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Wheeler SE, Houk KN. Are anion/pi interactions actually a case of simple charge-dipole interactions? J Phys Chem A 2010; 114:8658-64. [PMID: 20433187 DOI: 10.1021/jp1010549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Substituent effects in Cl(-)...C(6)H(6-n)X(n) complexes, models for anion/pi interactions, have been examined using density functional theory and robust ab initio methods paired with large basis sets. Predicted interaction energies for 83 model Cl(-)...C(6)H(6-n)X(n) complexes span almost 40 kcal mol(-1) and show an excellent correlation (r = 0.99) with computed electrostatic potentials. In contrast to prevailing models of anion/pi interactions, which rely on substituent-induced changes in the aryl pi-system, it is shown that substituent effects in these systems are due mostly to direct interactions between the anion and the substituents. Specifically, interaction energies for Cl(-)...C(6)H(6-n)X(n) complexes are recovered using a model system in which the substituents are isolated from the aromatic ring and pi-resonance effects are impossible. Additionally, accurate potential energy curves for Cl(-) interacting with prototypical anion-binding arenes can be qualitatively reproduced by adding a classical charge-dipole interaction to the Cl(-)...C(6)H(6) interaction potential. In substituted benzenes, binding of anions arises primarily from interactions of the anion with the local dipoles induced by the substituents, not changes in the interaction with the aromatic ring itself. When designing anion-binding motifs, phenyl rings should be viewed as a scaffold upon which appropriate substituents can be placed, because there are no attractive interactions between anions and the aryl pi-system of substituted benzenes.
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- Steven E Wheeler
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
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Churchill CDM, Rutledge LR, Wetmore SD. Effects of the biological backbone on stacking interactions at DNA-protein interfaces: the interplay between the backbone···π and π···π components. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2010; 12:14515-26. [PMID: 20927465 DOI: 10.1039/c0cp00550a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The (gas-phase) MP2/6-31G*(0.25) π···π stacking interactions between the five natural bases and the aromatic amino acids calculated using (truncated) monomers composed of conjugated rings and/or (extended) monomers containing the biological backbone (either the protein backbone or deoxyribose sugar) were previously compared. Although preliminary energetic results indicated that the protein backbone strengthens, while the deoxyribose sugar either strengthens or weakens, the interaction calculated using truncated models, the reasons for these effects were unknown. The present work explains these observations by dissecting the interaction energy of the extended complexes into individual backbone···π and π···π components. Our calculations reveal that the total interaction energy of the extended complex can be predicted as a sum of the backbone···π and π···π components, which indicates that the biological backbone does not significantly affect the ring system through π-polarization. Instead, we find that the backbone can indirectly affect the magnitude of the π···π contribution by changing the relative ring orientations in extended dimers compared with truncated dimers. Furthermore, the strengths of the individual backbone···π contributions are determined to be significant (up to 18 kJ mol(-1)). Therefore, the origin of the energetic change upon model extension is found to result from a balance between an additional (attractive) backbone···π component and differences in the strength of the π···π interaction. In addition, to understand the effects of the biological backbone on the stacking interactions at DNA-protein interfaces in nature, we analyzed the stacking interactions found in select DNA-protein crystal structures, and verified that an additive approach can be used to examine the strength of these interactions in biological complexes. Interestingly, although the presence of attractive backbone···π contacts is qualitatively confirmed using the quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM), QTAIM electron density analysis is unable to quantitatively predict the additive relationship of these interactions. Most importantly, this work reveals that both the backbone···π and π···π components must be carefully considered to accurately determine the overall stability of DNA-protein assemblies.
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- Cassandra D M Churchill
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1K 3M4
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Wheeler SE, Houk KN. Through-Space Effects of Substituents Dominate Molecular Electrostatic Potentials of Substituted Arenes. J Chem Theory Comput 2009; 5:2301-2312. [PMID: 20161573 DOI: 10.1021/ct900344g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Model systems have been studied using density functional theory to assess the contributions of π-resonance and through-space effects on electrostatic potentials of substituted arenes. The results contradict the widespread assumption that changes in molecular ESPs reflect only local changes in the electron density. Substituent effects on the ESP above the molecular plane are commonly attributed to changes in the aryl π-system. We show that ESP changes for a collection of substituted benzenes and more complex aromatic systems can be accounted for mostly by through-space effects, with no change in the aryl π-electron density. Only when π-resonance effects are substantial do they influence changes in the ESP above the aromatic ring to any extent. Examples of substituted arenes studied here are taken from the fields of drug design, host-guest chemistry, and crystal engineering. These findings emphasize the potential pitfalls of assuming ESP changes reflect changes in the local electron density. Since ESP changes are frequently used to rationalize and predict intermolecular interactions, these findings have profound implications for our understanding of substituent effects in countless areas of chemistry and molecular biology. Specifically, in many non-covalent interactions there are significant, often neglected, through-space interactions with the substituents. Finally, the present results explain the perhaps unexpectedly good performance of many molecular mechanics force-fields applied to supramolecular assembly phenomena and π-π interactions in biological systems despite the neglect of the polarization of the aryl π-system by substituents.
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- Steven E Wheeler
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Shimizu A, Mori T, Inoue Y, Yamada S. Combined Experimental and Quantum Chemical Investigation of Chiroptical Properties of Nicotinamide Derivatives with and without Intramolecular Cation−π Interactions. J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:8754-64. [DOI: 10.1021/jp904243w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Akinori Shimizu
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan, and Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan, and Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan, and Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan, and Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan
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Wu JI, Pühlhofer FG, Schleyer PVR, Puchta R, Kiran B, Mauksch M, Hommes NJRVE, Alkorta I, Elguero J. The Effect of Perfluorination on the Aromaticity of Benzene and Heterocyclic Six-Membered Rings. J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:6789-94. [PMID: 19472981 DOI: 10.1021/jp902983r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Judy I. Wu
- Computational Annex, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2525, Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestrasse 42, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany, Computer-Chemie-Centrum, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstrasse 25, D-91052 Erlangen, Germany, and Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva, 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Computational Annex, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2525, Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestrasse 42, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany, Computer-Chemie-Centrum, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstrasse 25, D-91052 Erlangen, Germany, and Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva, 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Computational Annex, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2525, Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestrasse 42, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany, Computer-Chemie-Centrum, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstrasse 25, D-91052 Erlangen, Germany, and Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva, 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Computational Annex, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2525, Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestrasse 42, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany, Computer-Chemie-Centrum, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstrasse 25, D-91052 Erlangen, Germany, and Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva, 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Computational Annex, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2525, Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestrasse 42, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany, Computer-Chemie-Centrum, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstrasse 25, D-91052 Erlangen, Germany, and Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva, 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Computational Annex, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2525, Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestrasse 42, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany, Computer-Chemie-Centrum, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstrasse 25, D-91052 Erlangen, Germany, and Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva, 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Computational Annex, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2525, Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestrasse 42, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany, Computer-Chemie-Centrum, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstrasse 25, D-91052 Erlangen, Germany, and Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva, 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Computational Annex, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2525, Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestrasse 42, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany, Computer-Chemie-Centrum, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstrasse 25, D-91052 Erlangen, Germany, and Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva, 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Computational Annex, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2525, Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestrasse 42, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany, Computer-Chemie-Centrum, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstrasse 25, D-91052 Erlangen, Germany, and Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva, 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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