Molecular Orbital Calculations for Biological Systems is a hands-on guide to computational quantum chemistry and its applications in organic chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular biology. With improvements in software, molecular modeling techniques are now becoming widely available; they are incr
Molecular orbital calculations for biological systems
β Scribed by Anne-Marie Sapse
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 248
- Series
- Topics in Physical Chemistry Series.
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This book focuses on what kinds of biological problems can be solved by quantum mechanical calculations and how to select the appropriate methods.
β¦ Table of Contents
Contents......Page 10
Contributors......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
1 Ab Initio Calculations......Page 18
2 An Introduction to the Theoretical Basis of Semi-Empirical Quantum-Mechanical Methods for Biological Chemists......Page 26
3 The Molecular Electrostatic Potential: A Tool for Understanding and Predicting Molecular Interactions......Page 64
4 Applications of Density Functional Theory to Biological Systems......Page 100
5 On Comparing Experimental and Calculated Structural Parameters......Page 148
6 Ab Initio Studies of Anti-Cancer Drugs......Page 174
7 Ab Initio Calculations of Amino Acids and Peptides......Page 196
A......Page 240
C......Page 241
D......Page 242
F......Page 243
H......Page 244
M......Page 245
P......Page 246
T......Page 247
Z......Page 248
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Preface; 1. Theoretical Background; 2. Theoretical Calculations on Small Amino Acids; 3. Aminobutyric Acid; 4. The Diaminobutyric Acid, Delta Amnioplentanoic and Epsilon Aminohexanoic Acids; 5. Ab initio studies of some acid and basic amino acids: aspartic, glutamic, arginine and deaminoarginine; 6.
<i> <p>Calculations in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Third Edition,</i> helps researchers utilizing molecular biology and biotechnology techniquesβfrom student to professionalβunderstand which type of calculation to use and why. Research in biotechnology and molecular biology requires a vast
<p>Professor John D. Roberts published a highly readable book on Molecular Orbital Calculations directed toward chemists in 1962. That timely book is the model for this book. The audience this book is directed toward are senior undergraduate and beginning graduate students as well as practicing benc