Exploring Caffeine-Phenol Interactions by the Inseparable Duet of Experimental and Theoretical Data

Intermolecular interactions are difficult to model, especially in systems formed by multiple interactions. Such is the case of caffeine-phenol. Structural data has been extracted by using mass-resolved excitation spectroscopy and double resonance techniques. Then the predictions of seven different c...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Usabiaga, Imanol, Camiruaga, Ander, Calabrese, Camilla, Maris, Assimo, Fernández, José A.
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2019
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositório:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/404269
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/404269
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85074597616
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Aggregation
Density functional calculations
Laser spectroscopy
Natural products
Noncovalent interactions
Descrição
Resumo:Intermolecular interactions are difficult to model, especially in systems formed by multiple interactions. Such is the case of caffeine-phenol. Structural data has been extracted by using mass-resolved excitation spectroscopy and double resonance techniques. Then the predictions of seven different computational methods have been explored to discover structural and energetic discrepancies between them that may even result in different assignments of the system. The results presented herein highlight the difficulty of constructing functionals to model systems with several competing interactions, and raise awareness of problems with assignments of complex systems with limited experimental information that rely exclusively on energetic data.