azide pKa

User 870ab5b546

11-10-2007 23:48:09

Hi,





Code:
[bob@epoch bob]$ evaluate -e "apKa()" "[N-]=[N+]=[N-]"


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[bob@epoch bob]$ evaluate -e "apKa()" "[N-]=[N+]=N"   


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[bob@epoch bob]$ evaluate -e "bpKa()" "[N-]=[N+]=[N-]"


-11.29;;-12.64


[bob@epoch bob]$ evaluate -e "bpKa()" "[N-]=[N+]=N"


-11.29;;-12.64








Shouldn't both HN3 and N3- have acidic pKa's of around 0 in static, macrospecies mode?





If I switch to microspecies mode, I get basic pKa's of -0.7 and -11.6 for the H-bearing N and the anionic N in HN3 in both dynamic and static mode, and I do not get any acidic pKa's. For N3-, I get basic pKa's of -0.7 for both terminal N atoms in both dynamic (correct) and static (incorrect) modes.

User 851ac690a0

12-10-2007 07:52:29

Hi,
Quote:
Shouldn't both HN3 and N3- have acidic pKa's of around 0 in static, macrospecies mode?
Yes. You are right. This is a bug in the pKa calculator. I am going to fix it.





Jozsi.

User 870ab5b546

23-01-2008 18:14:03

Hi,





Is this bug fixed in Marvin 4.1.14? Marvin 5.0.0?





-- Bob

User 851ac690a0

23-01-2008 18:35:46

Hi,








The pKa calculation for N3- is available in Marvin 5.0.








Jozsi