Senn, Hans - University of Glasgow

研究领域

The computational chemistry and simulations group led by Hans Senn uses combined "molecular mechanics" (MM) and quantum-mechanical (QM) computer simulations to get insight into chemical reactions, in particular catalytic reactions. Combined QM/MM methods describe only the part of the molecule where the reaction is taking place with an expensive QM method and use MM for the remainder. They are especially suited for enzyme reactions, where the reaction is confined to the "active site". Enzymes are involved in virtually all chemical transformations in living organisms and computer simulations provide a detailed picture at the atomic and molecular level of how the catalyst works. One obtains information about the reaction rates and the overall energetics of the processes as well as about the properties of the molecules involved in the reaction, including the catalysts themselves, which helps their identification in experiments.

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Clark, J.S., Berger, R., Hayes, S.T., Senn, H.M., Farrugia, L.J., Thomas, L.H., Morrison, A.J., and Gobbi, L. (2013) Total syntheses of multiple cladiellin natural products by use of a completely general strategy. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 78(2), pp. 673-696. (doi:10.1021/jo302542h) Farrugia, L.J., and Senn, H.M. (2012) On the unusual weak intramolecular C...C interactions in Ru3(CO)12: a case of bond path artefacts introduced by the multipole model? Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 116(1), pp. 738-746. (doi:10.1021/jp2100039) Farrugia, L.J., and Senn, H.M. (2010) Metal?metal and metal?ligand bonding at a QTAIM catastrophe: a combined experimental and theoretical charge density study on the alkylidyne cluster Fe3(μ-H)(μ-COMe)(CO)10. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 114(51), pp. 13418-13433. (doi:10.1021/jp1098624) Sparr, C., Schweizer, W.B., Senn, H.M., and Gilmour, R. (2009) The fluorine-iminium ion gauche effect: proof of principle and application to asymmetric organocatalysis. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 48(17), pp. 3065-3068. (doi:10.1002/anie.200900405)