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. 2023 Aug 19;24(16):12971. doi: 10.3390/ijms241612971

Table 2.

H∙∙∙O distances R(H∙∙∙O) in GB crystalline monohydrate, calculated using periodic DFT in the B3LYP/6-31G** and PBE-D3/6-31G** approximations, and intermolecular H-bond enthalpies, computed using Equation (1).

Fragment a R(H∙∙∙O), Å –ΔHHB, kJ/mol
B3LYP PBE-D3 B3LYP PBE-D3
Water–GB interactions
O–H12∙∙∙O1 1.676 1.656 31.1 32.3
O–H13∙∙∙O2 1.649 1.633 32.7 33.7
O3∙∙∙H11–C 1.989 1.964 18.5 19.2
O3∙∙∙H2–C 2.277 2.258 12.2 12.5
O3∙∙∙H4–C 2.442 2.459 9.9 9.7
O3∙∙∙H8–C 2.481 2.475 9.4 9.5
O3∙∙∙H3–C 2.543 2.528 8.7 8.9
O3∙∙∙H7–C 2.665 2.531 7.6 8.9
O3∙∙∙H9–C 2.671 2.663 7.5 7.6
Total enthalpy 137.6 142.3
GB–GB interactions
O1∙∙∙H3–C 2.188 2.175 13.8 14.1
O1∙∙∙H5–C 2.522 2.486 8.9 9.4
O1∙∙∙H6–C 2.647 2.641 7.7 7.8
O1∙∙∙H7–C 2.527 2.518 8.9 9.0
O1∙∙∙H9–C 2.275 2.263 12.3 12.5
O1∙∙∙H10–C 2.205 2.201 13.5 13.6
O2∙∙∙H6–C 2.168 2.158 14.2 14.4
O2∙∙∙H8–C 2.630 2.628 7.9 7.9
O2∙∙∙H10–C 2.253 2.228 12.6 13.1
Total enthalpy 99.8 101.8

a see Figure 5. The atomic number used is included in the CDC file 760253.cif of GB crystalline monohydrate [56].