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Crystallographic and Dynamic Aspects of Solid-State NMR Calibration Compounds: Towards ab Initio NMR Crystallography.

ABSTRACT: The excellent results of dispersion-corrected density functional theory (DFT-D) calculations for static systems have been well established over the past decade. The introduction of dynamics into DFT-D calculations is a target, especially for the field of molecular NMR crystallography. Four (13) C?ss-NMR calibration compounds are investigated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, molecular dynamics and DFT-D calculations. The crystal structure of 3-methylglutaric acid is reported. The rotator phases of adamantane and hexamethylbenzene at room temperature are successfully reproduced in the molecular dynamics simulations. The calculated (13) C chemical shifts of these compounds are in excellent agreement with experiment, with a root-mean-square deviation of 2.0?ppm. It is confirmed that a combination of classical molecular dynamics and DFT-D chemical shift calculation improves the accuracy of calculated chemical shifts.

SUBMITTER: Li X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5096255 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Crystallographic and Dynamic Aspects of Solid-State NMR Calibration Compounds: Towards ab Initio NMR Crystallography.

Li Xiaozhou X Tapmeyer Lukas L Bolte Michael M van de Streek Jacco J

Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry 20160608 16

The excellent results of dispersion-corrected density functional theory (DFT-D) calculations for static systems have been well established over the past decade. The introduction of dynamics into DFT-D calculations is a target, especially for the field of molecular NMR crystallography. Four (13) C ss-NMR calibration compounds are investigated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, molecular dynamics and DFT-D calculations. The crystal structure of 3-methylglutaric acid is reported. The rotator phas ...[more]

PMID: 27276509

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Crystallographic and Dynamic Aspects of Solid-State NMR Calibration Compounds: Towards ab Initio NMR Crystallography.

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Crystallographic and Dynamic Aspects of Solid-State NMR Calibration Compounds: Towards ab Initio NMR Crystallography.

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