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- Title
Ab initio MO Theory - An Important Tool in Foldamer Research: Prediction of Helices in Oligomers of ω-Amino Acids.
- Authors
Baldauf, Carsten; Hofmann, Hans-Jörg
- Abstract
The enormous developments of computer technologies allow the broad employment of ab initio MO theory in foldamer research. In this review, we demonstrate the efficiency and reliability of ab initio MO methods for the description of the helix formation in oligomers of ω-amino acids on the basis of representative examples. Thus, ab initio MO theory successfully accompanies foldamer research by confirmation and interpretation of experimental results and stimulation of future experiments. The high predictive power of the methods opens the way to novel structure classes with special properties. Nowadays, ab initio MO theory has become an inherent part in the arsenal of methods applied in foldamer research.
- Subjects
OLIGOMERS; AMINO acids; POLYMERS; MOLECULAR orbitals; CHEMICAL bonds
- Publication
Helvetica Chimica Acta, 2012, Vol 95, Issue 12, p2348
- ISSN
0018-019X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/hlca.201200436