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Moscato D, Mandelli G, Bondanza M, Lipparini F, Conte R, Mennucci B, Ceotto M. Unraveling Water Solvation Effects with Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics Semiclassical Vibrational Spectroscopy: The Case of Thymidine. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:8179-8188. [PMID: 38470354 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c12700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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We introduce a quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics semiclassical method for studying the solvation process of molecules in water at the nuclear quantum mechanical level with atomistic detail. We employ it in vibrational spectroscopy calculations because this is a tool that is very sensitive to the molecular environment. Specifically, we look at the vibrational spectroscopy of thymidine in liquid water. We find that the C═O frequency red shift and the C═C frequency blue shift, experienced by thymidyne upon solvation, are mainly due to reciprocal polarization effects, that the molecule and the water solvent exert on each other, and nuclear zero-point energy effects. In general, this work provides an accurate and practical tool to study quantum vibrational spectroscopy in solution and condensed phase, incorporating high-level and computationally affordable descriptions of both electronic and nuclear problems.
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Affiliation(s)
- Davide Moscato
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi, 19, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi, 19, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi, 19, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi, 19, 20133 Milano, Italy
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Malpathak S, Ananth N. A Linearized Semiclassical Dynamics Study of the Multiquantum Vibrational Relaxation of NO Scattering from a Au(111) Surface. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:794-801. [PMID: 38232133 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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The vibrational relaxation of NO molecules scattering from a Au(111) surface has served as the focus of efforts to understand nonadiabatic energy transfer at metal-molecule interfaces. Experimental measurements and previous theoretical efforts suggest that multiquantal NO vibrational energy relaxation occurs via electron-hole pair excitations in the metal. Here, using a linearized semiclassical approach, we accurately predict the vibrational relaxation of NO from the νi = 3 state for different incident translational energies. We also accurately capture the central role of transient electron transfer from the metal to the molecule in mediating the vibrational relaxation process but fall short of quantitatively predicting the full extent of multiquantum relaxation for high incident vibrational excitations (νi = 16).
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- Shreyas Malpathak
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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Barbiero D, Bertaina G, Ceotto M, Conte R. Anharmonic Assignment of the Water Octamer Spectrum in the OH Stretch Region. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:6213-6221. [PMID: 37477983 PMCID: PMC10405218 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c02902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/23/2023]
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We interface the quasi-classical trajectory approach with an ab initio potential energy surface for water to assign the vibrational spectroscopical features of the OH stretch region of the water octamer cluster, which is considered to be a precursor of ice. An attempt by Li et al. to assign their recent reference experiment involved lower-level calculations based on an ad hoc scaled harmonic approach. Differently from the conclusions of this previous assignment, which invoked the contribution of 5 conformers and a solvated form of the water heptamer in the spectrum, we find out that the spectroscopic features can be related to the 4 conformers of the octamer lying lower in energy.
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- Davide Barbiero
- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Università degli Studi
di Milano, via Golgi 19, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Istituto
Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Strada delle Cacce 91, I-10135 Torino, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Università degli Studi
di Milano, via Golgi 19, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Università degli Studi
di Milano, via Golgi 19, 20133 Milano, Italy
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