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Table 8 Solvation free energies (ΔGsol) and association free energies (ΔGass) of drugs–CNT compounds

From: Interaction of sulfasalazine with outer surface of boron-nitride nanotube as a drug carrier in aqueous solution: insights from quantum mechanics and Monte Carlo simulation

Species

ΔGsol (kcal /mol)

ΔGass (kcal /mol)

BNNT

− 248.2917

 

SSZ (enol form)

− 21.134

 

SSZ (keto form)

− 21.7606

 

SSZ (enol)–BNNT-via carbonyl-ver1

− 223.0949

− 46.3308

SSZ (enol)–BNNT-via carbonyl-ver2

− 223.4236

− 46.0021

SSZ (enol)–BNNT-via sulfonamide

− 220.2629

− 49.1628

SSZ (keto)–BNNT-via carbonyl-ver1

234.464

− 35.5883

SSZ (keto)–BNNT-via carbonyl-ver2

− 225.7073

− 44.345

SSZ (keto)–BNNT-via sulfonamide

− 222.5613

− 47.491

SSZ (keto)–BNNT-via pyridine

− 206.97

− 63.08