Structural characterisation of natural products by means of quantum chemical calculations of NMR parameters: New insights

FLP Costa, ACF de Albuquerque, RG Fiorot… - Organic Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In the early 2000s, the first articles regarding the calculation of NMR parameters for natural
products appeared in the literature. Since then, modelling 1H and 13C chemical shifts and …

Harnessing the properties of natural products

A Boufridi, RJ Quinn - Annual review of pharmacology and …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Natural products (NPs) have been used as traditional medicines since antiquity. With more
than 1060 estimated compounds with molecular weights less than 500 Da representing …

Pauli Exclusion by n→ π* Interactions: Implications for Paleobiology

J Yang, V Kojasoy, GJ Porter, RT Raines - ACS Central Science, 2024 - ACS Publications
Proteins have evolved to function in an aqueous environment. Collagen, which provides the
bodily scaffold for animals, has a special need to retain its integrity. This need was …

Combined NMR Spectroscopy and Quantum-Chemical Calculations in Fluorescent 1, 2, 3-Triazole-4-carboxylic Acids Fine Structures Analysis

NE Safronov, IP Kostova, MA Palafox… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The peculiarities of the optical properties of 2-aryl-1, 2, 3-triazole acids and their sodium
salts were investigated in different solvents (1, 4-dioxane, dimethyl sulfoxide DMSO …

First trans-eunicellane terpene synthase in bacteria

Z Li, B Xu, V Kojasoy, T Ortega, DA Adpressa, W Ning… - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
Terpenoids are the largest family of natural products, but prokaryotes are vastly
underrepresented in this chemical space. However, genomics supports vast untapped …

Prediction of 19F NMR Chemical Shifts for Fluorinated Aromatic Compounds

C Saunders, MB Khaled, JD Weaver III… - The Journal of organic …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Scaling factors are reported for use in predicting 19F NMR chemical shifts for fluorinated
(hetero) aromatic compounds with relatively low levels of theory. Our recommended scaling …

Are we still chasing molecules that were never there? The role of quantum chemical simulations of NMR parameters in structural reassignment of natural products

ACF de Albuquerque, LH Martorano… - Frontiers in Natural …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Covering: 2019 to 2023. Even with the advent of modern and complementary spectroscopy
techniques, comprehensive characterization of natural product continues to represent an …

Unraveling the helianane family: A complementary quantum mechanical study

LH Martorano, AL Valverde, CMR Ribeiro… - New Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The skeleton of the helianane's family is an unsolved controversial topic. Recent synthetic
studies and 13C NMR structural analysis have demanded for an amendment of helianane to …

Importance of Noncovalent Interactions Involving Sulfur Atoms in Thiopeptide Antibiotics─ Glycothiohexide α and Nocathiacin I

V Kojasoy, DJ Tantillo - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2023 - ACS Publications
Noncovalent interactions involving sulfur atoms play essential roles in protein structure and
function by significantly contributing to protein stability, folding, and biological activity. Sulfur …

The Synergy between Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Density Functional Theory Calculations

PE Hansen - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
This paper deals with the synergy between Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
spectroscopic investigations and DFT calculations, mainly of NMR parameters. Both the …