A mixed quantum-classical molecular dynamics study of anti-tetrol and syn-tetrol dissolved in liquid chloroform: hydrogen-bond structure and its signature on the infrared absorption spectrum.

The intramolecular hydrogen-bond structure of stereoselectively synthesized syn-tetrol and anti-tetrol dissolved in deuterated chloroform is investigated via a mixed quantum-classical molecular dynamics simulation. An extensive conformational analysis is performed in order to determine the dominant conformations, the distributions among them, and their sensitivity to the method for assigning partial charges (RESP vs AM1-BCC). The signature of the conformational distribution and method of assigning partial charges on the infrared absorption spectra is analyzed in detail. The relationship between the spectra and the underlying hydrogen-bond structure is elucidated.