Proline, a 17-atom amino acid with a closed-ring side chain, has a complex potential energy surface characterized by several minima. Its IR experimental spectrum, reported in the literature, is of difficult and controversial assignment. In particular, the experimental signal at 3559 cm −1 associated with the OH stretch is interesting because it is inconsistent with the global minimum, trans-proline conformer. This suggests the possibility that multiple conformers may contribute to the IR spectrum. The same conclusion is obtained by investigating the splitting of the CO stretch at 1766 and 1789 cm−1 and other, more complex spectroscopic features involving CH stretches and COH/CNH bendings. In this work, we perform full-dimensional, on-the-fly adiabatically switched semiclassical initial value representation simulations employing the ab initio dft-d3-B3LYP level of theory with aug-cc-pVDZ basis set. We reconstruct the experimental spectrum of proline in its main features by studying the vibrational features of trans-proline and cis1 -proline, and provide a new assignment for the OH stretch of trans-proline.
The complex vibrational spectrum of proline explained through the adiabatically switched semiclassical initial value representation / G. Botti, C. Aieta, R. Conte. - In: THE JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS. - ISSN 0021-9606. - 156:16(2022 Apr 28), pp. 164303.1-164303.10. [10.1063/5.0089720]
The complex vibrational spectrum of proline explained through the adiabatically switched semiclassical initial value representation
G. BottiPrimo
;C.D. AietaSecondo
;R. Conte
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2022
Abstract
Proline, a 17-atom amino acid with a closed-ring side chain, has a complex potential energy surface characterized by several minima. Its IR experimental spectrum, reported in the literature, is of difficult and controversial assignment. In particular, the experimental signal at 3559 cm −1 associated with the OH stretch is interesting because it is inconsistent with the global minimum, trans-proline conformer. This suggests the possibility that multiple conformers may contribute to the IR spectrum. The same conclusion is obtained by investigating the splitting of the CO stretch at 1766 and 1789 cm−1 and other, more complex spectroscopic features involving CH stretches and COH/CNH bendings. In this work, we perform full-dimensional, on-the-fly adiabatically switched semiclassical initial value representation simulations employing the ab initio dft-d3-B3LYP level of theory with aug-cc-pVDZ basis set. We reconstruct the experimental spectrum of proline in its main features by studying the vibrational features of trans-proline and cis1 -proline, and provide a new assignment for the OH stretch of trans-proline.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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