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Gleeson R, Andersen CL, Rapta P, Machata P, Christensen JB, Hammerich O, Sauer SPA. A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study of ESR Hyperfine Coupling Constants for N,N,N',N'-Tetrasubstituted p-Phenylenediamine Radical Cations. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:3447. [PMID: 36834859 PMCID: PMC9967363 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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A test set of N,N,N',N'-tetrasubstituted p-phenylenediamines are experimentally explored using ESR (electron spin resonance) spectroscopy and analysed from a computational standpoint thereafter. This computational study aims to further aid structural characterisation by comparing experimental ESR hyperfine coupling constants (hfccs) with computed values calculated using ESR-optimised "J-style" basis sets (6-31G(d,p)-J, 6-31G(d,p)-J, 6-311++G(d,p)-J, pcJ-1, pcJ-2 and cc-pVTZ-J) and hybrid-DFT functionals (B3LYP, PBE0, TPSSh, ωB97XD) as well as MP2. PBE0/6-31g(d,p)-J with a polarised continuum solvation model (PCM) correlated best with the experiment, giving an R2 value of 0.8926. A total of 98% of couplings were deemed satisfactory, with five couplings observed as outlier results, thus degrading correlation values significantly. A higher-level electronic structure method, namely MP2, was sought to improve outlier couplings, but only a minority of couples showed improvement, whilst the remaining majority of couplings were negatively degraded.
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- Ronan Gleeson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Andersen CL, Lacerda EG, Christensen JB, Sauer SPA, Hammerich O. Prediction of the standard potentials for one-electron oxidation of N, N, N', N' tetrasubstituted p-phenylenediamines by calculation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:20340-20351. [PMID: 34486635 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02315b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The formal potentials for the reversible one-electron oxidation of N,N,N',N' tetrasubstituted p-phenylenediamines in acetonitrile have been applied as a test set for benchmarking computational methods for a series of compounds with only small structural differences. The aim of the study is to propose a simple method for calculating the standard oxidation potentials, and therefore, the protocol is progressively developed by adding more terms in the energy expression. In addition, the effect of including implicit solvation models (IEFPCM, CPCM, and SMD), larger basis sets, and correlation methods are investigated. The oxidation potentials calculated using the G3MP2B3 approach with IEFPCM resulted in the best fit (R2 = 0.9624), but the slope of the correlation line, 0.74, is far from the optimal value, 1.00. B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) and TPSSh/6-311++G(2d,p) yielded only slightly less consistent data (R2 = 0.9388 and R2 = 0.9425), but with much better slopes, 1.00 and 0.94, respectively. We conclude that it is important to investigate the basis set size and treatment of electron correlation when calculating oxidation potentials for N,N,N',N' tetrasubstituted p-phenylenediamines.
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- Cecilie L Andersen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
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- Instituto de Física da Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1371, 05508-090 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
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Kodali G, Mancini JA, Solomon LA, Episova TV, Roach N, Hobbs CJ, Wagner P, Mass OA, Aravindu K, Barnsley JE, Gordon KC, Officer DL, Dutton PL, Moser CC. Design and engineering of water-soluble light-harvesting protein maquettes. Chem Sci 2017; 8:316-324. [PMID: 28261441 PMCID: PMC5330312 DOI: 10.1039/c6sc02417c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Accepted: 08/16/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Natural selection in photosynthesis has engineered tetrapyrrole based, nanometer scale, light harvesting and energy capture in light-induced charge separation. By designing and creating nanometer scale artificial light harvesting and charge separating proteins, we have the opportunity to reengineer and overcome the limitations of natural selection to extend energy capture to new wavelengths and to tailor efficient systems that better meet human as opposed to cellular energetic needs. While tetrapyrrole cofactor incorporation in natural proteins is complex and often assisted by accessory proteins for cofactor transport and insertion, artificial protein functionalization relies on a practical understanding of the basic physical chemistry of protein and cofactors that drive nanometer scale self-assembly. Patterning and balancing of hydrophobic and hydrophilic tetrapyrrole substituents is critical to avoid natural or synthetic porphyrin and chlorin aggregation in aqueous media and speed cofactor partitioning into the non-polar core of a man-made water soluble protein designed according to elementary first principles of protein folding. This partitioning is followed by site-specific anchoring of tetrapyrroles to histidine ligands strategically placed for design control of rates and efficiencies of light energy and electron transfer while orienting at least one polar group towards the aqueous phase.
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- Goutham Kodali
- The Johnson Research Foundation and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , PA 10104 , USA .
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- The Johnson Research Foundation and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , PA 10104 , USA .
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- The Johnson Research Foundation and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , PA 10104 , USA .
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- The Johnson Research Foundation and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , PA 10104 , USA .
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- The ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science and the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute , University of Wollongong , NSW 2522 , Australia
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- The ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science and the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute , University of Wollongong , NSW 2522 , Australia
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- The ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science and the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute , University of Wollongong , NSW 2522 , Australia
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- N Carolina State University , Department of Chemistry , Raleigh , NC 27695 , USA
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- N Carolina State University , Department of Chemistry , Raleigh , NC 27695 , USA
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- University of Otago , Department of Chemistry , Dunedin 9016 , New Zealand
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- The ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science and the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute , University of Wollongong , NSW 2522 , Australia
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- The Johnson Research Foundation and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , PA 10104 , USA .
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- The Johnson Research Foundation and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , PA 10104 , USA .
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Yarkoni O, Donlon L, Frankel D. Creating a bio-hybrid signal transduction pathway: opening a new channel of communication between cells and machines. BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS 2012; 7:046017. [PMID: 23154675 DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/7/4/046017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Manipulation of signal transduction pathways presents a viable mechanism to interface cells with electronics. In this work, we present a two-step signal transduction pathway involving cellular and electronic transduction elements. In order to circumvent many of the conventional difficulties encountered when harnessing chemical signalling for the purpose of electronics communication, gaseous nitric oxide (NO) was selected as the signalling molecule. By genetic engineering of the nitric oxide synthase protein eNOS and insertion of light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) domains, we have created a photoactive version of the protein. The novel chimeric eNOS was found to be capable of producing NO in response to excitation by visible light. By coupling these mutant cells to a surface modified platinum electrode, it was possible to convert an optical signal into a chemical one, followed by subsequent conversion of the chemical signal into an electrical output.
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- Orr Yarkoni
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Newcastle University, Merz Court, Newcastle. NE1 7RU, UK
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