scholarly journals Experimental and computational study of the inclusion complexes of β-cyclodextrin with the chemical warfare agent soman (GD) and commonly used simulants

RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (60) ◽  
pp. 38069-38076 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark R. Sambrook ◽  
Jack C. Vincent ◽  
Jayne A. Ede ◽  
Ian A. Gass ◽  
Peter J. Cragg

The inclusion complexation of the Chemical Warfare Agent soman (GD) by β-cyclodextrin is studied by both experimental and computational approaches.

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (31) ◽  
pp. 20231-20249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandan Sahu ◽  
Deepanwita Ghosh ◽  
Kaushik Sen ◽  
Abhijit K. Das

A computational study of the degradation of DMPT on the nano-crystalline MgO surface by NH3.


2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Abdul Shafeeuulla Khan ◽  
Manoj K. Kesharwani ◽  
Tusar Bandyopadhyay ◽  
Bishwajit Ganguly

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lou A. Stephenson ◽  
Margaret A. Kolka ◽  
Anne E. Allan ◽  
William R. Santee

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark D. Brickhouse ◽  
Teri A. Lalain ◽  
Terrence G. D'Onofrio ◽  
Lawrence R. Procell ◽  
Zachary B. Zander

2021 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 110935
Author(s):  
Suhui Wang ◽  
Xu Zhang ◽  
Genwei Zhang ◽  
Tengxiao Guo ◽  
Xuequan Ding

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 3574
Author(s):  
Thammarat Aree

Protocatechuic aldehyde (PCAL) and protocatechuic acid (PCAC) are catechol derivatives and have broad therapeutic effects associated with their antiradical activity. Their pharmacological and physicochemical properties have been improved via the cyclodextrin (CD) encapsulation. Because the characteristics of b-CD inclusion complexes with PCAL (1) and PCAC (2) are still equivocal, we get to the bottom of the inclusion complexation by an integrated study of single-crystal X-ray diffraction and DFT full-geometry optimization. X-ray analysis unveiled that PCAL and PCAC are nearly totally shielded in the b-CD wall. Their aromatic rings are vertically aligned in the b-CD cavity such that the functional groups on the opposite side of the ring (3,4-di(OH) and 1-CHO/1-COOH groups) are placed nearby the O6–H and O2–H/O3–H rims, respectively. The preferred inclusion modes in 1 and 2 help to establish crystal contacts of OH×××O H-bonds with the adjacent b-CD OH groups and water molecules. By contrast, the DFT-optimized structures of both complexes in the gas phase are thermodynamically stable via the four newly formed host–guest OH⋯O H-bonds. The intermolecular OH×××O H-bonds between PCAL/PCAC 3,4-di(OH) and b-CD O6–H groups, and the shielding of OH groups in the b-CD wall help to stabilize these antioxidants in the b-CD cavity, as observed in our earlier studies. Moreover, PCAL and PCAC in distinct lattice environments are compared for insights into their structural flexibility.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengqiang Fan ◽  
Genevieve H. Dennison ◽  
Nicholas FitzGerald ◽  
Paul L. Burn ◽  
Ian R. Gentle ◽  
...  

AbstractA common feature of fluorescent sensing materials for detecting chemical warfare agents (CWAs) and simulants is the presence of nitrogen-based groups designed to nucleophilically displace a phosphorus atom substituent, with the reaction causing a measurable fluorescence change. However, such groups are also basic and so sensitive to acid. In this study we show it is critical to disentangle the response of a candidate sensing material to acid and CWA simulant. We report that pyridyl-containing sensing materials designed to react with a CWA gave a strong and rapid increase in fluorescence when exposed to Sarin, which is known to contain hydrofluoric acid. However, when tested against acid-free diethylchlorophosphate and di-iso-propylfluorophosphate, simulants typically used for evaluating novel G-series CWA sensors, there was no change in the fluorescence. In contrast, simulants that had been stored or tested under a standard laboratory conditions all led to strong changes in fluorescence, due to acid impurities. Thus the results provide strong evidence that care needs to be taken when interpreting the results of fluorescence-based solid-state sensing studies of G-series CWAs and their simulants. There are also implications for the application of these pyridyl-based fluorescence and other nucleophilic/basic sensing systems to real-world CWA detection.


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