PMID- 34033714 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210610 IS - 1520-5207 (Electronic) IS - 1520-5207 (Linking) VI - 125 IP - 22 DP - 2021 Jun 10 TI - Understanding the Large Kinetic Isotope Effect of Hydrogen Tunneling in Condensed Phases by Using Double-Well Model Systems. PG - 5959-5970 LID - 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c02851 [doi] AB - In recent years, many experiments have shown large kinetic isotope effects (KIEs) for hydrogen transfer reactions in condensed phases as evidence of strong quantum tunneling effects. Since accurate calculation of the tunneling dynamics in such systems still present significant challenges, previous studies have employed different types of approximations to estimate the tunneling effects and KIEs. In this work, by employing model systems consisting of a double-well coupled to a harmonic bath, we calculate the tunneling effects and KIEs using the numerically exact hierarchical equations of motion (HEOM) method. It is found that hydrogen and deuterium transfer reactions in the same system may show rather different behaviors, where hydrogen transfer is dominated by tunneling between the two lowest vibrational states and deuterium transfer is controlled by excited vibrational states close to the barrier top. The simulation results are also used to test the validity of various approximate methods. It is shown that the Wolynes theory of dissipative tunneling gives a good estimation of rate constants in the over-the-barrier regime, while the nonadiabatic reaction rate theory based on the Landau-Zener formula is more suitable for deep tunneling reactions. FAU - Liu, Yanying AU - Liu Y AD - Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun, Beijing 100190, China. AD - University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China. AD - Physical Science Laboratory, Huairou National Comprehensive Science Center, Beijing 101407, China. FAU - Yan, Yaming AU - Yan Y AD - Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun, Beijing 100190, China. AD - University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China. AD - Physical Science Laboratory, Huairou National Comprehensive Science Center, Beijing 101407, China. FAU - Xing, Tao AU - Xing T AD - Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun, Beijing 100190, China. AD - University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China. AD - Physical Science Laboratory, Huairou National Comprehensive Science Center, Beijing 101407, China. FAU - Shi, Qiang AU - Shi Q AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9046-2924 AD - Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun, Beijing 100190, China. AD - University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China. AD - Physical Science Laboratory, Huairou National Comprehensive Science Center, Beijing 101407, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210525 PL - United States TA - J Phys Chem B JT - The journal of physical chemistry. B JID - 101157530 SB - IM EDAT- 2021/05/26 06:00 MHDA- 2021/05/26 06:01 CRDT- 2021/05/25 20:08 PHST- 2021/05/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/05/26 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/05/25 20:08 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c02851 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Phys Chem B. 2021 Jun 10;125(22):5959-5970. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c02851. Epub 2021 May 25.