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Ligand selectivity in stabilising tandem parallel folded G-quadruplex motifs in human telomeric DNA sequences (2014)
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Cousins, A. R., Searle, M. S., Ritson, D., Sharma, P., Stevens, M. F., & Moses, J. E. (2014). Ligand selectivity in stabilising tandem parallel folded G-quadruplex motifs in human telomeric DNA sequences. Chemical Communications, 50(96), 15202-15205. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cc07487d

© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2014. Biophysical studies of ligand interactions with three human telomeric repeat sequences (d(AGGG(TTAGGG)n, n = 3, 7 and 11)) show that an oxazole-based 'click' ligand, which induces parallel folded quadruplexes, p... Read More about Ligand selectivity in stabilising tandem parallel folded G-quadruplex motifs in human telomeric DNA sequences.

A new pathway for heterogenization of molecular catalysts by non-covalent interactions with carbon nanoreactors (2014)
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Schröder, M. (2014). A new pathway for heterogenization of molecular catalysts by non-covalent interactions with carbon nanoreactors. Chemistry of Materials, 26(22), https://doi.org/10.1021/cm502986d

A novel approach to heterogenisation of catalytic molecules is demonstrated using the nanoscale graphitic step-edges inside hollow graphitised carbon nanofibres (GNFs). The presence of the fullerene C60 moiety within a fullerene-salen CuII complex is... Read More about A new pathway for heterogenization of molecular catalysts by non-covalent interactions with carbon nanoreactors.

Two-directional synthesis and biological evaluation of alkaloid 5-epi-cis-275B? (2014)
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Procopiou, G., Aggarwal, P., Newton, A. F., Richards, D., Mellor, I. R., Harbottle, G., & Stockman, R. A. (2014). Two-directional synthesis and biological evaluation of alkaloid 5-epi-cis-275B?. Chemical Communications, 50(97), 15355-15357. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cc07287a

© 2014 The Royal Society of Chemistry. The first total synthesis of myrmicine ant alkaloid 5-epi-cis-275B′ (4) is presented. A tandem cyclisation established the entire core of the structure in a single transformation as well as the required 2,5-anti... Read More about Two-directional synthesis and biological evaluation of alkaloid 5-epi-cis-275B?.

Intramolecular bonds resolved on a semiconductor surface (2014)
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Sweetman, A., Jarvis, S. P., Rahe, P., Champness, N. R., Kantorovich, L., & Moriarty, P. (2014). Intramolecular bonds resolved on a semiconductor surface. Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics, 90(16), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.165425

Noncontact atomic force microscopy (NC-AFM) is now routinely capable of obtaining submolecular resolution, readily resolving the carbon backbone structure of planar organic molecules adsorbed on metal substrates. Here we show that the same resolution... Read More about Intramolecular bonds resolved on a semiconductor surface.

Molecular simulations and visualization: introduction and overview (2014)
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Hirst, J., Glowacki, D., & Baaden, M. (2014). Molecular simulations and visualization: introduction and overview. Faraday Discussions, 169, https://doi.org/10.1039/C4FD90024C

Here we provide an introduction and overview of current progress in the field of molecular simulation and visualization, touching on the following topics: (1) virtual and augmented reality for immersive molecular simulations; (2) advanced visualizati... Read More about Molecular simulations and visualization: introduction and overview.

Resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization spectroscopy oflaser-ablated copper atoms (2014)
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Andrejeva, A., Harris, J. P., & Wright, T. G. (2014). Resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization spectroscopy oflaser-ablated copper atoms. Chemical Physics Letters, 613, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2014.08.052

Resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) spectra of laser-ablated copper atoms entrainedin a supersonic free jet expansion are reported. Depending on the ionization scheme employed, andthe conditions under which the copper atoms are produced... Read More about Resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization spectroscopy oflaser-ablated copper atoms.

Structural chemistry of metal coordination complexes at high pressure (2014)
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Schröder, M. (2014). Structural chemistry of metal coordination complexes at high pressure. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 277, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2014.04.004

The application of pressures of up to about 10 GPa may induce significant geometric, configurational, conformational and packing changes in molecular solids. This review highlights and describes recent advances in high pressure studies of coordinatio... Read More about Structural chemistry of metal coordination complexes at high pressure.

The role of copper(ii) in the aggregation of human amylin (2014)
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Sinopoli, A., Magrì, A., Milardi, D., Pappalardo, M., Pucci, P., Flagiello, A., …Grasso, G. (2014). The role of copper(ii) in the aggregation of human amylin. Metallomics, 6(10), 1841-1852. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4mt00130c

Amylin is the 37-residue peptide hormone produced by the islet ?-cells in the pancreas and the formation of amylin aggregates is strongly associated with ?-cells degeneration in type 2 diabetes, as demonstrated by more than 95% of patients exhibiting... Read More about The role of copper(ii) in the aggregation of human amylin.

A Targeted Oligonucleotide Enhancer of SMN2 Exon 7 Splicing Forms Competing Quadruplex and Protein Complexes in Functional Conditions (2014)
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Smith, L., Dickinson, R., Lucas, C., Cousins, A., Malygin, A., Weldon, C., …Eperon, I. (2014). A Targeted Oligonucleotide Enhancer of SMN2 Exon 7 Splicing Forms Competing Quadruplex and Protein Complexes in Functional Conditions. Cell Reports, 9(1), 193-205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2014.08.051

The use of oligonucleotides to activate the splicing of selected exons is limited by a poor understanding of the mechanisms affected. A targeted bifunctional oligonucleotide enhancer of splicing (TOES) anneals to SMN2 exon 7 and carries an exonic spl... Read More about A Targeted Oligonucleotide Enhancer of SMN2 Exon 7 Splicing Forms Competing Quadruplex and Protein Complexes in Functional Conditions.

New CHARMM force field parameters for dehydrated amino acid residues, the key to lantibiotic molecular dynamics simulations (2014)
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Turpin, E. R., Mulholland, S., Teale, A. M., Bonev, B. B., & Hirst, J. D. (2014). New CHARMM force field parameters for dehydrated amino acid residues, the key to lantibiotic molecular dynamics simulations. RSC Advances, 4(89), 48621-48631. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ra09897h

Lantibiotics are an important class of naturally occurring antimicrobial peptides containing unusual dehydrated amino acid residues. In order to enable molecular dynamics simulations of lantibiotics, we have developed empirical force field parameters... Read More about New CHARMM force field parameters for dehydrated amino acid residues, the key to lantibiotic molecular dynamics simulations.

Structure activity relationships of ?v integrin antagonists for pulmonary fibrosis by variation in aryl substituents (2014)
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Adams, J., Anderson, E. C., Blackham, E. E., Chiu, Y. W. R., Clarke, T., Eccles, N., …Macdonald, S. J. (2014). Structure activity relationships of αv integrin antagonists for pulmonary fibrosis by variation in aryl substituents. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 5(11), https://doi.org/10.1021/ml5002079

Antagonism of alphav beta6 is emerging as a potential treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis based on strong target validation. Starting from an alphav beta3 antagonist lead and through simple variation in the nature and position of aryl substit... Read More about Structure activity relationships of ?v integrin antagonists for pulmonary fibrosis by variation in aryl substituents.

Catalytic 1,4-rhodium(III) migration enables 1,3-enynes to function as one-carbon oxidative annulation partners in C-H functionalizations (2014)
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Burns, D. J., & Lam, H. W. (2014). Catalytic 1,4-rhodium(III) migration enables 1,3-enynes to function as one-carbon oxidative annulation partners in C-H functionalizations. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 53(37), https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201406072

1,3?Enynes containing allylic hydrogens cis to the alkyne are shown to act as one?carbon partners, rather than two?carbon partners, in various rhodium?catalyzed oxidative annulations. The mechanism of these unexpected transformations is proposed to o... Read More about Catalytic 1,4-rhodium(III) migration enables 1,3-enynes to function as one-carbon oxidative annulation partners in C-H functionalizations.

HM+ and HM+?He (M = Group 2 metal): chemical or physical interactions? (2014)
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Harris, J. P., Dodson, H., Breckenridge, W., & Wright, T. G. (2014). HM+ and HM+?He (M = Group 2 metal): chemical or physical interactions?. Journal of Chemical Physics, 141(9), Article 094306. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894227

We investigate the HM+–He complexes (M = Group 2 metal) using quantum chemistry. Equilibrium geometries are linear for M = Be and Mg, and bent for M = Ca–Ra; the explanation for this lies in the differing nature of the highest occupied molecular orbi... Read More about HM+ and HM+?He (M = Group 2 metal): chemical or physical interactions?.

Quantum chemical calculations of X-ray emission spectroscopy (2014)
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Wadey, J., & Besley, N. A. (2014). Quantum chemical calculations of X-ray emission spectroscopy. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 10(10), https://doi.org/10.1021/ct500566k

The calculation of X-ray emission spectroscopy with equation of motion coupled cluster theory (EOM-CCSD), time dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) and resolution of the identity single excitation configuration interaction with second order p... Read More about Quantum chemical calculations of X-ray emission spectroscopy.

A Robust Binary Supramolecular Organic Framework (SOF) with High CO2 Adsorption and Selectivity (2014)
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Lü, J., Perez-Krap, C., Suyetin, M., Alsmail, N. H., Yan, Y., Yang, S., …Schröder, M. (2014). A Robust Binary Supramolecular Organic Framework (SOF) with High CO2 Adsorption and Selectivity. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(37), 12828-12831. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja506577g

A robust binary hydrogen-bonded supramolecular organic framework (SOF-7) has been synthesized by solvothermal reaction of 1,4-bis-(4-(3,5-dicyano-2,6 dipyridyl)dihydropyridyl)benzene (1) and 5,5’-bis-(azanediyl)-oxalyl-diisophthalic acid (2). Single... Read More about A Robust Binary Supramolecular Organic Framework (SOF) with High CO2 Adsorption and Selectivity.

Crystal structure of the antimicrobial peptidase lysostaphin from Staphylococcus simulans (2014)
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Sabala, I., Jagielska, E., Bardelang, P. T., Czapinska, H., Dahms, S. O., Sharpe, J. A., …Bochtler, M. (2014). Crystal structure of the antimicrobial peptidase lysostaphin from Staphylococcus simulans. FEBS Journal, 281(18), 4112-4122. https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.12929

Staphylococcus simulansbiovarstaphylolyticuslysostaphin efficiently cleavesStaphylococcus aureuscell walls. The protein is in late clinical trials as atopical anti-staphylococcal agent, and can be used to prevent staphylococcalgrowth on artificial su... Read More about Crystal structure of the antimicrobial peptidase lysostaphin from Staphylococcus simulans.

Isolation of stable non cyclic 1,2-disulfoxides: revisiting the thermolysis of S-aryl sulfinimines (2014)
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Souto, J. A., Lewis, W., & Stockman, R. A. (2014). Isolation of stable non cyclic 1,2-disulfoxides: revisiting the thermolysis of S-aryl sulfinimines. Chemical Communications, 50(84), https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cc05751a

The thermolysis of S-aryl sulfinimines is shown to generate 1,2-disulfoxides and disulfides via initial Cope elimination, dimerisation of the produced sulfenic acid to a thiosulfinate, and subsequent disproportionation of the thiosulfinate.