In this paper we present two applications of a recently developed method for obtaining analytical potential energy surfaces describing the intermolecular interaction of pairs of molecules made up of three or more atoms. The method is based on an empirical formulation of the intermolecular terms of the potential based on the idea that pairwise interaction terms, usually appearing in the many-bod...

Taking as the starting point a recently suggested reaction scheme for zymogen activation involving intra- and intermolecular routes and the enzyme-zymogen complex, we carry out a complete analysis of the relative contribution of both routes in the process. This analysis suggests the definition of new dimensionless parameters allowing the elaboration, from the values of the rate constants and in...

Herein the synthesis of a new ethynyl ferrocenyl amidinate ligand [Fc?C?C-{C(Ndipp)$_{2}$H}] (Fc=ferrocenyl; dipp=diisopropylphenyl) and subsequent formation corresponding samarium amido complex [Sm{Fc?C?C-[C(Ndipp)$_{2}$$_{2}$]}$_{2}${N(SiMe$_{3}$3)$_{2}$}] is reported. [Fc?C?C-{C(Ndipp)2H}] [Sm{Fc?C?C-[C(Ndipp)$_{2}$]}$_{2}${N(SiMe$_{3}$)$_{2}$}] were fully characterized including study compl...

High-resolution X-ray diffraction experiments and state-of-the-art density functional theory calculations have been performed. The validity of the atoms-in-molecules approach is tested for the neutral-ionic transition of TTF-CA which involves a transfer of less than one electron between the donor and acceptor molecules. Foremost, crystallographical data have been reassessed along the temperatur...

We present here a computational, rule-based model to study the function of the SH2 domain-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase, Shp2, in intracellular signal transduction. The two SH2 domains of Shp2 differentially regulate the enzymatic activity by a well-characterized mechanism, but they also affect the targeting of Shp2 to signaling receptors in cells. Our kinetic model integrates these p...

We report a real-space visualization of the formation of hydrogen bonding in 8-hydroxyquinoline (8-hq) molecular assemblies on a Cu(111) substrate, using noncontact atomic force microscopy (NC-AFM). The atomically resolved molecular structures enable a precise determination of the characteristics of hydrogen bonding networks, including the bonding sites, orientations, and lengths. The observati...

The authors construct a rigid-body (five-dimensional) potential energy surface for the water-nitrogen complex using the systematic intermolecular potential extrapolation routine. The intermolecular potential is then extrapolated to the limit of a complete basis set. An analytic fit of this surface is obtained, and, using this, the global minimum energy is found. The minimum is located in an arr...

Abstract The intermolecular three-component alkene vicinal dicarbofunctionalization (DCF) reaction allows installation of two different carbon fragments. Despite extensive investigation into its ionic chemistry, the enantioseletive radical-mediated versions DCF reactions remain largely unexplored. Herein, we report an intermolecular, enantioselective radical olefins enabled by merger addition a...