scholarly journals B-DNA structure and stability: the role of hydrogen bonding, π–π stacking interactions, twist-angle, and solvation

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (26) ◽  
pp. 4691-4700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordi Poater ◽  
Marcel Swart ◽  
F. Matthias Bickelhaupt ◽  
Célia Fonseca Guerra

Insight into structure and stability of B-DNA is obtained through systematic quantum chemical analyses of the roles played by hydrogen bonding, π–π stacking, solvation, and twist-angle.

2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taraneh Hajiashrafi ◽  
Roghayeh Zekriazadeh ◽  
Keith J. Flanagan ◽  
Farnoush Kia ◽  
Antonio Bauzá ◽  
...  

The supramolecular chemistry of coordination compounds has become an important research domain of modern inorganic chemistry. Herein, six isostructural group IIB coordination compounds containing a 2-{[(2-methoxyphenyl)imino]methyl}phenol ligand, namely dichloridobis(2-{(E)-[(2-methoxyphenyl)azaniumylidene]methyl}phenolato-κO)zinc(II), [ZnCl2(C28H26N2O4)], 1, diiodidobis(2-{(E)-[(2-methoxyphenyl)azaniumylidene]methyl}phenolato-κO)zinc(II), [ZnI2(C28H26N2O4)], 2, dibromidobis(2-{(E)-[(2-methoxyphenyl)azaniumylidene]methyl}phenolato-κO)cadmium(II), [CdBr2(C28H26N2O4)], 3, diiodidobis(2-{(E)-[(2-methoxyphenyl)azaniumylidene]methyl}phenolato-κO)cadmium(II), [CdI2(C28H26N2O4)], 4, dichloridobis(2-{(E)-[(2-methoxyphenyl)azaniumylidene]methyl}phenolato-κO)mercury(II), [HgCl2(C28H26N2O4)], 5, and diiodidobis(2-{(E)-[(2-methoxyphenyl)azaniumylidene]methyl}phenolato-κO)mercury(II), [HgI2(C28H26N2O4)], 6, were synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography and spectroscopic techniques. All six compounds exhibit an infinite one-dimensional ladder in the solid state governed by the formation of hydrogen-bonding and π–π stacking interactions. The crystal structures of these compounds were studied using geometrical and Hirshfeld surface analyses. They have also been studied using M06-2X/def2-TZVP calculations and Bader's theory of `atoms in molecules'. The energies associated with the interactions, including the contribution of the different forces, have been evaluated. In general, the π–π stacking interactions are stronger than those reported for conventional π–π complexes, which is attributed to the influence of the metal coordination, which is stronger for Zn than either Cd or Hg. The results reported herein might be useful for understanding the solid-state architecture of metal-containing materials that contain M II X 2 subunits and aromatic organic ligands.


2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (11) ◽  
pp. 5649-5664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muddasra Rubab ◽  
Muhammad Nadeem Akhtar ◽  
Wiktor Zierkiewicz ◽  
Mariusz Michalczyk ◽  
Raziya Nadeem ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. o1319-o1320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min-Hui Cao ◽  
Sheng-Zhen Xu ◽  
Yang-Gen Hu

The title compound, C15H16N2O2S, contains a five-membered thiophene ring fused to a benzene ring and a substituted pyrimidinone ring. All three rings in each of the independent molecules of the asymmetric unit lie in approximately the same plane. The crystal structure is stabilized by intermolecular C—H...O hydrogen bonding and π–π stacking interactions.


2003 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Melguizo ◽  
Antonio Quesada ◽  
John N. Low ◽  
Christopher Glidewell

The molecular and supramolecular structures of eight N 4-substituted 2,4-diamino-6-benzyloxy-5-nitrosopyrimidines are discussed, along with one analogue containing no nitroso substituent. The nitroso derivatives all exhibit polarized molecular-electronic structures leading to extensive charge-assisted hydrogen bonding between the molecules. The intermolecular interactions include hard hydrogen bonds of N—H...O and N—H...N types, together with O—H...O and O—H...N types in the monohydrate of 2-amino-6-benzyloxy-4-piperidino-5-nitrosopyrimidine, soft hydrogen bonds of C—H...O, C—H...π(arene) and N—H...π(arene) types and aromatic π...π stacking interactions. The predominant supramolecular structure types take the form of chains and sheets, but no two of the structures determined here exhibit the same combination of hydrogen-bond types.


Crystals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Zhang ◽  
Jian-Ge Wang ◽  
Weizhou Wang

How many strong C−I⋯N halogen bonds can one 1,3,5-trifluoro-2,4,6-triiodobenzene molecule form in a crystal structure? To answer this question, we investigated in detail the noncovalent interactions between 1,3,5-trifluoro-2,4,6-triiodobenzene and a series of 1,10-phenanthroline derivatives by employing a combined theoretical and experimental method. The results of the quantum chemical calculations and crystallographic experiments clearly show that there is a structural competition between a C−I⋯N halogen bond and π⋯π stacking interaction. For example, when there are much stronger π⋯π stacking interactions between two 1,10-phenanthroline derivative molecules or between two 1,3,5-trifluoro-2,4,6-triiodobenzene molecules in the crystal structures, then one 1,3,5-trifluoro-2,4,6-triiodobenzene molecule forms only one C−I⋯N halogen bond with one 1,10-phenanthroline derivative molecule. Another example is when π⋯π stacking interactions in the crystal structures are not much stronger, one 1,3,5-trifluoro-2,4,6-triiodobenzene molecule can form two C−I⋯N halogen bonds with two 1,10-phenanthroline derivative molecules.


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