K. Eriks

Bio: K. Eriks is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Crystal structure & Dimethyl sulfoxide. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 177 citations.

Structure and hydrogen bond dynamics of water–dimethyl sulfoxide mixtures by computer simulations

Abstract: We have used two different force field models to study concentrated dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)–water solutions by molecular dynamics. The results of these simulations are shown to compare well with recent neutron diffraction experiments using H/D isotope substitution [A. K. Soper and A. Luzar, J. Chem. Phys. 97, 1320 (1992)]. Even for the highly concentrated 1 DMSO : 2 H2O solution, the water hydrogen–hydrogen radial distribution function,g HH(r), exhibits the characteristic tetrahedral ordering of water–water hydrogen bonds. Structural information is further obtained from various partial atom–atom distribution functions, not accessible experimentally. The behavior of water radial distribution functions,g OO(r) and g OH(r) indicate that the nearest neighbor correlations among remaining water molecules in the mixture increase with increasing DMSO concentration. No preferential association of methyl groups on DMSO is detected. The pattern of hydrogen bonding and the distribution of hydrogen bond lifetimes in the simulated mixtures is further investigated. Molecular dynamics results show that DMSO typically forms two hydrogen bonds with water molecules. Hydrogen bonds between DMSO and water molecules are longer lived than water–water hydrogen bonds. The hydrogen bond lifetimes determined by reactive flux correlation function approach are about 5 and 3 ps for water–DMSO and water–water pairs, respectively, in 1 DMSO : 2 H2O mixture. In contrast, for pure water, the hydrogen bond lifetime is about 1 ps. We discuss these times in light of experimentally determined rotational relaxation times. The relative values of the hydrogen bond lifetimes are consistent with a statistical (i.e., transition state theory) interpretation.

Structure and hydrogen bond dynamics of water-dimethyl sulfoxide mixtures by computer simulations. Interim report, April 1992-October 1993

Abstract: The authors have used two different force field models to study concentrated dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)-water solutions by molecular dynamics. The results of these simulations are shown to compare well with recent neutron diffraction experiments using H/D isotope substitution. Even for the highly concentrated 1DMSO : 2H2O solution, the water hydrogen-hydrogen radial distribution function, gHH(r), exhibits the characteristic tetrahedral ordering of water-water hydrogen bonds. Structural information is, further obtained from various partial atom-atom distribution functions, not accessible experimentally. The behavior of water radial distribution functions, goo(r) and goH(r) indicate that the nearest neighbor correlations among remaining water molecules in the mixture increase with increasing DMSO concentration. No preferential association of methyl groups on DMSO is detected. The pattern of hydrogen bonding and the distribution of hydrogen bond lifetimes in the simulated mixtures is further investigated. Molecular dynamics results show that DMSO typically forms two hydrogen bonds with water molecules. Hydrogen bonds between DMSO and water molecules are longer lived than water-water hydrogen bonds. The hydrogen bond lifetimes determined by reactive flux correlation function approach are about 5 ps and 3 ps for water-DMSO and water-water pairs, respectively, in 1DMSO: 2H20 Mixture. In contrast, for pure water, the hydrogen bond lifetime ismore » about 1 ps. They discuss these times in light of experimentally determined rotational relaxation times. The relative values of the hydrogen bond lifetimes are consistent with a statistical (i.e., transition state theory) interpretation.« less

Application of the RESP Methodology in the Parametrization of Organic Solvents

Abstract: We present parametrizations for the nonaqueous solvents dimethyl sulfoxide, ethanol, CCl4, CHCl3, and CH2Cl2 that are compatible with the recent AMBER force field by Cornell et al. (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 5179−5197). With the general procedure for generating new parameters and the RESP approach to obtain the atomic charges, we achieve flexible all-atom solvent models whose density, heat of vaporization, diffusion constant, and rotational correlation times areespecially for a generic force fieldin good agreement with available experimental data.

The Structure of Lithium Compounds of Sulfones, Sulfoximides, Sulfoxides, Thioethers and 1,3-Dithianes, Nitriles, Nitro Compounds and Hydrazones

Abstract: Acceptor-substituted lithio compounds LiACR1R2, in which the acceptor A is an RC(0), NC, RSO2, RS(O)NR, RSO, RS, O2N, or RC(NNR2) group, have long played an important role in organic synthesis. Their significance has grown still further in the last fifteen years, as one has increasingly learnt to employ them successfully in chemo-, regio-, diastereo-and enantioselective reactions. Remarkably, little if anything was known of the structures of these compounds. It is therefore not surprising that interest in the structures of this class of compounds has greatly increased in recent years. In the following review, we shall summarize recent research into the structures of the lithio compounds of sulfones, sulfoximides, sulfoxides, thioethers and 1,3-dithianes, nitriles, nitro compounds, and hydrazones. Crystal structure determinations from recent years are central to this study. They are supplemented by solution studies and by calculations of structures. Structural similarities and differences between the individual states of aggregation are pointed out wherever possible, as is also the relationship between structure and reactivity.