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Reorganización de los enlaces de hidrógeno de la astaxantina inducida por la temperatura estudiada mediante

Chen Zheng¹, Shuang Li¹, Wenhui Fang²

¹School of Physics, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China.

Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy

|February 25, 2026

Resumen

La estabilidad estructural de la astaxantina (AST) en solución de etanol (EtOH) está gobernada por enlaces de hidrógeno. Los multímeros de etanol se forman por debajo de 253 K, debilitando la AST

Área de la Ciencia:

Espectroscopía y química computacional aplicadas a interacciones moleculares.
Investigación de la fisicoquímica de los carotenoides en solución.

Sus antecedentes:

La estabilidad estructural de la astaxantina en solución está influenciada por enlaces de hidrógeno intramoleculares e intermoleculares.
Comprender estas interacciones es crucial para las aplicaciones que involucran astaxantina.

Objetivo del estudio:

Investigar las interacciones dependientes de la temperatura entre la astaxantina (AST) y el etanol (EtOH).
Dilucidar el papel de la organización estructural del etanol en la estabilidad de la astaxantina.

Principales métodos:

Utilización de espectroscopía Raman de correlación bidimensional de ventana móvil (MW2D).
Empleo de simulaciones de teoría de la funcional de densidad (DFT) para análisis molecular.

Principales resultados:

El etanol se reorganiza en multímeros por debajo de 253 K, precediendo a los cambios conformacionales de la astaxantina.
Las simulaciones DFT revelan que los multímeros de etanol debilitan los enlaces de hidrógeno intramoleculares de la astaxantina a través de interacciones OH⋯OC.

Conclusiones:

La competencia entre enlaces de hidrógeno intra- e intermoleculares dicta la estabilidad estructural de la astaxantina.
La multimerización del etanol juega un papel clave en la modulación de la red de enlaces de hidrógeno de la astaxantina.

Palabras clave:

Astaxantina Enlaces de hidrógeno intramoleculares Espectroscopía de correlación bidimensional de ventana móvil Espectroscopía Raman Temperatura

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