Understanding the Site Selectivity in Small-Sized Neutral and Charged Aln (4 ≤ n ≤ 7) Clusters Using Density Functional Theory Based Reactivity Descriptors: A Validation Study on Water Molecule Adsorption

2013 ◽  
Vol 117 (36) ◽  
pp. 8691-8702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanta Das ◽  
Sourav Pal ◽  
Sailaja Krishnamurty
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Water Molecule ◽  
Validation Study ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Reactivity Descriptors ◽  
Molecule Adsorption ◽  
Site Selectivity

Quantitative Structure-Activity/Property/Toxicity Relationships through Conceptual Density Functional Theory-Based Reactivity Descriptors

2015 ◽  
pp. 123-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudip Pan ◽  
Ashutosh Gupta ◽  
Venkatesan Subramanian ◽  
Pratim K. Chattaraj
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Biological Activity ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Quantitative Structure ◽  
Conceptual Density Functional Theory ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Reactivity Descriptors ◽  
Structure Activity ◽  
Regular Change

Developing effective structure-activity/property/toxicity relationships (QSAR/QSPR/QSTR) is very helpful in predicting biological activity, property, and toxicity of a given set of molecules. Regular change in these properties with the structural alteration is the main reason to obtain QSAR/QSPR/QSTR models. The advancement in making different QSAR/QSPR/QSTR models to describe activity, property, and toxicity of various groups of molecules is reviewed in this chapter. The successful implementation of Conceptual Density Functional Theory (CDFT)-based global as well as local reactivity descriptors in modeling effective QSAR/QSPR/QSTR is highlighted.

scholarly journals Calculation of the Global and Local Conceptual DFT Indices for the Prediction of the Chemical Reactivity Properties of Papuamides A–F Marine Drugs

Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (18) ◽  
pp. 3312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norma Flores-Holguín ◽  
Juan Frau ◽  
Daniel Glossman-Mitnik
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Active Sites ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Chemical Reactivity ◽  
Active Regions ◽  
Conceptual Density Functional Theory ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Reactivity Descriptors ◽  
Global And Local

A well-behaved model chemistry previously validated for the study of the chemical reactivity of peptides was considered for the calculation of the molecular properties and structures of the Papuamide family of marine peptides. A methodology based on Conceptual Density Functional Theory (CDFT) was chosen for the determination of the reactivity descriptors. The molecular active sites were associated with the active regions of the molecules related to the nucleophilic and electrophilic Parr functions. Finally, the drug-likenesses and the bioactivity scores for the Papuamide peptides were predicted through a homology methodology relating them with the calculated reactivity descriptors, while other properties such as the pKas were determined following a methodology developed by our group.

scholarly journals Synthesis, Characterization, Catalytic Activity, and DFT Calculations of Zn(II) Hydrazone Complexes

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (18) ◽  
pp. 4043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Temiloluwa T. Adejumo ◽  
Nikolaos V. Tzouras ◽  
Leandros P. Zorba ◽  
Dušanka Radanović ◽  
Andrej Pevec ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Chemical Potential ◽  
Chemical Reactivity ◽  
Geometry Optimization ◽  
Coupling Reaction ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Reactivity Descriptors

Two new Zn(II) complexes with tridentate hydrazone-based ligands (condensation products of 2-acetylthiazole) were synthesized and characterized by infrared (IR) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and single crystal X-ray diffraction methods. The complexes 1, 2 and recently synthesized [ZnL3(NCS)2] (L3 = (E)-N,N,N-trimethyl-2-oxo-2-(2-(1-(pyridin-2-yl)ethylidene)hydrazinyl)ethan-1-aminium) complex 3 were tested as potential catalysts for the ketone-amine-alkyne (KA2) coupling reaction. The gas-phase geometry optimization of newly synthesized and characterized Zn(II) complexes has been computed at the density functional theory (DFT)/B3LYP/6–31G level of theory, while the highest occupied molecular orbital and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (HOMO and LUMO) energies were calculated within the time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) at B3LYP/6-31G and B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) levels of theory. From the energies of frontier molecular orbitals (HOMO–LUMO), the reactivity descriptors, such as chemical potential (μ), hardness (η), softness (S), electronegativity (χ) and electrophilicity index (ω) have been calculated. The energetic behavior of the investigated compounds (1 and 2) has been examined in gas phase and solvent media using the polarizable continuum model. For comparison reasons, the same calculations have been performed for recently synthesized [ZnL3(NCS)2] complex 3. DFT results show that compound 1 has the smaller frontier orbital gap so, it is more polarizable and is associated with a higher chemical reactivity, low kinetic stability and is termed as soft molecule.

Insight into the mechanism and site-selectivity of Rh2II,II(esp)2-catalyzed intermolecular C–H amination

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (14) ◽  
pp. 5292-5303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juping Wang ◽  
Cunyuan Zhao ◽  
Yuping Weng ◽  
Huiying Xu
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Site Selectivity ◽  
The Density Functional Theory ◽  
Site Selective ◽  
Insight Into

The mechanisms and site-selective determinants of Rh2II,II(esp)2-catalyzed intermolecular C–H bond aminations of three isoamylbenzene-derived substrates, p-R–C6H4(CH2)2CH(CH3)2 (R = OCH3, H, CF3), have been investigated by the density functional theory (BPW91) method.

scholarly journals Conceptual DFT-based Computational Peptidology of Marine Natural Compounds: Discodermins A–H

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norma Flores-Holguín ◽  
Juan Frau ◽  
Daniel Glossman-Mitnik
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Active Sites ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Homology Model ◽  
Conceptual Density Functional Theory ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Fukui Functions ◽  
Reactivity Descriptors ◽  
Qsar Studies ◽  
Biological Targets

A methodology based on the concepts that arise from Density Functional Theory named Conceptual Density Functional Theory (CDFT) was chosen for the calculation of some global and local reactivity descriptors of the Discodermins A-H family of marine peptides through the consideration of the KID (Koopmans in DFT) technique that was successfully used in previous studies of this kind of molecular systems. The determination of active sites of the studied molecules for different kind of reactivities was achieved by resorting to some CDFT-based descriptors like the Fukui functions as well as the Parr functions derived from Molecular Electron Density Theory (MEDT). A few properties identified with their ability to behave as a drug and the bioactivity of the peptides considered in this examination were acquired by depending on a homology model by studying the correlation with the known bioactivity of related molecules in their interaction with various biological receptors. With the further object of analyzing their bioactivity some parameters of usefulness for future QSAR studies, their predicted biological targets and the the ADME (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion) parameters related to the Discodermins A-H pharmacokinetics are also reported.

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