Title
Molecular mechanics (MM3) calculations on lithium amide compounds.
Abstract
The MM3 force field has been extended to deal with the lithium amide molecules that are widely used as efficient catalysts for stereoselective asymmetric synthesis. The MM3 force field parameters have been determined on the basis of the ab initio MP2/6-31G* and/or DFT (B3LYP/6-31G*, B3-PW91/6-31G*) geometry optimization calculations. To evaluate the electronic interactions specific to the lithium amides derived from the diamine molecules properly, the Lewis bonding potential term for the interaction between the lithium atom and the nonbonded adjacent electronegative atom such as nitrogen was introduced into the MM3 force field. The bond dipoles were evaluated correctly from the electronic charges on the atoms calculated by fitting to the electrostatic potential at points selected. The MM3 results on the molecular structures, conformational energies, and vibrational spectra show good agreement with those from the quantum mechanical calculations. (C) 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Year
DOI
Venue
2003
10.1002/jcc.10161
JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
Keywords
Field
DocType
MM3,molecular mechanics,lithium amide,Lewis bonding potential,asymmetric synthesis
Force field (physics),Molecule,Computational chemistry,Atom,Chemistry,Lithium amide,Ab initio,Lithium,Lithium atom,Energy minimization
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
24
3
0192-8651
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
1
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Takashi Yoshida100.34
Kazuhisa Sakakibara201.69
Masatoshi Asami300.34
Kuo-Hsiang Chen419629.46
Jenn-Huei Lii512725.25
Norman L. Allinger621236.95