Structure-energy relationship

For a review of reaction coordinates and structure-energy relationships, see Grunwald, E. 

The acid-catalyzed reactions of olefin polymerization and aromatic alkylation by olefins have been very well explained by the carbonium ion mechanism developed by Whitmore (21). This mechanism provides the basis of the ensuing discussion, which is devoted to the application of such concepts (7,17) to catalytic cracking systems and to the provision of much added support in terms of recently developed structural energy relationships among hydrocarbons and new experimental evidence. 

When changing force field parameters of a compound, overall exactness of the model is determined by the parameterization criteria. As this work was parameterized to reproduce the solubility, which is related to the thermodynamic quantity of free energy, this raises the question of solvent structure, as the structure-energy relationship is evident even in the gas phase interactions. One way to test the solvent structure is to check the density of the aqueous solution as a rough estimate of the ability of the model to reproduce the correct intermolecular interaction between the solute and the solvent. For this purpose, additional MC simulations were carried out on the developed models to test their ability to reproduce the experimental density of solution, at the specified concentration. The density was calculated using the experimentally derived density equations for carbon dioxide in aqueous solution from Teng et al., which is calculated from the fyj, of the C02(aq) and the density of the pure solvent [36, 37]. 

E. Grunwald, Reaction Coordinates and Structure/Energy Relationships, Progr. Phys. Org. Chem. 1990, 17, 55-105. 

Fig. 1. Qualitative molecular state model based on topology, symmetry, effective nuclear potentials as well as electron distribution, emphasizing the structure <-> energy relationship as well as molecular dynamics as essential prerequisites for reactions (cf. text).

In order to develop a quantitative structure-energy relationship, Siegel and co-workers investigated the correlatimi between bowl depth and barrier energy... 

Dinadayalane, T. C., Sastry, G. N. (2002a). Structure-energy relationships in curved polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Study of benzo-corannulenes. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 67,... 

Although the bond-valence theory (BVT) is primarily meant to rationalize and predict molecular structures in solids, chemists naturally try to extend structural models to rationalize and predict reactivity. If a model helps us understand why particular equilibrium structures are preferred, for instance, perhaps quantifying the principles underlying the model can help us predict energetic differences between structural states, which are the bases for both thermodynamic and kinetic theory. The BVT is an excellent vehicle for exploring structure-energy relationships, because it is in some respects quantitatively predictive, and boils down complex, multi-body interactions into a single parameter, the bond-valence sum. 

Besides the aforementioned descriptors, grid-based methods are frequently used in the field of QSAR quantitative structure-activity relationships) [50]. A molecule is placed in a box and for an orthogonal grid of points the interaction energy values between this molecule and another small molecule, such as water, are calculated. The grid map thus obtained characterizes the molecular shape, charge distribution, and hydrophobicity. 

Two approaches to quantify/fQ, i.e., to establish a quantitative relationship between the structural features of a compoimd and its properties, are described in this section quantitative structure-property relationships (QSPR) and linear free energy relationships (LFER) cf. Section 3.4.2.2). The LFER approach is important for historical reasons because it contributed the first attempt to predict the property of a compound from an analysis of its structure. LFERs can be established only for congeneric series of compounds, i.e., sets of compounds that share the same skeleton and only have variations in the substituents attached to this skeleton. As examples of a QSPR approach, currently available methods for the prediction of the octanol/water partition coefficient, log P, and of aqueous solubility, log S, of organic compoimds are described in Section 10.1.4 and Section 10.15, respectively. 

Furthermore, QSPR models for the prediction of free-energy based properties that are based on multilinear regression analysis are often referred to as LFER models, especially, in the wide field of quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR). 

Some fundamental structure-stability relationships can be employed to illustrate the use of resonance concepts. The allyl cation is known to be a particularly stable carbocation. This stability can be understood by recognizing that the positive charge is delocalized between two carbon atoms, as represented by the two equivalent resonance structures. The delocalization imposes a structural requirement. The p orbitals on the three contiguous carbon atoms must all be aligned in the same direction to permit electron delocalization. As a result, there is an energy barrier to rotation about the carbon-carbon... 

Because these stability measurements pertain to the gas phase, it is important to consider the effects that solvation might have on the structure-stability relationships. Hydride affinity values based on solution measurements can be derived from thermodynamic cycles that relate hydrocarbon p T, bond dissociation energy and electrochemical potentials. The hydride affinity, AG, for the reaction... 

Another method for studying solvent effects is the extrathermodynamic approach that we described in Chapter 7 for the study of structure-reactivity relationships. For example, we might seek a correlation between og(,kA/l ) for a reaction A carried out in a series of solvents and log(/ R/A R) for a reference or model reaction carried out in the same series of solvents. A linear plot of og(k/iJk ) against log(/ R/ linear free energy relationship (LFER). Such plots have in fact been made. As with structure-reactivity relationships, these solvent-reactivity relationships can be useful to us, but they have limitations. 

Linear free energy relationships, see Bronsted equation, Dual substituent parameter (equations), Hammett equation(s), Quantitative structure-activity relationships, Ritchie nucleophilicity equation... 

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