Reposted by Elo
🎉 Congratulations to Eloá Abreu & Antonio Bauzá on their new publication in J. Phys. Chem. Lett.!
🔬 First experimental & theoretical evidence of Titan Bonds (TnBs) in biological systems, revealing a new role for Ti(IV) σ-hole interactions in protein–Ti recognition.
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
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Noncovalent
Interactions in Protein–Ti Binding:
Titan Bonds at Work
Abstract. The titan bond (TnB) corresponds to a noncovalent force
involving
electrophilic regions (also known as σ-holes) on elements of
group 4 (Ti, Zr, a
