The enthalpy of formation of selenocysteine: A G3 and G4 quantum chemical study

Rafael Notario, James S. Chickos, Joel F. Liebman

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Abstract

<div class="line" id="line-7"> <span style='color: rgb(46, 46, 46); font-family: NexusSerif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif; font-size: 18px;'> The gas phase enthalpy of formation of the amino acid containing selenium, selenocysteine, has been calculated using G3 and G4 calculations, the values being (&minus;347.7 and &minus;345.2)&nbsp;kJ&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;mol </span> <span style='color: rgb(46, 46, 46); font-family: NexusSerif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif; font-size: 13.5px;'> &minus;1 </span> <span style='color: rgb(46, 46, 46); font-family: NexusSerif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif; font-size: 18px;'> , respectively. The enthalpies of formation of the counterpart amino acids containing oxygen and sulfur, serine and cysteine, have also been calculated. The enthalpies of formation of compounds H </span> <span style='color: rgb(46, 46, 46); font-family: NexusSerif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif; font-size: 13.5px;'> 2 </span> <span style='color: rgb(46, 46, 46); font-family: NexusSerif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif; font-size: 18px;'> Z, C </span> <span style='color: rgb(46, 46, 46); font-family: NexusSerif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif; font-size: 13.5px;'> 2 </span> <span style='color: rgb(46, 46, 46); font-family: NexusSerif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif; font-size: 18px;'> H </span> <span style='color: rgb(46, 46, 46); font-family: NexusSerif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif; font-size: 13.5px;'> 5 </span> <span style='color: rgb(46, 46, 46); font-family: NexusSerif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif; font-size: 18px;'> ZH and (C </span> <span style='color: rgb(46, 46, 46); font-family: NexusSerif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif; font-size: 13.5px;'> 2 </span> <span style='color: rgb(46, 46, 46); font-family: NexusSerif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif; font-size: 18px;'> H </span> <span style='color: rgb(46, 46, 46); font-family: NexusSerif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif; font-size: 13.5px;'> 5 </span> <span style='color: rgb(46, 46, 46); font-family: NexusSerif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif; font-size: 18px;'> ) </span> <span style='color: rgb(46, 46, 46); font-family: NexusSerif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif; font-size: 13.5px;'> 2 </span> <span style='color: rgb(46, 46, 46); font-family: NexusSerif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif; font-size: 18px;'> Z (Z </span> <img src="https://sdfestaticassets-us-east-1.sciencedirectassets.com/shared-assets/16/entities/dbnd"/> <span style='color: rgb(46, 46, 46); font-family: NexusSerif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif; font-size: 18px;'> O, S, Se) have been calculated and compared with their available experimental values. The agreement between calculated and experimental values gives us confidence in our calculated values for the gas phase enthalpy of formation of selenocysteine. </span></div>
Original languageAmerican English
JournalThe Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics
Volume73
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 6 2014

Keywords

  • Cysteine
  • Enthalpy of formation
  • G3 and G4 calculations
  • Selenocysteine
  • Serine

Disciplines

  • Inorganic Chemistry

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