Interactions with aromatic rings in chemical and biological recognition

EA Meyer, RK Castellano… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Intermolecular interactions involving aromatic rings are key processes in both chemical and
biological recognition. Their understanding is essential for rational drug design and lead …

Cation-π interactions in chemistry and biology: a new view of benzene, Phe, Tyr, and Trp

DA Dougherty - Science, 1996 - science.org
Cations bind to the π face of an aromatic structure through a surprisingly strong, noncovalent
force termed the cation-π interaction. The magnitude and generality of the effect have been …

Noncovalent interactions: a challenge for experiment and theory

K Müller-Dethlefs, P Hobza - Chemical Reviews, 2000 - ACS Publications
A common phenomenon resulting from the interaction of atoms is the formation of
molecules, under certain conditions. This well-known type of interaction is termed covalent …

An all atom force field for simulations of proteins and nucleic acids

SJ Weiner, PA Kollman, DT Nguyen… - Journal of …, 1986 - Wiley Online Library
We present an all atom potential energy function for the simulation of proteins and nucleic
acids. This work is an extension of the CH united atom function recently presented by SJ …

Blue-shifting hydrogen bonds

P Hobza, Z Havlas - Chemical reviews, 2000 - ACS Publications
Under certain conditions the interaction of atoms leads to formation of molecules. This type
of interaction is relatively strong, with maximum of attraction between specific pairs of atoms …

Estimates of the ab initio limit for π− π interactions: The benzene dimer

MO Sinnokrot, EF Valeev… - Journal of the American …, 2002 - ACS Publications
State-of-the-art electronic structure methods have been applied to the simplest prototype of
aromatic π− π interactions, the benzene dimer. By comparison to results with a large aug-cc …

Aromatic interactions

CA Hunter, KR Lawson, J Perkins… - Journal of the Chemical …, 2001 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular organisation and molecular interactions are the basis of the functional properties
of most molecules, and a detailed understanding of non-covalent chemistry is therefore …

Origin of attraction and directionality of the π/π interaction: model chemistry calculations of benzene dimer interaction

S Tsuzuki, K Honda, T Uchimaru… - Journal of the …, 2002 - ACS Publications
A model chemistry for the evaluation of intermolecular interaction between aromatic
molecules (AIMI Model) has been developed. The CCSD (T) interaction energy at the basis …

High-accuracy quantum mechanical studies of π− π interactions in benzene dimers

MO Sinnokrot, CD Sherrill - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2006 - ACS Publications
Although supramolecular chemistry and noncovalent interactions are playing an
increasingly important role in modern chemical research, a detailed understanding of …

Understanding of assembly phenomena by aromatic− aromatic interactions: benzene dimer and the substituted systems

EC Lee, D Kim, P Jurecka, P Tarakeshwar… - The Journal of …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Interactions involving aromatic rings are important in molecular/biomolecular assembly and
engineering. As a consequence, there have been a number of investigations on dimers …