Kinetics and thermodynamics of the reaction between the •OH radical and adenine – a theoretical investigation
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Kinetics and thermodynamics of the reaction between the •OH radical and adenine – a theoretical investigation. / Milhøj, Birgitte Olai; Sauer, Stephan P. A.
I: Journal of Physical Chemistry Part A: Molecules, Spectroscopy, Kinetics, Environment and General Theory, Bind 119, Nr. 24, 2015, s. 6516–6527.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Kinetics and thermodynamics of the reaction between the •OH radical and adenine – a theoretical investigation
AU - Milhøj, Birgitte Olai
AU - Sauer, Stephan P. A.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The accessibility of all possible reaction paths for the reaction between the nucleobase adenine and the •OH radical is investigated through quantum chemical calculations of barrier heights and rate constants at the wB97X-D/6-311++G(2df,2pd) level with Eckart tunneling corrections. First the computational method is validated by considering the hydrogen abstraction from the heterocyclic N9 nitrogen in adenine as a test system. Geometries for all molecules in the reaction are optimised with four different DFT exchange-correlation functionals (B3LYP, BHandHLYP, M06-2X and wB97X-D), in combination with Pople and Dunning basis sets, all of which have been employed in similar investigations in the literature. Improved energies are obtained through single point calculations with CCSD(T) and the same basis sets, and reaction rate constants are calculated for all methods both without tunneling corrections and with the Wigner, Bell and Eckart corrections. Compared to CCSD(T)//BHandHLYP/aug-cc-pVTZ reference results, the wB97XD/6-311++G(2df,2pd) method combined with Eckart tunneling corrections provides a sensible compromise between accuracy and time. Using this method all sub-reactions of the reaction between adenine and the •OH radical are investigated. The total rate constants for hydrogen abstraction and addition for adenine are with this method predicted to be 1.06×10−12cm3molecules−1s−1 and 1.10×10−12cm3molecules−1s−1, respectively. Abstractions of H61 and H62 contribute most, while only addition onto the C8 carbon is found to be of any significance contrary to previous claims that addition is the dominant reaction pathway. The overall rate constant for the complete reaction is found to be 2.17×10−12cm3molecules−1s−1, which agrees exceptionally well with experimental results.
AB - The accessibility of all possible reaction paths for the reaction between the nucleobase adenine and the •OH radical is investigated through quantum chemical calculations of barrier heights and rate constants at the wB97X-D/6-311++G(2df,2pd) level with Eckart tunneling corrections. First the computational method is validated by considering the hydrogen abstraction from the heterocyclic N9 nitrogen in adenine as a test system. Geometries for all molecules in the reaction are optimised with four different DFT exchange-correlation functionals (B3LYP, BHandHLYP, M06-2X and wB97X-D), in combination with Pople and Dunning basis sets, all of which have been employed in similar investigations in the literature. Improved energies are obtained through single point calculations with CCSD(T) and the same basis sets, and reaction rate constants are calculated for all methods both without tunneling corrections and with the Wigner, Bell and Eckart corrections. Compared to CCSD(T)//BHandHLYP/aug-cc-pVTZ reference results, the wB97XD/6-311++G(2df,2pd) method combined with Eckart tunneling corrections provides a sensible compromise between accuracy and time. Using this method all sub-reactions of the reaction between adenine and the •OH radical are investigated. The total rate constants for hydrogen abstraction and addition for adenine are with this method predicted to be 1.06×10−12cm3molecules−1s−1 and 1.10×10−12cm3molecules−1s−1, respectively. Abstractions of H61 and H62 contribute most, while only addition onto the C8 carbon is found to be of any significance contrary to previous claims that addition is the dominant reaction pathway. The overall rate constant for the complete reaction is found to be 2.17×10−12cm3molecules−1s−1, which agrees exceptionally well with experimental results.
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - Radiation Damage
KW - DNA
KW - Adenine
KW - OH radical
KW - Kinetics
KW - DFT calculations
KW - Thermodynamics
KW - Quantum Chemistry
KW - Computational Chemistry
KW - Coupled Cluster
U2 - 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b02711
DO - 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b02711
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 25985211
VL - 119
SP - 6516
EP - 6527
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry Part A: Molecules, Spectroscopy, Kinetics, Environment and General Theory
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry Part A: Molecules, Spectroscopy, Kinetics, Environment and General Theory
SN - 1089-5639
IS - 24
ER -
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