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Bloino J, Jähnigen S, Merten C. After 50 Years of Vibrational Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy: Challenges and Opportunities of Increasingly Accurate and Complex Experiments and Computations. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:8813-8828. [PMID: 39167088 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/23/2024]
Abstract
VCD research continues to thrive, driven by ongoing experimental and theoretical advances. Modern studies deal with increasingly complex samples featuring weak intermolecular interactions and shallow potential energy surfaces. Likewise, the combination of VCD measurements with, for instance, cryo-spectroscopic techniques has significantly increased their sensitivity. The extent to which such modern measurements enhance the informative value of VCD depends significantly on the quality of the theoretical models, which must adequately account for anharmonicity, solvation and molecular dynamics. We herein discuss how experimental advancements engage in a stimulating interplay with recent theoretical developments, pursuing either the static or the dynamic computational route. Both paths have their own strengths and limitations, each addressing fundamentally different problems. We give an outlook on future challenges of VCD research, including the possibility to combine static and dynamic approaches to obtain a full picture of the sample.
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- Julien Bloino
- Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Arnimallee 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Fakultät für Chemie und Biochemie, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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Taniguchi T, Agbo DO, Yang Q, Kapitán J, Wu T, Oyama S, Akai S, Sawama Y, Bouř P. Raman optical activity study of deuterated sugars: deuterium labelling as a tool for structural analysis. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:21568-21574. [PMID: 39082369 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp02406k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2024]
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Structural analyses using Raman optical activity (ROA) spectroscopy conventionally rely on vibrational signals in the fingerprint region ranging from 100 to 1800 cm-1. Use of deuterium labelling to observe ROA signals in the C-D stretching region provides additional information about a local structure of large molecular systems. So far, the potential of C-D stretching ROA signals for structural analysis has rarely been explored. In the present work, we synthesized model deuterated glucose monosaccharides and studied their ROA properties by employing molecular dynamics and density functional theory to interpret the spectra. A good agreement between the simulated and experimental spectra is achieved when the proper conformer ratios are considered. This shows the usefulness of ROA spectroscopy assisted by deuterium labelling for stereochemical and conformational analysis.
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- Tohru Taniguchi
- Frontier Research Center for Advanced Material and Life Science, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, North 21 West 11, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
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- Frontier Research Center for Advanced Material and Life Science, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, North 21 West 11, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo náměstí 2, 16610 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Optics, Palacký University Olomouc, 17. listopadu 12, 77146 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo náměstí 2, 16610 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo náměstí 2, 16610 Prague, Czech Republic
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Fusè M, Mazzeo G, Longhi G, Abbate S, Yang Q, Bloino J. Scaling-up VPT2: A feasible route to include anharmonic correction on large molecules. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2024; 311:123969. [PMID: 38330757 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2024.123969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Revised: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
Abstract
Vibrational analysis plays a crucial role in the investigation of molecular systems. Though methodologies like second-order vibrational perturbation theory (VPT2) have paved the way to more accurate simulations, the computational cost remains a difficult barrier to overcome when the molecular size increases. Building upon recent advances in the identification of resonances, we propose an approach making anharmonic simulations possible for large-size systems, typically unreachable by standard means. This relies on the fact that, often, only portions of the whole spectra are of actual interest. Therefore, the anharmonic corrections can be included selectively on subsets of normal modes directly related to the regions of interest. Starting from the VPT2 equations, we evaluate rigorously and systematically the impact of the truncated anharmonic treatment onto simulations. The limit and feasibility of the reduced-dimensionality approach are detailed, starting on a smaller model system. The methodology is then challenged on the IR absorption and vibrational circular dichroism spectra of an organometallic complex in three different spectral ranges.
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- Marco Fusè
- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università di Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25123, Brescia, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università di Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25123, Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università di Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25123, Brescia, Italy; Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO), CNR, Research Unit of Brescia, c/o CSMT, VIA Branze 45, 25123, Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università di Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25123, Brescia, Italy; Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO), CNR, Research Unit of Brescia, c/o CSMT, VIA Branze 45, 25123, Brescia, Italy
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo náměstí 542/2, 160 00, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri, 56125, Pisa, Italy.
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Fusè M, Mazzeo G, Abbate S, Ruzziconi R, Bloino J, Longhi G. Mid-IR and CH stretching vibrational circular dichroism spectroscopy to distinguish various sources of chirality: The case of quinophaneoxazoline based ruthenium(II) complexes. Chirality 2024; 36:e23649. [PMID: 38409881 DOI: 10.1002/chir.23649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 01/13/2024] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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Five diastereomers of ruthenium(II) complexes based on quinolinophaneoxazoline ligands were investigated by vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) in the mid-IR and CH stretching regions. Diastereomers differ in three sources of chirality: the planar chirality of the quinolinophane moiety, the central chirality of an asymmetric carbon atom of the oxazoline ring, and the chirality of the ruthenium atom. VCD, allied to DFT calculations, has been found to be effective in disentangling the various forms of chirality. In particular, a VCD band is identified in the CH stretching region directly connected to the chirality of the metal. The analysis of the calculated VCD spectra is carried out by partitioning the complexes into fragments. The anharmonic analysis is also performed with a recently proposed reduced-dimensionality approach: such treatment is particularly important when examining spectroscopic regions highly perturbed by resonances, like the CH stretching region.
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- Marco Fusè
- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale (DMMT), Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale (DMMT), Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale (DMMT), Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO), CNR, Research Unit Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri, Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale (DMMT), Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO), CNR, Research Unit Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Kreienborg NM, Yang Q, Pollok CH, Bloino J, Merten C. Matrix-isolation and cryosolution-VCD spectra of α-pinene as benchmark for anharmonic vibrational spectra calculations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:3343-3353. [PMID: 36633064 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp04782a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
The inclusion of anharmonicity in vibrational spectral analyis remains associated to small molecular systems with up to a dozen of atoms, with half a dozen of non-hydrogen atoms, typically thesize of propylene oxide. One may see two reasons for this: first of all, larger systems are often thought to be computationally too demanding (high computational costs) for a full anharmonic vibrational analysis. Second, the identification of resonances and their correction is often considered something only expert theoreticians could address because of the lack of unequivocal criteria. In this contribution, we illustrate that resonances can indeed become a complex problem, which can be handled almost transparently thanks to recent advances in vibrational perturbation theory (VPT2). The study also emphasizes the importance and the central role played by experiment in benchmarking novel theoretical approaches. In fact, we herein provide the currently highest resolution VCD spectra available for α- and β-pinene obtained under matrix-isolation conditions and in liquid Xenon as solvent. They are interpreted by VPT2 with novel tests for the identification of resonances. Hence, the study demonstrates the mutual stimulation of advances in both experimental techniques and computational models.
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- Nora M Kreienborg
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Fakultät für Chemie und Biochemie, Organische Chemie II, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany.
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- Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
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- Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Fakultät für Chemie und Biochemie, Organische Chemie II, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany.
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- Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
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- Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Fakultät für Chemie und Biochemie, Organische Chemie II, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany.
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Yang Q, Bloino J. An Effective and Automated Processing of Resonances in Vibrational Perturbation Theory Applied to Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:9276-9302. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c06460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Qin Yang
- Faculty of Science, Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126Pisa, Italy
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, 16610Prague, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126Pisa, Italy
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