Chemistry: Recent submissions
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A theoretical investigation of the electronic structure and properties of glutathione, ascorbic acid and related molecules
(University of St Andrews, 1982) - ThesisThe methods of molecular quantum mechanics have been used to study the important biological molecules glutathione, ascorbic acid and related compounds. The preferred conformations of glutathione, its constituent amino acids ... -
Homolytic ring fission in small, strange bicyclic molecules
(University of St Andrews, 1984) - ThesisThe homolytic ring fission of strained bicycloalkyl radicals was investigated by E.S.R. spectroscopy. These bicycloalkyl radicals provided examples of cycloalkyl-, cyclopropylmethyl-, and cyclobutylmethyl-type radicals in ... -
A theoretical method for electronic structure calculations on systems of biological importance - the group function approach
(University of St Andrews, 1994) - ThesisTheoretical methods for studying molecules of biological importance are reviewed, both ab initio and semi-empirical. The Group Function Approach is developed in detail in its strong orthogonal form and corrections to the ... -
Synthetic and structural studies of foot-and-mouth disease virus polyprotein processing
(University of St Andrews, 1996) - ThesisThe 2A region of the foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) polyprotein is only 16 amino acids in length. During synthesis of the FMDV polyprotein, a primary proteolytic processing event occurs between the 2A and 2B regions ... -
Peptide secondary structure mimetics: The alpha-helix and beta-turn
(University of St Andrews, 1998) - ThesisThis thesis describes research undertaken in peptidomimetic chemistry, concerned with stabilisation of peptide secondary structure. The first section describes the successful synthesis of two triazepinediones for potential ...