Open AccessComputational Nutraceutics: Chemical Reactivity Properties of the Flavonoid Naringin by Means of Conceptual DFT
Author(s) -
Jorge I. MartínezAraya,
Guillermo SalgadoMorán,
Daniel GlossmanMitnik
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.436
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 2090-9063
pISSN - 2090-9071
DOI - 10.1155/2013/850297
Subject(s) - chemistry , naringin , fukui function , computational chemistry , electrophile , reactivity (psychology) , density functional theory , nucleophile , molecule , organic chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , chromatography , pathology , catalysis
The M06 family of density functionals has been assessed for the calculation of the molecular structure and properties of the Naringin molecule. The chemical reactivity descriptors have been calculated through Conceptual DFT. The active sites for nucleophilic and electrophilic attacks have been chosen by relating them to the Fukui function indices and the dual descriptor f(2)(r). A comparison between the descriptors calculated through vertical energy values and those arising from the Koopmans' theorem approximation has been performed in order to check for the validity of the last procedure
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