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Association Complexes of Calix[6]arenes with Amino Acids Explained by Energy-Partitioning Methods

Journal

MOLECULES
Volume 27, Issue 22, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules27227938

Keywords

calixarene; SAPT; molecular fragmentation; intermolecular interaction; hydrogen bond; host-guest complex

Funding

  1. National Science Centre of Poland [2017/27/B/ST4/02699]
  2. PCSS infrastructure
  3. MNISW [DIR/WK/2016/18]
  4. [PRACE-6IP 823767]

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This contribution explores the intermolecular complexes formed between calix[6]arenes and amino acids. By using techniques such as SAPT, F-SAPT, and SMF, the study aims to explain the varying number and strength of noncovalent bonds between different calixarene conformers and guest molecules. The partitioning of interaction energy allows for the identification of hydrogen bonds, as well as other noncovalent bonds, and helps explain phenomena such as the red shift of IR stretching frequency.
Intermolecular complexes with calixarenes are intriguing because of multiple possibilities of noncovalent binding for both polar and nonpolar molecules, including docking in the calixarene cavity. In this contribution calix[6]arenes interacting with amino acids are studied with an additional aim to show that tools such as symmetry-adapted perturbation theory (SAPT), functional-group SAPT (F-SAPT), and systematic molecular fragmentation (SMF) methods may provide explanations for different numbers of noncovalent bonds and of their varying strength for various calixarene conformers and guest molecules. The partitioning of the interaction energy provides an easy way to identify hydrogen bonds, including those with unconventional hydrogen acceptors, as well as other noncovalent bonds, and to find repulsive destabilizing interactions between functional groups. Various other features can be explained by energy partitioning, such as the red shift of an IR stretching frequency for some hydroxy groups, which arises from their attraction to the phenyl ring of calixarene. Pairs of hydrogen bonds and other noncovalent bonds of similar magnitude found by F-SAPT explain an increase in the stability of both inclusion and outer complexes.

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