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Sapronov AA, Khrustalev VN, Chusova OG, Kubasov AS, Kritchenkov AS, Nenajdenko VG, Gomila RM, Frontera A, Tskhovrebov AG. Introducing Cationic Selenium-Containing Triazapentadiene Ligand Framework: Synthesis, Coordination Chemistry, and Antifungal Activity. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:13924-13937. [PMID: 39008809 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/17/2024]
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Positively charged ligands are scarce. Here, we report the synthesis of unprecedented cationic selenium-containing triazapentadiene ligand framework. The reaction between 2-pyridylselenyl reagents and NaN(CN)2 in a 2:1 ratio produces the sodium complexes featuring the cationic selenium-containing triazapentadiene (SeTAP) ligand. The sodium-to-metal transmetalation allows facile preparation of SeTAP metal complexes, as exemplified by the reactions with CuCl2, AgNO3, NaAuCl4, and FeCl3. Density functional theory calculations have been used to analyze and characterize the chalcogen bonding interactions observed in the solid state for these compounds. Moreover, antifungal properties of the SeTAP ligand and its metal complexes were screened for in vitro activity against several phytopathogenic fungi. Phoma eupyrena exhibited prominent sensitivity against the action of most of the tested compounds.
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- Alexander A Sapronov
- Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, 6 Miklukho-Maklaya Street, Moscow 117198, Russian Federation
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- Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, 6 Miklukho-Maklaya Street, Moscow 117198, Russian Federation
- Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 47 Leninsky Prosp., Moscow 117198, Russian Federation
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- Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prosp. 31, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, 6 Miklukho-Maklaya Street, Moscow 117198, Russian Federation
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- M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1 Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Crta. de Valldemossa km 7.5, Palma de Mallorca 07122, Baleares, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Crta. de Valldemossa km 7.5, Palma de Mallorca 07122, Baleares, Spain
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- Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, 6 Miklukho-Maklaya Street, Moscow 117198, Russian Federation
- Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, 9 Miusskaya Square, Moscow 125047, Russian Federation
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Sahana T, Valappil AK, Kundu S. Chalcogen bonding interaction between ebselen and nitrite promote N-nitrosation of amines. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:7725-7728. [PMID: 38967548 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc02137a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
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Ebselen (EbSe), a therapeutically significant molecule, is shown to exhibit chalcogen bonding interaction with nitrite anion (ONO-). This report suggests that the σ-holes of EbSe are powerful for offering weak but influential interactions towards biologically relevant ONO-, thereby assisting oxidative transformations like N-nitrosation of aromatic amines.
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- Tuhin Sahana
- School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER-TVM), Thiruvananthapuram - 695551, India.
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- School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER-TVM), Thiruvananthapuram - 695551, India.
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- School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER-TVM), Thiruvananthapuram - 695551, India.
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Fellowes T, Sani MA, White JM. Fingerprints of Chalcogen Bonding Revealed Through 77Se-NMR. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202400385. [PMID: 38506412 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400385] [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: 01/29/2024] [Revised: 03/18/2024] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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77Se-NMR is used to characterise several chalcogen bonded complexes of derivatives of the organoselenium drug ebselen, exploring a range of electron demand. NMR titration experiments support the intuitive understanding that chalcogen bond donors bearing more electron withdrawing substituents give rise stronger chalcogen bonds. The chemical shift of the selenium nucleus is also shown to move upfield as it participates in a chalcogen bond. Solid-state NMR is used to explore chalcogen bonding in co-crystals. Due to the lack of molecular reorientation on the NMR timescale in the solid state, the shape of the chemical shift tensor can be determined using this technique. A range of co-crystals are shown to have extremely large chemical shift anisotropy, which suggests a strongly anisotropic electron density distribution around the selenium atom. A single crystal NMR experiment was conducted using one of the co-crystals, affording the absolute orientation of the chemical shift tensor within the crystal. This showed that the selenium nucleus is strongly shielded in the direction of the chalcogen bond (due to the approach of the lone pair of the Lewis base), and strongly deshielded in the perpendicular direction. The orientation of the deshielded axis is consistent with the presence of a second σ-hole which is not participating in a chalcogen bond, showing the profound effect of electron density anisotropy on the chemical shift.
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- Thomas Fellowes
- Bio21 Institute and School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Bio21 Institute and School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Bio21 Institute and School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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Carugo OI. Chalcogen bonds formed by protein sulfur atoms in proteins. A survey of high-resolution structures deposited in the protein data bank. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2023; 41:9576-9582. [PMID: 36342326 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2022.2143427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The presence of chalcogen bonds in native proteins was investigated on a non-redundant and high-resolution (≤ 1 Angstrom) set of protein crystal structures deposited in the Protein Data Bank. It was observed that about one half of the sulfur atoms of methionines and disulfide bridges from chalcogen bonds with nucleophiles (oxygen and sulfur atoms, and aromatic rings). This suggests that chalcogen bonds are a non-bonding interaction important for protein stability. Quite numerous chalcogen bonds involve water molecules. Interestingly, in the case of disulfide bridges, chalcogen bonds have a marked tendency to occur along the S-S bond extension rather than along the C-S bond extension. Additionally, it has been observed that closer residues have a higher probability of being connected by a chalcogen bonds, while the secondary structure of the two residues connected by a chalcogen bond do not correlate with its formation.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Oliviero Italo Carugo
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max Perutz Labs University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Carugo O. Interplay between hydrogen and chalcogen bonds in cysteine. Proteins 2023; 91:395-399. [PMID: 36250971 PMCID: PMC10092013 DOI: 10.1002/prot.26437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Protein structures are stabilized by several types of chemical interactions between amino acids, which can compete with each other. This is the case of chalcogen and hydrogen bonds formed by the thiol group of cysteine, which can form three hydrogen bonds with one hydrogen acceptor and two hydrogen donors and a chalcogen bond with a nucleophile along the extension of the CS bond. A survey of the Protein Data Bank shows that hydrogen bonds are about 40-50 more common than chalcogen bonds, suggesting that they are stronger and, consequently, prevail, though not always. It is also observed that frequently a thiol group that forms a chalcogen bond is also involved, as a hydrogen donor, in a hydrogen bond.
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- Oliviero Carugo
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.,Department of Structural and Computational Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Jena S, Routray C, Dutta J, Biswal HS. Hydrogen Bonding Directed Reversal of
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C NMR Chemical Shielding. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202207521. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202207521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Subhrakant Jena
- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) PO-Bhimpur-Padanpur Via-Jatni, District-Khurda PIN - 752050 Bhubaneswar India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex Anushakti Nagar Mumbai 400094 India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) PO-Bhimpur-Padanpur Via-Jatni, District-Khurda PIN - 752050 Bhubaneswar India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex Anushakti Nagar Mumbai 400094 India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) PO-Bhimpur-Padanpur Via-Jatni, District-Khurda PIN - 752050 Bhubaneswar India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex Anushakti Nagar Mumbai 400094 India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) PO-Bhimpur-Padanpur Via-Jatni, District-Khurda PIN - 752050 Bhubaneswar India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex Anushakti Nagar Mumbai 400094 India
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Jena S, Routray C, Dutta J, Biswal HS. Hydrogen‐Bonding Directed Reversal of 13C NMR Chemical Shielding. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202207521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Subhrakant Jena
- National Institute of Science Education and Research School of Chemical Sciences INDIA
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- National Institute of Science Education and Research School of Chemical Sciences INDIA
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- National Institute of Science Education and Research School of Chemical Sciences INDIA
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- National Institute of Science Education and Research School of Chemical Sciences Jatani 752050 Bhubaneswar INDIA
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Jena S, Dutta J, Tulsiyan KD, Sahu AK, Choudhury SS, Biswal HS. Noncovalent interactions in proteins and nucleic acids: beyond hydrogen bonding and π-stacking. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:4261-4286. [PMID: 35560317 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00133k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Understanding the noncovalent interactions (NCIs) among the residues of proteins and nucleic acids, and between drugs and proteins/nucleic acids, etc., has extraordinary relevance in biomolecular structure and function. It helps in interpreting the dynamics of complex biological systems and enzymatic activity, which is esential for new drug design and efficient drug delivery. NCIs like hydrogen bonding (H-bonding) and π-stacking have been researchers' delight for a long time. Prominent among the recently discovered NCIs are halogen, chalcogen, pnictogen, tetrel, carbo-hydrogen, and spodium bonding, and n → π* interaction. These NCIs have caught the imaginations of various research groups in recent years while explaining several chemical and biological processes. At this stage, a holistic view of these new ideas and findings lying scattered can undoubtedly trigger our minds to explore more. The present review attempts to address NCIs beyond H-bonding and π-stacking, which are mainly n → σ*, n → π* and σ → σ* type interactions. Five of the seven NCIs mentioned earlier are linked to five non-inert end groups of the modern periodic table. Halogen (group-17) bonding is one of the oldest and most explored NCIs, which finds its relevance in biomolecules due to the phase correction and inhibitory properties of halogens. Chalcogen (group 16) bonding serves as a redox-active functional group of different active sites of enzymes and acts as a nucleophile in proteases and phosphates. Pnictogen (group 15), tetrel (group 14), triel (group 13) and spodium (group 12) bonding does exist in biomolecules. The n → π* interactions are linked to backbone carbonyl groups and protein side chains. Thus, they are crucial in determining the conformational stability of the secondary structures in proteins. In addition, a more recently discovered to and fro σ → σ* type interaction, namely carbo-hydrogen bonding, is also present in protein-ligand systems. This review summarizes these grand epiphanies routinely used to elucidate the structure and dynamics of biomolecules, their enzymatic activities, and their application in drug discovery. It also briefs about the future perspectives and challenges posed to the spectroscopists and theoreticians.
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- Subhrakant Jena
- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), PO- Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via-Jatni, District- Khurda, PIN - 752050, Bhubaneswar, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400094, India.
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), PO- Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via-Jatni, District- Khurda, PIN - 752050, Bhubaneswar, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400094, India.
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), PO- Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via-Jatni, District- Khurda, PIN - 752050, Bhubaneswar, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400094, India.
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), PO- Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via-Jatni, District- Khurda, PIN - 752050, Bhubaneswar, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400094, India.
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), PO- Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via-Jatni, District- Khurda, PIN - 752050, Bhubaneswar, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400094, India.
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), PO- Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via-Jatni, District- Khurda, PIN - 752050, Bhubaneswar, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400094, India.
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Weiss R, Aubert E, Groslambert L, Pale P, Mamane V. Chalcogen Bonding with Diaryl Ditellurides: Evidence from Solid State and Solution Studies. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202200395. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Robin Weiss
- Institute of Chemistry of Strasbourg, UMR 7177 - LASYROC CNRS and Strasbourg University 4 rue Blaise Pascal 67000 Strasbourg France
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- Institute of Chemistry of Strasbourg, UMR 7177 - LASYROC CNRS and Strasbourg University 4 rue Blaise Pascal 67000 Strasbourg France
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- Institute of Chemistry of Strasbourg, UMR 7177 - LASYROC CNRS and Strasbourg University 4 rue Blaise Pascal 67000 Strasbourg France
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- Institute of Chemistry of Strasbourg, UMR 7177 - LASYROC CNRS and Strasbourg University 4 rue Blaise Pascal 67000 Strasbourg France
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Juraskova V, Celerse F, Laplaza R, Corminboeuf C. Assessing the persistence of chalcogen bonds in solution with neural network potentials. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:154112. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0085153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Non-covalent bonding patterns are commonly harvested as a design principle in the field of catalysis, supramolecular chemistry and functional materials to name a few. Yet, their computational description generally neglects finite temperature and environment effects, which promote competing interactions and alter their static gas-phase properties. Recently, neural network potentials (NNPs) trained on Density Functional Theory (DFT) data have become increasingly popular to simulate molecular phenomena in condensed phase with an accuracy comparable to ab initio methods. To date, most applications have centered on solid-state materials or fairly simple molecules made of a limited number of elements. Herein, we focus on the persistence and strength of chalcogen bonds involving a benzotelluradiazole in condensed phase. While the tellurium-containing heteroaromatic molecules are known to exhibit pronounced interactions with anions and lone pairs of different atoms, the relevance of competing intermolecular interactions, notably with the solvent, is complicated to monitor experimentally but also challenging to model at an accurate electronic structure level. Here, we train direct and baselined NNPs to reproduce hybrid DFT energies and forces in order to identify what are the most prevalent non-covalent interactions occurring in a solute-Cl$^-$-THF mixture. The simulations in explicit solvent highlight competition with chalcogen bonds formed with the solvent and the short-range directionality of the interaction with direct consequences for the molecular properties in the solution. The comparison with other potentials (e.g., AMOEBA, direct NNP and continuum solvent model) also demonstrates that baselined NNPs offer a reliable picture of the non-covalent interaction interplay occurring in solution.
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Carugo O, Resnati G, Metrangolo P. Chalcogen Bonds Involving Selenium in Protein Structures. ACS Chem Biol 2021; 16:1622-1627. [PMID: 34477364 PMCID: PMC8453483 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.1c00441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Chalcogen bonds are the specific interactions involving group 16 elements as electrophilic sites. The role of chalcogen atoms as sticky sites in biomolecules is underappreciated, and the few available studies have mostly focused on S. Here, we carried out a statistical analysis over 3562 protein structures in the Protein Data Bank (PDB) containing 18 266 selenomethionines and found that Se···O chalcogen bonds are commonplace. These findings may help the future design of functional peptides and contribute to understanding the role of Se in nature.
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- Oliviero Carugo
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Via L. Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Via L. Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy
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Tripathi A, Daolio A, Pizzi A, Guo Z, Turner DR, Baggioli A, Famulari A, Deacon GB, Resnati G, Singh HB. Chalcogen Bonds in Selenocysteine Seleninic Acid, a Functional GPx Constituent, and in Other Seleninic or Sulfinic Acid Derivatives. Chem Asian J 2021; 16:2351-2360. [PMID: 34214252 PMCID: PMC8456948 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202100545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The controlled oxidation reaction of L-selenocystine under neutral pH conditions affords selenocysteine seleninic acid (3-selenino-L-alanine) which is characterized also by means of single-crystal X-ray diffraction. This technique shows that selenium forms three chalcogen bonds (ChBs), one of them being outstandingly short. A survey of seleninic acid derivatives in the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) confirms that the C-Se(=O)O- functionality tends to act as a ChB donor robust enough to systematically influence the interactional landscape in the solid. Quantum Theory of Atom in Molecules (QTAIM) analysis proves the attractive nature of the short contacts observed in crystals containing the seleninic functionality and calculation of surface molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) reveals that remarkably positive σ-holes can frequently be found opposite to the covalent bonds at selenium. Both CSD searches and QTAIM and MEP approaches show that also the sulfinic acid moiety can function as a ChB donor, albeit less frequently than the seleninic acid one. These findings may contribute to a better understanding, at the atomic level, of the mechanism of action of the enzymes that control oxidative stress and ROS deactivation and that contain selenocysteine seleninic acid and cysteine sulfinic acid in the active site.
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- Abhishek Tripathi
- Department of ChemistryIndian Institute of Technology BombayMumbai400076India
- School of ChemistryMonash UniversityClaytonVictoria3800Australia
- IITB-Monash Research AcademyMonash UniversityPowai, Mumbai400076India
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering“Giulio Natta”Politecnico di MilanoVia Luigi Mancinelli 720131MilanoItaly
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering“Giulio Natta”Politecnico di MilanoVia Luigi Mancinelli 720131MilanoItaly
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- School of ChemistryMonash UniversityClaytonVictoria3800Australia
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- School of ChemistryMonash UniversityClaytonVictoria3800Australia
- IITB-Monash Research AcademyMonash UniversityPowai, Mumbai400076India
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering“Giulio Natta”Politecnico di MilanoVia Luigi Mancinelli 720131MilanoItaly
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering“Giulio Natta”Politecnico di MilanoVia Luigi Mancinelli 720131MilanoItaly
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- School of ChemistryMonash UniversityClaytonVictoria3800Australia
- IITB-Monash Research AcademyMonash UniversityPowai, Mumbai400076India
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering“Giulio Natta”Politecnico di MilanoVia Luigi Mancinelli 720131MilanoItaly
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- Department of ChemistryIndian Institute of Technology BombayMumbai400076India
- IITB-Monash Research AcademyMonash UniversityPowai, Mumbai400076India
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Santi C, Scimmi C, Sancineto L. Ebselen and Analogues: Pharmacological Properties and Synthetic Strategies for Their Preparation. Molecules 2021; 26:4230. [PMID: 34299505 PMCID: PMC8306772 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26144230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Ebselen is the leader of selenorganic compounds, and starting from its identification as mimetic of the key antioxidant enzyme glutathione peroxidase, several papers have appeared in literature claiming its biological activities. It was the subject of several clinical trials and it is currently in clinical evaluation for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. Given our interest in the synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of selenorganic derivatives with this review, we aimed to collect all the papers focused on the biological evaluation of ebselen and its close analogues, covering the timeline between 2016 and most of 2021. Our analysis evidences that, even if it lacks specificity when tested in vitro, being able to bind to every reactive cysteine, it proved to be always well tolerated in vivo, exerting no sign of toxicity whatever the administered doses. Besides, looking at the literature, we realized that no review article dealing with the synthetic approaches for the construction of the benzo[d][1,2]-selenazol-3(2H)-one scaffold is available; thus, a section of the present review article is completely devoted to this specific topic.
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- Group of Catalysis and Green Organic Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia Via del Liceo 1, 06122 Perugia, Italy; (C.S.); (C.S.)
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Daolio A, Pizzi A, Terraneo G, Ursini M, Frontera A, Resnati G. Anion⋅⋅⋅Anion Coinage Bonds: The Case of Tetrachloridoaurate. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:14385-14389. [PMID: 33872450 PMCID: PMC8251892 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202104592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Interactions in crystalline tetrachloridoaurates of acetylcholine and dimethylpropiothetine are characterized by Au⋅⋅⋅Cl and Au⋅⋅⋅O short contacts. The former interactions assemble the AuCl4 - units into supramolecular anionic polymers, while the latter interactions append the acetylcholine and propiothetine units to the polymer. The distorted octahedral geometry of the bonding pattern around the gold center is rationalized on the basis of the anisotropic distribution of the electron density, which enables gold to behave as an electrophile (π-hole coinage-bond donor). Computational studies prove that gold atoms in negatively charged species can function as acceptors of electron density. The attractive nature of the Au⋅⋅⋅Cl/O interactions described here complement the known aurophilic bonds involved in gold-centered interactions.
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- Andrea Daolio
- NFMLab, Dept- Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”Politecnico di Milanovia L. Mancinelli 720131MilanoItaly
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- NFMLab, Dept- Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”Politecnico di Milanovia L. Mancinelli 720131MilanoItaly
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- NFMLab, Dept- Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”Politecnico di Milanovia L. Mancinelli 720131MilanoItaly
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- NFMLab, Dept- Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”Politecnico di Milanovia L. Mancinelli 720131MilanoItaly
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- Dept. ChemistryUniversitat de les Illes BalearsCrta. de Valldemossa km 7.507122Palma de Mallorca (Baleares)Spain
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- NFMLab, Dept- Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”Politecnico di Milanovia L. Mancinelli 720131MilanoItaly
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Daolio A, Pizzi A, Terraneo G, Ursini M, Frontera A, Resnati G. Anion⋅⋅⋅Anion Coinage Bonds: The Case of Tetrachloridoaurate. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202104592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Andrea Daolio
- NFMLab, Dept- Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta” Politecnico di Milano via L. Mancinelli 7 20131 Milano Italy
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- NFMLab, Dept- Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta” Politecnico di Milano via L. Mancinelli 7 20131 Milano Italy
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- NFMLab, Dept- Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta” Politecnico di Milano via L. Mancinelli 7 20131 Milano Italy
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- NFMLab, Dept- Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta” Politecnico di Milano via L. Mancinelli 7 20131 Milano Italy
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- Dept. Chemistry Universitat de les Illes Balears Crta. de Valldemossa km 7.5 07122 Palma de Mallorca (Baleares) Spain
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- NFMLab, Dept- Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta” Politecnico di Milano via L. Mancinelli 7 20131 Milano Italy
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Scheiner S. Comparison of Bifurcated Halogen with Hydrogen Bonds. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26020350. [PMID: 33445461 PMCID: PMC7827642 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26020350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Bifurcated halogen bonds are constructed with FBr and FI as Lewis acids, paired with NH3 and NCH bases. The first type considered places two bases together with a single acid, while the reverse case of two acids sharing a single base constitutes the second type. These bifurcated systems are compared with the analogous H-bonds wherein FH serves as the acid. In most cases, a bifurcated system is energetically inferior to a single linear bond. There is a larger energetic cost to forcing the single σ-hole of an acid to interact with a pair of bases, than the other way around where two acids engage with the lone pair of a single base. In comparison to FBr and FI, the H-bonding FH acid is better able to participate in a bifurcated sharing with two bases. This behavior is traced to the properties of the monomers, in particular the specific shape of the molecular electrostatic potential, the anisotropy of the orbitals of the acid and base that interact directly with one another, and the angular extent of the total electron density of the two molecules.
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- Steve Scheiner
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-0300, USA
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