Search results for "BOND"

2020

The facile synthesis and detailed investigation of a class of highly potent protease inhibitors based on 1,4-naphthoquinones with a dipeptidic recognition motif (HN-l-Phe-l-Leu-OR) in the 2-position and an electron-withdrawing group (EWG) in the 3-position is presented. One of the compound representatives, namely the acid with EWG = CN and with R = H proved to be a highly potent rhodesain inhibitor with nanomolar affinity. The respective benzyl ester (R = Bn) was found to be hydrolyzed by the target enzyme itself yielding the free acid. Detailed kinetic and mass spectrometry studies revealed a reversible covalent binding mode. Theoretical calculations with different density functionals (DFT…

Coordination of copper(II) ions by α,β-dehydro-dipeptides. Potentiometric and spectroscopic study

1991

Abstract Potentiometric and spectroscopic data have shown that the double bond within dehydro-peptides considerably affects their behaviour as ligands relative to their saturated parents, with proton and copper(II) ions.

Halo and Pseudohalo Cu(I)-Pyridinato Double Chains with Tunable Physical Properties

2015

The properties recently reported on the Cu(I)-iodide pyrimidine nonporous 1D-coordination polymer [CuI(ANP)] (ANP = 2-amino-5-nitropyridine) showing reversible physically and chemically driven electrical response have prompted us to carry a comparative study with the series of [CuX(ANP)] (X = Cl (1), X = Br (2), X = CN (4), and X = SCN (5)) in order to understand the potential influence of the halide and pseudohalide bridging ligands on the physical properties and their electrical response to vapors of these materials. The structural characterization of the series shows a common feature, the presence of -X-Cu(ANP)-X- (X = Cl, Br, I, SCN) double chain structure. Complex [Cu(ANP)(CN)] (4) pre…

7-Amino-2-methylsulfanyl-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-6-carboxylic acid as the dimethylformamide and water monosolvates at 293 K.

2010

The molecular structure of 7-amino-2-methylsulfanyl-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-6-carboxylic acid is reported in two crystal environments, viz. as the dimethylformamide (DMF) monosolvate, C(7)H(7)N(5)O(2)S·C(3)H(7)NO, (I), and as the monohydrate, C(7)H(7)N(5)O(2)S·H(2)O, (II), both at 293 (2) K. The triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine molecule is of interest with respect to the possible biological activity of its coordination compounds. While the DMF solvate exhibits a layered structural arrangement through N...O hydrogen-bonding interactions, the monohydrate displays a network of intermolecular O...O and N...O hydrogen bonds assisted by cocrystallized water molecules and weak π-π stacking intera…

Structure and dynamics of grafted polymer layers: A Monte Carlo simulation

1991

The bond fluctuation model of polymer chains on lattices is used to study layers of polymers anchored with one end at a hard wall, assuming good solvent conditions and repulsive interactions between the monomers and the wall. Chain lengths from N=10 to N=80 and grafting densities σ from 0.025 to 0.20 are considered, both for the ‘‘quenched’’ case, where the anchor points are kept fixed at randomly chosen surface sites, and the ‘‘annealed’’ case, where lateral diffusion of the anchored ends at the wall is considered. Profiles of monomer density and free end density, chain linear dimensions parallel and perpendicular to the wall, as well as corresponding mean square displacements of inner and…

Vibrational relaxation of matrix-isolated carboxylic acid dimers and monomers.

2009

Femtosecond mid-IR transient absorption spectroscopy was used to probe the vibrational dynamics of formic acid and acetic acid isolated in solid argon following excitation of the fundamental transition of the carbonyl stretching mode. Carboxylic acids form extremely stable H-bonded dimers, hindering the study of the monomeric species at equilibrium conditions. The low-temperature rare-gas matrix isolation technique allows for a unique control over aggregation enabling the study of the monomer vibrational dynamics, as well as the dynamics of two distinct dimer structures (cyclic and open chain). This study provides insight into the role of the methyl rotor and hydrogen bonding in the vibrati…

A coarse-graining procedure for polymer melts applied to 1,4-polybutadiene

2009

We present a coarse-graining procedure for homopolymer melts mapping intra- as well as inter-molecular interactions from a chemically realistic united atom description to a bead-spring type molecular model. On the coarse-grained level the repeat units interact through bond-length and bond angle potentials and a non-bonded Lennard-Jones type interaction. The latter one is of the 7,4 form and softer than the typically employed 12,6 interactions. The coarse-graining of the intramolecular interactions follows well developed procedures, however, we point out in which way the non-bonded intramolecular interactions in the chemically realistic model should be treated. The parameters of the non-bond…

Local dynamics in supramolecular polymer networks probed by magnetic particle nanorheology

2019

Transient supramolecular polymer networks are promising candidates as soft self-healing or stimuli-sensitive materials. In this paper, we employ a novel nanorheological approach, magnetic particle nanorheology (MPN), in order to better understand the local dynamic properties of model supramolecular networks from a molecular point of view. Hence, the bond strength between four-arm star-shaped polyethylene glycol (PEG) functionalized at the four extremities with terpyridine ligands is tuned by implementing different metal ions with variable complexation affinities for the ligand. We show that MNP allows for the evaluation of the strength and connectivity of the polymer networks by the estimat…

Monte carlo simulation of the glass transition of polymer melts

2007

The bond fluctuation model of polymer melts is presented as a reasonable compromise between simulation efficiency and realistic chemical detail. It is shown that inclusion of a potential energy that depends on the length of the effective bonds connecting the effective monomers easily creates a conflict between configurational entropy of dense packing and the energetic tendency of the bonds to stretch. This competition leads to a glass transition of the model, which very well describes many features of real systems.

A Monte Carlo study of diffusion in "living polymers"

1996

We report the first numeric experiments on diffusion in living polymers (polymers that can break and recombine reversibly, and are characterized by an exponential molecular weight distribution). In the simulation we use a modification of the bond fluctuation model which is known to reproduce the correct Rouse dynamics of polymer chains. The diffusion coefficient D reveals a Rouse-type behaviour D ∝ 1/L, where L is the average chain length of the polydisperse system. We also find a D ∝ exp [ − V/2kBT] dependence on the bond energy V, whereas at constant temperature the diffusion coefficient turns out to be inversely proportional, D ∝ ρ−1, to the monomer density of the system ρ in agreement w…