PM3 study of the proton affinities of 2‐, 3‐, and 4‐monosubstituted pyridines in the gas phase

Heats of formation (ΔHf) and proton affinities (PA) of 2‐, 3‐, and 4‐monosubstituted pyridines in the gas phase are calculated using the AM1 and PM3 semiempirical methods. The following substitutents are considered: NO2, CN, CF3, CHO, F, Cl, COCH3, H, CH3, OCH3, SCH3, NH2, and N(CH3)2. The results are compared with the experimental data. Both methods reproduce the ΔHf with comparble accuracy; the rms deviations are 4.1 (AM1) and 4.5 kcal/mol (PM3) for the free bases and 9.5 (AM1) and 9.7 kcal/mol (PM3) for their conjugated acids. The PA are systematically underestimated by both methods, but AM1 appears to be clearly better than PM3 for reproducing the experimental values. The rms deviations for AM1 and PM3 are 5.1 and 9.6 kcal/mol, respectively. This is due to a cancellation of systematic errors in the calculated ΔHf in the AM1 case and to a summation of the errors in the PM3 case. Both methods correctly reproduce conformations of the molecules under consideration.

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