Mass-spectrometric and computational study of tryptophan radicals (Trp + H)˙ produced by collisional electron transfer to protonated tryptophan in the gas phase

2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (41) ◽  
pp. 13434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua A. Gregersen ◽  
František Tureček
2005 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 014303 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Gigli ◽  
Giovanni Meloni ◽  
M. Carrozzino

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (28) ◽  
pp. 15319-15326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Azargun ◽  
Paul J. Meister ◽  
James W. Gauld ◽  
Travis D. Fridgen

A combination of experimental trapped-ion mass spectrometric studies and computational chemistry has been used to assess the intrinsic properties of the potassiated 9-ethylguanine (9eG) self-assembled quadruplex, K2(9eG)122+, in the gas phase.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robson de Farias

<p>In the present work, a computational study is performed in order to clarify the possible magnetic nature of gold. For such purpose, gas phase Au<sub>2</sub> (zero charge) is modelled, in order to calculate its gas phase formation enthalpy. The calculated values were compared with the experimental value obtained by means of Knudsen effusion mass spectrometric studies [5]. Based on the obtained formation enthalpy values for Au<sub>2</sub>, the compound with two unpaired electrons is the most probable one. The calculated ionization energy of modelled Au<sub>2</sub> with two unpaired electrons is 8.94 eV and with zero unpaired electrons, 11.42 eV. The difference (11.42-8.94 = 2.48 eV = 239.29 kJmol<sup>-1</sup>), is in very good agreement with the experimental value of 226.2 ± 0.5 kJmol<sup>-1</sup> to the Au-Au bond<sup>7</sup>. So, as expected, in the specie with none unpaired electrons, the two 6s<sup>1</sup> (one of each gold atom) are paired, forming a chemical bond with bond order 1. On the other hand, in Au<sub>2</sub> with two unpaired electrons, the s-d hybridization prevails, because the relativistic contributions. A molecular orbital energy diagram for gas phase Au<sub>2</sub> is proposed, explaining its paramagnetism (and, by extension, the paramagnetism of gold clusters and nanoparticles).</p>


2005 ◽  
Vol 70 (11) ◽  
pp. 1769-1786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luc A. Vannier ◽  
Chunxiang Yao ◽  
František Tureček

A computational study at correlated levels of theory is reported to address the structures and energetics of transient radicals produced by hydrogen atom abstraction from C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, C-5, O-1, O-3, and O-5 positions in 2-deoxyribofuranose in the gas phase and in aqueous solution. In general, the carbon-centered radicals are found to be thermodynamically and kinetically more stable than the oxygen-centered ones. The most stable gas-phase radical, 2-deoxyribofuranos-5-yl (5), is produced by H-atom abstraction from C-5 and stabilized by an intramolecular hydrogen bond between the O-5 hydroxy group and O-1. The order of radical stabilities is altered in aqueous solution due to different solvation free energies. These prefer conformers that lack intramolecular hydrogen bonds and expose O-H bonds to the solvent. Carbon-centered deoxyribose radicals can undergo competitive dissociations by loss of H atoms, OH radical, or by ring cleavages that all require threshold dissociation or transition state energies >100 kJ mol-1. This points to largely non-specific dissociations of 2-deoxyribose radicals when produced by exothermic hydrogen atom abstraction from the saccharide molecule. Oxygen-centered 2-deoxyribose radicals show only marginal thermodynamic and kinetic stability and are expected to readily fragment upon formation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 3377-3388
Author(s):  
Kelsey J. Menard ◽  
Jonathan Martens ◽  
Travis D. Fridgen

Vibrational spectroscopy and computational chemistry studies were combined with the aim of elucidating the structures of protonated imidacloprid (pIMI), and its unimolecular decomposition products.


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