Saudi Journal of Biomedical Research (SJBR)
Volume-4 | Issue-04 | 174-194
Review Article
Anatoxin–a and Anatoxin–a(s) Time–Resolved Absorption and Resonance FT–IR and Raman Biospectroscopy and Density Functional Theory (DFT) Investigation of Vibronic–Mode Coupling Structure in Vibrational Spectra Analysis
Alireza Heidari, Jennifer Esposito, Angela Caissutti
Published : April 30, 2019
Abstract
Anatoxin–a(S) "Salivary"[a] is a naturally occurring cyanotoxin commonly isolated from cyanobacteria (specifically of
the genus Anabaena) and causes excess salivation in mammals via inhibition of acetylcholinesterase. Anatoxin–a(S) is
structurally a cyclic N–hydroxyguanine organophosphate with a phosphate ester moiety. Parameters such as FT–IR and
Raman vibrational wavelengths and intensities for single crystal Anatoxin–a and Anatoxin–a(s) are calculated using
density functional theory and were compared with empirical results. The investigation about vibrational spectrum of
cycle dimers in crystal with carboxyl groups from each molecule of acid was shown that it leads to create Hydrogen
bounds for adjacent molecules. The current study aimed to investigate the possibility of simulating the empirical values.
Analysis of vibrational spectrum of Anatoxin–a and Anatoxin–a(s) is performed based on theoretical simulation and FT–
IR empirical spectrum and Raman empirical spectrum using density functional theory in levels of F/6–31G*, HF/6–
31++G**, MP2/6–31G, MP2/6–31++G**, BLYP/6–31G, BLYP/6–31++G**, B3LYP/6–31G and B3LYP6–31–HEG**.
Vibration modes of methylene, carboxyl acid and phenyl cycle are separately investigated. The obtained values confirm
high accuracy and validity of results obtained from calculations.