The nature of hydrogen bonds: A delineation of the role of different energy components on hydrogen bond strengths and lengths

SCC Van der Lubbe… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen bonds are a complex interplay between different energy components, and their
nature is still subject of an ongoing debate. In this minireview, we therefore provide an …

Mass spectrometry of nucleic acid noncovalent complexes

E Largy, A Konig, A Ghosh, D Ghosh… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nucleic acids have been among the first targets for antitumor drugs and antibiotics. With the
unveiling of new biological roles in regulation of gene expression, specific DNA and RNA …

Applications of guanine quartets in nanotechnology and chemical biology

L Stefan, D Monchaud - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2019 - nature.com
Guanine and related nucleobases such as guanosine, deoxyguanosine and isoguanosine
are notable molecular tools for designing functional supramolecular assemblies. This …

Understanding chemistry with the symmetry‐decomposed Voronoi deformation density charge analysis

C Nieuwland, P Vermeeren… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The symmetry‐decomposed Voronoi deformation density (VDD) charge analysis is an
insightful and robust computational tool to aid the understanding of chemical bonding …

Strengthened cooperativity of DNA-based cyclic hydrogen-bonded rosettes by subtle functionalization

D Almacellas, CF Guerra, J Poater - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cooperative effects cause extra stabilization of hydrogen-bonded supramolecular systems.
In this work we have designed hydrogen-bonded rosettes derived from a guanine–cytosine …

Metal ions confinement defines the architecture of G-quartet, G-quadruplex fibrils and their assembly into nematic tactoids

X Li, A Sánchez-Ferrer, M Bagnani… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
G-quadruplex, assembled from a square array of guanine (G) molecules, is an important
structure with crucial biological roles in vivo but also a versatile template for ordered …

Accurate Prediction of Three-Body Intermolecular Interactions via Electron Deformation Density-Based Machine Learning

K Low, ML Coote, EI Izgorodina - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This work extends the electron deformation density-based descriptor, originally developed in
the electron deformation density-based interaction energy machine learning (EDDIE-ML) …

Understanding the influence of alkali cations and halogen anions on the cooperativity of cyclic hydrogen‐bonded rosettes in supramolecular stacks

AN Petelski, C Fonseca Guerra - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen‐bonded supramolecular systems are known to obtain extra stabilization from the
complexation with ions, like guanine quadruplex (GQ). They experience strong hydrogen …

Designing Self‐Assembled Rosettes: Why Ammeline is a Superior Building Block to Melamine

AN Petelski, C Fonseca Guerra - ChemistryOpen, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In supramolecular chemistry, the rational design of self‐assembled systems remains a
challenge. Herein, hydrogen‐bonded rosettes of melamine and ammeline have been …

The energy components of the extended transition state energy decomposition analysis are path functions: the case of water tetramer

M Solà, M Duran, J Poater - Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 2021 - Springer
A recent paper (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2020, 22: 22,459) shows that the energy
components of the extended transition state energy decomposition analysis (ETS-EDA) are …