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. 2013 May 3;135(21):8001–8015. doi: 10.1021/ja402016p

Table 1. Potential Energy Barriers, ΔE [in kcal/mol], for Hydrogen Abstraction from Ibuprofen at the C2- and C3-Positions, Calculated at the B3LYP-D(BSII)//B3LYP-D(BSI)/CHARMM27 Level of Theorya.

  C3
  C2
profile 2ΔE 4ΔE profile 2ΔE 4ΔE
3-1 18.2 18.1 2-1 26.4 28.1
3-2 19.8 18.6 2-2 31.4 32.5
3-3 22.5 21.4 2-3 26.2 29.7
3-4 20.2 19.7      
3-5 20.9 20.0      
3-6 24.6 22.4      
3-AveB 19.2 18.9 2-AveB 26.5 28.7
a

AveB corresponds to the Boltzmann-weighted average calculated over all pathways. The superscript 2 and 4 labels correspond to the doublet and quartet spin states of Cpd I.