Artemisinins tested against W-2 strains of malaria falciparum are investigated with molecular electrostatic potential (MEP), in an attempt to identify key features of the compounds that are necessary for their activit...Artemisinins tested against W-2 strains of malaria falciparum are investigated with molecular electrostatic potential (MEP), in an attempt to identify key features of the compounds that are necessary for their activities, as well as to investigate likely interactions with the receptor in a biological process and to use that information to propose new molecules. In order to discover the best geometry involving the ligand-receptor complexes (heme) studied and help in the proposition of the new derivatives, molecular simulations of interactions between the most negative charged region around the peroxide and heme locates (the ones around the Fe2+ ion) were carried out. In addition, PCA (principal components analysis), HCA (hierarchical cluster analysis), SDA (stepwise discriminant analysis), and KNN (K-nearest neighbor) multivariate models were employed to investigate which descriptors are responsible for the classification between the higher and lower antimalarial activity of the compounds, and also this information was used to propose new potentially active molecules. The information accumulated in studies of MEP, molecular docking, and multivariate analysis supported the proposal of new structures with potential antimalarial activities. The multivariate models constructed were applied to the new structures and indicated numbers 19 and 20 as the most prominent for syntheses and biological assays.展开更多
In the present study,geometrical optimization and electrostatic potential calcula-tions have been performed for 22 nitroaromatic compounds at the HF/6-31G level of theory.A number of statistically based parameters hav...In the present study,geometrical optimization and electrostatic potential calcula-tions have been performed for 22 nitroaromatic compounds at the HF/6-31G level of theory.A number of statistically based parameters have been obtained.Linear relationship between the decomposition enthalpy（taken as a macroscopic property related to explosibility） of nitroaromatic compounds and the structural descriptors have been established by multiple regression method.The result shows that the quantities derived from electrostatic potentialsΣ V sind＋,,Vsind- and Vs,max can be well used to express the quantitative structure-decomposition enthalpy relationship of nitroa-romatic compounds,which proves the general applicability of this parameter set to a great extent.Good predictive capabilities have also been demonstrated.展开更多
Based on the relationship between the quantitative structure and property（QSPR） of organic compounds, the surface electrostatic potential parameters of 29 polychlorinated diphenyl sulfides（PCDPSs） with experimenta...Based on the relationship between the quantitative structure and property（QSPR） of organic compounds, the surface electrostatic potential parameters of 29 polychlorinated diphenyl sulfides（PCDPSs） with experimental values were calculated and extracted, and Multiple Linear Regression（MLR） was used to model the linear relationship between the physicochemical properties（octanol/water partition coefficient, high performance liquid chromatography capacity factor） and molecular structure parameters of PCDPSs. The result shows that the main factors that affect the n-octanol/water partition coefficient and high performance liquid chromatography capacity factor are respectively the number of chlorin atoms substituted on the benzene ring（NCl） and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy（ELUMO）. Secondly, there are also molecular surface electrostatic potentials. This indicates that the molecular surface electrostatic potentials can effectively express the quantitative relationship between the physicochemical properties of PCDPSs and their molecule descriptions. The QSPR models established have strong stability and predictive ability. This also has proved the applicability of molecular surface electrostatic potential parameters in QSPR of PCDPSs.展开更多
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins（PCDDs） are a group of important persistent organic pollutants.They are highly toxic and persistent in environment.In the present study,geometrical optimization and electrostatic pot...Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins（PCDDs） are a group of important persistent organic pollutants.They are highly toxic and persistent in environment.In the present study,geometrical optimization and electrostatic potential calculations have been performed for 75 PCDD congeners and dibenzo-p-dioxin（DD） at the HF/6-31G＊ level of theory.A number of statistically based parameters have been extracted.Linear relationships between vapor pressures（logpL）,aqueous solubilities（logSw）,n-octanol/water partition coefficients（logKow） of PCDDs and structural descriptors have been established by stepwise linear regression analysis.The result shows that the quantities derived from the surface electrostatic potentials Vmin,Π,and Vs,av＋,together with Vmc（the molecular volume） and ELUMO（the energy of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital） can be well used to express the quantitative structure-property relationships of PCDDs.Predictive capabilities of the models have also been demonstrated by leave-one-out cross-validation with the cross-validated correlation coefficient（Rcv） above 0.97.Based on these QSPR models,the predicted values have been presented for those PCDD congeners whose experimentally determined physicochemical properties are unavailable.展开更多
Polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) represent an important kind of serious pollutant. They are highly toxic and persistent in environment. In this paper, geometrical optimizations and subsequent calculations o...Polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) represent an important kind of serious pollutant. They are highly toxic and persistent in environment. In this paper, geometrical optimizations and subsequent calculations of electrostatic potentials (ESPs) on molecular surface have been performed for all 135 PCDF congeners at the HF/6-31G* level. The effects of substitution value and variation of substitution position upon the surface ESPs have been discussed. A series of statistic-based structural descriptors derived from the surface ESPs have been calculated. For some PCDF congeners, linear relationships between aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) biding affinity and aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH) induction potency as well as theoretical descriptors have been established by multiple linear regression method. It appears that the quantities derived from the surface ESPs, Vs,min, Vs , VS +, σ+ and Nvmin, 2 together with the molecular surface area and the energy gap between HOMO and LUMO can be well used to express the quantitative structure-toxicity relationships of PCDFs.展开更多
A method has been developed for separation of 20 kinds of aromatic carboxylic acid using anion-exchange chromatography. A Dionex IonPac AS9-HC guard column （250mm×2mm） was used with a 9mmol/L sodium carbonate s...A method has been developed for separation of 20 kinds of aromatic carboxylic acid using anion-exchange chromatography. A Dionex IonPac AS9-HC guard column （250mm×2mm） was used with a 9mmol/L sodium carbonate solution containing 50% （v/v） acetonitrile as eluent. A set of retention time data has been obtained using a conductivity detector DS6. Furthermore, geometrical optimization and electrostatic potential calculation of 20 kinds of aromatic carboxylic acid have been performed at the HF/6-31G＊ level of theory. A number of statistically-based parameters derived from molecular surface electrostatic potential have been obtained. Linear relationship between retention time and structural parameters has been established by multiple regression method. The result shows that parameters derived from electrostatic potential Vs ＋, Vs -, П together with the dipole moment μ can be well used to express the quantitative structure-retention time of this kind of aromatic carboxylic acid. Good predictive capability has also been demonstrated. The result has provided a framework which further proves the general applicability of this electrostatic potential parameter set to a great extent,and with which the ion chromatographic adsorption mechanism can be investigated.展开更多
The reactivity and stability of seventeen (17) imidazo [1,2-a]pyridine N-acylhydrazone derivatives were investigated using density functional theory at the B3LYP/6-31+ G (d, p) level. Analysis of the molecular electro...The reactivity and stability of seventeen (17) imidazo [1,2-a]pyridine N-acylhydrazone derivatives were investigated using density functional theory at the B3LYP/6-31+ G (d, p) level. Analysis of the molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) and determination of the dual descriptor revealed that in most cases, the nitrogen atoms of the 6-πelectron conjugation, the oxygen, and the sulfur atom are nucleophilic site. Chemical reactivity of the compounds was assessed through analysis of frontier molecular orbitals (HOMO and LUMO), energy gap (Δℰ), chemical hardness (η), and the softness (S). Consequently, the compound 9e exhibited the lowest reactivity, least electron donating, and the highest stability. This comprehensive study offers valuable insights into the chemical behavior of these derivatives, crucial for further exploration and potential applications.展开更多
This work is devoted to the experimental determination of the electrostatic properties of the molecular 4-methyl-7-（salicylidene amino） coumarin（C17H13NC3） using high resolution x-ray diffraction data. The experim...This work is devoted to the experimental determination of the electrostatic properties of the molecular 4-methyl-7-（salicylidene amino） coumarin（C17H13NC3） using high resolution x-ray diffraction data. The experimental results are compared with those obtained theoretically from calculation type ab initio. The experimental investigation is carried out using the molecular electron charge density distribution based on the multipolar model of Hansen and Coppens. However the theoretical calculations are conducted by using the molecular orbital B3 LYP method and the Hartree-Fock（HF） approximation with the basis set 6-31G（d,p） implemented in the Gaussian program. In addition to the structural analysis,the thermal agitation is also analyzed in terms of rigid blocks to ensure a better precision of the results. Subsequently, the electrostatic atomic and molecular properties such as the net charges, the molecular dipolar moment to highlight the nature of charge transfer existing within the molecule studied are derived. Moreover, the obtained electrostatic potential enables the localization of the electropositive and the electronegative parts of the investigated molecule. The present work reports in detail the obtained electrostatic properties of this biologically important molecule.展开更多
Polychlorinated dibenzothiophenes（PCDTs）and their corresponding sulfone（PCDTO2）compounds are a group of important persistent organic pollutants.In the present study,geometrical optimization and subsequent calculat...Polychlorinated dibenzothiophenes（PCDTs）and their corresponding sulfone（PCDTO2）compounds are a group of important persistent organic pollutants.In the present study,geometrical optimization and subsequent calculations of electrostatic potentials（ESPs）on molecular surface have been performed for all 135 PCDTs and 135 PCDTO2 congeners at the HF/6-31G*level of theory.A number of statistically-based parameters have been extracted.Linear relationship between gas-chromatographic retention index（RI）and the structural descriptors have been established by multiple linear regression.The result shows that two descriptors derived from positive electrostatic potential on molecular surface, ■ and π,together with the molecular volume(Vmc)and the energy of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital(ELUMO)can be well used to express the quantitative structure-retention relationship（QSRR）of PCDTs and PCDTO2.Predictive capability of the two models has been demonstrated by leave-one-out cross-validation with the cross-validated correlation coefficient(RCV)of 0.996 and 0.997,respectively.Furthermore,the predictive power of the models is further examined for the external test set.Correlation coefficients（R）between the observed and predicted RI values for the external test set are 0.997 and0.998,respectively,validating the robustness and good prediction of our model.The QSRR model established may provide again a powerful method for predicting chromatographic properties of aromatic organosulfur compounds.展开更多
Revealing the charge generation is a crucial step to understand the organic photovoltaics. Recent development in non-fullerene organic solar cells （OSCs） indicates efficient charge separation even with negligible en...Revealing the charge generation is a crucial step to understand the organic photovoltaics. Recent development in non-fullerene organic solar cells （OSCs） indicates efficient charge separation even with negligible energetic offset between the donor and acceptor materials. These new findings trigger a critical question concerning the charge separation mechanism in OSCs, traditionally believed to result from sufficient energetic offset between the polymer donor and fullerene acceptor. We propose a new mechanism, which involves the molecular electrostatic potential, to explain efficient charge separation in non-fullerene OSCs. Together with the new mechanism, we demonstrate a record efficiency of -12% for systems with negligible energetic offset between donor and acceptor materials. Our analysis also rationalizes different requirement of the energetic offset between fullerene-based and non-fullerene OSCs, and paves the way for further design of OSC materials with both high photocurrent and high photovottage at the same time.展开更多
文摘Artemisinins tested against W-2 strains of malaria falciparum are investigated with molecular electrostatic potential (MEP), in an attempt to identify key features of the compounds that are necessary for their activities, as well as to investigate likely interactions with the receptor in a biological process and to use that information to propose new molecules. In order to discover the best geometry involving the ligand-receptor complexes (heme) studied and help in the proposition of the new derivatives, molecular simulations of interactions between the most negative charged region around the peroxide and heme locates (the ones around the Fe2+ ion) were carried out. In addition, PCA (principal components analysis), HCA (hierarchical cluster analysis), SDA (stepwise discriminant analysis), and KNN (K-nearest neighbor) multivariate models were employed to investigate which descriptors are responsible for the classification between the higher and lower antimalarial activity of the compounds, and also this information was used to propose new potentially active molecules. The information accumulated in studies of MEP, molecular docking, and multivariate analysis supported the proposal of new structures with potential antimalarial activities. The multivariate models constructed were applied to the new structures and indicated numbers 19 and 20 as the most prominent for syntheses and biological assays.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.20502022)the Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo (No.2004A610010)
文摘In the present study,geometrical optimization and electrostatic potential calcula-tions have been performed for 22 nitroaromatic compounds at the HF/6-31G level of theory.A number of statistically based parameters have been obtained.Linear relationship between the decomposition enthalpy（taken as a macroscopic property related to explosibility） of nitroaromatic compounds and the structural descriptors have been established by multiple regression method.The result shows that the quantities derived from electrostatic potentialsΣ V sind＋,,Vsind- and Vs,max can be well used to express the quantitative structure-decomposition enthalpy relationship of nitroa-romatic compounds,which proves the general applicability of this parameter set to a great extent.Good predictive capabilities have also been demonstrated.
基金Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province(LY12B07013)the Education Research Project of Zhejiang Provincial Department(Y201329851)
文摘Based on the relationship between the quantitative structure and property（QSPR） of organic compounds, the surface electrostatic potential parameters of 29 polychlorinated diphenyl sulfides（PCDPSs） with experimental values were calculated and extracted, and Multiple Linear Regression（MLR） was used to model the linear relationship between the physicochemical properties（octanol/water partition coefficient, high performance liquid chromatography capacity factor） and molecular structure parameters of PCDPSs. The result shows that the main factors that affect the n-octanol/water partition coefficient and high performance liquid chromatography capacity factor are respectively the number of chlorin atoms substituted on the benzene ring（NCl） and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy（ELUMO）. Secondly, there are also molecular surface electrostatic potentials. This indicates that the molecular surface electrostatic potentials can effectively express the quantitative relationship between the physicochemical properties of PCDPSs and their molecule descriptions. The QSPR models established have strong stability and predictive ability. This also has proved the applicability of molecular surface electrostatic potential parameters in QSPR of PCDPSs.
基金supported by the Analysis and Measurement Planning Project of Zhejiang Province (2007F70053)
文摘Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins（PCDDs） are a group of important persistent organic pollutants.They are highly toxic and persistent in environment.In the present study,geometrical optimization and electrostatic potential calculations have been performed for 75 PCDD congeners and dibenzo-p-dioxin（DD） at the HF/6-31G＊ level of theory.A number of statistically based parameters have been extracted.Linear relationships between vapor pressures（logpL）,aqueous solubilities（logSw）,n-octanol/water partition coefficients（logKow） of PCDDs and structural descriptors have been established by stepwise linear regression analysis.The result shows that the quantities derived from the surface electrostatic potentials Vmin,Π,and Vs,av＋,together with Vmc（the molecular volume） and ELUMO（the energy of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital） can be well used to express the quantitative structure-property relationships of PCDDs.Predictive capabilities of the models have also been demonstrated by leave-one-out cross-validation with the cross-validated correlation coefficient（Rcv） above 0.97.Based on these QSPR models,the predicted values have been presented for those PCDD congeners whose experimentally determined physicochemical properties are unavailable.
基金Supported by the Ph.D. Fund of Ningbo (No. 2004A610010)
文摘Polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) represent an important kind of serious pollutant. They are highly toxic and persistent in environment. In this paper, geometrical optimizations and subsequent calculations of electrostatic potentials (ESPs) on molecular surface have been performed for all 135 PCDF congeners at the HF/6-31G* level. The effects of substitution value and variation of substitution position upon the surface ESPs have been discussed. A series of statistic-based structural descriptors derived from the surface ESPs have been calculated. For some PCDF congeners, linear relationships between aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) biding affinity and aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH) induction potency as well as theoretical descriptors have been established by multiple linear regression method. It appears that the quantities derived from the surface ESPs, Vs,min, Vs , VS +, σ+ and Nvmin, 2 together with the molecular surface area and the energy gap between HOMO and LUMO can be well used to express the quantitative structure-toxicity relationships of PCDFs.
基金Supported by the Project of Analysis and Detection of Zhejiang Province in 2009 (No. 2009F7044)
文摘A method has been developed for separation of 20 kinds of aromatic carboxylic acid using anion-exchange chromatography. A Dionex IonPac AS9-HC guard column （250mm×2mm） was used with a 9mmol/L sodium carbonate solution containing 50% （v/v） acetonitrile as eluent. A set of retention time data has been obtained using a conductivity detector DS6. Furthermore, geometrical optimization and electrostatic potential calculation of 20 kinds of aromatic carboxylic acid have been performed at the HF/6-31G＊ level of theory. A number of statistically-based parameters derived from molecular surface electrostatic potential have been obtained. Linear relationship between retention time and structural parameters has been established by multiple regression method. The result shows that parameters derived from electrostatic potential Vs ＋, Vs -, П together with the dipole moment μ can be well used to express the quantitative structure-retention time of this kind of aromatic carboxylic acid. Good predictive capability has also been demonstrated. The result has provided a framework which further proves the general applicability of this electrostatic potential parameter set to a great extent,and with which the ion chromatographic adsorption mechanism can be investigated.
文摘The reactivity and stability of seventeen (17) imidazo [1,2-a]pyridine N-acylhydrazone derivatives were investigated using density functional theory at the B3LYP/6-31+ G (d, p) level. Analysis of the molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) and determination of the dual descriptor revealed that in most cases, the nitrogen atoms of the 6-πelectron conjugation, the oxygen, and the sulfur atom are nucleophilic site. Chemical reactivity of the compounds was assessed through analysis of frontier molecular orbitals (HOMO and LUMO), energy gap (Δℰ), chemical hardness (η), and the softness (S). Consequently, the compound 9e exhibited the lowest reactivity, least electron donating, and the highest stability. This comprehensive study offers valuable insights into the chemical behavior of these derivatives, crucial for further exploration and potential applications.
文摘This work is devoted to the experimental determination of the electrostatic properties of the molecular 4-methyl-7-（salicylidene amino） coumarin（C17H13NC3） using high resolution x-ray diffraction data. The experimental results are compared with those obtained theoretically from calculation type ab initio. The experimental investigation is carried out using the molecular electron charge density distribution based on the multipolar model of Hansen and Coppens. However the theoretical calculations are conducted by using the molecular orbital B3 LYP method and the Hartree-Fock（HF） approximation with the basis set 6-31G（d,p） implemented in the Gaussian program. In addition to the structural analysis,the thermal agitation is also analyzed in terms of rigid blocks to ensure a better precision of the results. Subsequently, the electrostatic atomic and molecular properties such as the net charges, the molecular dipolar moment to highlight the nature of charge transfer existing within the molecule studied are derived. Moreover, the obtained electrostatic potential enables the localization of the electropositive and the electronegative parts of the investigated molecule. The present work reports in detail the obtained electrostatic properties of this biologically important molecule.
基金supported by the Science and Technology Project of Zhejiang Province(2016C33039)the Public Technology Research Project(Analysis and Measurement)of Zhejiang Province(LGC19B070004)+1 种基金State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology,Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences,Chinese Academy of Sciences(KF2018-15)Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province(LY18C030003)
文摘Polychlorinated dibenzothiophenes（PCDTs）and their corresponding sulfone（PCDTO2）compounds are a group of important persistent organic pollutants.In the present study,geometrical optimization and subsequent calculations of electrostatic potentials（ESPs）on molecular surface have been performed for all 135 PCDTs and 135 PCDTO2 congeners at the HF/6-31G*level of theory.A number of statistically-based parameters have been extracted.Linear relationship between gas-chromatographic retention index（RI）and the structural descriptors have been established by multiple linear regression.The result shows that two descriptors derived from positive electrostatic potential on molecular surface, ■ and π,together with the molecular volume(Vmc)and the energy of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital(ELUMO)can be well used to express the quantitative structure-retention relationship（QSRR）of PCDTs and PCDTO2.Predictive capability of the two models has been demonstrated by leave-one-out cross-validation with the cross-validated correlation coefficient(RCV)of 0.996 and 0.997,respectively.Furthermore,the predictive power of the models is further examined for the external test set.Correlation coefficients（R）between the observed and predicted RI values for the external test set are 0.997 and0.998,respectively,validating the robustness and good prediction of our model.The QSRR model established may provide again a powerful method for predicting chromatographic properties of aromatic organosulfur compounds.
基金J. Hou acknowledge financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China （91633301, 51673201, 91333204）, the Ministry of Science and Technology of China （2014CB643501） and the Chinese Academy of Sciences （XDB12030200）. F. Gao and D. Qian would like to acknowledge the Swedish Research Council VR （Grant No. 2017-007444 the Swedish Energy Agency Ener- gimyndigheten （2016-010174）, the Swedish Government Strategic Research Area in Materials Science on Functional Materials at Linkoping University （Faculty Grant No. SFO-Mat-LiU #2009- 00971）.
文摘Revealing the charge generation is a crucial step to understand the organic photovoltaics. Recent development in non-fullerene organic solar cells （OSCs） indicates efficient charge separation even with negligible energetic offset between the donor and acceptor materials. These new findings trigger a critical question concerning the charge separation mechanism in OSCs, traditionally believed to result from sufficient energetic offset between the polymer donor and fullerene acceptor. We propose a new mechanism, which involves the molecular electrostatic potential, to explain efficient charge separation in non-fullerene OSCs. Together with the new mechanism, we demonstrate a record efficiency of -12% for systems with negligible energetic offset between donor and acceptor materials. Our analysis also rationalizes different requirement of the energetic offset between fullerene-based and non-fullerene OSCs, and paves the way for further design of OSC materials with both high photocurrent and high photovottage at the same time.
