Theoretical study of the spectroscopy of methyl substituted 2-Pyridones, tautomers and ions

Chlorination and tautomerism: a computational and UPS/XPS study of 2-hydroxypyridine ⇌ 2-pyridone equilibrium

The prototropic tautomeric equilibrium in 2-hydroxypyridine serves as a prototype model for the study of nucleobases' behaviour. The position of such an equilibrium in parent and chlorine monosubstituted 2-hydroxypyridine compounds in the gas phase was determined using synchrotron based techniques. The lactim tautomer is dominant for the 5- and 6-substituted compounds, whereas the parent, 3- and 4-substituted isomers have comparable populations for both tautomers. Information was obtained by measuring valence band and core level photoemission spectra at the chlorine L-edge and carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen K-edges. The effect of chlorine on the core ionization potentials of the atoms in the heterocycle was evaluated and reasonable agreement with a simple model was obtained. Basic considerations of resonance structures correctly predicts the tautomeric equilibrium for the 5- and 6-substituted compounds. The vibrationally resolved structure of the low energy portion of the valence band photoionization spectra is assigned based on quantum-chemical calculations of the neutral and charged species followed by simulation of the vibronic structure. It is shown that the first ionization occurs from a π orbital of similar shape for both tautomers. In addition, the highly distinctive vibronic structure observed just above the first ionization of the lactim, for three of the five species investigated, is assigned to the second ionization of the lactam.

Solvent and structural effects in tautomeric 2(6)-hydroxy-4-methyl-6(2)-oxo-1-(substituted phenyl)-1,2(1,6)-dihydropyridine-3-carbonitriles: UV, NMR and quantum chemical study

The state of the tautomeric equilibria of 2(6)-hydroxy-4-methyl-6(2)-oxo-1-(substituted phenyl)-1,2(1,6)-dihydropyridine-3-carbonitriles, 2-PY/6-PY, was evaluated using experimental and theoretical methodology. The experimental data were interpreted with the aid of time-dependent density functional (TD-DFT) method. Electron charge density was obtained by the use of Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules, i.e. Bader's analysis. Linear solvation energy relationships (LSER) rationalized solvent influence on tautomeric equilibrium. Linear free energy relationships (LFERs) were applied to the substituent-induced NMR chemical shifts (SCS) using SSP (single substituent parameter) and DSP (dual substituent parameter) model. Theoretical calculations and obtained correlations gave insight into the influence of molecular conformation on the transmission of substituent electronic effects, as well as on different solvent-solute interactions, and the state of tautomeric equilibrium.

A computational study of the interaction between dopamine and DNA/RNA nucleosides

The interaction between protonated dopamine and neutral RNA and DNA nucleosides was studied by means of density functional theory calculations in vacuum and in implicit water. On the most stable complexes formed with each of the nucleosides, the vertical absorption excitation energies were evaluated and compared with the values of separated dopamine and corresponding nucleoside. The most stable complex was formed with guanosine and the spectral changes in this complex resulted in a significant reduction of the oscillator strength of the first dopamine's transition. In the first guanosine's transition, a redshift of 0.2 eV was found combined with a reduction of the oscillator strength.