Chirality recognition in concerted proton transfer process for prismatic water clusters  

作　　者：Bo Wang Wanrun Jiang Yang Gao Boon K.Teo Zhigang Wang 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics,Jilin University,Changchun 130012,China [2]Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy(Jilin University),Changchun 130012,China [3]College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering,Peking University,Beijing 100871,China [4]College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Xiamen University,Xiamen 361005,China [5]Beijing Computational Science Research Center,Beijing 100084,China

出　　处：《Nano Research》2016年第9期2782-2795,共14页纳米研究（英文版）

基　　金：The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.11374004 and 11004076).

摘　　要：Proton transfer and chiral conversion via hydrogen bonds (HBs) are important processes in applications such as chiral recognition, enzymatic catalysis, and drug preparation. Herein, we investigate the chiral conversion and interlayer recognition, via concerted intralayer proton transfer (CIPT) processes, of small prismatic water clusters, in the form of bilayer n−membered water rings (BnWRs, n = 4, 5, 6). Density functional theory (DFT) calculations show that despite the small energy variations between the initial and final states of the clusters of less than 0.3 kcal·mol−1, the vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectrum provides clear chiral recognition peaks in the range of 3,000 to 3,500 cm−1. The vibrational modes in this region correspond to stretching of intralayer HBs, which produces strong signals in the infrared (IR) and Raman spectra. The electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectrum also reveals obvious chiroptical characteristics. The molecular orbitals involved in the interlayer interaction are dominated by O 2p atomic orbitals; the energy of these orbitals increased by up to 0.1 eV as a result of the CIPT processes, indicating corresponding recognition between monolayer water clusters. In addition, isotopic substitution by deuterium in the BnWRs results in characteristic peaks in the VCD spectra that can be used as fingerprints in the identification of the chiral structures. Our findings provide new insights into the mechanism of chiral recognition in small prismatic water clusters at the atomic level as well as incentives for future experimental studies. [Figure not available: see fulltext.] © 2016, Tsinghua University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.Proton transfer and chiral conversion via hydrogen bonds (HBs) are important processes in applications such as chiral recognition, enzymatic catalysis, and drug preparation. Herein, we investigate the chiral conversion and interlayer recognition, via concerted intralayer proton transfer (CIPT) processes, of small prismatic water clusters, in the form of bilayer n−membered water rings (BnWRs, n = 4, 5, 6). Density functional theory (DFT) calculations show that despite the small energy variations between the initial and final states of the clusters of less than 0.3 kcal·mol−1, the vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectrum provides clear chiral recognition peaks in the range of 3,000 to 3,500 cm−1. The vibrational modes in this region correspond to stretching of intralayer HBs, which produces strong signals in the infrared (IR) and Raman spectra. The electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectrum also reveals obvious chiroptical characteristics. The molecular orbitals involved in the interlayer interaction are dominated by O 2p atomic orbitals; the energy of these orbitals increased by up to 0.1 eV as a result of the CIPT processes, indicating corresponding recognition between monolayer water clusters. In addition, isotopic substitution by deuterium in the BnWRs results in characteristic peaks in the VCD spectra that can be used as fingerprints in the identification of the chiral structures. Our findings provide new insights into the mechanism of chiral recognition in small prismatic water clusters at the atomic level as well as incentives for future experimental studies. [Figure not available: see fulltext.] © 2016, Tsinghua University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

关 键 词：water cluster CHIRALITY proton transfer circular dichroism spectrum density functional theory calculation 

分 类 号：O6[理学—化学]