Volume 30, Issue 3 pp. 727-732
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Density Functional Theory Study of the Interaction between Thymine and Luteolin

Xiaolan Wang

Xiaolan Wang

College of Chemistry and Material Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, China

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Wanfei Cai

Wanfei Cai

College of Chemistry and Material Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, China

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Yan Zheng

Yan Zheng

College of Chemistry and Material Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, China

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Laicai Li

Corresponding Author

Laicai Li

College of Chemistry and Material Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, China

College of Chemistry and Material Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, ChinaSearch for more papers by this author
Anmin Tian

Anmin Tian

College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China

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First published: 15 March 2012
Citations: 10

Abstract

The density function B3LYP method has been used to optimize the geometries of the luteolin, thymine and luteolin-thymine complexes at 6-31+G∗︁ basis. The vibrational frequencies have been studied at the same level to analyze these seventeen complexes, respectively. Theories of atoms in molecules (AIM) and natural bond orbital (NBO) have been utilized to investigate the hydrogen bonds involved in all the systems. The interaction energies of the complexes corrected by basis set superposition error are between −93.00–−76.69 kJ/mol. The calculating results indicate that strong hydrogen bonding interactions have been found in the luteolin-thymine complexes.

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