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Master's Dissertation
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/D.43.2017.tde-19112017-173908
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Author
Full name
Argel Nasir Sosa Nuñez
E-mail
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2017
Supervisor
Committee
Canuto, Sylvio Roberto Accioly (President)
Borin, Antonio Carlos
Chaudhuri, Puspitapallab
Title in Portuguese
Estudo teórico da espectroscopia da clorofila d
Keywords in Portuguese
clorofila d
efeitos de solvente
espectro de absorção
s-QM/MM
TD-DFT
Abstract in Portuguese
Neste trabalho estudamos o espectro de absorção da clorofila d, incluindo os efeitos do solvente metanol, utilizando a Teoria do Funcional da Densidade Dependente do Tempo em combinação com o método s-QM/MM. Diferentes abordagens para a descrição do meio solvente, que vão desde o modelo contínuo polarizável até a inclusão de moléculas explícitas do solvente, são utilizadas. Observamos que a inclusão do solvente desloca o espectro, em relação ao calculado em vácuo, para o vermelho. A inclusão de 20 moléculas explícitas de metanol e 880 representadas como as cargas pontuais do seus átomos para a descrição do meio solvente foi a que melhor concordou com os valores experimentais. Mediante cálculos de mecânica quântica obtivemos para o complexo composto por a molécula de clorofila d e apenas uma de metanol explícita um deslocamento do átomo de magnésio da clorofila d em relação ao anel de 0,31 Å. Mediante a analise da função de distribuição radial de pares obtida da simulação clássica comprovamos que esse átomo de magnésio é penta-coordenado. Além disso, é usada uma estrutura simplificada da clorofila d baseado na localização dos orbitais moleculares participantes das transições eletrônicas com o objetivo de diminuir o custo computacional dos cálculos de mecânica quântica. Os espectros calculados para a clorofila d não apresentaram diferenças significativas com os calculados para a simplificação proposta. Como complementação o espectro Raman da clorofila d isolada é calculado mediante DFT e alguns dos modos normais são caracterizados.
Title in English
Theoretical study of chlorophyll d spectroscopy
Keywords in English
absorption spectrum
chlorophyll d
s-QM/MM
solvent effects
TD-DFT
Abstract in English
In this work we study the absorption spectrum of chlorophyll d, including the effects of the solvent methanol, using the Time Dependent Density Functional Theory in combination with the method s-QM/MM. Different approaches for the description of the solvent medium, ranging from the polarizable continuum model to the inclusion of explicit solvent molecules, are used. We note that the inclusion of solvent shifts the spectrum, relative to that calculated in vacuum, to the red side of the spectrum. The inclusion of 20 explicit molecules of methanol and 880 represented as point charges of their atoms for the description of the solvent medium was the one that best agreed with the experimental values. By quantum mechanics calculations we obtained for the complex composed of the molecule of chlorophyll d and only one explicit methanol molecule a displacement of the magnesium atom of chlorophyll d in relation to the ring of 0,31 Å. By means of the analysis of the radial distribution function obtained from the classic simulation we can see that this atom of magnesium is penta-coordinated. In addition, a simplified structure of chlorophyll d is used based on the location of the molecular orbitals involved in the electronic transitions in order to reduce the computational cost of quantum mechanics calculations. The spectra calculated for chlorophyll d did not show significant differences with those calculated for the proposed simplification. As a complement the Raman spectrum of isolated chlorophyll d is calculated by DFT and some of the normal modes are characterized.
 
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