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Camiruaga A, Gouasmat A, Beau JM, Bourdreux Y, Causse M, Chapelle N, Doisneau G, Goldsztejn G, Urban D, Çarçabal P. Mixing water, sugar, and lipid: Conformations of isolated and micro-hydrated glycolipids in the gas phase. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:214313. [PMID: 38842492 DOI: 10.1063/5.0211435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024] Open
Abstract
Both sugars and lipids are important biomolecular building blocks with exceptional conformational flexibility and adaptability to their environment. Glycolipids bring together these two molecular components in the same assembly and combine the complexity of their conformational landscapes. In the present study, we have used selective double resonance vibrational spectroscopy, in combination with a computational approach, to explore the conformational preferences of two glycolipid models (3-0-acyl catechol and guaiacol α-D-glucopyranosides), either fully isolated in the gas phase or controlled interaction with a single water molecule. We could identify the preferred conformation and structures of the isolated and micro-hydrated species and evidence of the presence of a strong water pocket, which may influence the conformational flexibility of such systems, even in less controlled environments.
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- Ander Camiruaga
- Institute des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, UMR 8182, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, UMR 8182, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, UMR 8182, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institute des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institute des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, UMR 8182, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institute des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, UMR 8182, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institute des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, 91405 Orsay, France
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Insausti A, Alonso ER, Tercero B, Santos JI, Calabrese C, Vogt N, Corzana F, Demaison J, Cernicharo J, Cocinero EJ. Laboratory Observation of, Astrochemical Search for, and Structure of Elusive Erythrulose in the Interstellar Medium. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:1352-1359. [PMID: 33507076 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Rotational spectroscopy provides the most powerful means of identifying molecules of biological interest in the interstellar medium (ISM), but despite their importance, the detection of carbohydrates has remained rather elusive. Here, we present a comprehensive Fourier transform rotational spectroscopic study of elusive erythrulose, a sugar building block likely to be present in the ISM, employing a novel method of transferring the hygroscopic oily carbohydrate into the gas phase. The high sensitivity of the experiment allowed the rotational spectra of all monosubstituted isotopologue species of 13C-12C3H8O4 to be recorded, which, together with quantum chemical calculations, enabled us to determine their equilibrium geometries (reSE) with great precision. Searches employing the new experimental data for erythrulose have been undertaken in different ISM regions, so far including the cold areas Barnard 1, the pre-stellar core TMC-1, Sagittarius B2. Although no lines of erythrulose were found, this data will serve to enable future searches and possible detections in other ISM regions.
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- Aran Insausti
- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain
- Instituto Biofisika (UPV/EHU, CSIC), University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain
- Instituto Biofisika (UPV/EHU, CSIC), University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain
- Fundación Biofísica Bizkaia/Biofisika Bizkaia Fundazioa (FBB), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Observatorio Astronómico Nacional (OAN-IGN), c/Alfonso XII, 3, 28014 Madrid, Spain
- Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), Cerro de la Palera, s/n, 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara Spain
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- SGIker UPV/EHU, Centro Joxe Mari Korta, Tolosa Hiribidea 72, 20018 Donostia, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain
- Instituto Biofisika (UPV/EHU, CSIC), University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain
- Fundación Biofísica Bizkaia/Biofisika Bizkaia Fundazioa (FBB), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Chemical Information Systems, Faculty of Sciences, University of Ulm, 89069 Ulm, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Departamento de Química, Centro de Investigación en Síntesis Química, Universidad de La Rioja, 26006 Logroño, Spain
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- Chemical Information Systems, Faculty of Sciences, University of Ulm, 89069 Ulm, Germany
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental (IFF-CSIC), Group of Molecular Astrophysics, c/Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain
- Instituto Biofisika (UPV/EHU, CSIC), University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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Krishnan BP, Sureshan KM. A Library of Multipurpose Supramolecular Supergelators: Fabrication of Structured Silica, Porous Plastics, and Fluorescent Gels. Chem Asian J 2017; 13:187-193. [PMID: 29195010 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201701657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Supramolecular gels find applications in various fields. Usually, a specific gelator is useful only for a specific application. This one-gelator-one-application format is one factor that limits the usefulness of supramolecular gels. We report the synthesis of a library of gelators from a common core by using a click-chemistry approach. Thus, the click reaction of β-azido-4,6-O-benzylidene-galactopyranoside (1) with various alkynes gave 11 different gelators having varying gelation abilities. Whereas gelators having alkyl-chain substituents congealed alkanes and tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS), the gelators having aromatic substituents congealed aromatic solvents. We exploited this difference in gelling behavior in the templated synthesis of silica rods and porous plastics. The styrene gel of gelator 2 j was polymerized, and the gelator was removed by washing to obtain porous polystyrene. The TEOS gel of gelator 2 b was polymerized to silica, and the gelator template was removed by calcination to give microstructured silica rods. We also developed fluorescent gelator 2 f by this method, which might find applications by virtue of its fluorescence in the assembled state.
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- Baiju P Krishnan
- School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Vithura campus, Thiruvananthapuram, 695551, India
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- School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Vithura campus, Thiruvananthapuram, 695551, India
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