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Abstract

A combination of simulations and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy was used to examine the effect of three ionic solutes (KCl, NaCl, and KSCN), the polar solute urea, and the osmolyte trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) on a water structure. The ionic solutes increase the mean water–water H-bond angle in their first hydration shell concomitantly shifting the OH stretching mode to higher frequency, and shifting the HOH bending mode to lower frequency. TMAO decreases the mean water–water H-bond angle in its first hydration shell, shifts the OH stretching mode frequency down, and shifting the HOH bending mode frequency up. Urea has no effect on the mean H-bond angle, OH stretch, and HOH bend frequencies. These results can be explained in terms of changes in the relative proportions of two H-bond angle populations: Ionic solutes increase the population of more distorted (larger angle) H bonds relative to the less distorted population, TMAO has the reverse effect, while urea does not affect the H-bond angle probability distribution. The negligible effect of urea on water structure supports the direct binding model for urea-induced protein denaturation.

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Sharp, K. A., Madan, B., Manas, E., & Vanderkooi, J. M. (2001). Water structure changes induced by hydrophobic and polar solutes revealed by simulations and infrared spectroscopy. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 114(4), 1791–1796.

Authors 4 University of Pennsylvania
  1. Kim A. Sharp (first) University of Pennsylvania
  2. Bhupinder Madan (additional) University of Pennsylvania
  3. Eric Manas (additional) University of Pennsylvania
  4. Jane M. Vanderkooi (additional) University of Pennsylvania
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Created 23 years, 1 month ago (July 26, 2002, 10:13 a.m.)
Deposited 1 year, 6 months ago (Feb. 7, 2024, 9:29 a.m.)
Indexed 4 days, 13 hours ago (Aug. 30, 2025, 1:13 p.m.)
Issued 24 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 22, 2001)
Published 24 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 22, 2001)
Published Print 24 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 22, 2001)
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@article{Sharp_2001, title={Water structure changes induced by hydrophobic and polar solutes revealed by simulations and infrared spectroscopy}, volume={114}, ISSN={1089-7690}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1334678}, DOI={10.1063/1.1334678}, number={4}, journal={The Journal of Chemical Physics}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Sharp, Kim A. and Madan, Bhupinder and Manas, Eric and Vanderkooi, Jane M.}, year={2001}, month=jan, pages={1791–1796} }