Publications by authors named "Toomas Tamm"

Electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectroscopy is a widely employed method for studying chiral analysis, requiring the presence of a chromophore close to a chiral centre. Porphyrinoids are found to be one of the best chromophoric systems serving for this purpose and enabling the application of ECD spectroscopy for chirality determination across diverse classes of organic compounds. Consequently, it is crucial to understand the induction mechanisms of ECD in the porphyrin-based complexes.

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Moment tensor potentials have been recently proposed as a promising novel method of polynomial expansion for the systematic approximation of molecular potential energy surfaces. However, its current formulation for multicomponent systems has not been fully linearized and requires nonlinear optimization techniques for parameter estimation. We propose an alternative relaxed formulation of the original potential energy function where parameter optimization is expressed as a linear sparse approximation problem.

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Formation of inverted-cis-cyclohexanohemicucurbit[6]uril (i-cis-cycHC[6]), with up to 33% isolated yield, can be induced at the expense of thermodynamically favoured cis-cycHC[6]. Reaction selectivity is governed by the solution-based template-aided dynamic combinatorial chemistry and continuous precipitation of the formed macrocycles. Different binding affinities of three diastereomeric cycHC[6]s with trifluoroacetic acid is demonstrated.

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Climate change in recent decades has been identified as a significant threat to natural environments and human wellbeing. This is because some of the contemporary changes to climate are abrupt and result in persistent changes in the state of natural systems; so called regime shifts (RS). This study aimed to detect and analyse the timing and strength of RS in Estonian climate at the half-century scale (1966-2013).

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A computational study of (all-S)-cyclohexylhemicucurbit[6]uril and its complexes with anions (Cl(-), Br(-), I(-) and HCOO(-)), the proton (H(+)) and non-dissociated acid (HCl, HBr, HI and HCOOH) guests was performed. The geometries of guest-host complexes were optimized via density functional theory using the BP86 functional, SV(P) basis set and Stuttgart pseudopotentials for iodide. Binding affinities and their trends were evaluated at the BP86/TZVPD level of theory.

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The organocatalytic Michael addition of malonates to symmetric unsaturated 1,4-diketones catalyzed by thiourea and squaramide derivatives with Cinchona alkaloids afforded the formation of a new C-C bond in high yields (up to 98%) and enantiomeric purities (up to 93%). The absolute configuration of the product was suggested from comparison of the experimental and calculated VCD spectra of the reaction product 3a.

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Spin-spin coupling constants between nuclei in NMR spectroscopy reflect their spatial arrangement. A number of calculation methods, applying different levels of theory, have been developed to support the stereochemical assignment of novel compounds. Nevertheless, revisions of the assignment of structures in the literature are not rare.

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Quantum chemical studies of biologically relevant copper thiolate clusters can afford unique information about energetic principles of their formation and structure, which is important for understanding the basic principles of their formation and functioning in biological systems. In the current study, we used quantum chemical methods for the investigation of the structure and stability of Cu(x)S(y)-type clusters that serve as models for different copper thiolate clusters or for their intermediates in a variety of copper proteins. Density functional theory based modeling was performed including solvent effects for water and protein-like environments.

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The utility of C(2)-symmetric bipiperidine and bimorpholine derivatives as organocatalysts in the Michael addition of enamine intermediates formed from aldehydes to nitroolefins has been demonstrated. The best results were obtained when the reaction was run in the presence of (2R,2'R)-N-iPr-bipiperidine. The products were formed via an enamine intermediate with high diastereo- and enantioselectivity with relatively short reaction times.

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Calculations with the linearized augmented plane wave method indicate that several high-density forms of sulfur trioxide should be accessible at pressures above 29 GPa, with densities up to 1.7 times larger than the presently known forms of solid SO3.

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