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Asghar M, Lakhani A, Asif M, Sheikh NS, Hashmi MA, Ludwig R, Hammud HH, Ayub K. Chiral Recognition of Amino Acids Using CC2 Porous Organic Cages. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:4245-4258. [PMID: 37155274 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c08859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
Abstract
Enantiomers have the same physical properties but different chemical properties due to the difference in the orientation of groups in space and thus Chiral discrimination is quite necessary, as an enantiomer of drug can have lethal effects. In this study, we used the CC2 cage for chiral discrimination of amino acids using density functional theory. The results indicated the physisorption of amino acids in the central cavity of the cage. Among the four selected amino acids, proline showed maximum interactions with the cage and maximum chiral discrimination energy is also observed in the case of proline that is 2.78 kcal/mol. Quantum theory of atoms in molecules and noncovalent interaction index analyses showed that the S enantiomer in each case has maximum interactions. The charge transfer between the analyte and surface is further studied through natural bond orbital analysis. It showed sensitivity of cage for both enantiomers, but a more pronounced effect is seen for S enantiomers. In frontier molecular orbital analysis, the least EH-L gap is observed in the case of R proline with a maximum charge transfer of -0.24 e-. Electron density difference analysis is carried out to analyze the pattern of the charge distribution. The partial density of state analysis is computed to understand the contribution of each enantiomer in overall density of the complexes. Our results show that S-CC2 porous organic cages have a good ability to differentiate between two enantiomers. S-CC2 porous organic cages efficiently differentiated the S enantiomer from the R enantiomers of selected amino acids.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maria Asghar
- Department of Chemistry, COMSATS University, Abbottabad Campus, KPK, Abbottabad 22060, Pakistan
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- Department of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Calumet College of St. Joseph, 2400, New York Avenue, Whiting, Indiana 46394, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, COMSATS University, Abbottabad Campus, KPK, Abbottabad 22060, Pakistan
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- Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
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- Department of Chemistry, Division of Science & Technology, University of Education, Lahore 54770, Pakistan
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- University of Rostock, Institute of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Albert-Einstein-Straße 27, Rostock 18059, Germany
- University of Rostock, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research, Department "Science and Technology of Life, Light and Matter", Rostock 18059, Germany
- Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, Rostock 18059, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, COMSATS University, Abbottabad Campus, KPK, Abbottabad 22060, Pakistan
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Atawa B, Couvrat N, Affouard F, Correia NT, Coquerel G, Saiter-Fourcin A. Impact of chirality on the amorphous state of conglomerate forming systems: a case study of N-acetyl-α-methylbenzylamine. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:24282-24293. [PMID: 34672303 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp03843e] [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]
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The present work aims at addressing the issue of molecular handedness in glassy and liquid states and its impact on heterogeneous equilibrium. For this purpose, we evaluated the glass forming ability (GFA), crystallization propensity, molecular mobility and hydrogen bonding structure of a chiral conglomerate forming system, N-acetyl-α-methylbenzylamine (Nac-MBA), at various enantiomeric excesses (ees) using experimental and computational techniques. We revealed that the rich relaxational landscape (Debye (D), α, βJG and ϒ) and the temperature dependence of the time scale of each process were insensitive to chirality. The most remarkable impact of chirality was expressed on the GFA and the recrystallization of heterochiral arrangements. In fact the GFA increases with decreasing ee, while the crystallization propensity increases with increasing ee. The counter enantiomer acted as a disruptor of crystallization and favored the glass formation upon cooling. The molecular dynamics simulation (MDS) results on the architecture of chiral sequences showed that homochiral sequences were more favorable when compared to heterochiral ones in the liquid state. However, this predisposition to form homochiral sequences in the liquid state was not the precursor of the future crystalline structure, since the liquid or the glassy system recrystallizes as heterochiral sequences. As per our understanding the crystallization was mostly controlled by the mean free migration path of an enantiomer to build homochiral or heterochiral sequences. In the present case, it seems that the mean free migration path achieved by an enantiomer for heterochiral sequences is shorter compared to homochiral arrangements in such a way that the crystallization of the metastable racemic compound is kinetically more favorable.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bienvenu Atawa
- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, INSA Rouen, CNRS, GPM, 76000 Rouen, France.,Normandie Univ, Univ Rouen Normandie, SMS-EA3233, Place Emile Blonde, 76130 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France.,Univ-Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères, CNRS UMR 5223, 69622 Villeurbanne, France.
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- Normandie Univ, Univ Rouen Normandie, SMS-EA3233, Place Emile Blonde, 76130 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Univ Lille, CNRS, INRA, ENSCL, UMR 8207, UMET, Unité Matériaux et Transformations, F59000 Lille, France
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- Univ Lille, CNRS, INRA, ENSCL, UMR 8207, UMET, Unité Matériaux et Transformations, F59000 Lille, France
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- Normandie Univ, Univ Rouen Normandie, SMS-EA3233, Place Emile Blonde, 76130 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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