In: Food Chemistry, 2012, vol. 133, no. 4, p. 1435–1440
Phytosterols, as components of human diet, received much attention because of their cholesterol-lowering and antioxidant properties. We have theoretically studied sterols oxidation in terms of O–H and C–H bond dissociation enthalpies (BDE). In 17 Δ⁵- and Δ⁷-sterols, BDEs were obtained for reported sites of oxidation attack. Obtained results indicate that Δ⁷-sterols are more...
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In: Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, 2010, vol. 954, p. 86-93
The multideterminental-DFT approach was performed in order to calculate the Jahn–Teller (JT) parameters for the JT active molecules. Within the harmonic approximation the JT distortion can be analysed as a linear combination of all totally symmetric normal modes in any of the low symmetry minimum energy conformation, which allows to calculate the Intrinsic Distortion Path (IDP), exactly from...
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In: Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, 2010, p. -
Density Functional Theory (DFT) in conjuction with the Intrinsic Distortion Path (IDP) is employed to study the Jahn-Teller (JT) effect in all four diastereoisomers of tris(ethylenediamine)copper(II) ([Cu(en)₃]²⁺) and tris(ethyleneglycol)copper(II) ([Cu(eg)₃]²⁺) complexes. As a consequence of the JT effect all the isomers tetragonally elongate to the C₂ configurations. Although there...
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In: Comptes Rendus Chimie, 2006, vol. 9, no. 2, p. 226-239
An account of the performance of a modern and efficient approach to Density Functional Theory (DFT) for the prediction of the photophysical behavior of a series of Ru(II) and Os(II) complexes is given. The time-dependent-DFT method was used to interpret their electronic spectra. Two different types of compounds have been analyzed: (1) a complex undergoing a light induced isomerization of one of...
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