Structure, acidity and basicity of a benzene disulfonamide inhibitor of carbonic anhydrase
摘要:
N-(4-Diethylaminoethoxybenzyl)benzene-1,4-bis(sulfonamide) (I-3) and its hydrochloride salt (I-3 center dot HCl) were prepared. The X-ray molecular structure of (I-3 center dot HCl) has been determined. The gas phase geometry of free base, its anion, cation and hydrochloride has been computed using Becke3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) and 897D/6-311++G(d,p) model chemistry. The conformational behavior of these systems in water was examined using the salvation CPCM model. In the solid state this compound possesses a sandwich-like structure. According to the density functional calculations using B97D Grimme's functional including dispersion this structure is also present in the gas phase and/or in water solution. On the other hand, the B3LYP functional calculations prefer extended conformer in gas phase. The calculated gas-phase acidity and basicity are conformationally dependent and low, indicating that 1-3 behaves as a weak acid and/or base. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.