scholarly journals A Density-Functional Study of the Conformational Preference of Acetylcholine in the Neutral Hydrolysis

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rizka N. Fadilla ◽  
Febdian Rusydi ◽  
Nufida D. Aisyah ◽  
Vera Khoirunisa ◽  
Hermawan K. Dipojono ◽  
...  

Acetylcholine, which is associated with Alzheimer’s disease, is widely known to have conformers. The preference of each conformer to undergo neutral hydrolysis is yet to be considered. In this study, we employed density-functional calculations to build the conformers and investigated their preference in one-step neutral hydrolysis. The results showed the preference in ten possible hydrolysis pathways involving seven acetylcholine conformers (reactant), four transition state structures, and two choline conformers (product). Three out of the seven acetylcholine conformers predicted from the results confirmed experimental findings on the conformers stability. We suggested that two out of ten possible pathways were observed in the experimental results based on agreement in reaction energy. Eventually, this study will emphasize the importance of considering acetylcholine conformers in its hydrolysis study.

2013 ◽  
Vol 103 (26) ◽  
pp. 262409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiujie He ◽  
Jie Tan ◽  
Baoliang Zhang ◽  
Mingwen Zhao ◽  
Huihao Xia ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (43) ◽  
pp. 30040-30046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adisak Boonchun ◽  
Pakpoom Reunchan ◽  
Naoto Umezawa

The energetics and electronic structures of native defects in anatase TiO2 are comprehensively studied using hybrid density functional calculations.


2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (31) ◽  
pp. 21162-21171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Ge Han Du ◽  
Andreas W. Götz ◽  
Longhua Yang ◽  
Ross C. Walker ◽  
Louis Noodleman

The [Fea3, CuB] dinuclear center states along the O–O bond cleavage pathway in ba3 cytochrome c oxidase have been studied using broken-symmetry density functional calculations.


2004 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 261-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Andes Hess

Density functional calculations were carried out on the ring closure of the 2,6-dimethyloct-6-en-2-yl cation to a chair conformer of the 1,2,3,3-tetramethylcyclohexyl cation as a model for the first step in the biosynthetic cyclization of squalene to the triterpene hopanoids. The concerted reaction was found to have an activation energy of 4.6 kcal/mol and to be exothermic by 11.5 kcal/mol.


2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (12) ◽  
pp. 98-106
Author(s):  
Renu Parashar ◽  
Sunita Bansal

Density functional study is used for the decomposition of azidoborane and the possibility of borylnitrene being an intermediate in the formation of iminoborane both in the singlet and triplet state. Our calculations has shown that in the one step concerted manner, both singlet and triplet azidoborane can lead to the formation of iminoborane. A two step path (nitrogen loss followed by isomerization of borylnitrene) is a first order saddle point on the energy surface. However, such a two step process is possible for the triplet azidoborane, since triplet borylnitrene corresponds to a energy minimum on the potential energy surface.


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