Functional Group Interaction Profiles: a General Treatment of Solvent Effects on Non-covalent Interactions

Overview

Journal Chem Sci

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2021 Jun 14

PMID 34122903

Citations 14

Authors

Mark D Driver

Mark J Williamson

Joanne L Cook

Christopher A Hunter

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Abstract

Solvation has profound effects on the behaviour of supramolecular systems, but the effects can be difficult to predict even at a qualitative level. Functional group interaction profiles (FGIPs) provide a simple visual method for understanding how solvent affects the free energy contribution due to a single point interaction, such as a hydrogen bond, between two solute functional groups. A generalised theoretical approach has been developed, which allows calculation of FGIPs for any solvent or solvent mixture, and FGIPs for 300 different solvents have been produced, providing a comprehensive description of solvent effects on non-covalent chemistry. The free energy calculations have been validated using experimental measurements of association constants for hydrogen bonded complexes in multiple solvent mixtures. The calculated FGIPs provide good descriptions of the solvation of polar solutes, solvophobic interactions between non-polar solutes in polar solvents like water, and preferential solvation in solvent mixtures. Applications are explored of the use of FGIPs in drug design, for optimising receptor-ligand interactions, and in enantioselective catalysis for solvent selection to optimise selectivity.

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