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Chawla M, Chermak E, Zhang Q, Bujnicki JM, Oliva R, Cavallo L. Occurrence and stability of lone pair-π stacking interactions between ribose and nucleobases in functional RNAs. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:11019-11032. [PMID: 28977572 PMCID: PMC5737201 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The specific folding pattern and function of RNA molecules lies in various weak interactions, in addition to the strong base-base pairing and stacking. One of these relatively weak interactions, characterized by the stacking of the O4' atom of a ribose on top of the heterocycle ring of a nucleobase, has been known to occur but has largely been ignored in the description of RNA structures. We identified 2015 ribose-base stacking interactions in a high-resolution set of non-redundant RNA crystal structures. They are widespread in structured RNA molecules and are located in structural motifs other than regular stems. Over 50% of them involve an adenine, as we found ribose-adenine contacts to be recurring elements in A-minor motifs. Fewer than 50% of the interactions involve a ribose and a base of neighboring residues, while approximately 30% of them involve a ribose and a nucleobase at least four residues apart. Some of them establish inter-domain or inter-molecular contacts and often implicate functionally relevant nucleotides. In vacuo ribose-nucleobase stacking interaction energies were calculated by quantum mechanics methods. Finally, we found that lone pair-π stacking interactions also occur between ribose and aromatic amino acids in RNA-protein complexes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mohit Chawla
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.,Kaust Catalysis Center, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.,Kaust Catalysis Center, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, ul. Ks. Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland.,Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Sciences and Technologies, University Parthenope of Naples, Centro Direzionale Isola C4, I-80143 Naples, Italy.,King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.,Kaust Catalysis Center, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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Zhang L, Li D, Cheng M, Du Y, Zhu Q. Ionization spectroscopies and theoretical calculations of cis and trans 3-fluoro-N-methylaniline-Ar n(n=1,2) van der Waals clusters: Structures and binding energies. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2017; 183:177-186. [PMID: 28448955 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2017.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2017] [Revised: 04/07/2017] [Accepted: 04/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
The ab initio and dispersion-corrected density functional theory (DFT) calculations of the van der Waals (vdW) clusters of cis and trans 3-fluoro-N-methylaniline-Arn (3FNMA-Arn) (n=1,2) predict that, for cis and trans 3FNMA-Ar1 clusters, the π-bound geometry with the Ar atom sitting over the ring is the global minimum in both neutral and cationic states, while for cis and trans 3FNMA-Ar2 clusters, the [π|π]-bound sandwich structure with two Ar ligands occupying nearly equivalent π-bound positions above and below the ring plane is the global minimum. The vibronic spectra of cis and trans 3FNMA-Ar1 clusters in the S1 state were recorded by using one-color and two-color resonant two-photon ionization (R2PI) techniques, the comparison of which yields an estimate of the binding energy of cluster in the S1 state. It is found that the linear correlation between the redshift of the S1←S0 electronic transition energy (E1) of cluster and the E1 of the monomer also holds for the Ar clusters of hetero-di-substituted aromatics. By recording the photoionization efficiency (PIE) curves and mass-analyzed threshold ionization (MATI) dissociation spectra of cis and trans 3FNMA-Ar1 clusters, the ionization energies (IE) and binding energies of clusters in the D0 state are obtained. The MATI spectra of the cis and trans 3FNMA-Ar1 cations exhibit significant progressions of the vdW bending mode (bx), indicating the structural changes of the clusters in the bending coordinate upon ionization. The combination of the three kinds of spectroscopic methods provides the binding energies of cis and trans 3FNMA-Ar1 clusters in the S0, S1 and D0 states with good accuracy, and the values estimated by dispersion-corrected DFT calculations compare well with the experimental results. From our studies, the ωB97X-D and TD-ωB97X-D methods using high quality basis set are recommended for studying the intermolecular interaction of such vdW clusters in the ground and excited states.
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- Lijuan Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Binzhou University, Binzhou, 256600, Shandong, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Binzhou University, Binzhou, 256600, Shandong, PR China
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- Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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Thirman J, Head-Gordon M. Efficient Implementation of Energy Decomposition Analysis for Second-Order Møller–Plesset Perturbation Theory and Application to Anion−π Interactions. J Phys Chem A 2017; 121:717-728. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b11516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Jonathan Thirman
- Kenneth S. Pitzer Center
for Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Kenneth S. Pitzer Center
for Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Sharapa DI, Margraf JT, Hesselmann A, Clark T. Accurate Intermolecular Potential for the C60 Dimer: The Performance of Different Levels of Quantum Theory. J Chem Theory Comput 2016; 13:274-285. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.6b00869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Dmitry I. Sharapa
- Computer-Chemie-Centrum,
Department Chemie und Pharmazie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstraße 25, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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- Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Lehrstuhl
für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstraße 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Computer-Chemie-Centrum,
Department Chemie und Pharmazie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstraße 25, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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Řezáč J, Hobza P. Benchmark Calculations of Interaction Energies in Noncovalent Complexes and Their Applications. Chem Rev 2016; 116:5038-71. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 281] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jan Řezáč
- Institute
of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 166 10 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 166 10 Prague, Czech Republic
- Regional
Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical
Chemistry, Palacký University, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Affiliation(s)
- Michal H. Kolář
- Institute
of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610 Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute
of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-9) and Institute for Advanced Simulations
(IAS-5), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52428 Jülich, Federal Republic of Germany
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610 Prague, Czech Republic
- Department
of Physical Chemistry, Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and
Materials, Palacky University, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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A comparative interplay between small heterorings and hypofluorous acids. J Mol Model 2015; 21:286. [PMID: 26472330 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-015-2829-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
Abstract
Through the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) calculations, theoretical studies of structural parameters, electronic properties, infrared vibration modes, and charge density topologies on the C2H4O∙∙∙HX and C2H5N∙∙∙HX (X = F or O-F) heterocylic hydrogen complexes are presented. The H-bond distances and high energies point out strong contacts and stable interactions in these complexes, and the relationships between the frequency shifts on the H-F and H-O bonds as well as O-F σ-holes with the interaction strength are the benchmarks of this current work. The computations of charge transfer amounts in light of the ChelpG and NBO approaches revealed a separation of charge density on the O-F σ-holes, whose statement is reinforced by the QTAIM descriptors. Despite that O∙∙∙H and N∙∙∙H H-bonds have been characterized as closed-shell interactions, qualitatively the appearance of a partial covalent profile also was unveiled by the QTAIM protocol.
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Poterya V, Kočišek J, Lengyel J, Svrčková P, Pysanenko A, Hollas D, Slavíček P, Fárník M. Clustering and Photochemistry of Freon CF2Cl2 on Argon and Ice Nanoparticles. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:4740-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jp503983x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Viktoriya Poterya
- J.
Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- J.
Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- J.
Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
- Department
of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, Technická
5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- J.
Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
- Department
of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, Technická
5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- J.
Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- Department
of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, Technická
5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- J.
Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
- Department
of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, Technická
5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- J.
Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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Wilson KA, Kellie JL, Wetmore SD. DNA-protein π-interactions in nature: abundance, structure, composition and strength of contacts between aromatic amino acids and DNA nucleobases or deoxyribose sugar. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:6726-41. [PMID: 24744240 PMCID: PMC4041443 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Four hundred twenty-eight high-resolution DNA-protein complexes were chosen for a bioinformatics study. Although 164 crystal structures (38% of those searched) contained no interactions, 574 discrete π-contacts between the aromatic amino acids and the DNA nucleobases or deoxyribose were identified using strict criteria, including visual inspection. The abundance and structure of the interactions were determined by unequivocally classifying the contacts as either π-π stacking, π-π T-shaped or sugar-π contacts. Three hundred forty-four nucleobase-amino acid π-π contacts (60% of all interactions identified) were identified in 175 of the crystal structures searched. Unprecedented in the literature, 230 DNA-protein sugar-π contacts (40% of all interactions identified) were identified in 137 crystal structures, which involve C-H···π and/or lone-pair···π interactions, contain any amino acid and can be classified according to sugar atoms involved. Both π-π and sugar-π interactions display a range of relative monomer orientations and therefore interaction energies (up to -50 (-70) kJ mol(-1) for neutral (charged) interactions as determined using quantum chemical calculations). In general, DNA-protein π-interactions are more prevalent than perhaps currently accepted and the role of such interactions in many biological processes may yet to be uncovered.
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- Katie A Wilson
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive West, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive West, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive West, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4, Canada
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Remya K, Suresh CH. Which density functional is close to CCSD accuracy to describe geometry and interaction energy of small noncovalent dimers? A benchmark study using Gaussian09. J Comput Chem 2013; 34:1341-53. [DOI: 10.1002/jcc.23263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2012] [Revised: 01/15/2013] [Accepted: 02/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Sedlak R, Riley KE, Řezáč J, Pitoňák M, Hobza P. MP2.5 and MP2.X: Approaching CCSD(T) Quality Description of Noncovalent Interaction at the Cost of a Single CCSD Iteration. Chemphyschem 2013; 14:698-707. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201200850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Robert Sedlak
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 166 10 Prague (Czech Republic)
- Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Albertov 6, 128 43 Prague (Czech Republic)
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- Xavier University of Louisiana, 1 Drexel Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana 70125 (USA)
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 166 10 Prague (Czech Republic)
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- Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská Dolina, 842 15 Bratislava (Slovak Republic)
- Computing Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta č. 9, 845 35 Bratislava (Slovak Republic)
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 166 10 Prague (Czech Republic)
- Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Palacký University, 771 46 Olomouc (Czech Republic)
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Šimuneková M, Šimunek J, Chrappová J, Schwendt P, Žák Z, Pavelčík F. Dinucleating role of a strong hydrogen bond in crystal structure of [N(C4H9)4]{[VO(HO2)(O2)(phen)][VO(O2)2(phen)]}·3H2O2·H2O. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2012.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Řezáč J, Riley KE, Hobza P. Benchmark Calculations of Noncovalent Interactions of Halogenated Molecules. J Chem Theory Comput 2012; 8:4285-92. [PMID: 26605592 DOI: 10.1021/ct300647k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
We present a set of 40 noncovalent complexes of organic halides, halohydrides, and halogen molecules where the halogens participate in a variety of interaction types. The set, named X40, covers electrostatic interactions, London dispersion, hydrogen bonds, halogen bonding, halogen-π interactions, and stacking of halogenated aromatic molecules. Interaction energies at equilibrium geometries were calculated using a composite CCSD(T)/CBS scheme where the CCSD(T) contribution is calculated using triple-ζ basis sets with diffuse functions on all atoms but hydrogen. For each complex, we also provide 10 points along the dissociation curve calculated at the CCSD(T)/CBS level. We use this accurate reference to assess the accuracy of selected post-HF methods.
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- Jan Řezáč
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic , 166 10 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry, Xavier University of Louisiana , 1 Drexel Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana 70125, United States
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic , 166 10 Prague, Czech Republic.,Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Palacky University , 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Riley KE, Platts JA, Řezáč J, Hobza P, Hill JG. Assessment of the Performance of MP2 and MP2 Variants for the Treatment of Noncovalent Interactions. J Phys Chem A 2012; 116:4159-69. [DOI: 10.1021/jp211997b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Kevin E. Riley
- Institute of Organic Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
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- School
of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Park
Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT,
United Kingdom
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
- Regional Center
of Advanced Technologies
and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Palacky University, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Joseph Black Building, University
Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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Riley KE, Řezáč J, Hobza P. The performance of MP2.5 and MP2.X methods for nonequilibrium geometries of molecular complexes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2012; 14:13187-93. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cp41874f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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