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MDPI, Molecules, 1(29), p. 9, 2023

DOI: 10.3390/molecules29010009

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Probing Reactivity with External Forces: The Case of Nitroacetamides in Water

Journal article published in 2023 by Giovanni La Penna ORCID, Fabrizio Machetti ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

Many computational methods have been applied to interpret and predict changes in reactivity by slight modifications of a given molecular scaffold. We describe a novel and simple method based on approximate density-functional theory of valence electrons that can be applied within a large high-performance computational infrastructure to probe such changes using a statistical sample of molecular configurations, including the solvent. All the used computational tools are fully open-source. Following our previous application, we are able to explain the high acidity of C-H bond at α position in nitro compounds when the amide linkage an ammonium group is inserted into the α substituent.