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Molecular Theories of Partial Molar Volume
Two main streamsin themoleculartheoriesfor partialmolar volumeare reviewed.The fast stream is based on the
soled particle theory of liquids and its extension to polyatomic molecules;this has been used successfully in
detemmining the solvation freeenergyof non-polarsolutes in water.The secondmethodemploys the Kirkwood-
Buff solution theory. This method is coupledto the integral equationtheoryof molecularliquids to calculatethe
partialmolar volumeof polyatomicmolecules.Thedependenceof the partialmolar volumeon the conformational
changeof butane anda tripeptideis examinedbasedon thesemethods.[partialmolarvolume, scaledparticletheory,
Kirkwood-Buftheory, RISM theory, butane,peptide,water]
difference •¢ V in the partial molar volumes between reactants many chemical processes contribute. For instance, some
and products, namely [1], residues in protein may dissociate upon denaturing to release
ions, which in turn reduce partial molar volume due to the so
called'electrostriction' of the solvent. If that is the case, protein
(1)
will unfold by applying pressure. Polar residues may
contribute to pressure denaturation in the same manner, if the
If chemical reactions areto be describedby the transition state residues are exposed to solvent upon unfolding. Hydrophobic
theory, even the pressure dependenceof the reaction rate canbe residues may cause a similar condition if the structural
predicted by just analyzing the change in the partial molar modification of the water around the residues is denser, or more
volumes of the species in reactantand transition states, that is, packed, than bulk water. Although it has not been well clarified
yet which effect is most dominant to the pressure denahhration,
it is safe to say that what leads to the pressure denaturation of
(2)
protein is change in the partial molar volume due to the
structural modification of water.
As an example of phenomena which demonstrate the There is a large volume of experimental work devoted to
importance of partial molar volume, let's look at the pressure partial molar volume [1],[5],[6], but relatively few theoretical
denaturation of protein [4]. Pressure denaturation is one of the studies have been reported [7],[8],[91,[10],[11]. In this brief
outstanding properties of protein, which refutes any naive article, we do not attempt a complete review of the subject, but
argument concerning 'volume'. If one just focuses on the confine ourselves to theoretical developments based on the
'exdudbd volume' of protein , a naive argument says that modem statistical mechanics of liquids, to be more specific,
applying pressure should stabilize its native confonnaton, the scaledparticle theory (SPT) [7],[12] andthe Kirkwood Buff
because native conformations usually have the most compact theory of solution coupled with a theory of molecular lidpidls
structure, thereby, the least excluded volume. However, based on the interaction-site model [9],[10],[11],[13]. Wealso
1 Department of Theoretical Study, Institute for Molecular Science, 38 Nishigonaka, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585
2 Department of Functional Molecular Science, The GraduateUniversity for Advanced Studies, 38 Nishigonaka, Myodaiji, Okazaki
444-8585
3 Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, KyushuInstitute of Technology, 680-4 Kawazulizuka 820-8502
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processes are •¢Gc and •¢Gi, respectively, then the free energy
where P(ă) denotes the microscopic pressure exerted on a change associated with the entire solution process is
molecules and g(ƒÉ) is the radial distribution function of a Pierotti equated •¢Gc with the reversible work of cavity
solvent around the solute at r=ă. Thus, Eq. (3) is rewritten as, formation W(R) in Eq. (5).
Using the analytical expression for g(ă), W(R) an be Vo= Vc+ Vi + KTkBT, (12)
expressed as [17],
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Table 1. The partial molar volumes for mono-valent ions in Table 2. Solvent parameter for SPT.
water. (cm3/mol)
b. Theoretical results from the Kirkwood-Buff Solution Theory formation and electrostriction.
and the RISM equation. Similar analyses for the partial volume of non-
c. Results from Eq. (14). electrolytes in a variety of solvents have been reported by
d. Results due to Vi= V (exp)- Vc-KTKBT.
French and Criss [22]. The parameters required for the
e. The partial molar volume of the ions without charge.
calculations are listed in Table 2. The parameters for the
f. •¢V= V-Vu.
hard-sphere diameter of solvent molecules have been
g. calculated from Eq. (37).
determined based on Pierotti's gas solubility technique with the
Vc= 2.52rX3 + A'rx2 + A"rX + A''', (14) exception of propylene carbonate which is taken from Kim
[23]. It should be noted that those parameters suffer from
inevitable ambiguity due to replacing a polyatomic molecule
(15) by a sphere. Their results are shown in Table 3. An interesting
observation here is that V's for non-electrolyte solutes in
water cb not necessarily show negative values. The physical
(16) process
of V isessentially
thevolume
change
associated
with
the reorganization of the solvent structure due to the solute-
solvent interaction. The results indicate the process is farmore
(17)
complicated than that just described in terms of the
'electrostriction' .
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Table 3. The partial molar volume for non-electrolytes in a variety of solvents. (cm3/mol)
(20)
(27)
(21)
(28)
where Vx(ă) is the excluded volume of solute molecules, which
expressed by essentially the same equation as Eq. (14) [15], but Fig. 1 shows the calculated results for the partial molar volume
with the following generalized VC. of butane in water, in which the dlhe kal angle is varied The
partial molar volume of the cis-form (ƒÓ =0) is the least of all
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of x(r) defined by
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Using the Kirkwood-Buff-RISM theory described above, between the two methods.
volume of a polyatomic solute molecule [10]. The partial alanine tripeptide (Fig. 3) on the ƒÓ and ƒÕ angles in water is
molar volume of the alkali-halide ions in water has also been depicted in a two dimensional map in Fig 4. The corresponding
results show good agreement with those from experiments for near ƒÓ =-160 and ƒÕ =+160 which correspond to a ƒÀ-strand
There are several less stable minima in the regions (ƒÓ =-160,
the anions, but exhibit some discrepancy for Na+ and K+. We
ƒÕ =-70), (ƒÓ=-70, ƒÕ=-80), (ƒÓ = -80, ƒÕ=-120)
suspect the disagreement is that the energy parameters for the , and (ƒÓ=
-160
ion-water interactions employed in the theoretical calculation , ƒÕ= -120). The one located at (ƒÓ = -70, ƒÕ = -80) is
might not be well-tuned for comparing with the experiments. characteristic of the right handed a-helix. The free energy
In what follows, we report the preliminary results difference between the most stable and the least stable
obtained for the volume change of butane and a tripeptide in conformations is about 4 kcal/mol. Roughly speaking, the
water associated with the conformational change of those volume contour map shows the opposite behavior to the free
molecules as an example of the application of the Kirkwood- energy map, namely, the volume is greater in the place where
Buff-RISM approach. the free energy is less. The conformations around ƒÓ = 0 and ƒÕ
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volume of protein.)
pressure effect on a reaction, one first has to find the free energy
surface along reaction coordinates properly chosen. The next
the partial molar volumes, Vr- Vp, and Vt, of the reactant,
4. Concluding remarks
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