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Zhao Y, Cui M, Lyu Y, Gao W, Cui X, Zhang C, Meng Q. External Electric Field Effects on AFM-like Magnetism in Nitroxide-Functionalized C +:C Base Pair. J Chem Inf Model 2023; 63:2037-2046. [PMID: 36962515 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.2c01489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/26/2023]
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In this work, we computationally designed a set of nitroxide diradical base pairs (rC+:rC) to propose promising magnetic building blocks for spintronic or magnetic molecular materials. C+:C12 is found to possess a considerably large antiferromagnetic-like (AFM-like) spin-coupling magnitude (J = -3286.681 cm-1) and sensitive magnetic responses to the external electric field. Especially, the presence of the Y direction field that is oriented perpendicular to intermolecular hydrogen bonds has the greatest influence on the magnetic exchange interaction (J being from -2549.578 to -4231.286 cm-1, ΔJY = 1681.708 cm-1), which could be understood by two simultaneously occurring effects. On the one hand, the external electric field in the -Y direction can regulate the charge polarization of negative and positive electrostatic potentials on C12 moiety and further facilitate the spin transport property. On the other hand, with increasing electric field strength on the -Y axis, the spin density on diradical sources diminishes and that on the coupler increases, which can lead to a homogenous spin-density distribution. The achieved understanding provides a new strategy for designing self-assembly magnetic nanomaterials or nanodevices and enhancing the AFM coupling through the assistance of external electric field.
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- Yu Zhao
- School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
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Yang D, Liu C, Quan P, Fang L. Molecular mechanism of high capacity-high release transdermal drug delivery patch with carboxyl acrylate polymer: Roles of ion-ion repulsion and hydrogen bond. Int J Pharm 2020; 585:119376. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.119376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Revised: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Chen D, Bu Y. Rational magnetic modification of N,N-dioxidized pyrazine ring expanded adenine and thymine: a diradical character induced by base pairing and double protonation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:20095-20106. [PMID: 31482894 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03234g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Rational modification of biomolecules especially DNA base pairs for the theoretical design of molecular magnets has attracted extensive interest. In this work, we report a modification strategy for adenine/thymine-based magnets through introducing a N,N-dioxidized pyrazine ring to either adenine or thymine to form ring-expanded bases (noA/noT) based on their experimentally synthesized derivatives. Further functionalization is conducted by double protonation and pairing with a normal complementary base (nohA-T/nohT-A), respectively. The diversity of protonation sites in noA generates totally six nohA-Ts, together with nohT-A forming seven two-step modified topic base pairs. DFT calculations are performed to characterize the magnetic properties and the diradical character, which indicate three diamagnetic (DM) nohA-Ts and three antiferromagnetic (AFM) nohA-Ts with extremely large magnetic coupling constants J ranging from -1279.7 to -2807.4 cm-1, while a relatively mild AFM nohT-A with a J of -194.6 cm-1. The electron separation effect induced by attraction of positive charges originating from protonation is proposed to explain the diradicalization, which is different from the traditional radical-coupler-radical coupling mode. In addition, atomic natural charges and spin densities, and H-bond and molecular orbital analyses are further discussed for verification and deep understanding of the observed unique phenomena. It should be noted that our designed seven topic base pairs have excellent characters including a good synthetic basis, a large scope of the |J| values, and the AFM-DM magnetic conversion or AFM strength modulation controlled by protonation/deprotonation, prototropic tautomerization, base pairing/dissociation, single proton transfer, and even the applied electric field. All these indicate the promising applications in the field of magnetic information storage or switch control. This work highlights the magnetic modification schemes and possible modulation methods of double positive charge doped DNA base pairs by utilizing their potential spin coupling modes.
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- Dongxiao Chen
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, People's Republic of China.
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Radhakrishnan K, Das S, Kundu LM. Synthesis of Size‐Expanded Nucleobase Analogues for Artificial Base‐Pairing Using a Ligand‐Free, Microwave‐Assisted Copper(I)‐Catalyzed Reaction. ChemistrySelect 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201802455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- K Radhakrishnan
- Department of ChemistryIndian Institute of Technology Guwahati 781039 Assam India
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- Department of ChemistryIndian Institute of Technology Guwahati 781039 Assam India
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- Department of ChemistryIndian Institute of Technology Guwahati 781039 Assam India
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Zhao P, Bu Y. Azobenzene-bridged diradical janus nucleobases with photo-converted magnetic properties between antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic couplings. J Comput Chem 2018; 39:1398-1405. [DOI: 10.1002/jcc.25207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Revised: 02/10/2018] [Accepted: 02/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Peiwen Zhao
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Shandong University; Jinan 250100 People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Shandong University; Jinan 250100 People's Republic of China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Qufu Normal University; Qufu 273165 People's Republic of China
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Negi I, Kathuria P, Sharma P, Wetmore SD. How do hydrophobic nucleobases differ from natural DNA nucleobases? Comparison of structural features and duplex properties from QM calculations and MD simulations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 19:16365-16374. [PMID: 28657627 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp02576a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Computational (DFT and MD simulation) methods are employed to systematically characterize the structural and energetic properties of five hydrophobic nucleobases (FEMO, MMO2, NaM, 5SICS and TPT3) that constitute four unnatural base pairs (FEMO:5SICS, MMO2:5SICS, NaM:5SICS and TPT3:NaM). These hydrophobic bases have been recently shown to be replicated when present between natural bases in DNA duplexes, with the highest replication fidelity and efficiency occuring for the TPT3:NaM pair. Our QM calculations suggest that the preferred (anti) glycosidic orientations of nucleosides containing hydrophobic bases are similar to the natural DNA nucleosides despite differences in their chemical structures. However, due to the inability to form interbase hydrogen bonds, hydrophobic base pairs intrinsically prefer nonplanar, distorted geometries, many of which are stabilized through π-π stacking interactions. Furthermore, the intrinsic stacking potential between a hydrophobic and a natural base is similar to that between two natural bases, indicating that the strength of stacking interactions in DNA duplexes containing hydrophobic bases is likely comparable to natural DNA. However, in contrast to the isolated base-pair geometries, our MD simulations suggest that the hydrophobic base pairs adopt variable geometries within DNA, which range from stacked (5SICS:FEMO) to nearly planar (5SICS:NaM and SICS:MMO2) to planar (TPT3:NaM). As a result, the duplex structural features at the site of modification depend on the identity of the hydrophobic base pair, where the TPT3:NaM pair causes the least structural changes compared to natural DNA. Overall, the structural insight obtained from our calculations on DNA containing hydrophobic base pairs explains the experimentally-observed higher fidelity and efficiency during replication of TPT3:NaM compared to other hydrophobic nucleobase pairs. By providing valuable structural information that explains the intrinsic and duplex properties of this class of unnatural nucleobases, the present work may aid the future design of improved hydrophobic analogues.
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- Indu Negi
- Computational Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India.
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Lu N, Bu Y. Computational design of three Cu-induced triangular pyrimidines based DNA motifs with improved conductivity. CAN J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2016-0595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Novel DNA triangular pyrimidine derivatives are designed by metal decoration through replacement of H by Cu in the Watson–Crick hydrogen bond region. The DFT method is used to examine the coordination of triangle-arranged Cu with three pyrimidines in nonplanar three-bladed turbine geometries. The Cu···Cu cuprophilic bonds are ascribed to the partially occupied d orbitals without direct molecular orbital (MO) interactions. Four-center bonds depend on Cu–N/O bonds, which are contributed by p orbitals of N/O atoms along or perpendicular to the bond axis. The activity of frontier MOs is modulated, leading to the decrease of gaps, ionization potentials (IPs), and electron affinities (EAs) desired for the improvement of conductivity. The hole trapping ability is assured by virtue of the spin density distributed on Cu. On average, the single electron density is located on π orbitals of three aromatic base rings. There is paramagnetic electron delocalization on the inner d orbitals of triangle region. The analysis of electron localization function ELF-π and electrostatic potential maps reveals that the outer strong π–π stacking interaction together with the inner d orbital channel enable effective transduction of electrical signals along the Cu–DNA nanowires. The 3Cu-induced triangular pyrimidines have important potential applications as structural motifs of molecular electronic devices.
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- Nan Lu
- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, P. R. China, 271018
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, P. R. China, 250100
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Lu N, Bu Y, Wang H. Intensified effects of multi-Cu modification on the electronic properties of the modified base pairs containing hetero-ring-expanded pyrimidine bases. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:2913-23. [PMID: 26733396 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp06133d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Novel DNA base pair derivatives (A2CunU, A2CunC, G3CunU, and G3CunC) are designed by aromatic expansion of pyrimidine bases with four kinds of hetero-rings (denoted by nC and nU, n = 1, 2, 3, and 4) and metal-decoration through Cu replacement of hydrogens in the Watson-Crick hydrogen bond region. Their structures and properties are calculated for examining the cooperative effects of the two modification ways. The calculated results reveal that multiple Cu decoration makes up the deficiencies of size-expansion, and exhibits not only increase of structural stability and reduction of ionization potentials, but also ideal shrink of the HOMO-LUMO gaps, notable enhancement of interbase coupling as well as remarkable redshifts of π → π* transitions for all M-x modified base pairs. The decrease extents of the gaps and ionization potentials follow the same order G3CunU > G3CunC > A2CunU > A2CunC, and in each series (denoted by different n), the gaps, ionization potentials and first π → π* transition energies have an order of 4 < 1 < 2 < 3. The Cu d orbitals function as bridges for π electron delocalization on the conjugated aromatic rings of two bases, leading to an enhancement of transverse electronic communication, as verified by spin density delocalization, orbital composition changes, redshift of the π → π* transition and also advocated by the electron-sharing indexes such as delocalization index, Mayer bond orders and multicenter bonding. Electron localization function ELF-π isosurfaces above the molecular plane further suggested that effective longitudinal conduction is closely relevant with the bicyclic domain involving good electron delocalization and strong π-π stacking between layers. This work presents theoretical evidence for the cooperative effects of metal decoration and ring-expansion modifications on the electronic properties of the modified base pairs and also proves that the base pairs designed here could be competent building blocks for the DNA-based nanowires with improved electron activity and excellent conductivity.
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- Nan Lu
- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, P. R. China and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, P. R. China
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Bag SS, Talukdar S, Das SK, Pradhan MK, Mukherjee S. Donor/acceptor chromophores-decorated triazolyl unnatural nucleosides: synthesis, photophysical properties and study of interaction with BSA. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 14:5088-108. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ob00500d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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We report the syntheses and photophysical properties of some triazolyl donor/acceptor unnatural nucleosides and studies on the interaction of one of the fluorescent nucleosides with BSA.
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- Subhendu Sekhar Bag
- Bio-organic Chemistry Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati-781039
- India
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- Bio-organic Chemistry Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati-781039
- India
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- Bio-organic Chemistry Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati-781039
- India
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- Bio-organic Chemistry Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati-781039
- India
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- Bio-organic Chemistry Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati-781039
- India
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Sharma P, Lait LA, Wetmore SD. yDNA versus yyDNA pyrimidines: computational analysis of the effects of unidirectional ring expansion on the preferred sugar-base orientation, hydrogen-bonding interactions and stacking abilities. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2013; 15:2435-48. [PMID: 23303174 DOI: 10.1039/c2cp43910g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The properties of natural, y- and yy-pyrimidines are compared using computational (B3LYP, MP2) methods. Ring expansion upon incorporation of benzene or naphthalene into the natural pyrimidines affects the preferred orientation of the base about the glycosidic bond in the corresponding nucleoside to a similar extent. Specifically, although the natural pyrimidines preferentially adopt the anti orientation with respect to the 2'-deoxyribose moiety, the expanded analogues will likely display (anti/syn) conformational heterogeneity, which may lead to alternate hydrogen-bonding modes in double-stranded duplexes. Nevertheless, the A:T Watson-Crick hydrogen-bond strengths do not significantly change upon base expansion, while the G:C interaction energy is slightly strengthened upon incorporation of either expanded pyrimidine. The largest effect of base expansion occurs in the stacking energies. Specifically, the maximum (most negative) stacking energies in isolated dimers formed by aligning the nucleobase centers of mass can be increased up to 45% by inclusion of a single y-pyrimidine and up to 55% by consideration of a yy-pyrimidine. Similar increases in the stacking interactions are found when a simplified duplex model composed of two stacked (hydrogen-bonded) base pairs is considered, where both the intrastrand and interstrand stacking interactions can be increased and the effects are more pronounced for the yy-pyrimidines. Moreover, the total stability (sum of all hydrogen-bonding and stacking interactions) is greater for duplexes containing expanded yy-pyrimidines compared to y-pyrimidines, which is mainly due to enhanced stacking interactions. Thus, our calculations suggest that multiple unidirectional increases in the size of the nucleobase spacer can continuously enhance the stability of expanded duplexes.
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- Purshotam Sharma
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive West, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1K 3M4
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Liu H, Li G, Zhang L, Li J, Wang M, Bu Y. Electronic promotion effect of double proton transfer on conduction of DNA through improvement of transverse electronic communication of base pairs. J Chem Phys 2011; 135:134315. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3646308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Liu YF, Yang DP, Shi DH, Sun JF. A TD-DFT study on the hydrogen bonding of three esculetin complexes in electronically excited states: Strengthening and weakening. J Comput Chem 2011; 32:3475-84. [DOI: 10.1002/jcc.21932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2010] [Revised: 07/04/2011] [Accepted: 08/01/2011] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Miao C, Shi Y. Reconsideration on hydrogen bond strengthening or cleavage of photoexcited coumarin 102 in aqueous solvent: A DFT/TDDFT study. J Comput Chem 2011; 32:3058-61. [DOI: 10.1002/jcc.21888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2011] [Revised: 06/10/2011] [Accepted: 06/22/2011] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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