Issue February 2010

category image Volume 27
No. 4 (p 399-572)
February 2010
ISSN 0739-110

Ab Initio Study of Alkylation of Guanine-Cytosine Base Pair by Sulfur and Nitrogen Mustards (465-476)

Quantum modeling of the N7(G) alkylation of guanine-cytosine (G-C) base pair by sulfur (HD) and nitrogen mustard (HN2) was performed by using the Density Functional Theory (DFT) BPW91/6-31G++DP procedure. The vibrational IR and Raman spectra are discussed with regard to the N7 position of guanine when electrophilic HD+ episulfonium and HN2+ aziridinium attack the G-C base pair. Thermodynamic and polarizability considerations are also presented. The computed electronic chemical potential and the electrophilicity of the studied species indicate that an electronic transfer is produced from the nucleophile (G-C) base pair to the electrophile HD+ episulfonium or HN2+ aziridinium during the alkylation process.

Dan Vasilescu1
Martine Adrian–Scotto2
Ahmed Fadiel3
Adel Hamza4*

1Prof. Emeritus, UNSA, ParcValrose 06108 Nice cedex-2.
2Laboratoire des molécules bioactives et des aromes (LCMBA) UMR 6001 CNRS UFR Sciences, UNSA, ParcValrose 06108 Nice cedex-2.
3New York University, School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016.
4Molecular modeling Unit, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, BP 74, 1002
Tunis-Belvédère, Tunisia.

Present Address: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.

ahamz3@email.uky.edu

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