G. Maes

Publications (3)1.48 Total impact

• Article: Discrimination between O-H...N and O-H...O=C complexes of 3-methyl-4-pyrimidone and methanol. A matrix-isolation FT-IR and theoretical DFT/B3LYP investigation

  M. Muzomwe, B. Boeckx, G. Maes, O.E.S. Kasende
  Afr. J. Chem. 01/2011; 64:23.
• Article: A theoretical and matrix-isolation FT-IR investigation of the conformational landscape of N-acetylcystein

  B. Boeckx, R. Ramaekers, G. Maes
  Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy. 01/2010; 261:73.
• Article: Tautomery and H-bonding characteristics of 2-aminopurine: a combined experimental and theoretical study

  R. Ramaekers, L. Adamowicz, G. Maes
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  ABSTRACT: An experimental and theoretical RHF, MP2 and DFT/6-31++G** study is described of the matrix FT-IR spectra of monomer 2-aminopurine and H-bonded complexes of 2-aminopurine with water. 2-aminopurine occurs in Ar predominantly as the amino-N9H tautomer, but small amounts of the amino-N7H tautomer are also present. An approximate KT value for this tautomeric equilibrium is found to be 0.016 (RHF) and 0.015 (DFT) using the infrared intensity measurement. Four H-bonded complexes of the abundant amino-N9H form with water are detected in the experimental FT-IR spectrum by their characteristic predicted absorptions, i.e. the three closed complexes N3 ... H-O ... H-N9, N1 ... H-O ... H-NH, N3 ... H-O ... H-NH and the open complex N7 ... H-OH. From the experimental results, the proton affinity of the N7 atom in 2-aminopurine can be estimated. The dependence of the H-bond strength on the H-bond linearity is demonstrated by a correlation between the N ... H distance and the N ... H-O angle in closed N ... H-O ... H-N complexes.
  The European Physical Journal D 01/2002; 20(3):375-388. · 1.48 Impact Factor