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Nardi AN, Olivieri A, D'Abramo M, Amadei A. A Theoretical-Computational Study of Phosphodiester Bond Cleavage Kinetics as a Function of the Temperature. Chemphyschem 2024; 25:e202300952. [PMID: 38372713 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202300952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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The hydrolysis of the phosphodiester bond is an important chemical reaction involved in several biological processes. Here, we study the cleavage of this bond by means of a theoretical-computational method in a model system, the dineopentyl phosphate. By such an approach, we reconstructed the kinetics and related thermodynamics of this chemical reaction along an isochore. In particular, we evaluated the kinetic constants of all the reaction steps within a wide range of temperatures, mostly corresponding to conditions where no experimental measures are available due to the extremely slow kinetics. Our results, in good agreement with the experimental data, show the robustness of our theoretical-computational methodology which can be easily extended to more complex systems.
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- Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Technological and Chemical Sciences, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy
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Lisi D, Vezzoni CA, Casnati A, Sansone F, Salvio R. Intra- and Intermolecular Cooperativity in the Catalytic Activity of Phosphodiester Cleavage by Self-Assembled Systems Based on Guanidinylated Calix[4]arenes. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202203213. [PMID: 36382737 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202203213] [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: 10/13/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The calix[4]arene scaffold, blocked in the cone conformation through alkylation with long alkyl chains, and decorated at the upper rim with four guanidine or arginine units, effectively catalyzes the cleavage of the phosphodiester bond of DNA and RNA model compounds in water. An exhaustive kinetic investigation unequivocally points to the existence of spontaneous aggregation phenomena, driven by hydrophobic effect, occurring at different critical concentrations that depend on the identity of the compound. A pronounced superiority of the assembled structures compared with the monomers in solution was observed. Moreover, the catalytically active units, clustered on the macrocyclic tetrafunctional scaffold, were proved to efficiently cooperate in the catalytic mechanism and result in improved reaction rates compared to those of the monofunctional model compounds. The kinetic analysis is also integrated and corroborated with further experiments based on fluorescence spectroscopy and light scattering. The advantage of the supramolecular assemblies based on tetrafunctional calixarenes leads to believe that the active units can cooperate not only intramolecularly but also intermolecularly. The molecules in the aggregates can probably mold, flex and rearrange but, at the same time, keep an ordered structure that favors phosphodiester bond cleavage. This dynamic preorganization can allow the catalytic units to reach a better fitting with the substrates and perform a superior catalytic activity.
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- Daniele Lisi
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università "Tor Vergata", Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 1, 00133, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze, 17/A, 43124, Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze, 17/A, 43124, Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze, 17/A, 43124, Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università "Tor Vergata", Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 1, 00133, Roma, Italy.,ISB - CNR Sezione Meccanismi di Reazione, Università La Sapienza, 00185, Roma, Italy
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Modelling Complex Bimolecular Reactions in a Condensed Phase: The Case of Phosphodiester Hydrolysis. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28052152. [PMID: 36903398 PMCID: PMC10004441 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28052152] [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: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/03/2023] Open
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(1) Background: the theoretical modelling of reactions occurring in liquid phase is a research line of primary importance both in theoretical-computational chemistry and in the context of organic and biological chemistry. Here we present the modelling of the kinetics of the hydroxide-promoted hydrolysis of phosphoric diesters. (2) Method: the theoretical-computational procedure involves a hybrid quantum/classical approach based on the perturbed matrix method (PMM) in conjunction with molecular mechanics. (3) Results: the presented study reproduces the experimental data both in the rate constants and in the mechanistic aspects (C-O bond vs. O-P bond reactivity). The study suggests that the basic hydrolysis of phosphodiesters occurs through a concerted ANDN mechanism, with no formation of penta-coordinated species as reaction intermediates. (4) Conclusions: the presented approach, despite the approximations, is potentially applicable to a large number of bimolecular transformations in solution and therefore leads the way to a fast and general method to predict the rate constants and reactivities/selectivities in complex environments.
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Hydrolytic reactivity of novel copper(II) complexes with reduced N-salicylate threonine Schiff bases: distinguishable effects of various micelles. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.130279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Association Complexes of Calix[6]arenes with Amino Acids Explained by Energy-Partitioning Methods. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27227938. [PMID: 36432040 PMCID: PMC9699162 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27227938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Revised: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Intermolecular complexes with calixarenes are intriguing because of multiple possibilities of noncovalent binding for both polar and nonpolar molecules, including docking in the calixarene cavity. In this contribution calix[6]arenes interacting with amino acids are studied with an additional aim to show that tools such as symmetry-adapted perturbation theory (SAPT), functional-group SAPT (F-SAPT), and systematic molecular fragmentation (SMF) methods may provide explanations for different numbers of noncovalent bonds and of their varying strength for various calixarene conformers and guest molecules. The partitioning of the interaction energy provides an easy way to identify hydrogen bonds, including those with unconventional hydrogen acceptors, as well as other noncovalent bonds, and to find repulsive destabilizing interactions between functional groups. Various other features can be explained by energy partitioning, such as the red shift of an IR stretching frequency for some hydroxy groups, which arises from their attraction to the phenyl ring of calixarene. Pairs of hydrogen bonds and other noncovalent bonds of similar magnitude found by F-SAPT explain an increase in the stability of both inclusion and outer complexes.
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Salvio R, D'Abramo M. Conformational Mobility and Efficiency in Supramolecular Catalysis. A Computational Approach to Evaluate the Performances of Enzyme Mimics. European J Org Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202001022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Riccardo Salvio
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata” Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1 00133 Roma Italy
- ISB CNR Sezione Meccanismi di Reazione Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza 00185 Roma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza P. le Aldo Moro 5 00185 Roma Italy
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Salvio R, Volpi S, Folcarelli T, Casnati A, Cacciapaglia R. A calix[4]arene with acylguanidine units as an efficient catalyst for phosphodiester bond cleavage in RNA and DNA model compounds. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 17:7482-7492. [DOI: 10.1039/c9ob01141b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Abstract
Conjugated carbonyl units in a calixarene scaffold provide the right amount of flexibility for catalysis with a minimum entropic cost.
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Affiliation(s)
- Riccardo Salvio
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche
- Università “Tor Vergata”
- I-00133 Roma
- Italy
- ISB - CNR Sezione Meccanismi di Reazione
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche
- della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale
- Università degli Studi di Parma
- 43124 Parma
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche
- della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale
- Università degli Studi di Parma
- 43124 Parma
- Italy
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- ISB - CNR Sezione Meccanismi di Reazione
- Università La Sapienza
- 00185 Roma
- Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica
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Salvio R, Casnati A. Guanidinium Promoted Cleavage of Phosphoric Diesters: Kinetic Investigations and Calculations Provide Indications on the Operating Mechanism. J Org Chem 2017; 82:10461-10469. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b01925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Riccardo Salvio
- Dipartimento
di Chimica and IMC - CNR Sezione Meccanismi di Reazione, Università La Sapienza, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale delle Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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Salvio R, Volpi S, Cacciapaglia R, Sansone F, Mandolini L, Casnati A. Phosphoryl Transfer Processes Promoted by a Trifunctional Calix[4]arene Inspired by DNA Topoisomerase I. J Org Chem 2016; 81:9012-9019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b01643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Riccardo Salvio
- Dipartimento
di Chimica and IMC - CNR Sezione Meccanismi di Reazione, Universitá La Sapienza, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Universitá degli Studi di Parma, Viale delle
Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica and IMC - CNR Sezione Meccanismi di Reazione, Universitá La Sapienza, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Universitá degli Studi di Parma, Viale delle
Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica and IMC - CNR Sezione Meccanismi di Reazione, Universitá La Sapienza, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Universitá degli Studi di Parma, Viale delle
Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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Salvio R, Volpi S, Cacciapaglia R, Sansone F, Mandolini L, Casnati A. Upper Rim Bifunctional cone-Calix[4]arenes Based on a Ligated Metal Ion and a Guanidinium Unit as DNAase and RNAase Mimics. J Org Chem 2016; 81:4728-35. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b00644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Riccardo Salvio
- Dipartimento
di Chimica and IMC - CNR Sezione Meccanismi di Reazione, Università La Sapienza, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 17/a, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica and IMC - CNR Sezione Meccanismi di Reazione, Università La Sapienza, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 17/a, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica and IMC - CNR Sezione Meccanismi di Reazione, Università La Sapienza, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 17/a, 43124 Parma, Italy
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Salvio R, Moliterno M, Caramelli D, Pisciottani L, Antenucci A, D'Amico M, Bella M. Kinetic resolution of phosphoric diester by Cinchona alkaloid derivatives provided with a guanidinium unit. Catal Sci Technol 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cy01208b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cinchona alkaloid derivatives featuring a guanidinium group in diverse positions efficiently catalyze the cleavage of the RNA model compound 2-hydroxypropyl p-nitrophenyl phosphate (HPNP).
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- Riccardo Salvio
- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Università di Roma – Sapienza
- Italy
- IMC-CNR Sezione Meccanismi di Reazione
- Università di Roma – Sapienza
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- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Università di Roma – Sapienza
- Italy
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Affiliation(s)
- David Reinhoudt
- Department of Inorganic Material Science, MESA + Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Giuliani M, Morbioli I, Sansone F, Casnati A. Moulding calixarenes for biomacromolecule targeting. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:14140-59. [PMID: 26286064 DOI: 10.1039/c5cc05204a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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After their successful use as a preorganized platform for the preparation of receptors for metal ions and small neutral molecules over the last 15 years, calixarenes are enjoying a renaissance of popularity as scaffolds for ligands that are able to efficiently and selectively target macromolecules such as proteins/enzymes, nucleic acids and lipids. This feature article summarizes the peculiar factors characterizing the calixarene structure and properties, as well as outlines the main rules that can be used to turn such macrocycles into efficient and successful ligands for these classes of biomacromolecules. Factors that affect the multivalent properties of calixarenes, such as the size, conformation and stereochemical presentation of binding groups or their amphiphilicity and hybrid character, are described in detail with the use of a few selected examples from the literature. Perspectives and applications of these ligands in bionanotechnology and nanomedicine, such as protein sensing and inhibition, gene-delivery, targeted drug-delivery and cell imaging, are also discussed.
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- Marta Giuliani
- Dip. to di Chimica, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/a, 43124 Parma, Italy.
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Salvio R, Volpi S, Cacciapaglia R, Casnati A, Mandolini L, Sansone F. Ribonuclease Activity of an Artificial Catalyst That Combines a Ligated CuII Ion and a Guanidinium Group at the Upper Rim of a cone-Calix[4]arene Platform. J Org Chem 2015; 80:5887-93. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b00965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Riccardo Salvio
- Dipartimento
di Chimica and IMC−CNR Sezione Meccanismi di Reazione, Università La Sapienza, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale delle
Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica and IMC−CNR Sezione Meccanismi di Reazione, Università La Sapienza, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale delle
Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica and IMC−CNR Sezione Meccanismi di Reazione, Università La Sapienza, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale delle
Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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Salvio R. The guanidinium unit in the catalysis of phosphoryl transfer reactions: from molecular spacers to nanostructured supports. Chemistry 2015; 21:10960-71. [PMID: 25940903 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201500789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Examples of guanidinium-based artificial phosphodiesterases are illustrated in this review article. A wide set of collected catalytic systems are presented, from the early examples to the most recent developments of the use of this unit in the design of supramolecular catalysts. Special attention is dedicated to illustrate the operating catalytic mechanism and the role of guanidine/ium units in the catalysis. One or more of these units can act by themselves or in conjunction with other active units. The analogy with the mechanism of enzymatic systems is presented and discussed. In the last part of this overview, recent examples of guanidinophosphodiesterases based on nanostructured supports are reported, namely gold-monolayer-protected clusters and polymer brushes grafted to silica nanoparticles. The issue of the dependence of the catalytic performance on the preorganization of the spacer is tackled and discussed in terms of effective molarity, a parameter that can be taken as a quantitative measurement of this preorganization for both conventional molecular linker and nanosized supports.
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- Riccardo Salvio
- Dipartimento di Chimica and IMC-CNR, Sezione Meccanismi di Reazione, La Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 (Italy).
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Savelli C, Salvio R. Guanidine-Based Polymer Brushes Grafted onto Silica Nanoparticles as Efficient Artificial Phosphodiesterases. Chemistry 2015; 21:5856-63. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201406526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Salvio R, Cincotti A. Guanidine based self-assembled monolayers on Au nanoparticles as artificial phosphodiesterases. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra03150d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Gold nanoparticles passivated with a catalytic monolayer based on guanidine exhibit high cooperativity and efficiency in the cleavage of phosphodiesters.
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- Riccardo Salvio
- Dipartimento di Chimica and IMC – CNR Sezione Meccanismi di Reazione
- Università La Sapienza
- 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica and IMC – CNR Sezione Meccanismi di Reazione
- Università La Sapienza
- 00185 Roma, Italy
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Salvio R, Cacciapaglia R, Mandolini L, Sansone F, Casnati A. Diguanidinocalix[4]arenes as effective and selective catalysts of the cleavage of diribonucleoside monophosphates. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra05751a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Upper rim diguanidino-cone-calix[4]arenes catalyze the hydrolytic cleavage of diribonucleoside monophosphates in aqueous DMSO with good substrate selectivity and rate accelerations approaching 105-fold in the most favourable substrate-catalyst combinations.
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- Riccardo Salvio
- Dipartimento di Chimica and IMC – CNR Sezione Meccanismi di Reazione
- Università La Sapienza
- 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica and IMC – CNR Sezione Meccanismi di Reazione
- Università La Sapienza
- 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica and IMC – CNR Sezione Meccanismi di Reazione
- Università La Sapienza
- 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Università degli Studi di Parma
- 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Università degli Studi di Parma
- 43124 Parma, Italy
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