Tuesday, 1 November 2005 - 8:36 AM
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Molecular Modeling of Chemical Warfare Agents

Jeffrey J. Potoff1, Maria Coscione2, Ganesh Kamath2, and Lech Czerwinski2. (1) Department of Chemical Engineering, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Dr, Detroit, MI 48202, (2) Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Dr, Detroit, MI 48202

In this work, we present recently developed force fields for the chemical warfare agent sarin and its non-toxic analog dimethylmethylphosphonate (DMMP). Grand canonical histogram-reweighting Monte Carlo calculations are used to determine the phase behavior, critical properties and vapor pressures of DMMP and sarin. Partial charges are determined from a ChelpG analysis performed at the MP2/6-311g++(3d,3p) level of ab initio theory. Lennard-Jones parameters for the phosphorous atom are tuned to reproduce the normal boiling point and liquid density of DMMP at 373 and 303 K at 1 bar. The remaining Lennard-Jones parameters for –O, =O and CH3 functional groups are taken from the TraPPE-UA force field. With no additional parameterization, the liquid density at 298 K and normal boiling point for sarin are predicted within 3% of experiment. These force fields are used in grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations to determine adsorption isotherms for DMMP and sarin in graphite slit pores. While both DMMP and sarin exhibit type I adsorption isotherms, significant quantitative differences are found.

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