Computational study on the mechanisms of inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 M by aldehyde warheads based on DFT.

SARS-CoV-2 main protease, M, plays a crucial role in the virus replication cycle, making it an important target for antiviral research. In this study, a simplified model obtained through truncation is used to explore the reaction mechanism of aldehyde warhead compounds inhibiting M at the level of density functional theory. According to the calculation results, proton transfer (P_T)-nucleophilic attack (N_A) is the rate-determining step in the entire reaction pathway.

Computational Mechanism Investigation of C=C Bond Hydrogenation Catalyzed by Rhodium Hydride.

The hydrogenation of unsaturated carbons is a commonly used synthetic tool in pharmaceutical and industrial production. Recently, the Norton group realized highly selective hydrogenation of C=C bonds catalyzed by a rhodium hydride. Despite the great efforts made by experimentalists, details regarding the mechanism remained unclear.

Mechanism of Direct C-H Arylation of Pyridine via a Transient Activator Strategy: A Combined Computational and Experimental Study.

Recently, we realized the highly selective one-pot synthesis of 2,6-diarylpyridines by using a Pd-catalyzed direct C-H arylation approach via a transient activator strategy. Although methylation reagent as a transient activator and Cu(I) salt or oxide were found to be prerequisites, details regarding the mechanism remained unclear. In this paper, DFT calculations combined with experimental investigations were carried out to elucidate the principle features of this transformation.

[The Study on Infrared Spectra of 7-Hydroxycoumarin by Density Functional Theory].

Infrared spectroscopy is an important source of information for the identification of the compounds structure and it is great significant for biological activity research of natural and organic drug molecules. With the theoretical calculation method is more reasonable and calculation accuracy continues to improve, Theoretical calculate advantage is more obvious in the infrared spectrum simulation and vibration modes attributable identified. And it has important reference value for experimental study of infrared spectral analysis.

[Theoretical study on fluorescence spectra of four kinds of p-substituted curcumin analogues].

Four kinds of p-substituted curcumin analogues were optimized at B3LYP/6-31G (d, p) level. On this basis, the excited states geometry structure was optimized by the CIS method, and finally the fluorescence emission spectra were calculated through the TD-DFT method. The results showed that: the four compounds, a large conjugated system, is preferably coplanar structure.

[Theoretical study on nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of the four kinds of curcumin analogues].

Abstract The structure of four kinds of curcumin analogues was optimized at the level of B3LYP/6-31G(d, p), under which the stability was verified by means of vibration analysis. Moreover, NMR spectra of urcumin analogues compounds were studied at the level of B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) by GIAO method. The results show that the structure of four kinds of compounds, a larger conjugated system, has good planarity.