Journal
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-70522-z
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- Danish Research Council, Technology and Production [7017-00167]
- Novo Nordisk Foundation [NNF18OC0034952]
- EaStCHEM via the EaStCHEM Research Computing Facility
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Quinones are produced in organisms and are utilized as electron transfer agents, pigments and in defence mechanisms. Furthermore, naturally occurring quinones can also be cytotoxins with antibacterial properties. These properties can be linked to their redox properties. Recent studies have also shown that quinones can be utilized in flow battery technology, though naturally occurring quinones have not yet been investigated. Here, we have analyzed the properties of 990 different quinones of various biological sources through a computation approach to determine their standard reduction potentials and aqueous solubility. The screening was performed using the PBE functional and the 6-31G** basis set, providing a distribution of reduction potentials of the naturally occurring quinones varying from - 1.4 V to 1.5 V vs. the standard hydrogen electrode. The solvation energy for each quinone, which indicates the solubility in aqueous solution, was calculated at the same level. A large distribution of solubilities was obtained, containing both molecules that show tendencies of good solubilities and molecules that do not. The solubilities are dependent on the nature of the side groups and the size of the molecules. Our study shows that the group containing the quinones of fungal origin, which is also the largest of the groups considered, has the largest antimicrobial and electrochemical potential, when considering the distribution of reduction potentials for the compounds.
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