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N-Hydroxyethyl acrylamide as a functional eROP initiator for the preparation of nanoparticles under “greener” reaction conditions (2022)
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N-Hydroxyethyl acrylamide was used as a functional initiator for the enzymatic ring-opening polymerisation of ϵ-caprolactone and δ-valerolactone. N-Hydroxyethyl acrylamide was found not to undergo self-reaction in the presence of Lipase B from Candid... Read More about N-Hydroxyethyl acrylamide as a functional eROP initiator for the preparation of nanoparticles under “greener” reaction conditions.

Structure–Property Relationships in Amorphous Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene–Diketopyrrolopyrrole–Thiophene-Containing Polymers (2022)
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(Figure Presented) We present calculations of electronic structure properties of disordered conducting polymers containing thieno[3,2b]thiophene, diketopyrrolopyrrole, and thiophene. Atomistic force field parameters for the polymer were optimized to... Read More about Structure–Property Relationships in Amorphous Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene–Diketopyrrolopyrrole–Thiophene-Containing Polymers.

Software tools for green and sustainable chemistry (2022)
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In this review, we consider green chemistry metrics, related software tools, and the opportunities and challenges for their use in research laboratories. We provide an overview of state-of-the-art software designed both to aid researchers in planning... Read More about Software tools for green and sustainable chemistry.

Alchemical Free Energy Methods Applied to Complexes of the First Bromodomain of BRD4 (2022)
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Accurate and rapid predictions of the binding affinity of a compound to a target are one of the ultimate goals of computer aided drug design. Alchemical approaches to free energy estimations follow the path from an initial state of the system to the... Read More about Alchemical Free Energy Methods Applied to Complexes of the First Bromodomain of BRD4.

Effect of Oriented Electric Fields on Biologically Relevant Iron–Sulfur Clusters: Tuning Redox Reactivity for Catalysis (2022)
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Enzyme-based iron-sulfur clusters, exemplified in families such as hydrogenases, nitrogenases, and radical S-Adenosylmethionine enzymes, feature in many essential biological processes. The functionality of biological iron-sulfur clusters extends beyo... Read More about Effect of Oriented Electric Fields on Biologically Relevant Iron–Sulfur Clusters: Tuning Redox Reactivity for Catalysis.

Machine-Learning-Enabled Virtual Screening for Inhibitors of Lysine-Specific Histone Demethylase 1 (2021)
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A machine learning approach has been applied to virtual screening for lysine specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) inhibitors. LSD1 is an important anti-cancer target. Machine learning models to predict activity were constructed using Morgan molecular finger... Read More about Machine-Learning-Enabled Virtual Screening for Inhibitors of Lysine-Specific Histone Demethylase 1.

Kernel Methods for Predicting Yields of Chemical Reactions (2021)
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The use of machine learning methods for the prediction of reaction yield is an emerging area. We demonstrate the applicability of support vector regression (SVR) for predicting reaction yields, using combinatorial data. Molecular descriptors used in... Read More about Kernel Methods for Predicting Yields of Chemical Reactions.

Memorial Viewpoint for Nicholas A. Besley (2021)
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Benzene, Toluene, and Monosubstituted Derivatives: Diabatic Nature of the Oscillator Strengths of S1 ← S0 Transitions (2021)
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For benzene, toluene, aniline, fluorobenzene, and phenol, even sophisticated treatments of electron correlation, such as MRCI and XMS-CASPT2 calculations, show oscillator strengths typically lower than experiment. Inclusion of a simple pseudo-diabati... Read More about Benzene, Toluene, and Monosubstituted Derivatives: Diabatic Nature of the Oscillator Strengths of S1 ← S0 Transitions.

Structural variation of protein-ligand complexes of the first bromodomain of BRD4 (2021)
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The bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4), a member of the bromodomain and extra-terminal domain (BET) family, plays a key role in several diseases, especially cancers. With increased interest in BRD4 as a therapeutic target, many X-ray crystal str... Read More about Structural variation of protein-ligand complexes of the first bromodomain of BRD4.

Near-ultraviolet circular dichroism and two-dimensional spectroscopy of polypeptides (2021)
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A fully quantitative theory of the relationship between protein conformation and optical spectroscopy would facilitate deeper insights into biophysical and simulation studies of protein dynamics and folding. In contrast to intense bands in the far-ul... Read More about Near-ultraviolet circular dichroism and two-dimensional spectroscopy of polypeptides.

Influence of structure and solubility of chain transfer agents on the RAFT control of dispersion polymerisation in scCO2 (2020)
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Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) dispersion polymerisation of methyl methacrylate (MMA) is performed in supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) with 2-(dodecylthiocarbonothioylthio)-2-methylpropionic acid (DDMAT) present as chain... Read More about Influence of structure and solubility of chain transfer agents on the RAFT control of dispersion polymerisation in scCO2.

Origin of Selectivity in Protein Hydrolysis by Zr(IV)-Containing Metal Oxides as Artificial Proteases (2020)
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© 2020 American Chemical Society. All rights reserved. The origin of selectivity in protein hydrolysis promoted by Zr(IV)-substituted polyoxometalates (POMs) has been investigated through a variety of computational techniques. Initially, we analyzed... Read More about Origin of Selectivity in Protein Hydrolysis by Zr(IV)-Containing Metal Oxides as Artificial Proteases.

A Machine Learning Protocol for Predicting Protein Infrared Spectra (2020)
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© 2020 American Chemical Society. Infrared (IR) absorption provides important chemical fingerprints of biomolecules. Protein secondary structure determination from IR spectra is tedious since its theoretical interpretation requires repeated expensive... Read More about A Machine Learning Protocol for Predicting Protein Infrared Spectra.

Computed optical spectra of SARS-CoV-2 proteins (2020)
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© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Treatment for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes Covid-19, may well be predicated on knowledge of the structures of protein of this virus. However, often these cannot be determined... Read More about Computed optical spectra of SARS-CoV-2 proteins.

Interaction of the maturation protein of the bacteriophage MS2 and the sex pilus of the Escherichia coli F plasmid (2020)
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© 2020 Elsevier Inc. One promising strategy to combat antimicrobial resistance is to use bacteriophages that attach to the sex pili produced by transmissible antimicrobial resistance (AMR) plasmids, infect AMR bacteria and select for loss of the AMR... Read More about Interaction of the maturation protein of the bacteriophage MS2 and the sex pilus of the Escherichia coli F plasmid.

Force Fields for Macromolecular Assemblies Containing Diketopyrrolopyrrole and Thiophene (2020)
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Utilizing a force-matching procedure, we parametrize new force fields systematically for large conjugated systems. We model both conjugated polymers and molecular crystals that contain diketopyrrolopyrrole, thiophene, and thieno[3,2-b]thiophene units... Read More about Force Fields for Macromolecular Assemblies Containing Diketopyrrolopyrrole and Thiophene.

Vibrational Spectroscopic Map, Vibrational Spectroscopy, and Intermolecular Interaction (2020)
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© 2020 American Chemical Society. Vibrational spectroscopy is an essential tool in chemical analyses, biological assays, and studies of functional materials. Over the past decade, various coherent nonlinear vibrational spectroscopic techniques have b... Read More about Vibrational Spectroscopic Map, Vibrational Spectroscopy, and Intermolecular Interaction.

Möbius and Hückel Cyclacenes with Dewar and Ladenburg Defects (2020)
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Copyright © 2020 American Chemical Society. Cyclacene nanobelts have not been synthesized in over 60 years and remain one of the last unsynthesized building blocks of carbon nanotubes. Recent work has predicted that Hückel-cyclacenes containing Dewar... Read More about Möbius and Hückel Cyclacenes with Dewar and Ladenburg Defects.

Unfolding Dynamics of a Photoswitchable Helical Peptide (2020)
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We present an atomistic force field for the azo-moiety of the photoswitchable FK-11-X peptide. We use the parameters to study the unfolding of the peptide through molecular dynamics simulations. The unfolded ensemble contains many different structure... Read More about Unfolding Dynamics of a Photoswitchable Helical Peptide.