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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Aug 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2007 Feb 28;129(11):3135–3147. doi: 10.1021/ja0654074

Table 5.

Detailed breakdown of the QM/MM//UDFT free energies (at 298 K) relative to the reduced state of putative intermediates for the activation of dioxygen reaction proposed based on QM/MM//RDFT results.e

Model HRed HSuperoxo (11) HSuperoxo (3) HSuperoxo (1) HPeroxo Aμ-1,2 (1) HPeroxo μ,η21 (1) HPeroxo μ,η22 (1) HQ (1)
ΔEQM/MM-UDFT 0 4.64 1.72 5.65 −3.40 −6.28 −9.27 −8.86
ΔZPE 0 −3.5 −3.66 −2.71 −3.38 2.95 −2.75 −2.37
ΔΔHCorrections 0 0.21 0.81 −0.09 1.17 0.23 −0.22 −0.22
ΔS 0 −4.68 0.54 −12.21 2.26 −8.98 −13.25 −16.02
−TΔS 0 1.39 −0.16 3.64 −0.67 2.68 3.95 4.78
Spin-projection Corrections - - - - −0.08 −0.04 −0.90 −1.76

ΔH 0 1.35 −1.13 2.85 −5.69 −3.14 −13.14 −13.21
ΔG 0 2.74 −1.29 6.49 −6.36 −0.46 −9.19 −8.43