Atomic diversity, molecular diversity, and chemical diversity: the concept of chemodiversity.

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_C1FEB34723E0
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Sous-type
Lettre (letter): communication adressée à l'éditeur.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Atomic diversity, molecular diversity, and chemical diversity: the concept of chemodiversity.
Périodique
Chemistry & Biodiversity
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Testa B., Vistoli G., Pedretti A., Bojarski A.J.
ISSN
1612-1880[electronic]
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2009
Volume
6
Numéro
8
Pages
1145-1151
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Comment ; Journal Article
Résumé
This minireview is meant as an introduction to the following paper. To this end, it presents the general background against which the joint paper should be understood. The first objective of the present paper is thus to clarify some concepts and related terminology, drawing a clear distinction between i) atomic diversity (i.e., atomic-property space), ii) molecular or macromolecular diversity (i.e., molecular- or macromolecular-property spaces), and iii) chemical diversity (i.e., chemical-diversity space). The first refers to the various electronic states an atom can occupy. The second encompasses the conformational and property spaces of a given (macro)molecule. The third pertains to the diversity in structure and properties exhibited by a library or a supramolecular assembly of different chemical compounds. The ground is thus laid for the content of the joint paper, which pertains to case ii, to be placed in its broader chemodiversity context. The second objective of this paper is to point to the concepts of chemodiversity and biodiversity as forming a continuum. Chemodiversity is indeed the material substratum of organisms. In other words, chemodiversity is the material condition for life to emerge and exist. Increasing our knowledge of chemodiversity is thus a condition for a better understanding of life as a process.
Pubmed
Web of science
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08/10/2009 15:28
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