Quantum mechanical continuum solvation models

J Tomasi, B Mennucci, R Cammi - Chemical reviews, 2005 - ACS Publications
This review on continuum solvation models has been preceded in Chemical Reviews by
others addressing the same subject. They are due to Tomasi and Persico1 (published in …

Solvent effects on the UV-visible absorption spectrum of benzophenone in water: A combined Monte Carlo quantum mechanics study including solute polarization

HC Georg, K Coutinho, S Canuto - The Journal of chemical physics, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
The entire ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum of benzophenone in water is studied and
compared with the same spectrum in gas phase. Five transitions are considered, and the …

How to Model Solvation of Peptides? Insights from a Quantum-mechanical and Molecular Dynamics Study of N-Methylacetamide. 1. Geometries, Infrared, and …

B Mennucci, JM Martínez - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2005 - ACS Publications
This paper represents the first part of a study of solvation in peptides using quantum-
mechanical and classical approaches. In this study, the peptide is modeled as its simplest …

Ab initio calculation of hydrogen bonds in liquids: A sequential Monte Carlo quantum mechanics study of pyridine in water

T Malaspina, K Coutinho, S Canuto - The Journal of chemical physics, 2002 - pubs.aip.org
A systematic procedure based on the sequential Monte Carlo quantum mechanics (S-
MC/QM) methodology has been used to obtain hydrogen bond strength and structures in …

New insights into α-GalNAc− Ser motif: Influence of hydrogen bonding versus solvent interactions on the preferred conformation

F Corzana, JH Busto, G Jiménez-Osés… - Journal of the …, 2006 - ACS Publications
The structural features of the mucin-type simplest model, namely, the glycopeptide α-O-
GalNAc-l-Ser diamide, have been investigated by combining NMR spectroscopy, molecular …

The sequential Monte Carlo-quantum mechanics methodology. Application to the solvent effects in the Stokes shift of acetone in water

K Coutinho, S Canuto - Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, 2003 - Elsevier
The sequential Monte Carlo quantum mechanics methodology is used to obtain the solvent
effects on the Stokes shift of acetone in water. One of the great advantages of this …

Hydration of simple amides. FTIR spectra of HDO and theoretical studies

A Panuszko, E Gojło, J Zielkiewicz… - The Journal of …, 2008 - ACS Publications
The hydration of formamide (F), N-methylformamide (NMF), N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF),
acetamide (A), N-methylacetamide (NMA), and N, N-dimethylacetamide (DMA) has been …

Combined Monte Carlo and quantum mechanics study of the solvatochromism of phenol in water. The origin of the blue shift of the lowest π–π* transition

RC Barreto, K Coutinho, HC Georg… - Physical Chemistry …, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
A combined and sequential use of Monte Carlo simulations and quantum mechanical
calculations is made to analyze the spectral shift of the lowest π–π* transition of phenol in …

Density functional calculations of oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen electric field gradient and chemical shielding tensors to study hydrogen bonding properties of …

Z Samadi, M Mirzaei, NL Hadipour… - Journal of Molecular …, 2008 - Elsevier
A density functional theory (DFT) study was carried out to investigate hydrogen bonding
(HB) properties of peptide group (OC–NH) in crystalline acetamide. Since the peptide group …

Calculation of the electronic spectra of molecules in solution and on surfaces

NA Besley - Chemical physics letters, 2004 - Elsevier
An approach is presented to calculate the electronic spectra of molecules in solution or
adsorbed on surfaces. Through limiting electronic excitations to include only those between …