on to bring up the organic model kit. Select sp2 carbon ( ) and click anywhere on screen. Select sp2 oxygen ( ) and click on the double free valence on carbon to make the carbonyl group. Select sp3 carbon ( ) and, one after the other, click on the two single free valences on carbon. Click on and then on . 2. Enter the Calculations dialog (from the Setup menu). Select 26

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Equilibrium Geometry from the left-hand menu to the right of Calculate and Hartree-Fock and 3-21G from the right-hand menu. Check Infrared Spectra in the center of the dialog. You have requested that an infrared spectrum be computed following optimization of geometry. Click on Submit and accept the name acetone supplied to you. 3. Select Spectra from the Display menu. Click on the IR tab in the dialog that results to bring up the IR Spectra dialog.



This contains a list of vibrational frequencies for acetone. First click on the top entry (the smallest frequency) and, when you are done examining the vibrational motion, click on the bottom entry (the largest frequency). The smallest frequency is associated with torsional motion of the methyl rotors. The largest frequency is associated with stretching motion of CH bonds. Methyl torsion is characterized by a flat potential energy surface (small force constant), while CH stretching is characterized by a steep potential energy surface (large force constant).



Locate the frequency corresponding to the CO stretch. The experimental frequency is around 1740 cm-1, but the calculations will yield a higher value (around 1940 cm-1).

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The CO stretching frequency is a good “chemical identifier” because it “stands alone” in the infrared spectrum and because it is “intense”.

4. Click on Draw Calculated to display the calculated infrared spectrum.



If you are on-line, click on Draw Experimental to also bring up the experimental spectrum (superimposed on top of the calculated spectrum).



You will note that the two are qualitatively similar, but are shifted relative to each other. To provide a best fit, click on Experimental below Fit at the top right of the IR Spectra dialog.



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Note that the calculated spectrum now closely matches the experimental spectrum. When you are done, click on Delete Calculated (which has replaced Draw Calculated) and Delete Experimental (which has replaced Draw Experimental) inside the IR Spectra dialog to remove the two spectra. Tutorial 4

5. Change all the hydrogens in acetone to deuteriums to see the effect which increased mass has on vibrational frequencies. First make a copy of “acetone” (Save As... from the File menu or click on the icon at the top of the screen). Name the copy “acetone d6” Select Properties from the Display menu and click on one of the hydrogens. Select 2 deuterium from the Mass Number menu. Repeat for the remaining five hydrogens. 6. Submit for calculation. When completed, examine the vibrational frequencies. Note that the frequencies of those motions which involve the hydrogens (in particular, the six vibrational motions corresponding to “CH stretching”) are significantly reduced over those in the non-deuterated system. 7. Close all molecules on screen in addition to any remaining dialogs.

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Benzene Chromium Tricarbonyl

This tutorial illustrates structure calculation for a simple organometallic compound. It also shows how an electrostatic potential map may be employed to assess the effect of a chromium tricarbonyl “substituent” on the charge distribution at benzene. Organic chemists know that an amino group attached to benzene adds electrons to the ring and leads to an increase in electrophilic reactivity, whereas a nitro group has the opposite effect. Knowledge of complexed substituents, for example, chromium tricarbonyl complexed to one face of benzene, is more restricted. In this tutorial, you will compare electrostatic potential maps for benzene, aniline, nitrobenzene and chromium tricarbonyl in order to classify the substituent effect of the Cr(CO)3 group and to rank it alongside of NH2 and NO2 groups.

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1. Build benzene chromium tricarbonyl. Click on and bring up the inorganic model kit. Click on the atom bar and select Cr from the Periodic Table. Select the four-coordinate tetrahedral structure from the list of atomic hybrids. Click anywhere on screen. 2. Click on Ligands in the model kit, select Benzene from the menu of available ligands.

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Click on one of the free valences on the four-coordinate chromium center.

3. Select Carbon Monoxide from the Ligands menu, and click on the remaining (three) free valences on chromium. Click on to produce a refined structure. 4. Select New Molecule (not New) from the File menu. The screen will blank. Build benzene (Benzene from the Rings menu). Click on . Again, select New Molecule from the File menu and build aniline (Benzene from the Rings menu and from the fragment panel) and click on . Select New Molecule one last time and build nitrobenzene (Benzene from the Rings menu and Nitro from the Groups menu) and click on . Click on . The document now contains four molecules, benzene chromium tricarbonyl, benzene, aniline and nitrobenzene. 5. Select Calculations... (Setup menu). Specify calculation of Equilibrium Geometry with the Semi-Empirical PM3 model. Make certain that Global Calculations (at the bottom of the dialog) is checked. You want the calculations to apply to all four molecules. Click on OK. 6. Select Surfaces (Setup or Display menu). Click on Add.... Specify density from the Surface menu, and potential from the Property menu, and click on OK. Make certain that Global Surfaces is checked. 7. Submit the job. Name it benzene chromium tricarbonyl. When completed bring up the spreadsheet (Spreadsheet from the Display menu), and check the box to the left of the label for all four entries. This allows them to be displayed simultaneously on screen. If Coupled (Model menu) is checked, remove the checkmark by selecting it. The two molecules may now be Tutorial 5

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moved independently. Orient each molecule so that you can clearly see the benzene face (exposed face in the case of the organometallic). 8. Select density potential from the Surfaces dialog. In order to better visualize and interpret the electrostatic potential map, select Properties from the Display menu and click on one of the surface maps to display the Surface Properties dialog. Adjust the property range to -150 kJ/mol to 150 kJ/mol, and make sure the Global Surfaces box is selected. Compare electrostatic potential maps for both free and complexed benzene, with attention to the exposed benzene face.* Does the Cr(CO)3 group donate or withdraw electrons from the ring? Would you expect the aromatic ring in benzene chromium tricarbonyl to be more or less susceptible to electrophilic attack than free benzene? More or less susceptible to nucleophilic attack? If the Cr(CO)3 is an electron donor, how does it rank relative to an amino group? If it is an electron acceptor, how does it rank relative to a nitro group? 9 optional 9. Repeat the calculations using a more sophisticated theoretical model, specifically the B3LYP density functional model. Make a copy of benzene chromium tricarbonyl ( ); name it benzene chromium tricarbonyl density functional. Inside the Calculations dialog, specify an Energy calculation using the B3LYP model with the 6-31G* basis set. Submit. This will require significantly more computer time than the PM3 calculation. When completed, examine the electrostatic potential maps. Are they qualitatively similar to those from the PM3 calculations? 10. Remove all molecules and dialogs from the screen.

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Proton NMR Spectrum of 2-Norbornene

This tutorial illustrates the calculation of the proton NMR spectrum for a simple organic molecule. Chemical shifts are directly evaluated but coupling constants are obtained from an empirical relationship. Proton NMR spectroscopy was the first tool available to chemists to allow definitive assignment of the molecular structures of complex organic molecules. While it has been supplanted to some extent by 13C NMR spectroscopy and more recently by routine X-ray crystallography, it remains indispensible. NMR is based on the fact that nuclei possess spins that can either align parallel or antiparallel to an applied magnetic field, giving rise to different nuclear spin states. The relative energy of these states (ΔE) depends on the nucleus and on the strength of the applied magnetic field, by way of a simple relationship: ∆E = γh/2πB0

γ is the gyromagnetic ratio (a constant for a given type of nucleus), h/2π is Planck’s constant divided by 2π and B0 is the strength of the magnetic field at the nucleus. While the two nuclear spin states are normally in equilibrium, this equilibrium can be upset by applying a second magnetic field. The absorption of energy as a function of field strength (a resonance) between the states can then be detected. The key to the utility of the magnetic resonance experiment is that the energy at which a nucleus “resonates” depends on its location in the molecule, and is different for each (chemically) distinct nucleus. The reason for this is that the applied magnetic field is weakened by electrons around the nucleus. Nuclei that are well shielded by the electron cloud will feel a lesser magnetic field than those that Tutorial 6

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are poorly shielded, and will show a smaller energy splitting. The difference, given relative to a standard, is termed a chemical shift. By convention, both proton and 13C chemical shifts (treated later in this chapter) are reported relative to tetramethylsilane (TMS) as a standard. While each unique proton in a molecule gives rise to a single line (resonance) in the spectrum, the spins on nearby nuclei add and subtract to the external magnetic field. This leads to a “splitting” of lines, the splitting pattern depending on the number of neighboring protons and their geometry. Discounting splitting, the intensity of the lines is approximately proportional to the number of equivalent protons that contribute. For example, the proton NMR spectrum of 2-norbornene shows six lines, two with unit intensity corresponding to the two different protons on the methylene bridge (C7), and four with twice the intensity corresponding to protons at C1 (C4), C2 (C3) and the two different protons on C5 (C6). 7 4

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In this tutorial, you will calculate the proton NMR spectrum of 2-norbornene and compare it with that contained in the Spectral Database of Organic Compounds (SDBS), freely-accessible on the web from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan.* 1. Build 2-norbornene. Start from cyclohexane (Rings menu), add an sp3 carbon ( ) to an axial ring position and bond to ( ) to a free valence on the opposite side of the ring. Make a double bond between the appropriate ring carbons ( ). Minimize ( ) and click on ( ). 2. The name 2-norbornene will appear at the bottom right of the screen. Click on ( ) to the left of the name, select B3LYP/6-31G* *

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from the models listed in the dialog that appears and click on Replace. Your model will be replaced by the entry from the Spartan Molecular Database. 3. Enter the Calculations dialog (Calculations from the Setup menu), and specify an Energy calculation using the B3LYP model with the 6-31G* basis set. Check NMR Spectra to the right of Compute. Click on Submit. Accept the name 2-norbornene. 4. Calculation will require a few minutes. When it has completed, proton shifts can be found in Atom Properties dialog. Select Properties from the Display menu and one after the other click on the hydrogens. Propose assignments for the six resonances observed in the experimental spectrum: 5.99, 2.84, 1.61, 1.31, 1.08 and 0.95 ppm. 5. Select Spectra from the Display menu and click on the NMR tab. The NMR Spectra dialog appears.



Click on Draw Calculated With HH Splittings (under 1H Spectrum) at the top left of the dialog. The following proton spectrum appears.

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Compare the calculated proton spectrum with that in SDBS (see below or examine it on-line).

6. You may have a difficult time seeing that the lines are split (in both calculated and observed spectra). This is because the splittings are very small relative to differences in the magnitudes of the chemical shifts themselves. Spartan Student provides a magnifier tool to assist. With the Properties dialog on screen, click on the horizontal axis of the spectra plot. Click on the Magnifier button at the bottom right of the Plot Properties dialog that results. Click on the border of the green magnifier box that results to select it. Move it (as you would any graphical object) to a position directly above the resonance around 6 ppm. The single line (due to protons on the double bond) will be split in two due to interaction (coupling) with the magnetic spins of the protons on the bridgehead carbons.

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7. Close 2-norbornene and any remaining dialogs when you are finished.

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C NMR Spectrum of Coumarin

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This tutorial illustrates calculation of a 13C NMR spectrum, matching it to the corresponding experimental spectrum accessed via an online database. It illustrates correction of the calculated spectrum for the effect of the local environment. There are several reasons why NMR spectroscopy, in particular 13 C NMR, is one of the most important analytical techniques for characterizing organic molecules. The experiment is straightforward and can be carried out rapidly. It requires relatively small samples and is non-destructive. The resulting (proton decoupled) spectrum is simple, comprising a single line (resonance) for each and every unique carbon. However, assigning 13C spectra can be problematic and prone to error, in particular, where several carbons in a molecule may be in similar environments. Directly calculated 13C chemical shifts may not in all cases be sufficiently accurate to enable definitive assignments to be made. Spartan Student allows calculated 13C chemical shifts to be corrected for the effects of local chemical environment. The variables in the correction formula are the numbers of the different kinds of directlybonded atoms, for example, the number of sp3 carbons. In this tutorial, you will compare measured 13C chemical shifts for coumarin both with those obtained directly from B3LYP/6-31G* calculations and then with corrected values. Coumarin is a good example both because it is simple enough for the experimental assignments to be unambiguous, and because several of the carbons are closely related and therefore difficult to assign.

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1. Build coumarin. Click on to the left of its name at the bottom of the screen, check B3LYP/6-31G* in the dialog that appears and click on Replace. The structure of coumarin from a B3LYP/ 6-31G* calculation will replace the one that you have built. You will still need to calculate its NMR spectrum as this is not available in the database. 2. Bring up the Calculations dialog (Setup menu) and select Energy from the left-most menu to the right of Calculate and B3LYP and 6-31G* from the two right-most menus. Check NMR Spectra to the right of Compute. Click on Submit and accept the name coumarin. 3. The calculation will require several minutes to complete. When it has completed, select Spectra from the Display menu and click on the NMR tab. The NMR Spectra dialog results.



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of the dialog is checked, and click on Draw Experimental under 13 C Spectrum at the right near the top of the dialog. In a few seconds, the experimental spectrum will appear. Make certain that the box to the left of Use Corrected Shifts is not checked (click inside of it if it is checked). Then, click on Draw Calculated at the top right of the dialog. A second spectrum in a different color will be superimposed onto the experimental spectrum.

4. Change the scale of the plot to make comparison of calculated and experimental 13C spectra easier (the scale in the above plot has already been changed). Select Properties from the Display menu and click on the horizontal plot axes. Both axes will turn gold to indicate that they are highlighted and then click on the X-Scale tab of the Plot Properties dialog that results (not shown) to pull up a dialog that allows you to change the scale.



Change the range from 225 to 0 ppm to 170 to 100 ppm. Type over each entry and press the Enter key (return key on Mac).



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5. Click on Delete Calculated inside the NMR Spectra dialog. Check the box to the left of Use Corrected Shifts and click on Draw Calculated. The calculated chemical shifts have now been empirically corrected for local environment.



You will notice that it is now much easier to visually associate lines in the two spectra.



Click on Delete Calculated and Delete Experimental to delete both calcualted and experimental spectra when you are done. Remove the NMR Spectra dialog.

6. Select Configure from the Model menu to bring up the Configure Labels dialog. (If the Labels tab is not selected, click on it.) Select Chem Shift and click on OK. Calculated (uncorrected) chemical shifts are now attached to your model. Simplify the display by removing hydrogens (and chemical shifts attached to them). Select Hydrogens from the Model menu. (To revert to the original model with hydrogens, simply select Hydrogens again.) 7. Associate each of the calculated shifts with the corresponding experimental and compute a signed error. Repeat for the corrected shifts (select Chem Shift (Cor)) in place of Chem Shift inside the Configure Labels dialog. 8. Close coumarin when you are done.

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Weak vs. Strong Acids

This shows how electrostatic potential maps may be used to distinguish between weak and strong acids, and quantify subtle differences in the strengths of closely-related acids. It also shows how information can be retrieved from Spartan’s database. Nitric and sulfuric acids are strong acids, acetic acid is a weak acid, and ethanol is a very weak acid. What these compounds have in common is their ability to undergo heterolytic bond fracture, leading to a stable anion and a “proton”. What distinguishes a strong acid from a weak acid is the stability of the anion. NO3– and HOSO3– are very stable anions, CH3CO2– is somewhat less stable and CH3CH2O– is even less so. One way to reveal differences in acidity is to calculate the energy of deprotonation for different acids, e.g., for nitric acid. HONO2

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This involves calculations on both the neutral acid and on the resulting anion (the energy of a proton is zero). An alternative approach, illustrated in this tutorial, involves comparison of electrostatic potential maps for different acids, with particular focus on the potential in the vicinity of the “acidic hydrogen”. The more positive the potential, the more likely dissociation will occur, and the stronger the acid. 1. Build nitric acid. Click on to bring up the organic model kit. Select Nitro from the Groups menu and click anywhere on screen. Add sp3 oxygen to the free valence on nitrogen. Click on . Build sulfuric acid. Select New Molecule (not New) from the File menu. Select Sulfone from the Groups menu and click anywhere on screen. Add sp3 oxygen to both free valences on sulfur. Click on . Build acetic acid. Again select New Molecule. Select Carboxylic Acid from the Groups menu and click anywhere on screen. Add sp3 carbon to the free 42

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valence at carbon. Click on . Finally, build ethanol. Select New Molecule and construct from two sp3 carbons and an sp3 oxygen. Click on , and then on . 2. Bring up the Calculations dialog and specify calculation of equilibrium geometry using the HF/6-31G* model. Click on OK. Bring up the Surfaces dialog and click on Add... (at the bottom of the dialog). Select density from the Surface menu and potential from the Property menu in the Add Surface dialog which appears. Click on OK. Leave the Surfaces dialog on screen. Submit for calculation with the name acids. 3. When completed, bring up the spreadsheet and check the box immediately to the left of the molecule label for all four entries. The four molecules will now be displayed simultaneously on screen. Select (uncheck) Coupled from the Model menu so that they may be independently manipulated, and arrange on screen such that the “acidic” hydrogens are visible. Mouse operations normally refer only to the selected molecule. To rotate/translate molecules together, hold down the Ctrl (Control) key in addition to the left/right buttons, while moving the mouse.

4. Click on density potential... inside the Surfaces dialog. Electrostatic potential maps for all four acids will be displayed. Examine the potential in the vicinity of the acidic hydrogen (one of the two equivalent acidic hydrogens for sulfuric acid). Change the scale (color) to highlight differences in this region. Select Properties (Display menu) and click on one of the maps. Type 0 and 90 inside the boxes underneath Property Range in the Surface Properties dialog. Press the Enter key (return key for Macintosh) following each data entry. “Blue” regions identify acidic sites, the more blue the greater the acidity. On this basis, rank the acid strength of the four compounds. 5. Remove acids and any open dialogs from the screen. 6. One after the other, build trichloroacetic, dichloroacetic, chloroacetic, formic, benzoic, acetic and pivalic acids. Put all into Tutorial 8

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the same document (New Molecule instead of New following the first molecule). Click on when you are finished. acid

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7. Note that the name of the presently selected molecule in the document appears at the bottom of the screen. This indicates that a calculated structure is available in Spartan’s database. Click on to the left of the name, select 3-21G from the entries and then click on Replace All in the dialog which results. Structures obtained from Hartree-Fock 3-21G calculations will replace those you have built. 8. Enter the Calculations dialog and specify an Energy calculation using the Hartree-Fock 3-21G model. Click on OK. Enter the Surfaces dialog (Surfaces under the Setup menu). Click on Add..., select density from the Surface menu and potential from the Property menu in the Add Surface dialog which appears and then click on OK. Leave the Surfaces dialog on screen. Submit for calculation. Name it carboxylic acids. 9. Bring up the spreadsheet. Expand it so that you can see all seven molecules, and that three data columns are available. Click inside the header cell for a blank column. Click on Add... at the bottom of the spreadsheet, select Name from the list of entries and click on OK. The name of each molecule will appear. Next, double click inside the header cell of an available data column, type “pKa” and press the Enter key (return key for Macintosh). Enter the experimental pKa’s. Press the Enter key (return key for Macintosh) following each entry. 10. After all calculations have completed, arrange the molecules such that the “acidic hydrogen” is visible. Check the box to the left of the Label column in the spreadsheet for each entry, and 44

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select (uncheck) Coupled from the Model menu. 11. Click on density potential... inside the Surfaces dialog to turn on the electrostatic potential map for each molecule. Click on a surface and click on the button next to Max. under the property range to post the maximum value for electrostatic potential in each molecule into the spreadsheet. Double click the resulting header cell in the spreadsheet and replace the contents with the word potential. 12. Plot experimental pKa vs. potential. Bring up the Plots dialog (Plots under the Display menu), select pKa under the X Axis menu and potential from the Y Axes list, and click on OK. The data points are connected by a cubic spline. For a least squares fit, select Properties from the Display menu, click on the curve, and select Linear LSQ from the Fit menu in the Curve Properties dialog.

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Internal Rotation in n-Butane

This tutorial illustrates the steps required to calculate the energy of a molecule as a function of the torsion angle about one of its bonds, and to produce a conformational energy diagram. Rotation by 1800 about the central carbon-carbon bond in n-butane gives rise to distinct anti and gauche staggered structures. Both of these should be energy minima (conformers), and the correct description of the properties of n-butane is in terms of a Boltzmann average of the properties of both conformers. H H

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This tutorial shows you how to calculate the change in energy as a function of the torsion angle in n-butane, place your data in a spreadsheet and make a conformational energy diagram. 1. Click on to bring up the organic model kit. Make n-butane 3 from four sp carbons. Click on to dismiss the model kit. 2. Set the CCCC dihedral angle to 00 (syn conformer). Click on . Click on the four carbon atoms in sequence. Type 0 (00) into the box to the right of dihedral... at the bottom right of the screen and press the Enter key (return key on Macintosh). 3. Select Constrain Dihedral (Geometry menu). Click again on the four carbons, and then click on at the bottom right of the screen. The icon will change to indicating a dihedral constraint. Select Properties (Display menu) and click on the constraint marker on the model. This leads to the Constraint Properties dialog. 46

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4. Check Dynamic inside the dialog. An extended form of the Constraint Properties dialog allows the constraint value to be replaced by a range of constraint values.



Leave the value of 0 (0°) in the box to the right of Value as it is, but change the contents of the box to the right of to to 180 (1800). Be sure to press the Enter key (return key on Macintosh) after you type in the value. The box to the right of Steps should contain the value 10. (If it does not, type 10 in this box and press the Enter key.) What you have specified is that the dihedral angle will be constrained first to 0°, then to 20°*, etc. and finally to 180°. Click on to dismiss the dialog.

5. Bring up the Calculations dialog and select Energy Profile from the leftmost menu to the right of Calculate, and SemiEmpirical and PM3 from the two rightmost menus. Click on Submit and accept the name n-butane. 6. When the calculations on all conformers have completed, they * The difference between constraint values is given by: (final-initial)/(steps-1). Tutorial 9

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will go into a document named n-butane.prof.M0001. Choose Yes when prompted to open the new file. (You might wish to close n-butane to avoid confusion.) Align the conformers to get a clearer view of the rotation. Select Align Molecules from the Geometry menu and, one after the other, click on either the first three carbons or the last three carbons. Then click on the Align button at the bottom right of the screen, and finally click on . Bring up the spreadsheet (Display menu), and enter both the energies relative to the 180° or anti conformer, and the CCCC dihedral angles. First, click on the label (“M0010”) for the bottom entry in the spreadsheet (this should be the anti conformer), then click on the header cell for the left most blank column, and finally, click on Add... at the bottom of the spreadsheet. Select rel. E from among the selections in the dialog which results, kJ/mol from the Energy menu and click on OK. To enter the dihedral angle constraints, select Constrain Dihedral from the Geometry menu, click on the constraint marker and click on at the bottom of the screen (to the right of the value of the dihedral angle constraint). Finally, click on . 7. Select Plots... (Display menu). Select Constraint (Con1) from the items in the X Axis menu and rel. E(kJ/mol) from the Y Axes list. Click on OK to dismiss the dialog and display a plot which, as expected, contains two energy minima.

8. Remove all molecules and dialogs from the screen.

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Ene Reaction

This tutorial illustrates the steps involved in first guessing and then obtaining a transition state for a simple chemical reaction. Following this, it shows how to produce a “reaction energy diagram”. The ene reaction involves addition of an allylic hydrogen to an electrophilic double bond. The hydrogen is transferred and a new carbon-carbon bond is formed, for example, in 1-pentene. 4 H

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The ene reaction belongs to the class of so-called pericyclic reactions which also includes such important processes as the Diels-Alder reaction and the Cope and Claisen rearrangements. In this tutorial, you will locate the transition-state for the ene reaction of ethylene and propene and show the detailed motions which the atoms undergo during the course of reaction. It is easier to start from 1-pentene (the product), rather than from the reactants. 1. Bring up the organic model kit and build 1-pentene in a conformation in which one of the terminal hydrogens on the ethyl group is poised to transfer to the terminal methylene group. Click on . 2. First, save 1-pentene as 1-pentene density functional for optional use later ( ). Also save a copy for immediate use; name it ene reaction 1-pentene. In both cases you will need to replace the suggested name (1-pentene). 3. Select Transition States from the Search menu (or click on the icon at the top of the screen). Click on bond a in the figure on the following page and then click on bond b. A curved arrow Tutorial 10

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from bond a to bond b will be drawn. H e H H H C C d a C H C H c C b H H





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Next, click on bond c and then on bond d. A second curved arrow from bonds c to d will be drawn. Finally, click on bond e and, while holding down the Shift key, click on the (methyl) hydrogen to be transferred and on the terminal (methylene) carbon to receive this hydrogen. A third curved arrow from bond e to the center of a dotted line that has been drawn between the hydrogen and oxygen will appear.

If you make a mistake, you can remove an arrow by selecting Delete from the Build menu (click on ) and then clicking on the arrow. (You will need to select to continue.) Alternatively, hold down the Delete key as you click on an arrow. With all three arrows in place, click on at the bottom right of the screen. Your structure will be replaced by a guess at the ene transition state. If the resulting structure is unreasonable, then you have probably made an error in the placement of the arrows. In this case, select Undo from the Edit menu to return to the model with the arrows and modify accordingly.

4. Enter the Calculations dialog (Setup menu), and specify calculation of transition-state geometry using the 3-21G HartreeFock model. Select Transition State Geometry from the leftmost menu to the right of Calculate, and choose Hartree-Fock and 3-21G from the two rightmost menus. Finally, check IR under Calculate. This will allow you to confirm that you have found a transition state, and that it smoothly connects reactant and product. Click on Submit. 50

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5. When the job completes, animate the motion of atoms along the reaction coordinate. Select Spectra from the Display menu and click on the IR tab. Click on the top entry in the list in the IR dialog that results. It corresponds to an imaginary frequency, and will be designated with an i in front of the number. A vibrational frequency is proportional to the square root of a quantity that reflects the curvature of the potential surface along a particular (normal) coordinate corrected for the masses of atoms involved in motion along that coordinate. At a transition state (the “top of a hill”), the curvature is negative (it “points down”). Since mass is positive, the quantity inside the square root is negative and the frequency is an imaginary number.



Is the vibrational motion consistent with an ene reaction of interest and not with some other process?

6. Controls at the bottom of the IR dialog allow for changing both the amplitude of vibration (Amp) and the number of steps that make up the motion (Steps). The latter serves as a speed control. Change the amplitude to 0.3. Type 0.3 in the box to the right of Amp and press the Enter key (return key on Macintosh). Click on Make List at the bottom of the dialog. This will give rise to a group of structures that follow the reaction coordinate from the transition state toward both reactant and product. Remove the original transition state: click on ene reaction 1-pentene (the vibrating molecule) and close it, along with the IR dialog. 7. Enter the Calculations dialog and specify calculation of Energy using the 3-21G Hartree-Fock model. Make certain that Global Calculations is checked. Next, enter the Surfaces dialog and specify evaluation of two surfaces: a density surface and a density surface onto which the electrostatic potential has been mapped (an electrostatic potential map). Click on Add . . ., select density for Surface and none for Property and click on Apply. Select density for surface and potential for Property and click on OK. Make certain that Global Surfaces is checked before you request the surfaces. Tutorial 10

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8. Submit for calculation. Name it ene reaction 1-pentene sequence. Once the job has completed, enter the Surfaces dialog and examine the surfaces that you have calculated. Select Properties from the Display menu and click on the density surface to bring up the Surface Properties dialog. Change the Isovalue to include 75% of the electron density. Repeat this procedure for the electrostatic potential map surface. For each, step through the sequence of structures ( and ) keys at the bottom of the screen) or animate the reaction ( ). Note, in particular, the changes in bonding revealed by the bond density surface. Also pay attention to the value of the potential on the migrating atom. This reflects its charge. Is it best described as a proton (blue), hydrogen atom (green) or hydride anion (red)? 9. Close ene reaction 1-pentene sequence and any open dialogs. 10 to 14 optional Methods that account for electron correlation are generally needed to furnish accurate estimates of absolute activation energies. Perform B3LYP/6-31G* density functional energy calculations on both 1-pentene and on the ene reaction transition state (using 3-21G geometries). 10. Open ene reaction 1-pentene ( ) and make a copy ( ). Name it ene reaction 1-pentene density functional. 11. Enter the Calculations dialog, and specify calculation of Energy with the B3LYP/6-31G* model. Remove the checkmark from IR. Submit the job. 12. Open 1-pentene density functional ( ). Minimize the structure and click on . Specify calculation of Equilibrium Geometry using the B3LYP 6-31G* model. Submit the job. 13. Obtain the activation energy (difference in total energies between 1-pentene and the ene reaction transition state). 14. Remove any molecules and dialogs from the screen.

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SN2 Reaction of Bromide and Methyl Chloride

This tutorial illustrates construction of an energy profile for a simple SN2 reaction. This starts from the reactants, passes through the transition state and ends up with the products. The SN2 reaction passes through a transition state in which carbon is in a trigonal bipyramid geometry and the entering and leaving groups are colinear. H

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1. First, construct methyl chloride. Then select bromine from the palette of icons in the model kit, click on the Insert button at the bottom right of the screen or hold down the Insert key (alt key on Macintosh) and click anywhere on screen. Alternatively, double click in a blank area of the screen following selection of bromine. Two detached fragments, methyl chloride and hydrogen bromide, appear on screen. Click on and then click on the free valence on bromine. Click on . Alternatively, hold down the Delete key and click on the free valence on bromine. You are left with methyl chloride and bromine atom (bromide). Manipulate the two such that bromide is poised to attack methyl chloride from the backside (as in the transition state above). (Recall that translations and rotations normally refer to both fragments, but can be made to refer to a single fragment by first clicking on the fragment and then holding down on the Ctrl key while carrying out the manipulations.) Do not minimize (If you do so by accident, select Undo from the Edit menu). Click on . Tutorial 11

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2. Click on . Click on bromide and, while holding down the Shift key, click again on bromide and then on carbon. A dotted line will be drawn from bromine to carbon, together with an arrow from bromine to the center of this line. Next, click on the CCl bond and then click on the chlorine. A second arrow from the carbon-chlorine bond to the chlorine will be drawn. Br



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3. Click on and then on the CBr bond. Replace the current CBr distance in the box at the bottom right of the screen by 3.8 (3.8Å) and press the Enter key (return key on Macintosh). You have now made a complex representing the reactant. 4. Select Constrain Distance from the Geometry menu. Click on the CBr bond, and then click on at the bottom right of the screen. The icon will change to indicating a constraint is to be applied to this distance. Next, bring up the Properties dialog and click on the constraint marker. The Constraint Properties dialog appears. Click on Dynamic. Leave the value 3.8 (3.8Å) in the box to the right of Value alone, but change the number in the box to the right of to to 1.9 (1.9Å) and press the Enter (return) key. Change the number in the box to the right of Steps from 10 (the default) to 20. 20 Calculations with CBr bond lengths constrained from 3.8Å (the starting point) to 1.9Å (the ending point) will be performed. The transition state should have a CBr distance in between these values. Dismiss the Constraint Properties dialog. 5. Enter the Calculations dialog, and select Energy Profile, Hartree-Fock and 3-21G from the menus to the right of Calculate. You need to change Total Charge to Anion. 6. Submit the job. Name it bromide+methyl chloride. When completed, it will give rise to a sequence of calculations placed in bromide+methyl chloride.Prof.M0001. You will be prompted 54

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as to whether you want to open this file. Click on Yes. 7. Bring up the Spreadsheet (Spreadsheet from the Display menu) and click on Add.... Select E from among the quantities listed at the top of the dialog, kJ/mol from the Energy menu, and click on OK. Next, enter the (constrained) CBr distances and bromine charges in the spreadsheet. Select Constrain Distance from the Geometry menu, click on the constraint marker and click on at the bottom right of the screen. Click on . Bring up the Properties dialog. Click on bromine and click on to the left of Electrostatic under Charges in the Properties dialog. Finally, bring up the Plots dialog, and select Constraint (Con1) (the distance at which the CBr bond has been constrained) from the X Axis menu, and both E (kJ/mol) and Electrostatic (Br1) from the Y Axes list. Click on OK.

One plot gives the energy as the reaction proceeds and the other gives charge on bromine. Are the two related? Explain.

8. SN2 reactions involving charged species normally need to be carried out in highly-polar media, for example, water. Add aqueous phase data (based on the empirical SM5.4 model) to the spreadsheet. Click on an empty column header, click on Add..., select Eaq from the list of available quantities (kJ/mol from the Energy menu), and click on OK. Bring up the Plots dialog and select Constraint (Con1) from the X Axis and Eaq(kJ/mol) from the Y Axes list. Click on OK.

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9 to 12 optional 9. With bromide+methyl chloride.Prof.M0001 selected, enter the Calculations dialog. Specify an Energy calculation using the Hartree-Fock 3-21G model, and click on OK. 10. Enter the Surfaces dialog. Click on Add.... Select density from the Surface menu and none from the Property menu and click on Apply. Select density from the Surface menu, but this time potential from the Property menu. Click on OK. 11. Submit the job. When completed, select density inside the Surfaces dialog. Select Properties from the Display menu and click on the surface to bring up the Surface Properties dialog. Change the Isovalue to include 75% of the electron density. Click on at the bottom left of the screen to animate the display. Note, that bonds are smoothly broken and formed during the course of reaction. Click on at the bottom of the screen when you are done. 12. Reenter the Surfaces dialog. Turn “off” display of the bond density (select density), and turn “on” display of the electrostatic potential mapped onto the density (select density potential). Reset the isovalue as before. Click on . Relate the migration of negative charge during reaction as indicated by colors in the electrostatic potential map to the plot you constructed earlier in step 7. Recall, that colors near red indicate maximum negative potential. 13. Remove all molecules and any remaining dialogs from the screen.

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Polypeptides and Polynucleotides

This tutorial illustrates use of the peptide and nucleotide model kits. It shows how hydrogen bonds influence both the secondary structure of polypeptides (proteins) and the double helix of DNA. No quantum chemical calculations are performed. Proteins perform a variety of vital roles in all living organisms: reaction catalysis, transport and storage, structural support, immune protection, and mediation of nerve impulses, to name a few. Despite the variety, all proteins consist of the same basic building blocks (a set of 20 amino acids), and are dominated by two main structural motifs (the a helix and the b pleated sheet). a Helix 1. Select New from the File menu and click on the Peptide builder from the Model Kit. This contains a library of the 20 natural amino acids, each identified by a 3-letter “code”. 2. Click on gly- (glycine). Toggle “on” and “off” the check-box to the left of Sequence. The display window at the top of the model kit will shift between a text field showing gly (with the Sequence button checked) and a 2D rendering of nonterminated glycine (with the Sequence button un-checked). 3. Make sure the Sequence box is checked, and randomly select an additional 9 amino acid residues. Below the pallet of amino acids are a series of buttons: a Helix, b Sheet and Other. These allow specification of the secondary structure of constructed polypeptide sequences. Select a Helix and click on screen. 4. A ball-and-spoke model of a 10-residue polypeptide is displayed. Tutorial 12

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There are two open valences (indicated by their yellow color) at either end of this non-terminated polypeptide molecule. From the lower right side of the Peptide builder, click on the Terminate button. The dialog that results provides the option of terminating the amino acid in a an uncharged form (CO2H and NH2) or a zwitterionic form (CO2– and NH3+).



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5. To simplify the model, display the molecule as a Tube model and deselect Hydrogens from the Model menu. Select Hydrogen Bonds from the Model menu. Dotted lines depicting hydrogen bonds will appear on screen between the oxygens of carbonyl groups and the nitrogens of amine groups (recall that display of hydrogens has been turned off). In the a helix structure, hydrogen bonds are formed between the C=O of one amino acid and NH group of another amino acid, separated by a space of 4 residues. It is this network of internal hydrogen bonding that holds together the a helix. R2

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b Pleated Sheet 7. Select New from the File menu and click on the Peptide builder from the Model Kit. The ten-residue sequence you previously constructed will remain in the viewer window at the top of the builder (if not, make sure the Sequence box is checked and randomly choose another 10 amino acids). Select b Sheet and click on screen. 8. Again, a model of a 10-residue polypeptide is displayed. This time, the secondary structure is in the b sheet configuration. Terminate the structure in either the uncharged or zwitterionic form. 9. Click on to remove the model kit. Note that the same 10-residue sequence is significantly longer in the b sheet arrangement. As you did for the a helix, switch to a tube model, turn “off” hydrogens and turn “on” display of hydrogen bonds. No hydrogen bonds appear. Close the document. 10. Hydrogen bonds play a role in connecting b strands to make a b sheet. Open 1JIC* from the tutorials directory. Turn on hydrogen bonds (Model menu). Hydrogen bonds appear between different b strands. Note that hydrogen bonds may also exist between residues on the same strand, in this example in a “hairpin turn” resulting the same b sheet running adjacent to itself but in the opposite (or anti-parallel) direction. Close 1JIC. B-DNA 11. Select New from the File menu and click on the Nucleotide model kit. This model kit includes options for building a variety of nucleic acid sequences (based on nucleotide residues) included both single and double stranded DNA and RNA, as well as hybrid DNA-RNA sequences. Choose DNA from the menu in the middle of the Nucleotide model kit. *

PDB designation 1JIC. Torres, A.M., Kini, R.M., Selvanayagam, N., Kuchel, P.W.; J. Biochem. 360: 539-548 (2001).

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12. Just below the viewer window (inside the model kit) are four buttons designating the nucleotide bases. Click on A (adenine). Toggle “on” and “off” the check-box to the left of Sequence. The display window at the top of the model kit will shift between a text field showing A- (with the Sequence button checked) and a 2D rendering of adenine (with the Sequence button unchecked). Note that even though the 2D rendering displays only the nucleotide base, when building, the entire nucleotide, include the organic base (purine or pyrimidine), sugar (ribose), and phosphate group, will be inserted on screen. In the case of double-stranded sequences, the complementary base will also be inserted. 13. Click on screen to insert an adenosine nucleotide, and its complementary base thymine nucleotide. Select Hydrogen Bonds from the Model menu to display hydrogen bonding between the AT base pair. Note that adenosine-thymine pairings in double stranded DNA will always form two hydrogen bonds, where as guanine-cytosine pairings result in the formation of three hydrogen bonds. When you are finished examining the A-T base pair, select Clear from the Edit menu. 14. Make sure the Sequence box is checked, and randomly select an additional 15-20 nucleotide bases. Below the pallet of nucleotide bases is a series of buttons (marked A, B, and Other) that provide for specification of the nucleotide sequence Helix. Select B for the helix type and click on screen. (DNA exists in three forms, A, B, and Z. Almost all DNA in living organisms is in the B-DNA configuration.) 15. Select Tube and Ribbon from the Model menu. Display of hydrogen bonds has already been specified. If you turned this off, hydrogen bonds can be accessed from the Model menu. Also select Configure from the Model menu and click on the Ribbons tab. Select By Strand from the Coloring options and click OK. The ribbon tracing the backbone of the sequence you constructed from the builder is colored red; the complementary sequence is colored blue. 60

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16. Because the glycosidic bonds of the base pairs (bonds connecting the base pairs to their sugar molecules) are not exactly opposite one another, B-DNA has two clearly visible grooves (called the major groove and the minor groove). The major groove is ~ 12 Å wide and the minor groove is roughly half that size. Select Space-Filling from the Model menu and locate the major and minor grooves in your B-DNA sequence. When you have finished examining the DNA sequence, close the document.

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Biomolecules

This tutorial illustrates models appropriate to large biomolecules (proteins and nucleotides), in particular, ribbon displays of secondary structure and display of hydrogen bonds. Biomolecule building is not illustrated, nor are any calculations performed. Treatment of very large molecules, proteins and nucleotides (“biopolymers”) most important among them, requires models which are simpler than those appropriate for small organic and inorganic molecules. This refers both to structural models for display and manipulation (where a simplified ribbon display of the biomolecule’s “backbone” is used) and to theoretical models used for calculation of structure and properties (where molecular mechanics replaces quantum chemical models). This tutorial uses an enzyme (phospholipase A2) extracted from the venom of the common cobra (Naja naja) to illustrate a variety of models for the display of biomolecules, including ribbon displays to elucidate the backbone and hydrogen-bond displays to disclose some of the forces holding the structure together. 1. From the File menu, click on Access PDB Online... then type 1A3F* in the PDB Id code: field and click Open**.



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models (ball-and-spoke, tube, etc.). To see why this is preferable, turn “on” (select) one of these models from the Model menu. The model styles that provide detail of the enzyme’s primary structure have completely obliterated a significant structural detail (namely that this enzyme is comprised of three identical sub-units). Note, however, that a space-filling model (SpaceFilling from the Model menu) does provide indication of the overall size and shape of the enzyme. 2. To better visualize the three sub-units, turn “off” (choose Hide from the Model menu) the selected model style, and select Configure from the Model menu, click on the Ribbons tab, and finally select By Strand. Note that each oligomer is colored differently. Explore the remaining options for coloring (click Apply after each selection). Monochrome provides a single colored model useful for tracing the backbone of the biomolecule. By Secondary Structure gives information about how the backbone is organized (alpha-helices are colored red, beta-sheets are colored blue, while any remaining segments are colored green). By Residue provides a multi-colored display where each unique color represents a specific amino acid residue. To further explore, click on the OK button to dismiss the Configure dialogue, and then click on the individual colored segments of the ribbon. The specific peptide or amino acid residue (in the case of peptide chains, proteins, or enzymes) or nucleotide base (in the case of nucleotide chains, DNA, or RNA) will be specified in the lower right of the workspace.

Hydrogen bonding is known to be a decisive factor in determining the three-dimensional structures of biopolymers. The base pairs in complementary strands which make up DNA are held together by hydrogen bonds. Helical structures in proteins are also maintained by hydrogen bonds as are neighboring strands in so-called b sheets.

3. Close 1A3F.

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