Molecular Orbital Analysis in Evaluation of Electron-Transfer Matrix Element by Koopmans' Theory

2004 ◽  
Vol 108 (18) ◽  
pp. 4125-4131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shen-Zhuang Lu ◽  
Xiang-Yuan Li ◽  
Ji-Feng Liu
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Matrix Element ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Transfer Matrix ◽  
Molecular Orbital Analysis ◽  
Orbital Analysis ◽  
Electron Transfer Matrix Element

Effect of the intramolecular hydrogen bond in the active metabolite analogs of leflunomide for blocking the Plasmodium falciparum dihydroorotate dehydrogenase enzyme: QTAIM, NBO, and docking study

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reihaneh Heidarian ◽  
Mansoureh Zahedi-Tabrizi
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Plasmodium Falciparum ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Intramolecular Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Active Metabolite ◽  
Chemical Hardness ◽  
Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Molecular Orbital Analysis ◽  
Intramolecular Hydrogen ◽  
Orbital Analysis

: Leflunomide (LFM) and its active metabolite, teriflunomide (TFM), have drawn a lot of attention for their anticancer activities, treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and malaria due to their capability to inhibit dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) and Plasmodium falciparum dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (PfDHODH) enzyme. In this investigation, the strength of intramolecular hydrogen bond (IHB) in five analogs of TFM (ATFM) has been analyzed employing density functional theory (DFT) using B3LYP/6-311++G (d, p) level and molecular orbital analysis in the gas phase and water solution. A detailed electronic structure study has been performed using the quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) and the hydrogen bond energies (EHB) of stable conformer obtained in the range of 76-97 kJ/mol, as a medium hydrogen bond. The effect of substitution on the IHB nature has been studied by natural bond orbital analysis (NBO). 1H NMR calculations show an upward trend in the proton chemical shift of the enolic proton in the chelated ring (14.5 to 15.7ppm) by increasing the IHB strength. All the calculations confirmed the strongest IHB in 5-F-ATFM and the weakest IHB in 2-F-ATFM. Molecular orbital analysis, including the HOMO-LUMO gap and chemical hardness, was performed to compare the reactivity of inhibitors. Finally, molecular docking analysis was carried out to identify the potency of inhibition of these compounds against PfDHODH enzyme.

UPS Study of [2,2] (2,5)Furanophane and [2,2] (2,5)Thiophenophane Evidence Regarding the Importance of Through Bond and Through Space Interactions

1978 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 959-963 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Bernardi ◽  
Andrea Bottoni ◽  
Francesco Paolo Colonna ◽  
Giuseppe Distefano ◽  
Ugo Folli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Photoelectron Spectra ◽  
Molecular Orbital Analysis ◽  
Orbital Analysis

The ultraviolet photoelectron spectra of [2,2](2,5)furanophane (FUPH) and [2,2](2,5)thiophenophane (THPH) have been analyzed on the basis of a perturbational molecular orbital analysis, by comparison with CNDO/2 computations and by correlating them with the spectra of related molecules. Through space and through bond interactions between the two heteroaromatic rings are shown to be important in determining the ordering of the outermost MO’s in this class of compounds.

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