Journal
INTERNATIONAL REVIEWS IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 34, Issue 1, Pages 99-160Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/0144235X.2015.1022946
Keywords
Sulfur centred hydrogen bond; hydrogen sulphide; methionine; phenylalanine; dipeptides; ZEKE spectroscopy; Birge-Sponer; S-H center dot center dot center dot O interaction; O-H center dot center dot center dot S interaction; N-H center dot center dot center dot S interaction; S-H center dot center dot center dot pi interaction
Funding
- French National Research Agency (ANR) [ANR-08-BLAN-0158-01]
- 'Triangle de la Physique' Foundation [2008-053TSERP-BIO]
- MEXT Japan [26108504, 2507]
- JSPS [26288002]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [2507, 26108504] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The importance of Sulfur centred hydrogen bonds (SCHBs) cannot be underestimated given the current day knowledge of its non-covalent interactions prevalent in many biopolymers as well as in organic systems. Based on the distance/angle constraints available from the structural database, these interactions have been interchangeably termed as van der Waals/hydrogen bonded complexes. There is a lack of sufficient spectroscopic evidence that can unequivocally term these interactions as hydrogen bonding interactions. In this review we present laser spectroscopic investigations of isolated binary complexes of H-bond donor-acceptor molecules containing Sulfur atom. The complexes were formed using supersonic jet expansion method and the IR/UV spectroscopic investigations were carried out on mass selected binary complexes. The pertinent questions regarding SCHBs addressed herein are (1) Is electronegativity the controlling factor to be a potent H-bond donor/acceptor? (2) How do SCHBs compare with their oxygen counterpart? (3) What is the nature of SCHBs, i.e. what are the dominating forces in stabilising these hydrogen bonds? (4) Do SCHBs follow classical H-bond acid-base formalism? (5) Are SCHBs found in peptides and proteins? If so, what are their strengths? Do they control the structure of the peptides? The experimental investigations were also supported by high level of ab initio computations.
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