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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Chem B. 2010 Nov 4;114(43):13911–13921. doi: 10.1021/jp107450n

TABLE 8.

Predicted proton affinities for metaphosphate, phosphate, and cyclic phosphate (left columns) and acyclic and cyclic phosphorance compounds (right column) of biological interest. All values are in kcal/mol. See Figure 7 for naming scheme.

Moleculea CBS QCRNA Moleculea CBS QCRNA
P(O)(O)(OH) 310.5 311.1 P(OH*)(OH)(OH)(OH)(OH) 340.8 339.3
P(O)(O)(SH) 304.5 306.2 P(OH)(OH)(OH)(OH)(OH*) 350.8 350.5
P(S)(O)(OH) 307.5 308.5 P(OH*)(OH)(−O-CH2CH2-O-)(OH) 343.1 342.6
P(S)(S)(OH) 307.2 308.6 P(OH)(OH*)(−O-CH2CH2-O-)(OH) 343.4 342.9
P(S)(O)(SH) 303.3 305.2 P(OH*)(OH)(−O-CH2CH2-O-)(OCH3) 343.8 343.0
P(O)(OH)(OH)(OH) 327.9 328.2 P(OH)(OH*)(−O-CH2CH2-O-)(OCH3) 343.4 342.9
P(O)(O)(OH)(OH) 458.7 457.8 P(OH*)(OH)(−O-CH2CH2-S-)(OH) 335.2 335.0
P(O)(O)(O)(OH) 2− 580.9 579.5 P(OH)(OH*)(−O-CH2CH2-S-)(OH) 335.4 335.4
P(S)(OH)(OH)(OH) 322.5 322.9 P(OH*)(OH)(−O-CH2CH2-S-)(OCH3) 331.8 334.5
P(O)(OH)(OH)(SH*) 318.2 319.9 P(OH)(OH*)(−O-CH2CH2-S-)(OCH3) 332.1 334.4
P(O)(OH)(OH*)(SH) 320.9 320.9 P(OH*)(OH)(−S-CH2CH2-O-)(OH) 336.1 336.2
P(O)(OCH3)(OH)(OH) 330.0 330.3 P(OH)(OH*)(−S-CH2CH2-O-)(OH) 336.0 336.2
P(O)(OCH3)(O)(OH) 453.9 452.9 P(OH*)(OH)(−S-CH2CH2-O-)(OCH3) 339.0 338.6
P(S)(OCH3)(OH)(OH) 323.5 324.1 P(OH)(OH*)(−S-CH2CH2-O-)(OCH3) 339.6 338.8
P(S)(OCH3)(O)(OH) 437.9 437.5 P(OH*)(OH)(−O-CH2CH2-O-)(SCH3) 333.1 333.0
P(O)(OCH3)(OH)(SH*) 319.1 321.4 P(OH)(OH*)(−O-CH2CH2-O-)(SCH3) 333.1 333.0
P(O)(OCH3)(OH*)(SH) 321.6 322.1 P(SH*)(OH)(−O-CH2CH2-O-)(OH) 333.6 335.0
P(O)(SCH3)(OH)(OH) 322.2 322.8 P(SH)(OH*)(−O-CH2CH2-O-)(OH) 338.4 337.7
P(O)(SCH3)(O)(OH) 443.7 441.0 P(SH*)(OH)(−O-CH2CH2-O-)(OCH3) 335.3 336.8
P(O)(OCH3)(OCH3)(OH) 329.2 330.1 P(SH)(OH*)(−O-CH2CH2-O-)(OCH3) 339.1 338.2
P(S)(OCH3)(OCH3)(OH) 325.1 325.9 P(OH*)(SH)(−O-CH2CH2-O-)(OH) 337.3 336.7
P(O)(SCH3)(OCH3)(OH) 324.2 326.2 P(OH)(SH*)(−O-CH2CH2-O-)(OH) 332.6 334.1
P(O)(OCH3)(OCH3)(SH) 320.8 323.2 P(OH*)(SH)(−O-CH2CH2-O-)(OCH3) 341.1 340.1
P(O)(OH)(−O-CH2CH2-O-) 329.4 329.5 P(OH)(SH*)(−O-CH2CH2-O-)(OCH3) 335.9 336.8
P(O)(SH)(−O-CH2CH2-O-) 320.1 321.9
P(S)(OH)(−O-CH2CH2-O-) 324.0 324.5
P(O)(OH)(−S-CH2CH2-O-) 324.1 324.7
a

”Molecule” refers to AH in Eq. 1