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Semiempirical Methods with Improved Charge-Dependent Response Properties... 

The exchange contribution in an ab initio perturbation theory is the only repulsive term ) around the energy minimum in most of the stable complexes and consequently we would expect no net repulsion between two closed shell molecules in semiempirical calculations. On the other hand it is known from actual calculations that intermolecular interactions are described more or less correctly by the CNDO/2 procedure. Indeed, strong repulsion is obtained between closed shell molecules. Evidently there must be another approximation which compensates for the neglect of exchange energy. With regard to the simplifications of the CNDO/2 method we find that this is in fact the case. The approximation shown in Eq. (17) is responsible for the repulsive term. 

The TMCs electronic wave function formalizing the CFT ionic model is one with a fixed number of electrons in the d-shell. In the EHCF method it is used as a zero approximation. The interactions responsible for electron transfers between the d-shell and the ligands are treated as perturbations. Following the standards semiempirical setting we restrict the AO basis for all atoms of the TMC by the valence orbitals. All the AOs of the TMC are... 

In the present paper we demonstrated the feasibility of a semiempirical description of electronic structure and properties of the Werner TMCs on a series of examples. The main feature of the proposed approach was the careful following to the structural aspects of the theory in order to preclude the loss of its elements responsible for description of qualitative physical behavior of the objects under study, in our case of TMCs. If it is done the subsequent parameterization becomes sensible and successful solutions of two long lasting problems semi-empirical parameterization of transition metals complexes and of extending the MM description to these objects can be suggested. 

Carboxypeptidase A"" (CPA, EC 3.4.17.1) is a proteolytic enzyme that cleaves C-terminal amino acid residues with hydrophobic side chains selectively. Several X-ray structures are available" The active site of CPA consists of a hydrophobic pocket (primary substrate recognition site) that is primarily responsible for the substrate specificity, a guanidinium moiety of Argl45 that forms hydrogen bonds to the carboxylate of the substrate, and Glu270, whose carboxylate plays a critical role, functioning either as a nucleophile to attack the scissUe carboxamide carbonyl carbon of the substrate or as a base to activate the zinc-bound water molecule, which in turn attacks the scissile peptide bond ". However, semiempirical calculations had shown that the direct attack of... 

X,Y=0,S,Se,Te], has been undertaken.628 The stabilities of different tautomeric forms of 4-hydroxycoumarins have been evaluated629 by MNDO calculations, and the four lowest-energy oxo-hydroxy tautomers of 5-fluorouracil have been studied630 using density functional methods. Semiempirical calculations have been carried out on the keto-enol tautomerism of triazolopyrimidines.631 A base-catalysed keto-enol tautomer-ism has been proposed632 to be responsible for the observed deuterium exchange of the hydrogens at the 3-position of diazepam when the molecule is treated with alkaline deuteriated methanol. 

Hardness and softness as chemical concepts were presaged in the literature as early as 1952, in a paper by Mulliken [138], but did not become widely used till they were popularized by Pearson in 1963 [139]. In the simplest terms, the hardness of a species, atom, ion or molecule, is a qualitative indication of how polarizable it is, i.e. how much its electron cloud is distorted in an electric field. The adjectives hard and soft were said to have been suggested by D.H. Busch [140], but they appear in Mulliken s paper [138], p. 819, where they characterize the response to spatial separation of the energy of acid-base complexes. The analogy with the conventional use of these words to denote resistance to deformation by mechanical force is clear, and independent extension, by more than one chemist, to the concept of electronic resistance, is no surprise. The hard/soft concept proved useful, particularly in rationalizing acid-base chemistry [141]. Thus a proton, which cannot be distorted in an electric field since it has no electron cloud (we ignore the possibility of nuclear distortion) is a very hard acid, and tends to react with hard bases. Examples of soft bases are those in which sulfur electron pairs provide the basicity, since sulfur is a big fluffy atom, and such bases tend to react with soft acids. Perhaps because it was originally qualitative, the hard-soft acid-base (HSAB) idea met with skepticism from at least one quarter Dewar (of semiempirical fame) dismissed it as a mystical distinction between different kinds of acids and bases [142]. For a brief review of Pearson s contributions to the concept, which has been extended beyond strict conventional acid-base reactions, see [143],... 

We start with some biographical notes on Erich Huckel, in the context of which we also mention the merits of Otto Schmidt, the inventor of the free-electron model. The basic assumptions behind the HMO (Huckel Molecular Orbital) model are discussed, and those aspects of this model are reviewed that make it still a powerful tool in Theoretical Chemistry. We ask whether HMO should be regarded as semiempirical or parameter-free. We present closed solutions for special classes of molecules, review the important concept of alternant hydrocarbons and point out how useful perturbation theory within the HMO model is. We then come to bond alternation and the question whether the pi or the sigma bonds are responsible for bond delocalization in benzene and related molecules. Mobius hydrocarbons and diamagnetic ring currents are other topics. We come to optimistic conclusions as to the further role of the HMO model, not as an approximation for the solution of the Schrodinger equation, but as a way towards the understanding of some aspects of the Chemical Bond. 

Merchuk et al. [276] investigated the dynamics of oxygen electrodes when analyzing mass transfer, and they reported whether and when an instantaneous response occurs. A semiempirical description of diffusion coefficients was provided by Ju and Ho [198]. Bacillus subtilis cultures change the product concentration ratio between acetoin and butanediol rapidly in the range of p02 =80-90 ppb [286]. This fact could be used for the characterization of the oxygen transport capabilities of bioreactors. 

One feature of the semiempirical models is that because the polarization is described by a set of coefficients that have a normalization condition, for example, Eq. [69], there will be no polarization catastrophe like there can be with dipole polarizable or fluctuating charge models. With a finite basis set, the polarization response is limited and can become only as large as the state with the largest dipole moment. 

In conclusion, it can be said that the electrostatic theory of solvent effects is a most useful tool for explaining and predicting many reaction patterns in solution. However, in spite of some improvements, it still does not take into account a whole series of other solute/solvent interactions such as the mutual polarization of ions or dipoles, the specific solvation etc., and the fact that the microscopic relative permittivity around the reactants may be different to the macroscopic relative permittivity of the bulk solvent. The deviations between observations and theory, and the fact that the relative permittivity cannot be considered as the only parameter responsible for the changes in reaction rates in solution, has led to the creation of different semiempirical correlation equations, which correlate the kinetic parameters to empirical parameters of solvent polarity (see Chapter 7). 

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