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Assessment of the tautomeric population of benzimidazole derivatives in solution: a simple and versatile theoretical–experimental approach

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Herein, we present a simple and versatile theoretical–experimental approach to assess the tautomeric distribution on 5(6)-aminobenzimidazole (5(6)-ABZ) derivatives in solution via one-photon absorption. The method is based on the optimized weighted sum of the theoretical spectra of the corresponding tautomers. In this article we show how the choice of exchange-correlation functional (XCF) employed in the calculations becomes crucial for the success of the approach. After the systematic analysis of XCFs with different amounts of exact-exchange we found a better performance for B3LYP and PBE0. The direct test of the proposed method on omeprazole, a well-known 5(6)-benzimidazole based pharmacotherapeutic, demonstrate its broader applicability. The proposed approach is expected to find direct applications on the tautomeric analysis of other molecular systems exhibiting similar tautomeric equilibria.

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Using a weighted sum of the corresponding individual tautomer theoretical spectra, the tautomeric population of benzimidazole derivatives in solution and at room temperature is directly determined through the theoretical–experimental fitting of the UV–Vis spectra of the tautomeric mixture at equilibrium. The reliability of the proposed method is based on the existent spectral difference between the two species.

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This work was partially supported by the National Science Foundation through Grant Number CHE-0840431. The computing time provided by STOKES ARCC is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, P. O. Box 162366, Orlando, FL, 32816-2366, USA

    Carlos Diaz & Florencio E. Hernández

  2. Departamento de Química, Universidad Simón Bolívar, P. O. Box 89000, Caracas, 1080A, Venezuela

    Ligia Llovera & Lorenzo Echevarria

  3. CREOL/The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, P. O. Box 162366, Orlando, FL, 32816-2366, USA

    Florencio E. Hernández

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Diaz, C., Llovera, L., Echevarria, L. et al. Assessment of the tautomeric population of benzimidazole derivatives in solution: a simple and versatile theoretical–experimental approach. J Comput Aided Mol Des 29, 143–154 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10822-014-9810-7

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