Murex trunculus Haemocyanin. 2. The Oxygenation Reaction and Circular Dichroism

NMR spectroscopic study of the Murex trunculus dyeing process.

It is widely accepted that indigo dyes derived from Murex trunculus were used to produce the biblical dyes tekhelet and argaman. We describe a method of following the debromination of natural leucoindigos and their binding to wool using NMR spectroscopy. Debromination is observed prior to reaction with the wool and prior to oxidation. Binding to the wool is shown to occur prior to oxidation. NM...

Circular Dichroism and Optical Rotation?

Toroidal Circular Dichroism

T. A. Raybould,1, ⇤ V. A. Fedotov,1 N. Papasimakis,1 I. Kuprov,2 I. J. Youngs,3 W. T. Chen,4, † D. P. Tsai,4, 5 and N. I. Zheludev1, 6 Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom DSTL, Salisbury, United Kingdom Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan...

PCDDB: the protein circular dichroism data bank, a repository for circular dichroism spectral and metadata

The Protein Circular Dichroism Data Bank (PCDDB) is a public repository that archives and freely distributes circular dichroism (CD) and synchrotron radiation CD (SRCD) spectral data and their associated experimental metadata. All entries undergo validation and curation procedures to ensure completeness, consistency and quality of the data included. A web-based interface enables users to browse...

Circular dichroism: electronic

First-principles calculations of electronic circular dichroism (ECD) are widely used to determine absolute configurations of chiral molecules. In addition, ECD is a sensitive probe for the three-dimensional molecular structure, making ECD calculations a useful tool to study conformational changes. In this review, we explain the origin of ECD and optical activity using response theory. While the...