Abstract
Four branched-chain aliphatic α-amino acids─α-alanine, valine, leucine, and isoleucine (1-4)─were investigated by quantum-chemical calculations in water as a solvent by two methods. The B3LYP variant of DFT calculations was used to obtain the electronic structure and molecular descriptors of these species in their canonical amino acid form as well as the related zwitterionic form in three oxidation states (cation, neutral molecule, and anion). A total of 24 species were subjected to full geometry optimization and complete vibration analysis. Quantities related to ionization or affinity processes were evaluated under adiabatic conditions. The calculated standard reaction Gibbs energy facilitates evaluation of the absolute oxidation and reduction potential. The absolute reduction potential correlates with the electrophilicity index, and the absolute oxidation potential correlates with the adiabatic ionization energy. This finding makes it possible to skip the tedious vibrational analysis and use electronic properties to estimate the redox potentials. The molecular descriptors were compared with the calculated properties of four linear amino acids (glycine, β-alanine, GABA, and DAVA). Parallel calculations using the DLPNO-CCSD(T) method gave analogous results for 24 species. The absolute oxidation potential was related to the antioxidant activity index, which showed only a moderate antioxidant activity of 1-4.
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