Contribution of C-H...π interactions to the affinity and specificity of carbohydrate binding sites

Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 222-228

  Balaji, Petety V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Apolar patch; Dispersion interaction; Furanose; Pyranose; Stacking

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; BINDING ENERGY; BINDING SITES; DISPERSIONS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BONDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SUGARS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

APOLAR PATCH; BINDING-SITES; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STUDIES; DISPERSION INTERACTION; FURANOSE; GLYCANS; PI INTERACTIONS; PYRANOSE; STACKINGS;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79959975895     PISSN: 1570193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157019311796197355     Document Type: Article

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