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An J, Kim K, Lim HJ, Kim HY, Shin J, Park I, Cho I, Kim HY, Kim S, McLean C, Choi KY, Kim Y, Lee KH, Kim JS. Early onset diagnosis in Alzheimer's disease patients via amyloid-β oligomers-sensing probe in cerebrospinal fluid. Nat Commun 2024; 15:1004. [PMID: 38307843 PMCID: PMC10837422 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-44818-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024] Open
Abstract
Amyloid-β (Aβ) oligomers are implicated in the onset of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Herein, quinoline-derived half-curcumin-dioxaborine (Q-OB) fluorescent probe was designed for detecting Aβ oligomers by finely tailoring the hydrophobicity of the biannulate donor motifs in donor-π-acceptor structure. Q-OB shows a great sensing potency in dynamically monitoring oligomerization of Aβ during amyloid fibrillogenesis in vitro. In addition, we applied this strategy to fluorometrically analyze Aβ self-assembly kinetics in the cerebrospinal fluids (CSF) of AD patients. The fluorescence intensity of Q-OB in AD patients' CSF revealed a marked change of log (I/I0) value of 0.34 ± 0.13 (cognitive normal), 0.15 ± 0.12 (mild cognitive impairment), and 0.14 ± 0.10 (AD dementia), guiding to distinguish a state of AD continuum for early diagnosis of AD. These studies demonstrate the potential of our approach can expand the currently available preclinical diagnostic platform for the early stages of AD, aiding in the disruption of pathological progression and the development of appropriate treatment strategies.
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- Jusung An
- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Yonsei University, Incheon, 21983, Korea
- Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Yonsei University, Incheon, 21983, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Chosun University, Gwangju, 61452, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Yonsei University, Incheon, 21983, Korea
- Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Yonsei University, Incheon, 21983, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Yonsei University, Incheon, 21983, Korea
- Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Yonsei University, Incheon, 21983, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Yonsei University, Incheon, 21983, Korea
- Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Yonsei University, Incheon, 21983, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Yonsei University, Incheon, 21983, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Yonsei University, Incheon, 21983, Korea
- Medicinal Bioconvergence Research Center, Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Biomedical Research, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, Incheon, 21983, Korea
- College of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Center, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, Incheon, 21983, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, 3004, Australia
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- Gwangju Alzheimer's & Related Dementia Cohort Research Center, Chosun University, Gwangju, 61452, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Yonsei University, Incheon, 21983, Korea.
- Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Yonsei University, Incheon, 21983, Korea.
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Chosun University, Gwangju, 61452, Korea.
- Gwangju Alzheimer's & Related Dementia Cohort Research Center, Chosun University, Gwangju, 61452, Korea.
- Department of Neural Development and Disease, Korea Brain Research Institute, Daegu, 41062, Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea.
- TheranoChem Incorporation, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02856, Korea.
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Williams AE, Hammer NI, Fortenberry RC, Reinemann DN. Tracking the Amide I and αCOO- Terminal ν(C=O) Raman Bands in a Family of l-Glutamic Acid-Containing Peptide Fragments: A Raman and DFT Study. Molecules 2021; 26:4790. [PMID: 34443382 PMCID: PMC8399447 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26164790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Revised: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The E-hook of β-tubulin plays instrumental roles in cytoskeletal regulation and function. The last six C-terminal residues of the βII isotype, a peptide of amino acid sequence EGEDEA, extend from the microtubule surface and have eluded characterization with classic X-ray crystallographic techniques. The band position of the characteristic amide I vibration of small peptide fragments is heavily dependent on the length of the peptide chain, the extent of intramolecular hydrogen bonding, and the overall polarity of the fragment. The dependence of the E residue's amide I ν(C=O) and the αCOO- terminal ν(C=O) bands on the neighboring side chain, the length of the peptide fragment, and the extent of intramolecular hydrogen bonding in the structure are investigated here via the EGEDEA peptide. The hexapeptide is broken down into fragments increasing in size from dipeptides to hexapeptides, including EG, ED, EA, EGE, EDE, DEA, EGED, EDEA, EGEDE, GEDEA, and, finally, EGEDEA, which are investigated with experimental Raman spectroscopy and density functional theory (DFT) computations to model the zwitterionic crystalline solids (in vacuo). The molecular geometries and Boltzmann sum of the simulated Raman spectra for a set of energetic minima corresponding to each peptide fragment are computed with full geometry optimizations and corresponding harmonic vibrational frequency computations at the B3LYP/6-311++G(2df,2pd) level of theory. In absence of the crystal structure, geometry sampling is performed to approximate solid phase behavior. Natural bond order (NBO) analyses are performed on each energetic minimum to quantify the magnitude of the intramolecular hydrogen bonds. The extent of the intramolecular charge transfer is dependent on the overall polarity of the fragment considered, with larger and more polar fragments exhibiting the greatest extent of intramolecular charge transfer. A steady blue shift arises when considering the amide I band position moving linearly from ED to EDE to EDEA to GEDEA and, finally, to EGEDEA. However, little variation is observed in the αCOO- ν(C=O) band position in this family of fragments.
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- Ashley E. Williams
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA; (A.E.W.); (N.I.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA; (A.E.W.); (N.I.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA; (A.E.W.); (N.I.H.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
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Liu Y, Zhang C, Pan H, Li L, Yu Y, Liu B. An insight into the in vivo imaging potential of curcumin analogues as fluorescence probes. Asian J Pharm Sci 2021; 16:419-431. [PMID: 34703492 PMCID: PMC8520045 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajps.2020.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 10/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Curcumin and its derivatives have good electrical and optical properties due to the highly symmetric structure of delocalized π electrons. Apart from that, curcumin and its derivatives can interact with numerous molecular targets, thereby exerting less side effects on human body. The fluorescence emission wavelength and fluorescence intensity of curcumin can be enhanced by modifying its π-conjugated system and ß-diketone structure. Some curcumin-based fluorescent probes have been utilized to detect soluble/insoluble amyloid-ß protein, intracranial reactive oxygen species, cysteine, cancer cells, etc. Based on the binding characteristics of curcumin-based fluorescent probes with various target molecules, the factors affecting the fluorescence intensity and emission wavelength of the probes are analyzed, in order to obtain a curcumin probe with higher sensitivity and selectivity. Such an approach will be greatly applicable to in vivo fluorescence imaging.
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- Yu Liu
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
- Judicial Identification Center of Liaoning university, Shenyang 110036, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
- Liaoning Key Laboratory of New Drug Research & Development, Shenyang 110036, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
- Liaoning Key Laboratory of New Drug Research & Development, Shenyang 110036, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
- Judicial Identification Center of Liaoning university, Shenyang 110036, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
- Liaoning Pharmaceutical Engineering Research Center for Natural Medicine, Shenyang 110036, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
- Judicial Identification Center of Liaoning university, Shenyang 110036, China
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Gyasi YI, Pang YP, Li XR, Gu JX, Cheng XJ, Liu J, Xu T, Liu Y. Biological applications of near infrared fluorescence dye probes in monitoring Alzheimer’s disease. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 187:111982. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.111982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Revised: 12/03/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Johnson TC, Marsden SP. Precious-Metal-Free Heteroarylation of Azlactones: Direct Synthesis of α-Pyridyl, α-Substituted Amino Acid Derivatives. Org Lett 2016; 18:5364-5367. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b02731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Tarn C. Johnson
- School of Chemistry and Institute
of Process Research and Development, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, U.K
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- School of Chemistry and Institute
of Process Research and Development, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, U.K
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Shohayeb SM, Mohamed RG, Moustafa H, El-Medani SM. Synthesis, spectroscopic, DFT calculations and biological activity studies of ruthenium carbonyl complexes with 2-picolinic acid and a secondary ligand. J Mol Struct 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2016.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Near-infrared fluorescence molecular imaging of amyloid beta species and monitoring therapy in animal models of Alzheimer's disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015. [PMID: 26199414 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1505420112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) molecular imaging has been widely applied to monitoring therapy of cancer and other diseases in preclinical studies; however, this technology has not been applied successfully to monitoring therapy for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although several NIRF probes for detecting amyloid beta (Aβ) species of AD have been reported, none of these probes has been used to monitor changes of Aβs during therapy. In this article, we demonstrated that CRANAD-3, a curcumin analog, is capable of detecting both soluble and insoluble Aβ species. In vivo imaging showed that the NIRF signal of CRANAD-3 from 4-mo-old transgenic AD (APP/PS1) mice was 2.29-fold higher than that from age-matched wild-type mice, indicating that CRANAD-3 is capable of detecting early molecular pathology. To verify the feasibility of CRANAD-3 for monitoring therapy, we first used the fast Aβ-lowering drug LY2811376, a well-characterized beta-amyloid cleaving enzyme-1 inhibitor, to treat APP/PS1 mice. Imaging data suggested that CRANAD-3 could monitor the decrease in Aβs after drug treatment. To validate the imaging capacity of CRANAD-3 further, we used it to monitor the therapeutic effect of CRANAD-17, a curcumin analog for inhibition of Aβ cross-linking. The imaging data indicated that the fluorescence signal in the CRANAD-17-treated group was significantly lower than that in the control group, and the result correlated with ELISA analysis of brain extraction and Aβ plaque counting. It was the first time, to our knowledge, that NIRF was used to monitor AD therapy, and we believe that our imaging technology has the potential to have a high impact on AD drug development.
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Tang Q, Guo Z, Li Q. Comparison of substitution effects of F and methyl groups adjoined to C and B atoms in hydrogen bonds. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2013.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Zhang X, Tian Y, Li Z, Tian X, Sun H, Liu H, Moore A, Ran C. Design and synthesis of curcumin analogues for in vivo fluorescence imaging and inhibiting copper-induced cross-linking of amyloid beta species in Alzheimer's disease. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:16397-409. [PMID: 24116384 DOI: 10.1021/ja405239v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In this article, we first designed and synthesized curcumin-based near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging probes for detecting both soluble and insoluble amyloid beta (Aβ) species and then an inhibitor that could attenuate cross-linking of Aβ induced by copper. According to our previous results and the possible structural stereohindrance compatibility of the Aβ peptide and the hydrophobic/hydrophilic property of the Aβ13-20 (HHQKLVFF) fragment, NIR imaging probe CRANAD-58 was designed and synthesized. As expected CRANAD-58 showed significant fluorescence property changes upon mixing with both soluble and insoluble Aβ species in vitro. In vivo NIR imaging revealed that CRANAD-58 was capable of differentiating transgenic and wild-type mice as young as 4 months old, the age that lacks apparently visible Aβ plaques and Aβ is likely in its soluble forms. According to our limited studies on the interaction mechanism between CRANAD-58 and Aβ, we also designed CRANAD-17 to attenuate the cross-linking of Aβ42 induced by copper. It is well-known that the coordination of copper with imidazoles on Histidine-13 and 14 (H13, H14) of Aβ peptides could initialize covalent cross-linking of Aβ. In CRANAD-17, a curcumin scaffold was used as an anchoring moiety to usher the designed compound to the vicinity of H13 and H14 of Aβ, and imidazole rings were incorporated to compete with H13/H14 for copper binding. The results of SDS-PAGE gel and Western blot indicated that CRANAD-17 was capable of inhibiting Aβ42 cross-linking induced by copper. This raises a potential for CRANAD-17 to be considered for AD therapy.
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- Xueli Zhang
- Molecular Imaging Laboratory, MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School , Building 75, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, United States
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Dolenský B, Konvalinka R, Jakubek M, Král V. Identification of intramolecular hydrogen bonds as the origin of malfunctioning of multitopic receptors. J Mol Struct 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2012.09.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Gulevich AV, Zhdanko AG, Orru RVA, Nenajdenko VG. Isocyanoacetate Derivatives: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Application. Chem Rev 2010; 110:5235-331. [DOI: 10.1021/cr900411f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 470] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Anton V. Gulevich
- Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119991, Russia, and Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119991, Russia, and Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119991, Russia, and Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119991, Russia, and Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Mirzaei M, Hadipour NL, Ahmadi K. Investigation of C–H…OC and N–H…OC hydrogen-bonding interactions in crystalline thymine by DFT calculations of O-17, N-14 and H-2 NQR parameters. Biophys Chem 2007; 125:411-5. [PMID: 17175092 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2006.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2006] [Revised: 10/09/2006] [Accepted: 10/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
A computational study at the level of density functional theory (DFT) was carried out to investigate C-H...O=C and N-H...O=C hydrogen-bonding interactions (HBs) in the real crystalline cluster of thymine by O-17, N-14 and H-2 calculated nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) parameters. To perform the calculations, a hydrogen-bonded pentameric cluster of thymine was created using X-ray coordinates where the hydrogen atoms positions are optimized and the electric field gradient (EFG) tensors were calculated for the target molecule. Additional EFG calculations were also performed for crystalline monomer and an optimized isolated gas-phase thymine. The calculated EFG tensors at the level of B3LYP and B3PW91 DFT methods and 6-311++G**and CC-pVTZ basis sets were converted to those experimentally measurable NQR parameters, quadrupole coupling constants and asymmetry parameters. The results reveal that because of strong contribution to N-H...O=C HBs, NQR parameters of O2, N1 and N3 undergo significant changes from monomer to the target molecule in cluster. Furthermore, the NQR parameters of O2 also undergo some changes because of non-classical C-H...O=C HBs.
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- Mahmoud Mirzaei
- Department of Chemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box 14115-175, Tehran, Iran
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Oku H, Kimura Y, Ohama M, Ueyama N, Yamada K, Katakai R. Synthesis, crystal structure, and coordination properties of a helical peptide having β-(3-pyridyl)-l-alanine and l-glutamic acid residues. J Organomet Chem 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2006.03.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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