Determination of molecular structure in solution via two-dimensional nuclear Overhauser effect experiments: proflavine as a rigid molecule test case

1984 ◽  
Vol 106 (25) ◽  
pp. 7986-7988 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory B. Young ◽  
Thomas L. James
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Nuclear Overhauser Effect ◽  
Test Case ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Overhauser Effect ◽  
Rigid Molecule ◽  
Nuclear Overhauser ◽  
Structure In Solution

scholarly journals In Silico Modeling of Spirolides and Gymnodimines: Determination of S Configuration at Butenolide Ring Carbon C-4

Toxins ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 685
Author(s):  
Christian Zurhelle ◽  
Tilmann Harder ◽  
Urban Tillmann ◽  
Jan Tebben
Keyword(s):  
In Silico ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Nuclear Overhauser Effect ◽  
Resonance Spectroscopy ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Relative Configuration ◽  
Overhauser Effect ◽  
In Silico Modeling ◽  
Nuclear Overhauser

Only few naturally occurring cyclic imines have been fully structurally elucidated or synthesized to date. The configuration at the C-4 carbon plays a pivotal role in the neurotoxicity of many of these metabolites, for example, gymnodomines (GYMs) and spirolides (SPXs). However, the stereochemistry at this position is not accessible by nuclear Overhauser effect—nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NOE-NMR) due to unconstrained rotation of the single carbon bond between C-4 and C-5. Consequently, the relative configuration of GYMs and SPXs at C-4 and its role in protein binding remains elusive. Here, we determined the stereochemical configuration at carbon C-4 in the butenolide ring of spirolide- and gymnodimine-phycotoxins by comparison of measured 13C NMR shifts with values obtained in silico using force field, semiempirical and density functional theory methods. This comparison demonstrated that modeled data support S configuration at C-4 for all studied SPXs and GYMs, suggesting a biosynthetically conserved relative configuration at carbon C-4 among these toxins.

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