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Kędziera D, Rauhut G, Császár AG. Structure, energetics, and spectroscopy of the chromophores of HHe+n, H 2He+n, and He+n clusters and their deuterated isotopologues. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:12176-12195. [PMID: 35543594 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05535f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
The linear molecular ions H2He+, HHe+2, and He+3 are the central units (chromophores) of certain He-solvated complexes of the H2He+n, HHe+n, and He+n families, respectively. These are complexes which do exist, according to mass-spectrometry studies, up to very high n values. Apparently, for some of the H2He+n and He+n complexes, the linear symmetric tetratomic H2He+2 and the diatomic He+2 cations, respectively, may also be the central units. In this study, definitive structures, relative energies, zero-point vibrational energies, and (an)harmonic vibrational fundamentals, and, in some cases, overtones and combination bands, are established mostly for the triatomic chromophores. The study is also extended to the deuterated isotopologues D2He+, DHe+2, and D2He+2. To facilitate and improve the electronic-structure computations performed, new atom-centered, fixed-exponent, Gaussian-type basis sets called MAX, with X = T(3), Q(4), P(5), and H(6), are designed for the H and He atoms. The focal-point-analysis (FPA) technique is employed to determine definitive relative energies with tight uncertainties for reactions involving the molecular ions. The FPA results determined include the 0 K proton and deuteron affinities of the 4He atom, 14 875(9) cm-1 [177.95(11) kJ mol-1] and 15 229(8) cm-1 [182.18(10) kJ mol-1], respectively, the dissociation energies of the He+2 → He+ + He, HHe+2 → HHe+ + He, and He+3 → He+2 + He reactions, 19 099(13) cm-1 [228.48(16) kJ mol-1], 3948(7) cm-1 [47.23(8) kJ mol-1], and 1401(12) cm-1 [16.76(14) kJ mol-1], respectively, the dissociation energy of the DHe+2 → DHe+ + He reaction, 4033(6) cm-1 [48.25(7) kJ mol-1], the isomerization energy between the two linear isomers of the [H, He, He]+ system, 3828(40) cm-1 [45.79(48) kJ mol-1], and the dissociation energies of the H2He+ → H+2 + He and the H2He+2 → H2He+ + He reactions, 1789(4) cm-1 [21.40(5) kJ mol-1] and 435(6) cm-1 [5.20(7) kJ mol-1], respectively. The FPA estimates of the first dissociation energy of D2He+ and D2He+2 are 1986(4) cm-1 [23.76(5) kJ mol-1] and 474(5) cm-1 [5.67(6) kJ mol-1], respectively. Determining the vibrational fundamentals of the triatomic chromophores with second-order vibrational perturbation theory (VPT2) and vibrational configuration interaction (VCI) techniques, both built around the Eckart-Watson Hamiltonian, proved unusually challenging. For the species studied, VPT2 has difficulties yielding dependable results, in some cases even for the fundamentals of the H-containing molecular cations, while carefully executed VCI computations yield considerably improved spectroscopic results. In a few cases unusually large anharmonic corrections to the fundamentals, on the order of 15% of the harmonic value, have been observed.
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- Dariusz Kędziera
- Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 87-100 Torun, Poland.
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- Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Structure and Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University and MTA-ELTE Complex Chemical Systems Research Group, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary.
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Sheng M, Silvestrini F, Biczysko M, Puzzarini C. Structural and Vibrational Properties of Amino Acids from Composite Schemes and Double-Hybrid DFT: Hydrogen Bonding in Serine as a Test Case. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:9099-9114. [PMID: 34623165 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c06993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The structures, relative stabilities, and vibrational wavenumbers of the two most stable conformers of serine, stabilized by the O-H···N, O-H···O═C and N-H···O-H intramolecular hydrogen bonds, have been evaluated by means of state-of-the-art composite schemes based on coupled-cluster (CC) theory. The so-called "cheap" composite approach (CCSD(T)/(CBS+CV)MP2) allowed determination of accurate equilibrium structures and harmonic vibrational wavenumbers, also pointing out significant corrections beyond the CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ level. These accurate results stand as a reference for benchmarking selected hybrid and double-hybrid, dispersion-corrected DFT functionals. B2PLYP-D3 and DSDPBEP86 in conjunction with a triple-ζ basis set have been confirmed as effective methodologies for structural and spectroscopic studies of medium-sized flexible biomolecules, also showing intramolecular hydrogen bonding. These best performing double-hybrid functionals have been employed to simulate IR spectra by means of vibrational perturbation theory, also considering hybrid CC/DFT schemes. The best overall agreement with experiment, with mean absolute error of 8 cm-1, has been obtained by combining CCSD(T)/(CBS+CV)MP2 harmonic wavenumbers with B2PLYP-D3/maug-cc-pVTZ anharmonic corrections. Finally, a composite scheme entirely based on CCSD(T) calculations (CCSD(T)/CBS+CV) has been employed for energetics, further confirming that serine II is the most stable conformer, also when zero-point vibrational energy corrections are included.
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- Mingzhu Sheng
- International Centre for Quantum and Molecular Structures, Physics Department, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- Department of Chemistry "Giacomo Ciamician", University of Bologna, Via F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- International Centre for Quantum and Molecular Structures, Physics Department, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- Department of Chemistry "Giacomo Ciamician", University of Bologna, Via F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Császár AG, Szidarovszky T, Asvany O, Schlemmer S. Fingerprints of microscopic superfluidity in HHe n+ clusters. Mol Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2019.1585984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Attila G. Császár
- Laboratory of Molecular Structure and Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University and MTA-ELTE Complex Chemical Systems Research Group, Budapest, Hungary
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- Laboratory of Molecular Structure and Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University and MTA-ELTE Complex Chemical Systems Research Group, Budapest, Hungary
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- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
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Klyne J, Bouchet A, Ishiuchi SI, Fujii M, Schneider M, Baldauf C, Dopfer O. Probing chirality recognition of protonated glutamic acid dimers by gas-phase vibrational spectroscopy and first-principles simulations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:28452-28464. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp05855e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We characterize stereospecific aspects of homochiral and heterochiral dimers of glutamic acid by infrared spectroscopy and first-principles molecular dynamics simulations.
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- Johanna Klyne
- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik
- Technische Universität Berlin
- 10623 Berlin
- Germany
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science
- Institute of Innovation Research
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Yokohama
- Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science
- Institute of Innovation Research
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Yokohama
- Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science
- Institute of Innovation Research
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Yokohama
- Japan
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG
- 14195 Berlin
- Germany
- Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie
- Universität Leipzig
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- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik
- Technische Universität Berlin
- 10623 Berlin
- Germany
- Tokyo Tech World Research Hub Initiative (WRHI)
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Papp D, Rovó P, Jákli I, Császár AG, Perczel A. Four faces of the interaction between ions and aromatic rings. J Comput Chem 2017; 38:1762-1773. [DOI: 10.1002/jcc.24816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2017] [Revised: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Dóra Papp
- MTA-ELTE Complex Chemical Systems Research Group; H-1518 Budapest 112, P.O. Box 32 Hungary
- Laboratory of Molecular Structure and Dynamics; Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University; Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A Budapest H-1117 Hungary
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- Department Chemie und Pharmazie; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; Butenandstraße 5-11 Munich D-81377 Germany
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- MTA-ELTE Protein Modeling Research Group, Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University; H-1518 Budapest 112, P.O. Box 32 Hungary
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- MTA-ELTE Complex Chemical Systems Research Group; H-1518 Budapest 112, P.O. Box 32 Hungary
- Laboratory of Molecular Structure and Dynamics; Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University; Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A Budapest H-1117 Hungary
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- MTA-ELTE Protein Modeling Research Group, Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University; H-1518 Budapest 112, P.O. Box 32 Hungary
- Laboratory of Structural Chemistry and Biology; Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University; Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A Budapest H-1117 Hungary
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Cautereels J, Claeys M, Geldof D, Blockhuys F. Quantum chemical mass spectrometry: ab initio prediction of electron ionization mass spectra and identification of new fragmentation pathways. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2016; 51:602-614. [PMID: 28239969 DOI: 10.1002/jms.3791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2016] [Revised: 05/11/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The electron ionization mass spectra of four organic compounds are predicted based on the results of quantum chemical calculations at the DFT/B3LYP/6-311 + G* level of theory. This prediction is performed 'ab initio', i.e. without any prior knowledge of the thermodynamics or kinetics of the reactions under consideration. Using a set of rules determining which routes will be followed, the fragmentation of the molecules' bonds and the complete resulting fragmentation pathways are studied. The most likely fragmentation pathways are identified based on calculated reaction energies ΔE when bond cleavage is considered and on activation energies ΔE‡ when rearrangements are taken into account; the final intensities of the peaks in the spectrum are estimated from these values. The main features observed in the experimental mass spectra are correctly predicted, as well as a number of minor peaks. In addition, the results of the calculations allow us to propose fragmentation pathways new to empirical mass spectrometry, which have been experimentally verified using tandem mass spectrometry measurements. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Julie Cautereels
- Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020, Antwerp, Belgium
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Li J, Santambrogio C, Brocca S, Rossetti G, Carloni P, Grandori R. Conformational effects in protein electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2016; 35:111-22. [PMID: 25952139 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2014] [Accepted: 01/14/2015] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) is a key tool of structural biology, complementing the information delivered by conventional biochemical and biophysical methods. Yet, the mechanism behind the conformational effects in protein ESI-MS is an object of debate. Two parameters-solvent-accessible surface area (As) and apparent gas-phase basicity (GBapp)-are thought to play a role in controlling the extent of protein ionization during ESI-MS experiments. This review focuses on recent experimental and theoretical investigations concerning the influence of these parameters on ESI-MS results and the structural information that can be derived. The available evidence supports a unified model for the ionization mechanism of folded and unfolded proteins. These data indicate that charge-state distribution (CSD) analysis can provide valuable structural information on normally folded, as well as disordered structures.
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- Jinyu Li
- Computational Biophysics, German Research School for Simulation Sciences, and Computational Biomedicine, Institute for Advanced Simulation IAS-5 and Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine INM-9, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, RWTH Aachen University, 52057 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan, Italy
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- Computational Biophysics, German Research School for Simulation Sciences, and Computational Biomedicine, Institute for Advanced Simulation IAS-5 and Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine INM-9, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Computational Biophysics, German Research School for Simulation Sciences, and Computational Biomedicine, Institute for Advanced Simulation IAS-5 and Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine INM-9, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan, Italy
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Marchese R, Grandori R, Carloni P, Raugei S. On the zwitterionic nature of gas-phase peptides and protein ions. PLoS Comput Biol 2010; 6:e1000775. [PMID: 20463874 PMCID: PMC2865515 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2009] [Accepted: 03/31/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Determining the total number of charged residues corresponding to a given value of net charge for peptides and proteins in gas phase is crucial for the interpretation of mass-spectrometry data, yet it is far from being understood. Here we show that a novel computational protocol based on force field and massive density functional calculations is able to reproduce the experimental facets of well investigated systems, such as angiotensin II, bradykinin, and tryptophan-cage. The protocol takes into account all of the possible protomers compatible with a given charge state. Our calculations predict that the low charge states are zwitterions, because the stabilization due to intramolecular hydrogen bonding and salt-bridges can compensate for the thermodynamic penalty deriving from deprotonation of acid residues. In contrast, high charge states may or may not be zwitterions because internal solvation might not compensate for the energy cost of charge separation.
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- Roberto Marchese
- Statistical and Biological Physics Sector, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA-ISAS) and DEMOCRITOS, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
- * E-mail: (RG); (SR)
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- Statistical and Biological Physics Sector, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA-ISAS) and DEMOCRITOS, Trieste, Italy
- Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Trieste, Italy
- Computational Biophysics sector, German Research School for Simulation Science, FZ-Juelich and RWTH, Juelich, Germany
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- Statistical and Biological Physics Sector, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA-ISAS) and DEMOCRITOS, Trieste, Italy
- Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America
- * E-mail: (RG); (SR)
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Garten S, Biedermann PU, Topiol S, Agranat I. Electrostatic chiral distinction: tetrahedral model dimers. Chirality 2009; 22:662-74. [PMID: 20014244 DOI: 10.1002/chir.20813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Although chiral distinction plays a pervasive role in chemistry, a complete understanding of how this takes place is still lacking. In this work, we expand the earlier described minimal requirement of so called four-point interactions (vide infra). We focus on chiral point charge model systems as a means to aid in the dissection of the underlying, operative principles. We also construct models with defined symmetry characteristics. By considering extensive constellations of diastereomeric complexes, we are able to identify emerging principles for chiral distinction. As previously postulated, all the diastereomeric complexes, regardless of their nominal contact-points, possess a chiral distinction energy. In the comparison of complexes, we find that, contrary to chemical intuition, the magnitude of chiral distinction does not correlate with the stability of the complexes, i.e., consideration of low energy complexes may not be an effective way to evaluate chiral distinction. Similarly, we do not find a correlation between the number of contact-points and chiral distinction. Moreover, favorable interactions and facile chiral distinction appear to be unrelated. We also see some tendency for greater chiral distinction in less symmetric systems, although this may not be general. These studies can now form the basis to fold in higher levels of complexity into the models so as to gain further insights into the nature of chiral distinction.
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- Sarit Garten
- Department of Organic Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Chuvylkin ND, Nesterov ID, Kadentsev VI. Quantum chemical analysis of possible fragmentation of [M + H]+ and [M + Na]+ complexes of monosubstituted methane, cyclohexane, and benzene derivatives in mass spectrometric studies. Russ Chem Bull 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/s11172-008-0039-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Kong X, Tsai IA, Sabu S, Han CC, Lee YT, Chang HC, Tu SY, Kung AH, Wu CC. Progressive stabilization of zwitterionic structures in [H(Ser)(2-8)]+ studied by infrared photodissociation spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2007; 45:4130-4. [PMID: 16718712 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200600597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Xianglei Kong
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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Kong X, Tsai IA, Sabu S, Han CC, Lee YT, Chang HC, Tu SY, Kung AH, Wu CC. Progressive Stabilization of Zwitterionic Structures in [H(Ser)2–8]+ Studied by Infrared Photodissociation Spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200600597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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