Adding explicit solvent molecules to continuum solvent calculations for the calculation of aqueous acid dissociation constants

CP Kelly, CJ Cramer, DG Truhlar - The Journal of Physical …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Aqueous acid dissociation free energies for a diverse set of 57 monoprotic acids have been
calculated using a combination of experimental and calculated gas and liquid-phase free …

Resolution of a challenge for solvation modeling: calculation of dicarboxylic acid dissociation constants using mixed discrete–continuum solvation models

AV Marenich, W Ding, CJ Cramer… - The journal of physical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
First and second dissociation constants (p K a values) of oxalic acid, malonic acid, and
adipic acid were computed by using a number of theoretical protocols based on density …

Performance of SM6, SM8, and SMD on the SAMPL1 test set for the prediction of small-molecule solvation free energies

AV Marenich, CJ Cramer… - The Journal of Physical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
The SM6, SM8, and SMD quantum mechanical aqueous continuum solvation models are
applied to predict free energies of aqueous solvation for 61 molecules in the SAMPL1 test …

Acidity constants from vertical energy gaps: density functional theory based molecular dynamics implementation

M Sulpizi, M Sprik - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
The question of how to compute acidity constants (pKa) treating solvent and solute at the
same level of theory remains of some interest, for example in the case of high or low pH …

Accurate prediction of acidity constants in aqueous solution via density functional theory and self-consistent reaction field methods

JJ Klicić, RA Friesner, SY Liu… - The Journal of Physical …, 2002 - ACS Publications
We have developed a protocol for computing the acidity constant (p K a) of organic
compounds via ab initio quantum chemistry and continuum solvation methods. Density …

Approaches for calculating solvation free energies and enthalpies demonstrated with an update of the FreeSolv database

G Duarte Ramos Matos, DY Kyu… - Journal of Chemical & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Solvation free energies can now be calculated precisely from molecular simulations,
providing a valuable test of the energy functions underlying these simulations. Here we …

SM6: A density functional theory continuum solvation model for calculating aqueous solvation free energies of neutrals, ions, and solute− water clusters

CP Kelly, CJ Cramer, DG Truhlar - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2005 - ACS Publications
A new charge model, called Charge Model 4 (CM4), and a new continuum solvent model,
called Solvation Model 6 (SM6), are presented. Using a database of aqueous solvation free …

Are thermodynamic cycles necessary for continuum solvent calculation of p K as and reduction potentials?

J Ho - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Continuum solvent calculations of pKas and reduction potentials usually entail the use of a
thermodynamic cycle to express the reaction free energy in terms of gas phase energies and …

New values for the absolute solvation free energy of univalent ions in aqueous solution

JR Pliego Jr, JM Riveros - Chemical Physics Letters, 2000 - Elsevier
The absolute solvation free energy of 30 univalent ions, mainly organic species, has been
calculated from experimental and theoretical data on proton affinities, aqueous acidity …

Aqueous solvation free energies of ions and ion− water clusters based on an accurate value for the absolute aqueous solvation free energy of the proton

CP Kelly, CJ Cramer, DG Truhlar - The Journal of Physical …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Thermochemical cycles that involve p K a, gas-phase acidities, aqueous solvation free
energies of neutral species, and gas-phase clustering free energies have been used with …