Environmental Effects on Molecular Structure and Properties: Proceedings of the Eighth Jerusalem Symposium on Quantum Chemistry and Biochemistry Held in Jerusalem, April 7th–11th 1975

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Molecular Orbital ‘Supermolecule’ Approach to the Solvation Problem....Pages 1-15
On the Development of Solvent Effect Models: Method Development and Initial Applications....Pages 17-29
Electrostatic Properties of Proteins: Role of the Aqueous Solution in Determining Protein Secondary and Tertiary Structure....Pages 31-39
Approaches to the Problem of Solvation Calculations in Polar and Charged Molecules....Pages 41-53
Quantum-Mechanical Studies on the Effect of Water on the Conformation of Two Biologically Important Zwitterionic Systems: Polar Head of Phospholipids and Gaba....Pages 55-80
Solvent Effects on Acidity and Basicity from Gas Phase Ion Equilibria Measurements....Pages 81-94
Conformation of Peptides in Water....Pages 95-108
Theoretical Studies on the Conformation of Peptides in Solution....Pages 109-133
Molecular Environmental Effects on the Puckering of the Proline Ring....Pages 135-164
Molecular Design: Theoretical and Solution Studies on Copper(II) Complex of Glycylglycyl-L-Histidine-N-Methyl Amide, A Peptide Designed to Mimic The Copper(II)-Transport Site of Human Albumin....Pages 165-178
Molecular Complexes and Chemical Behaviour: Competitive Preferential Solvation Theory and its Applications....Pages 179-203
Calorimetric Studies of Hydrophobic Interactions in Aqueous Solution....Pages 205-213
Changes in the Adherence of Hydrophobic Groups, and Corresponding Alterations in Molecular Conformation of Biopolymers, with Changes in Interfacial Tension of their Aqueous Solutions....Pages 215-228
Solute-Solute and Solute-Solvent Interactions: NMR Studies....Pages 229-238
Theoretical Study of the Solvent Effect on Ionization and Partition Behavior in Related Opiate Narcotics: Hydromorphone and Oxymorphone....Pages 239-258
Solvent Effect and Aromatic Compounds: Magneto-Optic Properties....Pages 259-264
 α -Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes: Mechanism of Adduct Formation and Intermolecular Interactions....Pages 265-305
Correlation of Chemical Reactivity in the Solid State with Crystal Structure....Pages 307-327
The Effects of the Crystal Lattice on the Electronic Distribution of the Nitrite Ion in the Ferroelectric Phase of Na 2 NO 2 ....Pages 329-342
Intra- and Intermolecular Interactions in Azanucleosides....Pages 343-354
Chromophore Protein Interactions in Visual Pigments and their Analogs....Pages 355-362
Effect of the Counter Anion on the Oxidation of N-Benzyl-1,4-Dihydronicotinamide....Pages 363-369
Influence of Cations on Secondary Structures of Macromolecules and Membranes - IR Investigations....Pages 371-388
Hemoglobin Interaction in Sickle Cell Fibers: Theoretical Approaches to the Molecular Contacts....Pages 389-407
Application of Competitive Labelling to the Study of the Effect of Environment on the Chemical Properties of Groups in Proteins: Environmental Effects on Histidine Residues....Pages 409-417
The Stability of Bovine Pancreatic Ribonuclease in Glycerol and Glycerol-Cosolvents....Pages 419-435
A New Empirical Intermolecular Potential Energy Function for Hydrogen Bonding: Application to the Gas Phase and Solid State of Carboxylic Acids and Alcohols....Pages 437-457
Use of Energy Calculations to Refine and Understand Structure and Function of Proteins....Pages 459-483
Coenzyme Apoenzyme Interactions: Studies on the Binding of Thiamine Diphosphate to Apotransketolase From Baker’s Yeast....Pages 485-503
Electron Transport in Cytochrome C....Pages 505-515
The Effect of Temperature on the Structure of Lysozyme in Solution....Pages 517-527
On the Anesthetic Potency of Fluorocarbons, their Ionization Potentials, and their Dissociative Effect on Hydrogen Bonds....Pages 529-533
A Preliminary Refinement of Yeast t RNA Phe at 3Å Resolution....Pages 535-545
The Modification by Biliproteins of Intensity and Direction of Electron Flow Across Chlorophyll-Containing Membranes....Pages 547-560
Environmental Effects on Processes of Excited Molecules-External Spinorbit Coupling Effects on Photochemical Reactions of Bianthrone-Like Molecules....Pages 561-571
Ground-State Versus Excited-State Polarity of Triafulvenes: A Study of Solvent Effects on Molecular Electronic Spectra[1]....Pages 573-583
Back Matter....Pages 585-588