Catalysis and molecular recognition

催化和分子识别

• 批准号: RGPIN-2016-06320
• 负责人: Taylor, Mark
• 金额: $ 5.46万
• 依托单位: University of Toronto
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=632760
• 关键词: Catalysis; molecular; recognition

Understanding the nature of the bonds that hold atoms together in molecules has been a primary goal of chemists since the earliest days of the field. However, a second type of interaction is equally important to understanding chemical behavior: these are 'intermolecular interactions', the forces that act between molecules. All phenomena that involve pairs or groups of molecules in contact – for example, the behavior of liquid water, or the binding of a drug molecule to its target – are influenced by these forces. Our research is aimed at understanding and exploiting intermolecular interactions.

了解分子中将原子结合在一起的键的性质，从该领域的最早期起就一直是化学家的主要目标。然而，第二种类型的相互作用对于理解化学行为同样重要：这些是“分子间相互作用”，即分子之间作用的力。所有涉及成对或成组分子接触的现象--例如，液态水的行为，或药物分子与其靶点的结合--都受到这些力的影响。我们的研究旨在理解和利用分子间的相互作用。