Title
Molecular mechanics (MM4) calculations on conjugated hydrocarbons
Abstract
The MM4 force field has been extended to conjugated hydrocarbon systems. It retains most of the formalism and computational schemes that were present in MM3. Several cross-terms have been added in MM4 that were not present in MM3, mainly to improve vibrational frequencies, but also to improve structures and energies. Additional bond order dependence equations have been included. About 80 molecules have been examined, some in multiple conformations, and others with more complete experimental profiles. Conformational energy differences/barriers are generally fit to within 0.5 kcal/mol unless they are very large. The MM4 method for calculating heats of formation has been modified to include vibrational as well as steric energy contributions. The heats of formation for 35 alkenes and 57 conjugated hydrocarbons were determined to have an overall root mean square (rms) deviation of 0.68 kcal/mol from experiment (0.47 kcal/mol weighted rms). The vibrational frequency rms error for eight conjugated hydrocarbons is 31 cm(-1). Geometries are fit for the most part to within the following ranges: 0.004 Angstrom for bond lengths, 1 degrees for bond angles, 4 degrees for torsion angles, and 0.5% for moments of inertia (r(z)). (C) 1996 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Year
DOI
Venue
1996
10.1002/(SICI)1096-987X(199604)17:5/6<695::AID-JCC8>3.0.CO;2-P
JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
Field
DocType
Volume
Force field (physics),Bond order,Thermodynamics,Computational chemistry,Steric effects,Molecular geometry,Chemistry,Bond length,Root mean square,Root-mean-square deviation,Molecular vibration
Journal
17
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
5-6
0192-8651
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.36
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Neysa Nevins1354.60
Jenn-Huei Lii212725.25
Norman L. Allinger321236.95