Constraining of Small-Ring Cyclic Ether Triads by Stereodefined Spiroannulation to an Inositol Orthoformate Platform. Solution- and Gas-Phase Alkali Metal Binding Affinities for Three- to Five-Membered Ring Structural Combinations

2001 ◽  
Vol 66 (25) ◽  
pp. 8629-8639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo A. Paquette ◽  
Choon Sup Ra ◽  
Judith C. Gallucci ◽  
Ho-Jung Kang ◽  
Naoki Ohmori ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alkali Metal ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Metal Binding ◽  
Cyclic Ether ◽  
Membered Ring ◽  
Small Ring ◽  
Binding Affinities

Molecular orbital structures of sulfones

1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 730-734 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell J. Boyd ◽  
Jeffrey P. Szabo
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Geometry Optimization ◽  
Membered Ring ◽  
Molecular Orbital Calculations ◽  
Bond Lengths ◽  
Comparison With Experiment ◽  
The Difference

Abinitio molecular orbital calculations are reported for several cyclic and acyclic sulfones. The geometries of XSO2Y, where X, Y = H, F, or CH3 are optimized at the STO-3G* level. Similar calculations are reported for the smallest cyclic sulfone, thiirane-1,1 -dioxide, as well as the corresponding sulfoxide, thiirane-1-oxide, and the parent sulfide, thiirane. Where comparison with experiment is possible, the agreement is satisfactory. In order to consider the possibility of substantial differences between axial and equatorial S—O bonds in the gas phase, as observed in the crystal structure of 5H,8H-dibenzo[d,f][1,2]-dithiocin-1,1-dioxide, STO-3G* calculations are reported for a six-membered ring, thiane-1,1-dioxide, and a model eight-membered ring. Limited geometry optimization of the axial and equatorial S—O bonds in the chair conformations of the six- and eight-membered rings leads to bond lengths of 1.46 Å with the difference being less than 0.01 Å.

Five vs Six Membered-Ring PAH Products from Reaction of o-Methylphenyl Radical and two C3H4 Isomers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oisin J Shiels ◽  
Matthew Brian Prendergast ◽  
John Savee ◽  
David L Osborn ◽  
Craig A. Taatjes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Membered Ring ◽  
Gas Phase Reactions

Gas-phase reactions of the o-methylphenyl (o-CH3C6H4) radical with the C3H4 isomers allene (H2C=C=CH2) and propyne (HCºC-CH3) are studied at 600 K and 4 Torr (533 Pa) using VUV synchrotron photoionisation mass spectrometry,...

Rapid Evaluation of Suitable Substrates with High Affinity to Artificial Caffeine Receptors by MS Based Techniques

2005 ◽  
Vol 60 (10) ◽  
pp. 1077-1082 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Mirk ◽  
Heinrich Luftmann ◽  
Siegfried R. Waldvogel
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Collision Induced Dissociation ◽  
Rapid Evaluation ◽  
Tandem Mass ◽  
Binding Affinities ◽  
Electrospray Tandem Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Relative Stabilities ◽  
Receptor Complexes ◽  
High Affinity

A modification of our triphenylene ketal based receptor facilitates electrospray tandem mass spectrometry investigations. Binding affinities of eleven potential substrates, e.g. caffeine and other xanthine alkaloids, are probed in the gas phase with collision induced dissociation. The relative stabilities of the substrate-receptor complexes are rapidly determined and the findings are correlated with the corresponding results in solution.

Na+/K+exchange switches the catalytic apparatus of potassium-dependent plantL-asparaginase

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (7) ◽  
pp. 1854-1872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Bejger ◽  
Barbara Imiolczyk ◽  
Damien Clavel ◽  
Miroslaw Gilski ◽  
Agnieszka Pajak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alkali Metal ◽  
Active Site ◽  
Metal Binding ◽  
Metal Ion ◽  
Catalytic Mechanism ◽  
Structural Data ◽  
Activation Loop ◽  
Plant Type ◽  
Substrate Preferences ◽  
Autocatalytic Cleavage

Plant-type L-asparaginases, which are a subclass of the Ntn-hydrolase family, are divided into potassium-dependent and potassium-independent enzymes with different substrate preferences. While the potassium-independent enzymes have already been well characterized, there are no structural data for any of the members of the potassium-dependent group to illuminate the intriguing dependence of their catalytic mechanism on alkali-metal cations. Here, three crystal structures of a potassium-dependent plant-type L-asparaginase fromPhaseolus vulgaris(PvAspG1) differing in the type of associated alkali metal ions (K+, Na+or both) are presented and the structural consequences of the different ions are correlated with the enzyme activity. As in all plant-type L-asparaginases, immature PvAspG1 is a homodimer of two protein chains, which both undergo autocatalytic cleavage to α and β subunits, thus creating the mature heterotetramer or dimer of heterodimers (αβ)2. The αβ subunits of PvAspG1 are folded similarly to the potassium-independent enzymes, with a sandwich of two β-sheets flanked on each side by a layer of helices. In addition to the `sodium loop' (here referred to as the `stabilization loop') known from potassium-independent plant-type asparaginases, the potassium-dependent PvAspG1 enzyme contains another alkali metal-binding loop (the `activation loop') in subunit α (residues Val111–Ser118). The active site of PvAspG1 is located between these two metal-binding loops and in the immediate neighbourhood of three residues, His117, Arg224 and Glu250, acting as a catalytic switch, which is a novel feature that is identified in plant-type L-asparaginases for the first time. A comparison of the three PvAspG1 structures demonstrates how the metal ion bound in the activation loop influences its conformation, setting the catalytic switch to ON (when K+is coordinated) or OFF (when Na+is coordinated) to respectively allow or prevent anchoring of the reaction substrate/product in the active site. Moreover, it is proposed that Ser118, the last residue of the activation loop, is involved in the potassium-dependence mechanism. The PvAspG1 structures are discussed in comparison with those of potassium-independent L-asparaginases (LlA, EcAIII and hASNase3) and those of other Ntn-hydrolases (AGA and Tas1), as well as in the light of noncrystallographic studies.

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