Chemical Shifts in Nucleic Acids studied with Density Functional Theory Calculations and Comparison with Experiment

J.M. Fonville, M. Swart, Z. Vokacova, V. Sychrovsky, J.E. Sponer, J. Sponer, C.W. Hilbers, F.M. Bickelhaupt, S.S. Wijmenga

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Abstract

NMR chemical shifts are highly sensitive probes of local molecular conformation and environment and form an important source of structural information. In this study, the relationship between the NMR chemical shifts of nucleic acids and the glycosidic torsion angle, χ, has been investigated for the two commonly occurring sugar conformations. We have calculated by means of DFT the chemical shifts of all atoms in the eight DNA and RNA mono-nucleosides as a function of these two variables. From the DFT calculations, structures and potential energy surfaces were determined by using constrained geometry optimizations at the BP86/TZ2P level of theory. The NMR parameters were subsequently calculated by single-point calculations at the SAOP/TZ2P level of theory. Comparison of the
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12372-12387
JournalChemistry: A European Journal
Volume18
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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