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Original Article

Evaluation of Biopolymer Conformations: Substituent Electronegativity in Nucleosides

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Pages 93-110 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Coupling constants Jij for resonating vicinal protons i and j in NMR are studied theoretically and computationally. Electronegativity as a source of an additive correction for J1′, 2′ and J2′, 3′, in two families of nucleosides is examined. Variations in J1′, 2′ + J3′, 4′ and J2′, 3′ are explained by conformational changes only. Variations in J1′, 2′ and J3′, 4′ are partially explained by a change of conformation, but mainly by variation in population caused by the 2′ substituents and by bee changes. Moreover, the changes of populations are quantifiable with respect to the substituent in 1′ or 2′. A computer program called SEARCH has been developed which optimizes the phase angle of pseudorotation P and the degree of pucker τm for a set of ring sugar coupling constants.

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