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Is the Rigidity of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Receptor-Binding Motif the Hallmark for Its Enhanced Infectivity? Insights from All-Atom Simulations
2020
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic is setting the global health crisis of our time, causing a devastating societal and economic burden. An idiosyncratic trait of coronaviruses is the presence of spike glycoproteins on the viral envelope, which mediate the virus binding to specific host receptor, enabling its entry into the human cells. In spite of the high sequence identity of SARS-CoV-2 with its closely related SARS-CoV emerged in 2002, the atomic-level determinants underlining the molecular recognition of SARS-CoV-2 to the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor and, thus, the rapid virus spread into human body, remain unresolved. Here, multi-m…
Carbon’s Three-Center-Four-Electron Tetrel Bond, Treated Experimentally
2018
Tetrel bonding is the noncovalent interaction of group IV elements with electron donors. It is a weak, directional interaction that resembles hydrogen and halogen bonding yet remains barely explored. Herein, we present an experimental investigation of the carbon-centered, three-center, four-electron tetrel bond, [N−C− N]+ , formed by capturing a carbenium ion with a bidentate Lewis base. NMRspectroscopic, titration-calorimetric, and reaction-kinetic evidence for the existence and structure of this species is reported. The studied interaction is by far the strongest tetrel bond reported so far and is discussed in comparison with the analogous halogen bond. The necessity of the involvement of…
Fluoride-induced modulation of ionic transport in asymmetric nanopores functionalized with “caged” fluorescein moieties
2016
[EN] We demonstrate experimentally and theoretically a nanofluidic fluoride sensing device based on a single conical pore functionalized with "caged" fluorescein moieties. The nanopore functionalization is based on an amine-terminated fluorescein whose phenolic hydroxyl groups are protected with tert-butyldiphenylsilyl (TBDPS) moieties. The protected fluorescein (Fcn-TBDPS-NH2) molecules are then immobilized on the nanopore surface via carbodiimide coupling chemistry. Exposure to fluoride ions removes the uncharged TBDPS moieties due to the fluoride-promoted cleavage of the silicon-oxygen bond, leading to the generation of negatively charged groups on the fluorescein moieties immobilized on…
Comparative G2(MP2) Molecular Orbital Study of B3H7XH3 and H3BXH3 Donor−Acceptor Complexes (X = N, P, and As)
2002
B3H7XH3 and H3BXH3 (X = N, P, and As) have been studied as donor−acceptor complex type at the G2(MP2) level of theory. Both single- and double-bridged structures of B3H7 Lewis acid are taken into account. Although the double-bridged structure is energetically favored in the isolated state, the coordination prefers the single-bridged one. The monoborane adducts adopt the staggered arrangement with C3v symmetry. The energetic analysis by natural bond orbital theory shows that the decrease of hyperconjugative contribution upon complexation in the B3H7 moiety has, as consequence, a loss of symmetry for B3H7XH3 (X= P and As) complexes. In the two series, the coordination is the result of two opp…
A Singular Noninterpenetrating Coordination Polymer with the Pt3O4 Structure Containing Naked [Na+]4 Units
2006
The homoleptic low-spin complex [Fe(L)3]2+ where L is the bisbidentate ligand 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione, coordinates Na+ ions via exo-oriented dione groups defining a three-dimensional cationic network {[Fe(L)3]4Na3}11+}n with Pt3O4 topology. The large volume generated by the network is filled with 11 perchlorate ions, 7 "NaClO4" ionic pairs, and 9 H2O molecules. Singular [Na+]4 units, in which the Na+ ions are practically uncoordinated, are formed.
Complex Formation of the Uranyl (UO22+) Ion with the Diethylene Triaminopentaacetate (DTPA) Ligand at 25 °C in 3 M Sodium Perchlorate
2011
The complex formation between the uranyl (UO22+) ion and the diethylene triaminopentaacetate ligand (DTPA) has been investigated at 25 °C, in a 3 M sodium perchlorate medium. The overall protonation constants βjH of the free ligand have been previously determined in this ionic medium: six protonated species (HjA), with j ranging from 1 to 6, together with the free anion A5− have been identified in the concentration range from (3·10−3 to 13·10−3) mol·kg−1. Four complex species, H2UO2A−, HUO2A2−, UO2A3−, and UO2AOH4−, have been identified in the total uranyl concentration range from (1.1·10−3 to 5.7·10−3) mol·kg−1, and their overall stability constants determined, keeping the metal to ligand …
Halogenido ligand exchange synthesis, spectroscopic properties and thermal behaviour of the inorganic–organic hydrogen-bonded network solid [4,4′-H2b…
2014
Abstract Dark-red single crystals of 4,4′-bipyridinium triaquahydrogen(1+) hexabromidorhodate(III) [4,4′-H2bipy][H7O3][RhBr6] (1) have been synthesized by a diffusion-controlled ligand exchange process from rhodium(III) chloride trihydrate and 4,4′-bipyridine dissolved in hydrochloric and hydrobromic acid, respectively. 1 could be considered as an inorganic–organic hydrogen-bonded network solid built up from the inorganic isolated hexabromidorhodate [RhBr6]3− octahedra, organic 4,4′-bipyridinium(2+) [4,4′-H2bipy]2+ and triaquahydrogen(1+) [H7O3]+ cations with nearly symmetrical O⋯O distances. The oppositely charged components in the structure of 1 are bound together by an intricate system o…
Selective palladium-catalysed dimerisation of methyl acrylate in ionic liquids: towards a continuous processThis work was presented at the Green Solv…
2003
The activity and stability of cationic palladium complexes [Pd(PBu3)2S2]2+ used for the selective tail-to-tail dimerisation of methyl acrylate are significantly improved with the utilisation of ionic liquids like [BMIM][BF4] or the protonated N-butyl-imidazole, [HBIM][BF4]. Problems related to product inhibition and catalyst recycling are overcome by running the reaction in a two-phase mode, toluene being used as extractant. Catalyst stabilisation is further improved by trapping the ancillary ligand into the ionic liquid with an ionic tail: with the use of 1-dibutylphosphino-2-dimethylaminoethane, the catalyst is stable for more than 100 h, therefore demonstrating the feasibility of a conti…
Synthesis and characterization of mixed catecholate and 1,10-phenanthroline complexes of antimony(III), C6H4O2SbX·1,10-phenanthroline (X F, Cl, Br,…
1982
Abstract The title compounds have been easily synthesized by reacting antimony(III) catecholates, C 6 H 4 O 2 SbX, with 1,10-phenanthroline. The infrared spectra of the solids are in accordance with a chelating behaviour of the phenanthroline ligand and the molecular monomeric nature of the fluoride derivative. In the case of the chloride, and possibly also for X Br and I, infrared data are better interpreted admitting a consistent ionic SbX bond interaction. The conductance data for their methanolic solutions also indicate a distinctive behaviour of the fluoride derivative, this being weakly ionized, whereas the remaining halides behave as 1:1 electrolytes. The main features of the mass…
Structural versatility in cobalt(ii) complexes with 1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylic acid (H4bta) and 4,4′-bipyridine-N,N′-dioxide (dpo)
2007
Four new high-spin cobalt(II) complexes of formula [Co(H2O)6](H2bta)·dpo·4H2O (1), [{Co(H2O)4(dpo)}2(bta)]·4H2O·(2), [Co(H2O)2)(dpo)2(H2bta)]n (3) and [Co(H2O)3(dpo)(bta)1/2]n (4) (H4bta = 1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylic acid and dpo = 4,4′-bipyridine-N,N′-dioxide) have been synthesized and their structures solved by single crystal X-ray diffraction methods. Compound 1 is an ionic salt whose structure is made up of [Co(H2O)6]2+ cations, H2bta2− anions, uncoordinated dpo groups and crystallization water molecules, which are linked by extensive hydrogen bonds to afford a three-dimensional network. The structure of 2 consists of bta-bridged dinuclear cobalt(II) complexes where four coordinated …