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Wood GP, Gordon MS, Radom L, et al. Nature of Glycine and Its α-Carbon Radical in Aqueous Solution: A Theoretical Investigation. J Chem Theory Comput. 2008;4(10):1788-94doi: 10.1021/ct8002942.
Wood, G. P., Gordon, M. S., Radom, L., & Smith, D. M. (2008). Nature of Glycine and Its α-Carbon Radical in Aqueous Solution: A Theoretical Investigation. Journal of chemical theory and computation, 4(10), 1788-94. https://doi.org/10.1021/ct8002942
Wood, Geoffrey P F, et al. "Nature of Glycine and Its α-Carbon Radical in Aqueous Solution: A Theoretical Investigation." Journal of chemical theory and computation vol. 4,10 (2008): 1788-94. doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/ct8002942
Wood GP, Gordon MS, Radom L, Smith DM. Nature of Glycine and Its α-Carbon Radical in Aqueous Solution: A Theoretical Investigation. J Chem Theory Comput. 2008 Oct 14;4(10):1788-94. doi: 10.1021/ct8002942. PMID: 26620181.
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J Chem Theory Comput. 2008 Oct 14;4(10):1788-94. doi: 10.1021/ct8002942.

Nature of Glycine and Its α-Carbon Radical in Aqueous Solution: A Theoretical Investigation.

Journal of chemical theory and computation

Geoffrey P F Wood, Mark S Gordon, Leo Radom, David M Smith

Affiliations

  1. School of Chemistry and ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia, Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, and Centre for Computational Solutions in the Life Sciences, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, 10002 Zagreb, Croatia.

PMID: 26620181 DOI: 10.1021/ct8002942

Abstract

Quantum chemistry calculations and classical molecular dynamics simulations have been used to examine the equilibria in solution between the neutral and zwitterionic forms of glycine and also of the glycyl radical. The established preference (by 30 kJ mol(-1)) for the zwitterion of glycine was confirmed by both the quantum chemical calculations and the classical molecular dynamics simulations. The best agreement with experiment was derived from thermodynamic integration calculations of explicitly solvated systems, which gives a free energy difference of 36.6 ± 0.6 kJ mol(-1). In contrast, for the glycyl radical in solution, the neutral form is preferred, with a calculated free energy difference of 54.8 ± 0.6 kJ mol(-1). A detailed analysis of the microsolvation environments of each species was carried out by evaluating radial distribution functions and hydrogen bonding patterns. This analysis provides evidence that the change in preference between glycine and glycyl radical is due to the inherent gas-phase stability of the neutral α-carbon radical rather than to any significant difference in the solvation behavior of the constituent species.

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