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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷 12, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-24647-y
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- National Institute of Chemical Safety (NICS) from the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea
- Agency for Defense Development of the Republic of Korea [912709201]
Understanding the chemical structures of nerve agents is crucial in the face of evolving terrorist attacks. A proposed nuclear magnetic resonance-based method accurately predicts the chemical shifts of Novichok agents, providing valuable insight for future research and preparation against attacks using new variants.
Following the recent terrorist attacks using Novichok agents and the subsequent decomposition operations, understanding the chemical structures of nerve agents has become important. To mitigate the ever-evolving threat of new variants, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has updated the list of Schedule 1 substances defined by the Chemical Weapons Convention. However, owing to the several possible structures for each listed substance, obtaining an exhaustive dataset is almost impossible. Therefore, we propose a nuclear magnetic resonance-based prediction method for H-1 and C-13 NMR chemical shifts of Novichok agents based on conformational and density functional study calculations. Four organophosphorus compounds and five G- and V-type nerve agents were used to evaluate the accuracy of the proposed procedure. Moreover, H-1 and C-13 NMR prediction results for an additional 83 Novichok candidates were compiled as a database to aid future research and identification. Further, this is the first study to successfully predict the NMR chemical shifts of Novichok agents, with an exceptional agreement between predicted and experimental data. The conclusions enable the prediction of all possible structures of Novichok agents and can serve as a firm foundation for preparation against future terrorist attacks using new variants of nerve agents.
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