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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR GRAPHICS & MODELLING
卷 34, 期 -, 页码 18-27出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2012.01.001
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Conductive polymer; Electrochemical biosensors; RM1; DFT; Monte Carlo conformational analysis; Polymer structure; Reaction mechanism
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- CNPq
- FAPEMIG
- CAPES
The compound 3-hydroxyphenylacetic acid (3-HPA) has been used as a monomer in the synthesis of polymeric films by electropolymerization; these films serve as supports for the immobilization of biomolecules in electrochemical biosensors. To assist in the elucidation of the mechanism of 3-HPA electropolymerization, a systematic quantum mechanical study was conducted. In addition to the monomer, all possible intermediates and the probable oligomers formed during the electropolymerization were investigated using a density functional theory (OFT) method combined with a previous conformational analysis performed with the aid of the RM1 semi-empirical method or a Monte Carlo conformational analysis with the force field OPLS-2005. From the data analysis combined with the experimental results, a mechanism was proposed for the main route of formation of the polymeric films. The mechanism involves the formation of polyethers from the coupling of phenoxide radicals and radicals based on the aromatic ring. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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