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Session†                                           Presentation

P1

Benchmark Computations on New Models for π-Type Interactions between Adenine and Aromatic Aminio Acid Side Chains

Julie A. Anderson and Gregory S. Tshumper

P1

Theoretical Investigation of Excitation Energies of Methoxy and Amine Derivatized Polyphenylene-vinylene for Organic Photovoltaics Applications

Anu Bamgbelu and Suely M. Black

S3

Molecular Level Simulations of Solvent Reorganization Energies in Electron Transfer Reactions and Charge Transfer Spectra

M.V. Basilevsky

P1

The Performance of the New 6-31G## Basis Set:  Nuclear Spin–Spin Coupling Constants in the First-Row Hydrides

V.I. Bolshakov, V.V. Rossikhin, E.O. Voronkov, S.I. Okovytyy, and J. Leszczynski

P1

The Correction of Basis Sets Inadequacy in DFT Calculations of NMR Shielding: Transition Metal-Containing Complexes

V.I. Bolshakov, V.V. Rossikhin, E.O. Voronkov, S.I. Okovytyy, and J. Leszczynski

P1

Effect of Central Metal ions on First Hyperpolarizability of Unsymmetrical Metal Porphyrins

P. Bonifassi, Paresh .C. Ray and J. Leszczynski

S2

The Electron Density as an Interpretive Tool in Chemistry

Russell J. Boyd

S6

Charge and Energy Transport in Organic Semiconductors

Jean-Luc Brédas

P1

Conformations of  SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Cyclodecyl 4-Nitrophenylacetate

Judge Brown, Diwakar M. Pawar, Frank Fronczek and Eric A. Noe

P1

The Influence of the Solvent Environment on the Reactivity of Organometallic Complexes

Jaroslav V. Burda and Jerzy Leszczynski

P1

Conventional Strain Energy in Isomers of Dimethylcyclobutadiene

Qianyi Cheng and David H. Magers

P1

Analysis of Charge Distribution in Excited States of Substituted Benzenes

Sheritta M. Cooks and Tracy Hamilton

P1

Interaction of DNA Bases with Amino Acids by ab Initio Calculations

P.C. Thompson, W. Kolodziejczyk, G.A. Hill, J. Leszczynski, B. Crews, M.S. de Vries

P1

Interaction-induced Electric Properties in Hydrogen-Bonded Systems

V. Crockett, B. Skwara, A. Kaczmarek, J. Leszczynski, G. Hill, Jr.

P1

Density Functional Theory Methods for Dispersion Interactions in Proteins

Jessica Cross, Meghan Hofto, Andrew-Godfrey-Kittle, Karina van Sickle, Lori Culberson, and Mauricio Cafiero

P1

Is the Acidity of the N1 Proton in Spiroquinazolinones Important for PDE7 Inhibitory Activity?

Pankaj R. Daga, Robert J. Doerksen

P1

Size Dependent Optical Properties of DNA Coated Gold Nanoparticles

Gopala K. Darbha, Angela Fortner, Jelani Griffin and Paresh Chandra Ray

P1

Chemisorption of Spillover Hydrogen Atoms on the External Surface of Small Diameter Armchair Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

T. C. Dinadayalane, Anna Kaczmarek, Jerzy Łukaszewicz, and Jerzy Leszczynski

P1

Absolute Configuration of 4-Arylflavan-3-ols: Theoretical Calculation of Electronic Circular Dichroic Characteristics

Yuanqing Ding, Xing-Cong Li and Daneel Ferreira

P1

Electron Propagator Studies of Vertical Electron Detachment Energies and Isomerism in Purinic Deoxyribonucleotides

O. Dolgounitcheva , V.V. Zakjevskii, V.G. Zakrzewski, and J. V. Ortiz

P1

Theoretical Studies (Quantum Mechanical) of Furan-, Pyrrole-, and Thiophene-Based Organic Semiconductors

Courtney E Dula, Gilda K. Sibedwo, Dawn E. Scott and Edmund Moses N. Ndip

S6

The Strong Enhanced Scattering and Photothermal Properties of Gold Nanoparticles of Different Shapes and Their Applications in Nanophotonics, Nanomotors and Nanomedicine

Mostafa A. El-Sayed

P1

Obtaining Reliable Structures for the Accurate Calculation of Energetics in Delocalized π···π Complexes: Cyanogen Dimer and Diacetylene Dimer

Adel M. ElSohly, Brian W. Hopkins, and Gregory S. Tschumper

P1

Prediction of Excited States for Carbon, Nitrogen and Oxygen Systems Using Quantum Monte Carlo Theory

Floyd Fayton Jr, Ainsley Gibson, William A. Hercules, and John A.W. Harkless

P1

Designing Bioactive Molecules Using Virtual Screening

James I. Fells, Sr., Ryoko Tsukahara, Abby L. Parrill, and Gabor Tigyi

P1

Conformational Analysis of 3 Separate Qualitative Biologically Active Enantiomers of α-Hydroxy Phosphonates

Jason Ford-Green, Devashis Majumdar, Jerzy Lesczcynski

P1

Relative Reactivity in a Series of Fumarates

Ryan Fortenberry, David H. Magers, Wujian Miao, and Charles E. Hoyle

P1

Theoretical Study of the Cycloaddition of Aminoisocyanocarbenes to Alkenes

Fillmore Freeman and Dung Judy Ann Pham

P1

Relative Energies of Conformers and Conformational Interconversion Mechanisms of Tetraoxacyclohexanes

Fillmore Freeman, Chansa Cha, Elika Derek, Chinh Do, Jung Hwan Hwang, Lisa Phung, Quyen Tu Phung, Travis Picorelli, and Tina Wang

P1

The Guanine-Zn-Cytosine Base-Pair in M-DNA

Miguel Fuentes-Cabrera, Bobby G. Sumpter, Judit E. Šponer, Jiří Šponer, Leon Petit, and Jack C. Wells

P1

An ab Initio Quantum Mechanical Study of Hydrogen-Bonded Complexes

Al’ona Furmanchuk, Olexandr Isayev, Leonid Gorb, and Jerzy Leszczynski

P1

Hydration of Urea and Trimethylamine-N-oxide SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1

Earl Chauncey Garrett, G. Reid Bishop, and David H. Magers

P1

Computational Study of Electronic Structure Properties: Ionization Potentials and Electron Affinities of the First Row Transition Metals Using Various ab Initio, DFT and QMC Methods

Ainsley A. Gibson, Floyd A. Fayton, William A. Hercules and John A. W. Harkless

P1

Alterations of DNA Bases Tautomeric State and Their Role in UV Mutagenesis

H. A. Grebneva

P1

LEE Induced DNA Damage: Cytosine in Double Helix

Jiande Gu, Jing Wang,  Janusz Rak, and Jerzy Leszczynski

P1

Hydrogen Tunneling and Protein Motion in Enzyme Reactions

Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

P1

Purine Moiety as an Excess Electron Trap in the Watson-Crick AT Pair Solvated with Formic Acid. A Computational and Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study

Maciej Haranczyk, Kamil Mazurkiewicz, Maciej Gutowski, Janusz Rak, Dunja Radisic, Soren Eustis, Di Wang, and Kit H. Bowen

S5

Changing Relationship between Computation and Experiment: Metal Halide Molecular Structures

Magdolna Hargittai

P1

Effect of Ring Annelation on Li+-Benzene Interaction: A Theoretical Study

Ayorinde Hassan, T. C. Dinadayalane and Jerzy Leszczynski

P1

Study of the Optimised STO-nG Expansion and its Derivatives

Philip E Hoggan

P1

Quantum Chemical Study of the Effects of π–π Stacking of the Fullerene C20 with DNA Bases

Tiffani M. Holmes, Dinadayalane Tandabany, Glake A. Hill, Jerzy Leszczynski

P1

Electronic Structure and Bonding of {Fe(PhNO2)}6 Complexes: A Density Functional Theory Study

Olexandr Isayev, Leonid Gorb, Igor Zilberberg, Jerzy Leszczynski

P1

The Calculation of Electrostatic Potentials and Forces Using a Modified De Wette–Nijboer Method

Harsh Jain and Elijah Johnson

P1

A Cluster Based Approach for Conformational Sampling of Solvated Biomolecules

Samuel Keasler, Ricky B Nellas, and Bin Chen

P2

Ab Initio Free Energy of Vacancy Formation in Photocatalytic Titanium Dioxide

J. Brandon Keith, Hao Wang, and James P. Lewis

P2

A Theoretical Study of n-BuLi/ Li-aminoalkoxide Compounds: Aggregation vs. Reactivity

Hassan K. Khartabil, Manuel F. Ruiz López, Yves Fort and  Philippe Gros

P2

Ab Initio Prediction of Explosives Physicochemical Properties

Yana Kholod, Leonid Gorb, Mohammad Qasim, Herbert Fredrickson and Jerzy Leszczynski

P2

The Quantum Chemical Foundations for the CL-20 Photolysis Product Identification

Yana Kholod, Sergiy Okovytyy, Leonid Gorb, Mohammad Qasim, and Jerzy Leszczynski

P2

Computing Configurational Entropy from Molecular Dynamics Simulations Using ACCENT-MM

Benjamin J. Killian and Michael K. Gilson

P2

Theoretocal Conformational Studies on DFP to Probe the Role of Its Low-Energy Conformers on Biological Activity

Wojciech. Kolodziejczyk, D. Majumdar, Szczepan Roszak and Jerzy Leszczynski

P2

Resonance-Enhanced Two-Photon Ionization Technique: Computer Simulation

Dmytro Kosenkov, Leonid Gorb, and Jerzy Leszczynski

P2

The Stable 1:1 and 1:2 Complexes of Pyridoxale-5'-phosphate Methylamine Shiff Base with Water: DFT Study of Structure and Vibrational Spectra

G.M. Kuramshina, S.A. Sharapova,D.A. Sharapov, Yu.A. Pentin, H.Takahashi

P3

A Comparison of Methods for Modeling Quantitative Structure–Activity Relationships. Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors

V.E. Kuz’min, A.G.Artemenko, E.N. Muratov

P3

The Hierarchical QSAR Technology for Effective Virtual Screening and Molecular Design of Potential Pharmaceutical Agents

V.E. Kuz’min, A.G.Artemenko, E.N. Muratov, L.N. Ognichenko, A.I. Hromov, A.V. Liahovskij, P.G. Polischuk

P2

Interaction of Metal Porphyrins with Fullerene C60: A New Insight

Meng-Sheng Liao, John D. Watts, and Ming-Ju Huang

P2

Electronic Structure, Absorption Spectra, and Hyperpolarizabilities of Some Novel Push-Pull Zinc Porphyrins. A DFT/TDDFT Study

Meng-Sheng Liao, P. Bonifassi, J. D. Watts, M.-J. Huang, and J. Leszczynski

P2

Extending the Hückel 4n+2 rule to Metallofullerenes: The Txample of M2@C84 (M=Sc, Y)

Dan Liu and Frank Hagelberg

P2

Self-Consistent Strictly Localized Bond Orbital within the Local Self-Consistent Field Method

Pierre-François Loos and Xavier Assfeld

P2

Conventional Strain Energy in Boracycloproane, Diboracyclopropane, Boracyclobutane and Diboracyclobutane

Brandon Magers, Harley McAlexander, and David H. Magers

P2

Conventional Strain Energy and Sigma Delocalization in Small Heterocycles of Carbon and Silicon

Harley McAlexander, Brandon Magers, Crystal B. Coghlan, and David H. Magers

P2

An ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Investigation of the Various Decarboxylation Mechanisms Involved in Fatty Acid Synthesis

Matthew McKenzie and Bin Chen

S4

The Role of Quantum Mechanics in Structure-Based Drug Design

Kenneth M. Merz, Jr.

P2

ONIOM and PCM Computational Study of the Hydration of α-L-Fucopyranose

S. Moussi, O. Ouamerali

P2

Coordination and Hydrogen Bonding in [M(H2O)n]+ (n=1,2,3,4,5,6), M=Li, Na, K Species

Jamshid Najafpour, Gholam Hossein Shafiee, Abdolreza Sadjadi, Shant Shahbazian, Ng Seik Weng

P2

A Coupled–Cluster Study of Isomers of the SO2Cl Radical and SO2Cl Anion

Brian Napolion and John D. Watts

P2

Metalation of DNA Bases

Adria Neely, Glake Hill

P3

Application of Basis Set 6-31G** to Quantum-Chemical Calculations of Conjugated Organic Molecules

Sergey E. Nefediev

P2

Probing the Vapor – Liquid Nucleation Mechanisms of Multicomponent Mixtures Using Atomistic Simulations

Ricky B Nellas and Bin Chen

S5

Nonadiabatic, Time-Dependent, Direct Dynamics of Molecular Reactive Processes

Yngve Öhrn

P2

Theoretical Study of the Adsorption of Dimethyl Methylphosphonate on Calcium Oxide

Y. Paukku, A. Michalkova, and J. Leszczynski

P2

Conformational Isomerism in N-Triphenylmethylformamide

Diwakar M. Pawar, Dalephine Cain-Davis, Frank R. Fronczek, and Eric A. Noe

P2

Conformations of Cyclopentadecane and Related Compounds: A Study by Computational Methods, Dynamic NMR Spectroscopy and X-ray Crystallography.

Diwakar M. Pawar, Frank Fronczek and Eric A. Noe

P2

Conformational Analysis of trans-Cyclodecene Using Calculated (GIAO) Chemical Shifts

Diwakar M. Pawar and Eric A. Noe

P2

Ab Initio Study of the Epoxyendic Imide Alkaline Hydrolysis in Gas Phase and Solution

T. Petrova, S. Okovytyy, L. Gorb, J. Leszczynski

P2

Basis Set and Electron Correlation Effects on Lithium Carbenoid Dimerization Energies

Lawrence M. Pratt, Diêp Hương Trần Phan, Phuong Thảo Thi Trần, Ngân Văn Nguỹên

S2

The Role of Parallel Computation in Quantum Chemistry

Peter Pulay and Jon Baker

P2

Progressive Derivation of Most Likely Transformations of CL-20 and Investigation of Most Likely Bond-Breaking Sites

Mo Qasim, Brett Moore, L. Gorb and J. Leszczynski

P2

Proton and Metal Ion Affinities of α,ω-Diamines and Heterocyclic Amines

J. Srinivasa Rao and G. Narahari Sastry

P2

Multiple Linear Regression Analysis and Optimal Descriptors: Predicting the Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Inhibition Activity

Bakhtiyor F. Rasulev Andrey A. Toropov, Ashton Hamme and Jerzy Leszczynski

P2

Predicting the Flavonoids Inhibition Activity towards Na,K-ATP-ase: A Computational Study Using Molecular Modeling and QSAR GA-MLRA Analysis

B.F. Rasulev, Z.A. Khushbaktova and J. Leszczynski

P2

SH/π Interactions: Quantum Mechanical Potential Energy Surfaces of the H2S-Benzene Complex and Protein Databank Mining Experiments

Ashley L. Ringer, Anastasia Asenenko, and C. David Sherrill

P2

Docking and Molecular Simulations of a Series of Estradiol Derivative Selective Estrogen Modulators

Jamar Robinson, John S. Cooperwood, Musiliyu Musa, Reginald Parker, Jesse Edwards

P2

Theoretical Study of Adsorption of Selected Nucleic Acids on Dickite

T. L. Robinson, A. Michalkova, L. Gorb, and J. Leszczynski

P2

Theoretical Studies of Symmetric Five-Membered Heterocycle Derivatives of Carbasole and Fluorene – Precursors of Conducting Polymers

Szczepan Roszak, Jacek Doskocz, Marek Doskocz, Jadwiga Soloducho, and Jerzy Leszczynski

P2

Molecular Dynamic Studies of Several HIV-1 Protease Modified Peptide Inhibitors: Shape and Size Specificity

Christina Russell, Debra Bryan, John West, Ben Dunn, Reginald Parker, Jesse Edwards

P2

Role of Intermolecular Interaction on Nonlinear Optical Properties and Two Photon Absorption Cross-Section of Molecular Aggregates

Zuhail Sainudeen and Paresh Chandra Ra

P2

An ONIOM Study of Catalytic Site of the Phosphodiesterases

E. Alan Salter and Andrzej Wierzbicki

S4

The Two Aspects of the Protein Folding Problem

Harold A. Scheraga

P2

A Theoretical Investigation of Ionization Potentials and Spectral Origins of Guanine Tautomers

M.K. Shukla and Jerzy Leszczynski

P2

Ionization Potential and Electron Affinity of Some Carbon Nanostructures: A Density Functional Theory Investigation

M.K. Shukla and Jerzy Leszczynski

P3

Hydrogen-Bonded Interactions between Guanine and Amino Acid Side-Chain in Aqueous Solution: A DFT Study

Indu Shukla, Jing Wang, Jerzy Leszczynski

P3

A Theoretical Study on the Interactions of Li+ with Defect-Free and Stone-Wales Defect Armchair (6,6) Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube

Tomekia Simeon, T. C. Dinadayalane and Jerzy Leszczynski

P3

DFT Studies on Structurally Diverse Farnesyltransferase Inhibitors: Multivariate Analysis of Correlation between Physicochemical Properties and Antimalarial Activity

Prasanna Sivaprakasam, Aihua Xie, Robert J. Doerksen

S3

Predicting Catalytic Activity of the Molecular Environment from the Knowledge of Reactant and Transition State Structures Only

Andrzej Sokalski, Borys Szewczyk, Edyta Dyguda-Kazimierowicz, Jerzy Leszczynski

P3

A DFT Study on The Mono-Reduction of 2,4-Dinitrotoluene (DNT) by Titanium(3+) Ions in the Presence of Iron(2+) Ions

Vitaly Solkan and Jerzy Leszczynski

P3

The Singlet Oxygen Activation by Unique Transition-Metal Ion Structures in Fe(2+)/ZSM-5 , Co(2+)/ZSM-5 , and Zn(2+)/ZSM-5 Zeolites: Formation of the Adduct between Activated Oxygen and Ethene

Vitaly Solkan and Jerzy Leszczynski

P3

DFT Study of Nitrous Oxide Decomposition Catalysed by Ga+ Ion

Vitaly Solkan

P3

DFT Study of Ethane Decomposition over Zn-ZSM-5

Vitaly Solkan

P3

DFT Study on the Carbon Monoxide Interaction with Small Metal Cluster Co4, Rh4, Pt4, Co3Pt, Rh3Pt Supported on Co(II)/Rh(II)-ZSM-5 and Cluster Pt4 Supported on Co(I)/Ni(I)-ZSM-5

Vitaly Solkan

P3

Singlet Oxygen Activation by Unique Metal Ion Structures in Zn(2+)/ZSM-5 Zeolites: Formation of a Complex between Singlet Oxygen and Metyl-Zn-Z

Vitaly Solkan

P3

Modeling Excess Electrons Bound to Water Clusters

Thomas Sommerfeld, Kenneth D. Jordan, and Albert DeFusco

P3

Enthalpies of Formation of TNT Derivatives by Homodesmotic Reactions

Amika Sood, Patricia Honea, and David H. Magers

P3

Effect of Axial Ligation on Metalloporphyrin and Phthalocyanine Geometry and Spectra

Nicole Strauss, Erica Baldwin, and William A. Parkinson

S3

Computational Studies of Nanoscale Self-Assembly: A New Class of Supramolecular Wires

Bobby G. Sumpter

P3

Conventional Strain Energy and Sigma Delocalization in Small Heterocycles of Carbon and Germanium

Lyssa A. Taylor and David H. Magers

P3

A Self–Consistent Coupled–Cluster Solvent Reaction Field Method

Kanchana S. Thanthiriwatte and Steven R. Gwaltney

P3

Molecular Wrapping and Mechanical Strength in Lignin-CNT-Epoxy Composites

D. Thomas, J. Edwards, D. Bryan and R. Parker

P3

Interaction of DNA Bases with Amino Acids by ab Initio Calculations

Patrina C. Thompson, Glake A. Hill, Jerzy Leszczynski

P3

Correlated Transition State for the Reaction of Phenol with Formaldehyde

Julaunica Tigner, Erica King, and Melissa S. Reeves

P3

QSAR Modeling of Toxicity for Nitrobenzene Derivatives towards Rats:  Comparative Analysis by MLRA and Optimal Descriptors

A.A. Toropov, B.F. Rasulev and J. Leszczynski

P3

Multicentered Integrated QM:QM Methods for Weakly Bound Clusters: An Efficient and Accurate 2-Body:Many-Body Treatment of Hydrogen Bonding and Van Der Waals Interactions

Gregory S. Tschumper

P3

Heterocomplexes of DyBr3 with Alkali Halides: A Computational Study of Their Structures and Relative Stabilities

Zoltán Varga and Magdolna Hargittai

P3

Theoretical Study on the Radical-Radical Reaction of CH3S with ClO

Wenliang Wang, Yan Liu, Weina Wang

P3

Theoretical Study and Rate Constant Calculation on the Hydrogen Abstraction Reaction of C2H3 with CH3F

Wenliang Wang, Lixia Feng, Weina Wang

P3

Catalytic Phosphonylation Mechanisms of Sarin and Acetylcholinesterase: A Density Functional Study

Jing Wang, Jiande Gu, and Jerzy Leszczynski

P3

Ground and Electronically Excited States of Methyl Hydroperoxide. Comparison with Hydrogen Peroxide

John D. Watts and Joseph S. Francisco

P3

Quantum Chemical Calculations on Aliphatic Nitrate-Based Explosives. Prediction of New Conformers

David J. Watts, Ming-Ju Huang, and John D. Watts

P3

Energetics of Oxaspirocycle Prototypes: 1,7-Dioxaspiro[5.5]undecane and 1,7,9-Trioxadispiro[5.1.5.3]hexadecane

Abby Jones Weldon and Gregory S. Tschumper

P3

Theoretical Study of 1- Methylcytosine and Its Tatomer with Tetrahedral Edge Clay Minerals Fragments

A. Wilson, A. Michalkova, and J. Leszczynski

P3

Ethylene Production in the Collision Induced Dissociation of Metal Dication – Acetonen Complexes

Jianhua Wu, Frank Hagelberg and Alexandre A. Shvartsburg

P3

3D Quantitative Structure–Farnesyltransferase Inhibition Analysis for Some Diaminobenzophenones

Aihua Xie,Shawna R. Clark, Robert J. Doerksen

P3

Computer Simulation Studies of Water Borne Two-Component Polyurethane Film Formation

Shihai Yang, Ras Pandey, Marek Urban

P3

Quantum Transport in Porphirin: Interaction with Metals

Ilya Yanov, Yana Kholod and Jerzy Leszczynski

P3

Electron Propagator Calculations on the C60 Photoelectron Spectrum

V.G. Zakrzewski, O. Dolgounitcheva, and J.V.Ortiz

P3

A Fast and Reliable Method for Predicting pKa Values

Shuming Zhang, Jon Baker and Peter Pulay

P3

The Most Stable Structure of Fullerene[20] and Its Derivatives C20(C2H2)n and C20(C2H4)n (n=1-4): A Theoretical Study

Congjie Zhang, Wenxiu Sun, Zexing Cao

P3

Do Methanethiol Adsorbates on The Au(III) Surface Dissociate?

Jian-Ge Zhou and Frank Hagelberg

P3

Comprehensive Conformational Analysis of 2'-Deoxynucleosides: Nonempirical Quantum-Mechanical Study

Roman Zhurakivsky, Dmytro Hovorun

†S* – Oral presentation (* denotes session number); P* – Poster presentation (* denotes poster session number)

 

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