Single isolated molecules and supramolecular host-guest systems, which consist of π-π stacking interactions, are emerging as promising building blocks for creating molecular electronic devices. In this article, we have investigated the noncovalent π-π interaction and intermolecular electron charge transport involved in a series of host-guest complexes formed between a cage-like host (H) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) guests (G1-G7) using different quantum chemical approaches. The host (H) consists of two triscationic π-electron-deficient trispyridiniumtriazine (TPZ) units that are bridged face-to-face by three ethylene-triazole-ethylene.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe importance of noncovalent interaction has gained attention in various domains covering drug and novel catalyst design. The present study mainly characterizes the role of hydrogen bond (H-bond) and other intermolecular interactions in different (1 : 1) complex analogues formed between the N-aryl-thiazol-2-ylidene (YR) and five proton donor (HX) molecules. The analysis of the singlet-triplet energy gap ( ) confirmed the stability of the singlet state for this class of N-aryl-thiazol-2-ylidenes than the triplet state.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVibrational spectroscopy in supersonic jet expansions is a powerful tool to assess molecular aggregates in close to ideal conditions for the benchmarking of quantum chemical approaches. The low temperatures achieved as well as the absence of environment effects allow for a direct comparison between computed and experimental spectra. This provides potential benchmarking data which can be revisited to hone different computational techniques, and it allows for the critical analysis of procedures under the setting of a blind challenge.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUncontrolled amyloid aggregation is a frequent cause of neurodegenerative disorders such as prions and Alzheimer's disease (AD). As a result, many drug development approaches focus on evaluating novel molecules that can alter self-recognition pathways. Herein, we designed and synthesized the cyclometallated pyrene (Pd-1 and Pd-3) and anthracene (Pd-2) based palladium complexes ([Pd((L)Cl] Pd-1, [Pd(L)Cl](Pd-2), and [Pd(L)Cl] (Pd-3)).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMisfolding and protein aggregation have been linked to numerous human neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's, prion, and Parkinson's diseases. Ruthenium (Ru) complexes have received considerable attention in studying protein aggregation due to their interesting photophysical and photo properties. In this study, we have synthesized the novel Ru complexes ([Ru(p-cymene)Cl(L-1)][PF](Ru-1), and [Ru(p-cymene)Cl(L-2)][PF](Ru-2)) and investigated their inhibitory activity against the bovine serum albumin (BSA) aggregation and the Aβ peptides amyloid formation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNoncovalent interactions due to the presence of heteroatoms in supramolecular compounds have gained a lot of attention. These different heteroatom-based supramolecular compounds have inspired us to examine the noncovalent interaction in the isolated host and host-guest complexes. In view of this, in the current manuscript, we investigated the stability and torsional energy barrier of different conformers of the ditopic receptor host 1,6-bis(2,6-bis(benzothiazol-2-yl) pyridine-4-yloxy) hexane (bbh).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe conical intersection (CI) governs the ultra-fast relaxation of excited states in a radiationless manner and are observed mainly in photochemical processes. In the current work, we investigated the effects of substituents on the reaction dynamics for the conversion of gauche-1,3-butadiene to bicyclobutane via photochemical electrocyclization. We incorporated both electron withdrawing (-F) and donating (-CH ) groups in the conjugated system.
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