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C-H functionalization side effects made it possible for by simply hydrogen atom exchange to be able to carbon-centered radicals.
l of the vibrational frequencies detected in the reactions of BMIM+DCA- and AMIM+DCA- IL droplets with NO2 (as reported by Brotton et al. [ J. Phys. Chem. A 2018, 122, 7351-7377] and Lucas et al. [ J. Phys. Chem. A 2019, 123, 400-416]).Sooting tendencies of a series of nitrogen-containing hydrocarbons (NHCs) have been recently characterized experimentally using the yield sooting index (YSI) methodology. This work aims to identify soot-relevant reaction pathways for three selected C6H15N amines, namely, dipropylamine (DPA), diisopropylamine (DIPA), and 3,3-dimethylbutylamine (DMBA) using ReaxFF molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and quantum mechanical (QM) calculations and to interpret the experimentally observed trends. ReaxFF MD simulations are performed to determine the important intermediate species and radicals involved in the fuel decomposition and soot formation processes. QM calculations are employed to extensively search for chemical reactions involving these species and radicals based on the ReaxFF MD results and also to quantitatively characterize the potential energy surfaces. Specifically, ReaxFF simulations are carried out in the NVT ensemble at 1400, 1600, and 1800 K, where soot has been identified to form in the YSI experimee consistent, in terms of fuel reactivity, major intermediates, and major nonaromatic soot precursors.Human Glycinamide ribonucleotide transformylase (GAR Tfase) is a regulatory enzyme in the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway that has been extensively studied as an anti-cancer target. To some extent, inhibition of GAR Tfase selectively targets cancer cells over normal cells and inhibits purine formation and DNA replication. In this study, we investigated E. coli GAR Tfase, which shares high sequence similarity with the human GAR Tfase, and most functional residues are conserved. Herein, we aim to predict the pH-activity curve through a computational approach. We carried out pH-replica exchange molecular dynamics (pH-REMD) simulations to investigate the pH-dependent functions such as structural changes, ligand binding, and catalytic activity. To compute the pH-activity curve, we identified the catalytic residues in specific protonation states, referred to as the catalytic competent protonation states (CCPS), which maintain the structure, keep ligands bound, and facilitate catalysis. Our computed population of CCPS with respect to pH matches well with the experimental pH-activity curve. To compute the microscopic pKa values in the catalytically active conformation, we devised a thermodynamic model that considers the coupling between protonation states of CCPS residues and conformational states. These results allow us to identify the general acid and base catalysts correctly and interpret the pH-activity curve at an atomistic level.The isolation of two diarylnonanoids from Dioscorea cotinifolia possessing antibiotic-potentiating activity against resistant strains of S. aureus are reported. The diarylnonanoids are a class of natural products similar in structure to the diarylheptanoids, which have a wide spectrum of reported biological activities. One of the diarylnonanoids (1) isolated possesses a chiral center, and to deduce its configuration, the modified Mosher ester method was used. Using both 1D and 2D NMR data, as many protons as possible were assigned to both the R- and S-MTPA esters, and the configuration of the chiral center in 1 was determined to be R. Both the chiral and achiral diarylnonanoid (2) exhibited potent antibiotic-potentiating activity with the chiral natural product showing a greater tetracycline-potentiating activity than 2. Interestingly, 2 gave a higher norfloxacin-potentiating activity with a resultant higher efflux pump inhibitory activity. Manipulation of the structure of the diarylnonanoids through synthesis could lead to improved biological activity.Dielectric water properties, which significantly change in confinement, determine electrostatic interactions and thereby influence all molecular forces and chemical reactions. We present comparative simulations of water between graphene sheets, decanol monolayers, and phospholipid and glycolipid bilayers. Generally, dielectric profiles strongly differ in perpendicular and parallel surface directions and for large surface separation decay to the bulk value 1-2 nm away from the surface. Polar surface groups enhance the local interfacial dielectric response and for phospholipid bilayers induce a giant parallel contribution. A mapping on a box model with asymptotically determined effective water layer widths demonstrates that the perpendicular effective dielectric constant for all systems decreases for confinement below a nanometer, while the parallel one stays rather constant. The confinement-dependent perpendicular effective dielectric constant for graphene is in agreement with experimental data only if the effective water layer width is suitably adjusted. The interactions between two charges at small separation depend on the product of parallel and perpendicular effective water dielectric components; for large separation the interactions depend on the confining medium. click here For metallic confining media the interactions at large separation decay exponentially with a decay length that depends on the ratio of the effective parallel and perpendicular water dielectric components.We demonstrate theoretically and confirm experimentally the mechanism by which spectral narrowing accompanies enhanced spatial resolution in a saturated coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) signal that is demodulated at the third harmonic (3f) of the pump modulation frequency (f). Under these modulation conditions, theory predicts a narrowing of the full width at half-maximum (FWHM) of the CARS spectrum by a factor of 2.0 with respect to that of the spectrum obtained by demodulation at the fundamental frequency. Theory also predicts an improvement of spatial resolution by a factor of 1.7. Experimentally, narrowing of the FWHM of the CARS spectrum of 1,4-bis((E)-2-methylstyryl) benzene (MSB) crystals by a factor of 2.5 is observed upon saturation. Further experimental confirmation is provided from investigating diamond particles, for which spectral narrowing was enhanced by a factor of 2.8 and spatial resolution was enhanced by a factor of 2. Details of the mechanism and execution of the saturated CARS experiment are elucidated and limits to its applicability are suggested, one of which is the conclusion that the saturation approach is not suitable for extraction of harmonics beyond 3f.
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