Computational study of electronic effects from β-substituents on the tautomerism of naphthazarin derivatives
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In this work, semi-empirical AM1 and DFT B3LYP/6-31G** calculations were applied in the study of the interconversion among tautomers of several naphthazarin and 5-amino-8-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone β-substituted derivatives bearing electron-donor or electron-withdrawing groups. Using a semi-empirical method, detailed potential energy landscapes for proton transfers were built, from which four tautomers and four transition states of interconversions were identified for each compound. These struc ...
In this work, semi-empirical AM1 and DFT B3LYP/6-31G** calculations were applied in the study of the interconversion among tautomers of several naphthazarin and 5-amino-8-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone β-substituted derivatives bearing electron-donor or electron-withdrawing groups. Using a semi-empirical method, detailed potential energy landscapes for proton transfers were built, from which four tautomers and four transition states of interconversions were identified for each compound. These structures were recalculated without restraints and, using the Boltzmann distribution, the populations for each of the four tautomers and their respective molar fractions were calculated. The calculations showed that the tautomeric equilibrium is shifted to the tautomer where the ring with the substituent has a quinonic nature and is more pronounced when the β-substituent is an electron donor group. For derivatives of 5-amino-8-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, an equilibrium between an aromatic and a 1,5-naphthoquinonic non-aromatic enamine was observed, being the former the most stable. ...
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Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society. Campinas. Vol. 28, no. 4 (2017), p. 567-573
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