Effects of Quantum Nuclear Delocalisation on NMR Parameters from Path Integral Molecular Dynamics

Dračínský, Martin; Hodgkinson, Paul

Abstract

The influence of nuclear delocalisation on NMR chemical shifts in molecular organic solids is explored using path integral molecular dynamics (PIMD) and density functional theory calculations of shielding tensors. Nuclear quantum effects are shown to explain previously observed systematic deviations in correlations between calculated and experimental chemical shifts, with particularly large PIMD-induced changes (up to 23 ppm) observed for carbon atoms in methyl groups. The PIMD approach also enables isotope substitution effects on chemical shifts and J couplings to be predicted in excellent agreement with experiment for both isolated molecules and molecular crystals. An approach based on convoluting calculated shielding or coupling surfaces with probability distributions of selected bond distances and valence angles obtained from PIMD simulations is used to calculate isotope effects.

Citation

Dračínský, M., & Hodgkinson, P. (2014). Effects of Quantum Nuclear Delocalisation on NMR Parameters from Path Integral Molecular Dynamics. Chemistry - A European Journal, 20(8), 2201-2207. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201303496

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Jan 16, 2014
• Publication Date: Feb 17, 2014
• Deposit Date: Jun 10, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 16, 2015
• Journal: Chemistry - A European Journal
• Print ISSN: 0947-6539
• Electronic ISSN: 1521-3765
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 2201-2207
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201303496
• Keywords: Density functional calculations, Isotope effects, NMR spectroscopy, Nuclear delocalisation, Path integral molecular dynamics.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1425635