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Renaud O, Aulner N, Salles A, Halidi N, Brunstein M, Mallet A, Aumayr K, Terjung S, Levy D, Lippens S, Verbavatz JM, Heuser T, Santarella-Mellwig R, Tinevez JY, Woller T, Botzki A, Cawthorne C, Munck S. Staying on track - Keeping things running in a high-end scientific imaging core facility. J Microsc 2024. [PMID: 38656474 DOI: 10.1111/jmi.13304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Revised: 03/19/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
Abstract
Modern life science research is a collaborative effort. Few research groups can single-handedly support the necessary equipment, expertise and personnel needed for the ever-expanding portfolio of technologies that are required across multiple disciplines in today's life science endeavours. Thus, research institutes are increasingly setting up scientific core facilities to provide access and specialised support for cutting-edge technologies. Maintaining the momentum needed to carry out leading research while ensuring high-quality daily operations is an ongoing challenge, regardless of the resources allocated to establish such facilities. Here, we outline and discuss the range of activities required to keep things running once a scientific imaging core facility has been established. These include managing a wide range of equipment and users, handling repairs and service contracts, planning for equipment upgrades, renewals, or decommissioning, and continuously upskilling while balancing innovation and consolidation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Oliver Renaud
- Cell and Tissue Imaging Platform (PICT-IBiSA, France-BioImaging), Institut Curie, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Inserm, Paris, France
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- Centre de Ressources et Recherches Technologiques (UTechS-PBI, C2RT), Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Photonic Bio-Imaging, Paris, France
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- Centre de Ressources et Recherches Technologiques (UTechS-PBI, C2RT), Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Photonic Bio-Imaging, Paris, France
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- Advanced Light Microscopy Unit, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain
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- Bioimaging Core Facility, Centre de Ressources et Recherches Technologiques (C2RT), Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Inserm, Institut de l'Audition, Paris, France
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- Centre de Ressources et Recherches Technologiques (UBI, C2RT), Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Ultrastructural BioImaging, Paris, France
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- BioOptics Facility, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) Campus-Vienna-Biocenter 1, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, Vienna, Austria
- Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Austrian Academy of Sciences (GMI), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, Vienna, Austria
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- Advanced Light Microscopy Facility, EMBL Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell and Tissue Imaging Platform (PICT-IBiSA, France-BioImaging), Institut Curie, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Inserm, Paris, France
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- Institut Jacques Monod (Imagoseine), Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Vienna Biocenter Core Facilities GmbH (VBCF), Wien, Austria
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- Image Analysis Hub, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- VIB Technology Training, Data Core, VIB BioImaging Core, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
- Neuroscience Department, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Imaging and Pathology, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Neuroscience Department, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- VIB BioImaging Core, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
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Woller T, Cawthorne CJ, Slootmaekers RRA, Roig IB, Botzki A, Munck S. What we can learn from deep space communication for reproducible bioimaging and data analysis. Mol Syst Biol 2024; 20:1-5. [PMID: 38177928 PMCID: PMC10883276 DOI: 10.1038/s44320-023-00002-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Tatiana Woller
- VIB Technology Training, Data Core, and VIB BioImaging Core, Ghent & Leuven, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Neuroscience, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Imaging and Pathology, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Neuroscience, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
- VIB BioImaging Core, Leuven, Belgium.
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Desmedt E, Smets D, Woller T, Alonso M, De Vleeschouwer F. Designing hexaphyrins for high-potential NLO switches: the synergy of core-modifications and meso-substitutions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023. [PMID: 37162298 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp01240a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
Due to the enormous size of the chemical compound space, usually only small regions are traversed with traditional direct molecular design approaches making the discovery for novel functionalized molecules for nonlinear optical applications challenging. By applying inverse molecular design algorithms, we aim to efficiently explore larger regions of the compound space in search of promising hexaphyrin-based molecular switches as measured by their first-hyperpolarizability (βHRS) contrast. We focus on the 28R → 30R switch with a functionalization pattern allowing for centrosymmetric OFF states yielding zero βHRS response. This switch is particularly challenging as full meso-substitution with a single type of functional group or core-modifications result in almost no contrast enhancement. We carried out four inverse design procedures during which two sets of core-modifications and three sets of meso-substitutions sites were systematically optimized. All 4 optimal switches are characterized by a mix of meso-substitutions and core-modifications, of which the best performing switch yields a 10-fold improvement over the parent macrocycle. Throughout the inverse design procedures, we collected and analyzed a database biased towards high NLO contrasts that contains 277 different patterns for hexaphyrin-based switches. We derived three design rules to obtain highly functional 28R → 30R NLO switches: (I) a combination of 2 strong EWG and 1 EDG group is the ideal recipe for increasing the NLO contrast, though their position also plays an important role. (II) The type of core-modification is less important when only the diagonal positions are core-modified. Switches with 4 core-modifications show a clear preference for oxygen. (III) Keeping centrosymmetry in the OFF state remains highly beneficial given the investigated functionalization pattern. Finally, we have demonstrated that combining meso-substitutions with core-modifications can synergistically improve the NLO contrast.
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- Eline Desmedt
- Department of General Chemistry Algemene Chemie (ALGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel, Belgium.
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- Department of General Chemistry Algemene Chemie (ALGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel, Belgium.
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- Department of General Chemistry Algemene Chemie (ALGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel, Belgium.
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- Department of General Chemistry Algemene Chemie (ALGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel, Belgium.
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- Department of General Chemistry Algemene Chemie (ALGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel, Belgium.
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Casademont-Reig I, Woller T, García V, Contreras-García J, Tiznado W, Torrent-Sucarrat M, Matito E, Alonso M. Quest for the Most Aromatic Pathway in Charged Expanded Porphyrins. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202202264. [PMID: 36194440 PMCID: PMC10099525 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
Despite the central role of aromaticity in the chemistry of expanded porphyrins, the evaluation of aromaticity remains difficult for these extended macrocycles. The presence of multiple conjugation pathways and different planar and nonplanar π-conjugation topologies makes the quantification of global and local aromaticity even more challenging. In neutral expanded porphyrins, the predominance of the aromatic conjugation pathway passing through the imine-type nitrogens and circumventing the amino NH groups is established. However, for charged macrocycles, the question about the main conjugation circuit remains open. Accordingly, different conjugation pathways in a set of neutral, anionic, and cationic expanded porphyrins were investigated by means of several aromaticity indices rooted in the structural, magnetic, and electronic criteria. Overall, our results reveal the predominance of the conjugation pathway that passes through all nitrogen atoms to describe the aromaticity of deprotonated expanded porphyrins, while the outer pathway through the perimeter carbon atoms becomes the most aromatic in protonated macrocycles. In nonplanar and charged macrocycles, a discrepancy between electronic and magnetic descriptors is observed. Nevertheless, our work demonstrates AVmin remains the best tool to determine the main conjugation pathway of expanded porphyrins.
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- Irene Casademont-Reig
- Department of General Chemistry (ALGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of General Chemistry (ALGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium.,Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique (LCT), Sorbonne Université, place Jussieu 4, 75052, Paris, France
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group, Departamento de Ciencias Químicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Andrés Bello, República 498, Santiago, Chile.,Departamento Académico de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Química e Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique (LCT), Sorbonne Université, place Jussieu 4, 75052, Paris, France
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group, Departamento de Ciencias Químicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Andrés Bello, República 498, Santiago, Chile
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- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), 20018, Donostia, Euskadi, Spain.,Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48009, Bilbao, Euskadi, Spain.,Department of Organic Chemistry I, Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, UPV/EHU), 20018 Donostia, Euskadi, Spain
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- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), 20018, Donostia, Euskadi, Spain.,Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48009, Bilbao, Euskadi, Spain
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- Department of General Chemistry (ALGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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Casademont‐Reig I, Woller T, García V, Contreras‐García J, Tiznado W, Torrent‐Sucarrat M, Matito E, Alonso M. Quest for the Most Aromatic Pathway in Charged Expanded Porphyrins. Chemistry 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Irene Casademont‐Reig
- Department of General Chemistry (ALGC) Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Pleinlaan 2 1050 Brussels Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique (LCT) Sorbonne Université place Jussieu 4 75052 Paris France
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group Departamento de Ciencias Químicas Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Universidad Andrés Bello República 498 Santiago Chile
- Departamento Académico de Fisicoquímica Facultad de Química e Ingeniería Química Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Lima Peru
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique (LCT) Sorbonne Université place Jussieu 4 75052 Paris France
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group Departamento de Ciencias Químicas Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Universidad Andrés Bello República 498 Santiago Chile
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- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) 20018 Donostia Euskadi Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science 48009 Bilbao Euskadi Spain
- Department of Organic Chemistry I Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) 20018 Donostia Euskadi Spain
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- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) 20018 Donostia Euskadi Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science 48009 Bilbao Euskadi Spain
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- Department of General Chemistry (ALGC) Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Pleinlaan 2 1050 Brussels Belgium
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Desmedt E, Woller T, Teunissen JL, De Vleeschouwer F, Alonso M. Fine-Tuning of Nonlinear Optical Contrasts of Hexaphyrin-Based Molecular Switches Using Inverse Design. Front Chem 2021; 9:786036. [PMID: 34926405 PMCID: PMC8677951 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.786036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
In the search for new nonlinear optical (NLO) switching devices, expanded porphyrins have emerged as ideal candidates thanks to their tunable chemical and photophysical properties. Introducing meso-substituents to these macrocycles is a successful strategy to enhance the NLO contrasts. Despite its potential, the influence of meso-substitution on their structural and geometrical properties has been scarcely investigated. In this work, we pursue to grasp the underlying pivotal concepts for the fine-tuning of the NLO contrasts of hexaphyrin-based molecular switches, with a particular focus on the first hyperpolarizability related to the hyper-Rayleigh scattering (βHRS). Building further on these concepts, we also aim to develop a rational design protocol. Starting from the (un)substituted hexaphyrins with various π-conjugation topologies and redox states, structure-property relationships are established linking aromaticity, photophysical properties and βHRS responses. Ultimately, inverse molecular design using the best-first search algorithm is applied on the most favorable switches with the aim to further explore the combinatorial chemical compound space of meso-substituted hexaphyrins in search of high-contrast NLO switches. Two definitions of the figure-of-merit of the switch performance were used as target objectives in the optimization problem. Several meso-substitution patterns and their underlying characteristics are identified, uncovering molecular symmetry and the electronic nature of the substituents as the key players for fine-tuning the βHRS values and NLO contrasts of hexaphyrin-based switches.
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- Eline Desmedt
- General Chemistry - Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC), Department of Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- General Chemistry - Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC), Department of Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- General Chemistry - Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC), Department of Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- General Chemistry - Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC), Department of Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- General Chemistry - Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC), Department of Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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Woller T, Banerjee A, Sylvetsky N, Santra G, Deraet X, De Proft F, Martin JML, Alonso M. Performance of Electronic Structure Methods for the Description of Hückel-Möbius Interconversions in Extended π-Systems. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:2380-2397. [PMID: 32093467 PMCID: PMC7307915 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b10880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Revised: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
Expanded porphyrins provide a versatile route to molecular switching devices due to their ability to shift between several π-conjugation topologies encoding distinct properties. DFT remains the workhorse for modeling such extended macrocycles, when taking into account their size and huge conformational flexibility. Nevertheless, the stability of Hückel and Möbius conformers depends on a complex interplay of different factors, such as hydrogen bonding, π···π stacking, steric effects, ring strain, and electron delocalization. As a consequence, the selection of an exchange-correlation functional for describing the energy profile of topological switches is very difficult. For these reasons, we have examined the performance of a variety of wave function methods and density functionals for describing the thermochemistry and kinetics of topology interconversions across a wide range of macrocycles. Especially for hexa- and heptaphyrins, the Möbius structures have a stronger degree of static correlation than the Hückel and twisted-Hückel structures, and as a result the relative energies of singly twisted structures are a challenging test for electronic structure methods. Comparison of limited orbital space full CI calculations with CCSD(T) calculations within the same active spaces shows that post-CCSD(T) correlation contributions to relative energies are very minor. At the same time, relative energies are weakly sensitive to further basis set expansion, as proven by the minor energy differences between the extrapolated MP2/CBS energies estimated from cc-pV{T,Q}Z, diffuse-augmented heavy-aug-cc-pV{T,Q}Z and explicitly correlated MP2-F12/cc-pVDZ-F12 calculations. Hence, our CCSD(T) reference values are reasonably well-converged in both 1-particle and n-particle spaces. While conventional MP2 and MP3 yield very poor results, SCS-MP2 and particularly SOS-MP2 and SCS-MP3 agree to better than 1 kcal mol-1 with the CCSD(T) relative energies. Regarding DFT methods, the range-separated double hybrids, such as ωB97M(2) and B2GP-PLYP, outperform other functionals with RMSDs of 0.6 and 0.8 kcal mol-1, respectively. While the original DSD-PBEP86 double hybrid performs fairly poorly for these extended π-systems, the errors drop down to 1.9 kcal mol-1 for the revised revDOD-PBEP86-NL, which eliminates the same-spin correlation energy. Minnesota meta-GGA functionals with high fractions of exact exchange (M06-2X and M08-HX) also perform reasonably well, outperforming more robust and significantly less empirically parametrized functionals like SCAN0-D3.
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- Tatiana Woller
- Department
of General Chemistry (ALGC), Faculty of Science and Bio-engineering
Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
- Laboratoire
de Chimie Théorique (LCT), Sorbonne
Université, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute
of Science, 76100 Reḥovot, Israel
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute
of Science, 76100 Reḥovot, Israel
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute
of Science, 76100 Reḥovot, Israel
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- Department
of General Chemistry (ALGC), Faculty of Science and Bio-engineering
Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department
of General Chemistry (ALGC), Faculty of Science and Bio-engineering
Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute
of Science, 76100 Reḥovot, Israel
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- Department
of General Chemistry (ALGC), Faculty of Science and Bio-engineering
Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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Deraet X, Woller T, Van Lommel R, De Proft F, Verniest G, Alonso M. A Benchmark of Density Functional Approximations For Thermochemistry and Kinetics of Hydride Reductions of Cyclohexanones. ChemistryOpen 2019; 8:788-806. [PMID: 31293871 PMCID: PMC6594353 DOI: 10.1002/open.201900085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2019] [Revised: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The performance of density functionals and wavefunction methods for describing the thermodynamics and kinetics of hydride reductions of 2-substituted cyclohexanones has been evaluated for the first time. A variety of exchange correlation functionals ranging from generalized gradient approximations to double hybrids have been tested and their performance to describe the facial selectivity of hydride reductions of cyclohexanones has been carefully assessed relative to the CCSD(T) method. Among the tested methods, an approach in which single-point energy calculations using the double hybrid B2PLYP-D3 functional on ωB97X-D optimized geometries provides the most accurate transition state energies for these kinetically-controlled reactions. Moreover, the role of torsional strain, temperature, solvation, noncovalent interactions on the stereoselectivity of these reductions was elucidated. Our results indicate a prominent role of the substituent on the cis/trans ratios driven by the delicate interplay between torsional strain and dispersion interactions.
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- Xavier Deraet
- Department of General Chemistry (ALGC)Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)Pleinlaan 21050 ElseneBrusselsBelgium
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- Department of General Chemistry (ALGC)Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)Pleinlaan 21050 ElseneBrusselsBelgium
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- Department of General Chemistry (ALGC)Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)Pleinlaan 21050 ElseneBrusselsBelgium
- Molecular Design and SynthesisDepartment of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F Leuven Chem&Tech, box 24043001LeuvenBelgium
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- Department of General Chemistry (ALGC)Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)Pleinlaan 21050 ElseneBrusselsBelgium
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- Research group of Organic Chemistry (ORGC), Departments of Bio-engineering Sciences and ChemistryVrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)Pleinlaan 21050 ElseneBrusselsBelgium
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- Department of General Chemistry (ALGC)Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)Pleinlaan 21050 ElseneBrusselsBelgium
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Verlinden S, Woller T, De Proft F, Verniest G, Alonso M. Towards the Design of Optically Active Thiophene S-Oxides using Quantum Chemistry. Chemistry 2019; 25:2840-2851. [PMID: 30600854 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201805726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
The importance of axially chiral biaryls has risen steeply in the recent decades. This structural motif proved to be successful in catalytic asymmetric synthesis and the configuration of the biaryl axis is decisive for the biological activity. A new approach for the atroposelective synthesis of biaryls would be through a cycloaddition between an enantiopure phenyl-substituted thiophene S-oxide and an alkyne. Importantly, the chiral center of the thiophene S-oxide needs to be stable enough to avoid pyramidal inversion during the cycloaddition. Considering that the racemization of thiophene monoxides has been scarcely investigated so far, we perform a thorough quantum chemical study on the inversion barriers of a large number of chiral thiophene S-oxide derivatives. Our main goal is to identify substitution patterns leading to stable atropisomers at room temperature. Appealingly, the role of stereoelectronic effects and the position of the substituents as well as the importance of aromaticity on the pyramidal inversion barrier are elucidated for the first time.
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- Steven Verlinden
- Research Group of Organic Chemistry (ORGC), Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Bio-Engineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of General Chemistry (ALGC), Faculty of Science and Bio-Engineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of General Chemistry (ALGC), Faculty of Science and Bio-Engineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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- Research Group of Organic Chemistry (ORGC), Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Bio-Engineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of General Chemistry (ALGC), Faculty of Science and Bio-Engineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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Woller T, Geerlings P, De Proft F, Champagne B, Alonso M. Aromaticity as a Guiding Concept for Spectroscopic Features and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Porphyrinoids. Molecules 2018; 23:molecules23061333. [PMID: 29865191 PMCID: PMC6100263 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23061333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Revised: 05/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
With their versatile molecular topology and aromaticity, porphyrinoid systems combine remarkable chemistry with interesting photophysical properties and nonlinear optical properties. Hence, the field of application of porphyrinoids is very broad ranging from near-infrared dyes to opto-electronic materials. From previous experimental studies, aromaticity emerges as an important concept in determining the photophysical properties and two-photon absorption cross sections of porphyrinoids. Despite a considerable number of studies on porphyrinoids, few investigate the relationship between aromaticity, UV/vis absorption spectra and nonlinear properties. To assess such structure-property relationships, we performed a computational study focusing on a series of Hückel porphyrinoids to: (i) assess their (anti)aromatic character; (ii) determine the fingerprints of aromaticity on the UV/vis spectra; (iii) evaluate the role of aromaticity on the NLO properties. Using an extensive set of aromaticity descriptors based on energetic, magnetic, structural, reactivity and electronic criteria, the aromaticity of [4n+2] π-electron porphyrinoids was evidenced as was the antiaromaticity for [4n] π-electron systems. In agreement with previous studies, the absorption spectra of aromatic systems display more intense B and Q bands in comparison to their antiaromatic homologues. The nature of these absorption bands was analyzed in detail in terms of polarization, intensity, splitting and composition. Finally, quantities such as the average polarizability and its anisotropy were found to be larger in aromatic systems, whereas first and second hyperpolarizability are influenced by the interplay between aromaticity, planarity and molecular symmetry. To conclude, aromaticity dictates the photophysical properties in porphyrinoids, whereas it is not the only factor determining the magnitude of NLO properties.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tatiana Woller
- Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
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- Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
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- Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique, Unité de Chimie Physique Théorique et Structurale, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium.
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- Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
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Casademont-Reig I, Woller T, Contreras-García J, Alonso M, Torrent-Sucarrat M, Matito E. New electron delocalization tools to describe the aromaticity in porphyrinoids. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:2787-2796. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp07581b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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There are several possible pathways in the macrocycle of large porphyrinoids and, among aromaticity indices, only AVminis capable of recognizing the most aromatic one.
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- Irene Casademont-Reig
- Kimika Fakultatea
- Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
- and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)
- P.K. 1072
- 20080 Donostia
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- Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC). Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
- Pleinlaan 2
- 1050 Brussels
- Belgium
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris
- UMR 7616 Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique
- CNRS
- UMR 7616
- Paris
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- Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC). Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
- Pleinlaan 2
- 1050 Brussels
- Belgium
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- Kimika Fakultatea
- Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
- and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)
- P.K. 1072
- 20080 Donostia
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- Kimika Fakultatea
- Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
- and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)
- P.K. 1072
- 20080 Donostia
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Contreras-García J, Boto RA, Izquierdo-Ruiz F, Reva I, Woller T, Alonso M. A benchmark for the non-covalent interaction (NCI) index or… is it really all in the geometry? Theor Chem Acc 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-016-1977-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Woller T, Ramos-Berdullas N, Mandado M, Alonso M, de Proft F, Contreras-García J. Understanding conductivity in molecular switches: a real space approach in octaphyrins. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:11829-38. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp07411h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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In recent years, expanded porphyrins have emerged as a promising class of π-conjugated switches whose conductance is studied from the electron density.
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- T. Woller
- Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC)
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
- 1050 Brussels
- Belgium
- Sorbonne Universités
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- Department of Physical Chemistry
- University of Vigo
- 36310 Vigo
- Spain
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- Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC)
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
- 1050 Brussels
- Belgium
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- Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC)
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
- 1050 Brussels
- Belgium
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Woller T, Contreras-García J, Geerlings P, De Proft F, Alonso M. Understanding the molecular switching properties of octaphyrins. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:11885-900. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp07413d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Triggering Hückel–Möbius topological and aromaticity switches in octaphyrins by protonation and redox reactions.
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- T. Woller
- Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC)
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
- 1050 Brussels
- Belgium
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- Sorbonne Universités
- UPMC Univ Paris 06
- UMR 7616
- Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique
- Paris
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- Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC)
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
- 1050 Brussels
- Belgium
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- Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC)
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
- 1050 Brussels
- Belgium
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- Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC)
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
- 1050 Brussels
- Belgium
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Alonso M, Pinter B, Woller T, Geerlings P, De Proft F. Scrutinizing ion-π and ion-σ interactions using the noncovalent index and energy decomposition analysis. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2014.09.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Woller T, Ellsäßer G. Sportverletzungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Daten der europäischen Injury Database (iDB) für die Unfallprävention. Dtsch Z Sportmed 2014. [DOI: 10.5960/dzsm.2014.145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Alonso M, Woller T, Martín-Martínez FJ, Contreras-García J, Geerlings P, De Proft F. Cover Picture: Understanding the Fundamental Role of π/π, σ/σ, and σ/π Dispersion Interactions in Shaping Carbon-Based Materials (Chem. Eur. J. 17/2014). Chemistry 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201490067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Alonso M, Woller T, Martín-Martínez FJ, Contreras-García J, Geerlings P, De Proft F. Understanding the Fundamental Role of π/π, σ/σ, and σ/π Dispersion Interactions in Shaping Carbon-Based Materials. Chemistry 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201400428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Alonso M, Woller T, Martín-Martínez FJ, Contreras-García J, Geerlings P, De Proft F. Understanding the fundamental role of π/π, σ/σ, and σ/π dispersion interactions in shaping carbon-based materials. Chemistry 2014; 20:4931-41. [PMID: 24692007 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201400107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Noncovalent interactions involving aromatic rings, such as π-stacking and CH/π interactions, are central to many areas of modern chemistry. However, recent studies proved that aromaticity is not required for stacking interactions, since similar interaction energies were computed for several aromatic and aliphatic dimers. Herein, the nature and origin of π/π, σ/σ, and σ/π dispersion interactions has been investigated by using dispersion-corrected density functional theory, energy decomposition analysis, and the recently developed noncovalent interaction (NCI) method. Our analysis shows that π/π and σ/σ stacking interactions are equally important for the benzene and cyclohexane dimers, explaining why both compounds have similar boiling points. Also, similar dispersion forces are found in the benzene⋅⋅⋅methane and cyclohexane⋅⋅⋅methane complexes. However, for systems larger than naphthalene, there are enhanced stacking interactions in the aromatic dimers adopting a parallel-displaced configuration compared to the analogous saturated systems. Although dispersion plays a decisive role in stabilizing all the complexes, the origin of the π/π, σ/σ, and σ/π interactions is different. The NCI method reveals that the dispersion interactions between the hydrogen atoms are responsible for the surprisingly strong aliphatic interactions. Moreover, whereas σ/σ and σ/π interactions are local, the π/π stacking are inherently delocalized, which give rise to a non-additive effect. These new types of dispersion interactions between saturated groups can be exploited in the rational design of novel carbon materials.
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- Mercedes Alonso
- ALGC Research Group General Chemistry (ALGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2 1050 Brussels (Belgium), Fax: (+32) 2-629-33-17.
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Ellsäßer G, Woller T, Erler T. Die „Gesichter“ der Opfer - systematisches Monitoring von Verletzungen durch Gewalt. Gesundheitswesen 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1300933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ellsäßer G, Woller T, Erler T. Die „Gesichter„ der Opfer - systematisches Monitoring von Verletzungen durch Gewalt. Gesundheitswesen 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1274402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Till H, Metzger R, Woller T, Buehligen U, Stolzenburg JU. Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) in pediatric urology: decortication of a symptomatic renal cyst in a 14-year-old boy. Eur J Pediatr Surg 2010; 20:132-3. [PMID: 19746339 DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1234118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- H Till
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
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Herold A, Rothe K, Woller T, Bierbach U, Bennek J. [Early and late complications after implantation of central venous catheters]. Klin Padiatr 2003; 215:24-9. [PMID: 12545422 DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-36895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The use of implantable central venous catheters by the puncture-technique of Nagy is a safe method performed by trained surgeons. Due to the high mobility and then reduction of painful blood samples this method contributes favourably to the improvement of the quality of life of children with chronic diseases. The analysis of 140 catheters implanted in the Department of Pediatric Surgery of the University of Leipzig between 1995 and 2000 showed 11 cases with early complications. As the most frequent late complications were infection and thrombosis in 51 children. Neutropenia is a particular risk factor during polychemotherapy of malignant tumors. Staphylococcus epidermidis was the most frequently isolated bacillus. Catheter associated infections are only partly treatable by antibiotic therapy. In 29 of 44 cases the explantation of the catheter was necessary. Only a strict hygienic regimen would minimize the risk of infection
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- A Herold
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinderchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR
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Woller T, Lawall H, Amann B, Angelkort B. Comparison of haemostatic parameters in arterial and venous blood from patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease. VASA 1999; 28:10-4. [PMID: 10191700 DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526.28.1.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Several studies proved the co-existence of peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) and hypercoagulability. However, in practice coagulation parameters are mainly determined from venous blood samples. In this study several coagulation parameters in arterial and venous blood were examined for differences and the validity of coagulation parameters determined in venous blood was investigated. PATIENTS AND METHODS In 22 patients with peripheral artery disease venous and arterial blood samples from vessels of the diseased leg were examined for the concentration of thrombine-antithrombine III-complex (TAT), prothrombin fragments (F1 and F2) and D-dimers, and results were compared. RESULTS Mean concentrations of TATs and prothrombin fragments F1 and F2 were significantly higher in arterial than in venous blood. TAT-complex was the most sensitive parameter for quantification of thrombin generation. D-dimer levels did not differ in arterial and venous blood. TAT and F1 and F2 concentrations in arterial and venous blood did not correlate in individual patients whereas D-dimer concentration did. CONCLUSION The determination of TAT and F1 + F2 in venous blood does not adequately reflect the degree of the local coagulation activation in the arterial system. As indicators for hypercoagulability, D-Dimer values are less sensitive than F1 + 2, but venous D-dimer concentrations mirror arterial levels.
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- T Woller
- Medizinische Klinik Nord, Städtisches Klinikum Dortmund, Germany
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