Highly Selective Dissociation of a Peptide Bond Following Excitation of Core Electrons.
J Phys Chem A
; 119(24): 6195-202, 2015 Jun 18.
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ABSTRACT
The controlled breaking of a specific chemical bond with photons in complex molecules remains a major challenge in chemistry. In principle, using the K-edge absorption of a particular atomic element, one might excite selectively a specific atomic entity in a molecule. We report here highly selective dissociation of the peptide bonds in N-methylformamide and N-methylacetamide on tuning the X-ray wavelength to the K-edge absorption of the atoms connected to (or near) the peptide bond. The high selectivity (56-71%) of this cleavage arises from the large energy shift of X-ray absorption, a large overlap of the 1s orbital and the valence π* orbital that is highly localized on a peptide bond with antibonding character, and the relatively low bond energy of the peptide bonds. These characteristics indicate that the high selectivity on bond dissociation following core excitation could be a general feature for molecules containing peptide bonds.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Peptídeos
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Formamidas
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Acetamidas
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Phys Chem A
Assunto da revista:
QUIMICA
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Taiwan