Mechanism of Isobutylene Polymerization: Quantum Chemical Insight into AlCl3/H2O-Catalyzed Reactions

ACS Catalysis ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 8006-8013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minh Nguyen Vo ◽  
Yasemin Basdogan ◽  
Bridget S. Derksen ◽  
Nico Proust ◽  
G. Adam Cox ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Chemical ◽  
Catalyzed Reactions ◽  
Insight Into

Computationally Augmented Retrosynthesis: Total Synthesis of Paspaline A and Emindole PB

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Newhouse ◽  
Daria E. Kim ◽  
Joshua E. Zweig
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Synthesis ◽  
Total Synthesis ◽  
Small Molecules ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Quantum Chemical ◽  
Computational Analysis ◽  
Empirical Evaluation ◽  
Synthetic Strategy ◽  
Catalyzed Reactions ◽  
Enzyme Catalyzed Reactions

The diverse molecular architectures of terpene natural products are assembled by exquisite enzyme-catalyzed reactions. Successful recapitulation of these transformations using chemical synthesis is hard to predict from first principles and therefore challenging to execute. A means of evaluating the feasibility of such chemical reactions would greatly enable the development of concise syntheses of complex small molecules. Herein, we report the computational analysis of the energetic favorability of a key bio-inspired transformation, which we use to inform our synthetic strategy. This approach was applied to synthesize two constituents of the historically challenging indole diterpenoid class, resulting in a concise route to (–)-paspaline A in 9 steps from commercially available materials and the first pathway to and structural confirmation of emindole PB in 13 steps. This work highlights how traditional retrosynthetic design can be augmented with quantum chemical calculations to reveal energetically feasible synthetic disconnections, minimizing time-consuming and expensive empirical evaluation.

scholarly journals Mechanisms of Degradation of Toxic Nerve Agents: Quantum-chemical Insight into Interactions of Sarin and Soman with Molybdenum Dioxide

2020 ◽  
Vol 700 ◽  
pp. 121639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Tsyshevsky ◽  
Ashley R. Head ◽  
Lena Trotochaud ◽  
Hendrik Bluhm ◽  
Maija M. Kuklja
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Chemical ◽  
Nerve Agents ◽  
Molybdenum Dioxide ◽  
Insight Into

Quantum chemical modeling of superbase-catalyzed reactions of acetophenone and methyl mesityl ketone with acetylene

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (12) ◽  
pp. 2227-2233 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. B. Kobychev ◽  
V. B. Orel ◽  
D. V. Zankov ◽  
N. M. Vitkovskaya ◽  
B. A. Trofimov
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Chemical ◽  
Quantum Chemical Modeling ◽  
Chemical Modeling ◽  
Catalyzed Reactions

A density functional theory insight into the structure and reactivity of diphenyltin(IV) derivative of glycylphenylalanine

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (3-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandeep Pokharia ◽  
Rachana Joshi ◽  
Mamta Pokharia ◽  
Swatantra Kumar Yadav ◽  
Hirdyesh Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Quantum Chemical Calculations ◽  
Quantum Chemical ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractThe quantum-chemical calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) have been performed on the diphenyltin(IV) derivative of glycyl-phenylalanine (H

Crystal and electronic structure of the new ternary phosphide Ho5Pd19P12

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olha Zhak ◽  
Oksana Karychort ◽  
Volodymyr Babizhetskyy ◽  
Chong Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Quantum Chemical Calculations ◽  
Quantum Chemical ◽  
Structure Property ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Structure Property Relationships ◽  
Metallic Bonding ◽  
Crystal And Electronic Structure ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract The title compound was prepared from the pure elements by sintering. The crystal structure was investigated by means of powder X-ray diffraction data. Ho5Pd19P12 exhibits the hexagonal Ho5Ni19P12-type structure with space group P 6 ‾ 2 m $P‾{6}2m$ , a = 13.1342(2), c = 3.9839(1) Å, R I = 0.060, R p = 0.080. The crystal structure can be described as a combination of two types of the structural units, [HoPd6P3] and [Ho3Pd10P6], respectively, mutually displaced by 1/2 along the crystallographic c axis. Quantum chemical calculations have been performed to analyze the electronic structure and provide deeper insight into the structure-property relationships. The results of the quantum chemical calculations indicate that the material features metallic bonding between Ho and Pd and covalent bonding between Pd and P.

A quantum chemical study of hydrogen adsorption on carbon-supported palladium clusters

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (38) ◽  
pp. 21577-21587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Warczinski ◽  
Christof Hättig
Keyword(s):  
Catalytic Hydrogenation ◽  
Quantum Chemical ◽  
Hydrogen Adsorption ◽  
Quantum Chemical Study ◽  
Chemical Study ◽  
Palladium Clusters ◽  
Hydrogenation Reactions ◽  
Supported Palladium ◽  
Insight Into

A key step for achieving better insight into catalytic hydrogenation reactions is to understand in detail the process of hydrogen adsorption on the catalyst.

scholarly journals Indomethacin Increases Quercetin Affinity for Human Serum Albumin: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study and Its Broader Implications

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (16) ◽  
pp. 5740
Author(s):  
Hrvoje Rimac ◽  
Tana Tandarić ◽  
Robert Vianello ◽  
Mirza Bojić
Keyword(s):  
Human Serum Albumin ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Human Serum ◽  
Binding Site ◽  
Binding Sites ◽  
Quantum Chemical ◽  
Computational Study ◽  
The Body ◽  
Active Concentration ◽  
Insight Into

Human serum albumin (HSA) is the most abundant carrier protein in the human body. Competition for the same binding site between different ligands can lead to an increased active concentration or a faster elimination of one or both ligands. Indomethacin and quercetin both bind to the binding site located in the IIA subdomain. To determine the nature of the HSA-indomethacin-quercetin interactions, spectrofluorometric, docking, molecular dynamics studies, and quantum chemical calculations were performed. The results show that the indomethacin and quercetin binding sites do not overlap. Moreover, the presence of quercetin does not influence the binding constant and position of indomethacin in the pocket. However, binding of quercetin is much more favorable in the presence of indomethacin, with its position and interactions with HSA significantly changed. These results provide a new insight into drug-drug interactions, which can be important in situations when displacement from HSA or other proteins is undesirable or even desirable. This principle could also be used to deliberately prolong or shorten the xenobiotics’ half-life in the body, depending on the desired outcomes.

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