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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Chem B. 2010 Jun 17;114(23):7830–7843. doi: 10.1021/jp101759q

Table 4.

Methylacetate (MAS) dipole moments and interactions with water.

Dipole_moment QM C27 C36
 X −1.37 −2.38 −1.56
 Y −0.92 0.30 −1.02
 Z 0.00 0.00 0.00
 X/Y ratio 1.48 −7.83 1.52
 Total 1.65 2.40 1.86
MAS-water interactions
Interaction Energy, kcal/mol Distance, Å
QM C27 C36 QM C27 C36
1) C=O..HOH, along C=O bond, out-of-plane
−5.15 −5.83 −6.71 2.08 1.78 1.75
2) C=O..HOH, 120° towards methyl, in-plane
−6.63 −6.55 −6.92 2.03 1.78 1.76
3) C=O..HOH, 120° towards ester O, in-plane
−3.15 −3.25 −3.53 2.64 2.54 2.53
4) O (ester)…HOH, out-of-plane
−3.79 −2.71 −4.19 2.11 1.99 1.77

Average difference 0.10 −0.66
RMS difference 0.63 0.52
Average absolute error 0.49 0.66