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Falivene, Laura
Cao, Zhen
Petta, Andrea
Serra, Luigi
Poater, Albert

Oliva, Romina

Scarano, Vittorio

Cavallo, Luigi

KAUST Department
Chemical Science ProgramKAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2019-09-02Embargo End Date
2020-03-02Permanent link to this record
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The engineering of catalysts with desirable properties can be accelerated by computer-aided design. To achieve this aim, features of molecular catalysts can be condensed into numerical descriptors that can then be used to correlate reactivity and structure. Based on such descriptors, we have introduced topographic steric maps that provide a three-dimensional image of the catalytic pocket—the region of the catalyst where the substrate binds and reacts—enabling it to be visualized and also reshaped by changing various parameters. These topographic steric maps, especially when used in conjunction with density functional theory calculations, enable catalyst structural modifications to be explored quickly, making the online design of new catalysts accessible to the wide chemical community. In this Perspective, we discuss the application of topographic steric maps either to rationalize the behaviour of known catalysts—from synthetic molecular species to metalloenzymes—or to design improved catalysts.Citation
Falivene, L., Cao, Z., Petta, A., Serra, L., Poater, A., Oliva, R., … Cavallo, L. (2019). Towards the online computer-aided design of catalytic pockets. Nature Chemistry, 11(10), 872–879. doi:10.1038/s41557-019-0319-5Sponsors
L.C. thanks the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). This research used resources of the Core Labs and of the KAUST Supercomputing Laboratory. A.P. is a Serra Húnter fellow and thanks the Spanish MICINN for the project PGC2018- 097722-B-I00. R.O. thanks University Parthenope ‘Finanziamento per il Sostegno alla Ricerca Individuale di Ateneo – Annualità 2017’ for fundingPublisher
Springer NatureJournal
Nature ChemistryAdditional Links
http://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-019-0319-5ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1038/s41557-019-0319-5