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. 2021 May 6;143(19):7237–7241. doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c01359

Table 1. Simulation and DFT Parameters for 17O and 1H hf Couplings of Water in RNR Intermediatesa.

  Y356 sim/DFTsmall NH2Y731 sim NH2Y730 sim/DFTlargeb
Ax (17O) 0.43/0.19 0.70 0.65/0.24
Ay (17O) 0.66/0.59 0.84 0.80/0.6
Az (17O) 0.70/0.65 0.89 0.89/0.6
A(H1) 6.231/7.4 ≲2.5b 2.7b/4.2
ρ(17O)c (%) 0.05   0.03
rO···17O (Å) 2.9 ± 0.1 ∼3.0 ∼3.0
a

Except as noted, values are in MHz. Simulated quadrupole values for 17O were {Px;Py;Pz} = {−0.02;–0.32;0.34} MHz with e2qQ/h = 6.8 MHz and η = 0.93.41

b

Values from 2H couplings in refs (11 and 10) using γ1H2H ≈ 6.5.26

c

Loewdin spin density42 from DFT. Uncertainties in coupling constants are less than 10% for simulations and up to 20% for DFT.