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The Major Role of London Dispersion Interaction in the Assembly of Cellulose, Chitin, and Chitosan

Yiwei Li
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Chunxia Yan
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Yu Chen
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Xuhui Han
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Ziqiang Shao
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Haisong Qi
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Xiaodong Li
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Tao Hu
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Pan Chen
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Abstract

Noncovalent interactions are vitally important to understand the structural stability and molecular assembly of cellulose and its analogue molecules. Using density functional theory in conjunction with three popular generations of dispersion correction (D2, D3, D4), we systematically estimate the strength of inter-chain interaction for several β-1,4-linked crystalline polysaccharides (cellulose Iα, Iβ, II, III I , α-chitin, β-chitin, chitosan) and their building block monomers (glucose, cellobiose). Switching on and off dispersion correction for both condensed and isolated chains allow the extraction of the intra-and inter-chain London dispersion interactions as well as the inter-chain electrostatic interaction. Regardless of the generations of dispersion correction and allomorphs, the estimated inter-chain London dispersion interaction is 45~74 kJ/mol per pyranose ring comparable to the inter-chain electrostatic interaction (47~88 kJ/mol). The upper limit of the strength of inter-or intra-chain hydrogen bonds are estimated to be 21~53 kJ/mol based on energy profiles of hydroxyl rotation. Our work quantitatively highlights that it is the London dispersion interaction rather than the hydrogen bonding interaction dominating in the tight assembly of polymer chains for β-1,4-linked crystalline polysaccharides, regardless of the crystal allomorph and types as well as the generations of dispersion correction of DFT. thus, London dispersion interaction should be preferentially considered during their deconstruction, defibrillation, or dissolution processes.
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hal-04177384 , version 1 (04-08-2023)

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Yiwei Li, Chunxia Yan, Yu Chen, Xuhui Han, Ziqiang Shao, et al.. The Major Role of London Dispersion Interaction in the Assembly of Cellulose, Chitin, and Chitosan. Cellulose, 2023, 30, pp.8127-8138. ⟨10.1007/s10570-023-05376-5⟩. ⟨hal-04177384⟩
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