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Louis Noodleman is affiliated with the Scripps Research Institute in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology. Additional subfields of study include Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electrochemistry, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's main topics of work encompass Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, Click Chemistry and Applications, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, as well as Cancer Research and Treatments.

Louis Noodleman has contributed to several publications. Recent papers include:

  • Sulfur [18F]Fluoride Exchange Click Chemistry Enabled Ultrafast Late-Stage Radiosynthesis, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Stereoelectronic effects in stabilizing protein-N-glycan interactions revealed by experiment and machine learning, 2021, Nature Chemistry
  • Coupled transport of electrons and protons in a bacterial cytochromecoxidase-DFT calculated properties compared to structures and spectroscopies, 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • A Water Molecule Residing in the Fea33+···CuB2+ Dinuclear Center of the Resting Oxidized as-Isolated Cytochrome c Oxidase: A Density Functional Study, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Reaction pathways, proton transfer, and proton pumping in ba3 class cytochrome c oxidase: perspectives from DFT quantum chemistry and molecular dynamics, 2023, Frontiers in Chemistry

Frequent co-authors in Noodleman's work include:

  • Wen-Ge Han
  • Andreas W. Götz
  • Duncan E. McRee
  • Qinheng Zheng
  • Hongtao Xu

The most commonly used publication venues for their research are:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Nature Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Frontiers in Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Valence bond description of antiferromagnetic coupling in transition metal dimers

    Louis Noodleman

  • Copper(I)-catalyzed synthesis of azoles. DFT study predicts unprecedented reactivity and intermediates.

    Fahmi Himo;Timothy Lovell;Robert Hilgraf;Vsevolod V Rostovtsev

  • Ligand spin polarization and antiferromagnetic coupling in transition metal dimers

    Louis Noodleman;Louis Noodleman;Ernest R. Davidson;Ernest R. Davidson

  • Orbital interactions, electron delocalization and spin coupling in iron-sulfur clusters

    L. Noodleman;C.Y. Peng;D.A. Case;J.-M. Mouesca

  • Density-Functional Theory of Spin Polarization and Spin Coupling in Iron—Sulfur Clusters

    Louis Noodleman;David A. Case

  • Electronic structure, magnetic properties, ESR, and optical spectra for 2-iron ferredoxin models by LCAO-X.alpha. valence bond theory

    Louis Noodleman;Evert Jan Baerends

  • The Xα valence bond theory of weak electronic coupling. Application to the low‐lying states of Mo2Cl84−

    Louis Noodleman;Joe G. Norman

  • Why is tetrazole formation by addition of azide to organic nitriles catalyzed by zinc(II) salts

    Fahmi Himo;Z. P. Demko;L. Noodleman;K. B. Sharpless

  • Quantum chemical studies of intermediates and reaction pathways in selected enzymes and catalytic synthetic systems.

    Louis Noodleman;Timothy Lovell;Wen-Ge Han;Jian Li

  • Mechanisms of tetrazole formation by addition of azide to nitriles.

    Fahmi Himo;Zachary P Demko;Louis Noodleman;K Barry Sharpless

  • DENSITY FUNCTIONAL/POISSON-BOLTZMANN CALCULATIONS OF REDOX POTENTIALS FOR IRON-SULFUR CLUSTERS

    Jean-Marie Mouesca;Jun L. Chen;Louis Noodleman;Donald Bashford

  • MODELS FOR FERREDOXINS: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES OF IRON-SULFUR CLUSTERS WITH ONE, TWO, AND FOUR IRON ATOMS

    L. Noodleman;J. G. Jun. Norman;J. H. Osborne;A. Aizman

  • Calculation of Redox Potentials and pKa Values of Hydrated Transition Metal Cations by a Combined Density Functional and Continuum Dielectric Theory

    Jian Li;Cindy L. Fisher;Jun L. Chen;and Donald Bashford

  • Broken symmetry analysis of spin coupling in iron-sulfur clusters

    Louis. Noodleman;David A. Case;Arie. Aizman

  • Density Functional and Reduction Potential Calculations of Fe4S4 Clusters

    Rhonda A Torres;Timothy Lovell;Louis Noodleman;David A Case

  • FeMo Cofactor of Nitrogenase: A Density Functional Study of States MN, MOX, MR, and MI

    Timothy Lovell;Jian Li;Tiqing Liu;David A. Case

  • Structural, spectroscopic, and redox consequences of a central ligand in the FeMoco of nitrogenase: a density functional theoretical study.

    Timothy Lovell;Tiqing Liu;David A. Case;L. Noodleman

  • Incorporating solvation effects into density functional electronic structure calculations

    Jun L. Chen;Louis Noodleman;David A. Case;Donald Bashford

  • Density Functional Study of the Valence-Tautomeric Interconversion Low-Spin [CoIII(SQ)(Cat)(phen)] ⇌ High-Spin [CoII(SQ)2(phen)]

    David M. Adams;Louis Noodleman;David N. Hendrickson

  • Calculating the Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Parameters of Exchange Coupled Transition Metal Complexes Using Broken Symmetry Density Functional Theory: Application to a MnIII/MnIV Model Compound

    Sebastian Sinnecker;T. Frank Neese;Louis Noodleman;Wolfgang Lubitz

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Case
David A. Case Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Fahmi Himo
Fahmi Himo Stockholm University
James A. Fee
James A. Fee Scripps Research Institute
Abhik Ghosh
Abhik Ghosh University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
K. Barry Sharpless
K. Barry Sharpless Scripps Research Institute
Evert Jan Baerends
Evert Jan Baerends Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Klaus M. Hahn
Klaus M. Hahn University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Valery V. Fokin
Valery V. Fokin University of Southern California
Jeffery W. Kelly
Jeffery W. Kelly Scripps Research Institute
Kate S. Carroll
Kate S. Carroll Scripps Research Institute

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