title: Information content in organic molecules: Brownian processing at low levels.
abstract: The informatic properties of organic molecules have been the subject of our research during the past several years. In the present study, we investigate the lower levels wherein information is expressed via Brownian processing. Organic molecules are like other electronic devices in that their informatic details depend on the operating level in question. The low and high levels are distinguished (among other ways) by the amount of work they require for processing. In this work, a Brownian model is developed by which the low-level content of a chemical system can be quantified. The model is demonstrated for diverse organic molecules. In so doing, several scaling properties of low-level information are illustrated. In addition, the correspondence traits regarding the different levels are examined. Molecular information represents a capacity for work control such as during chemical reactions. Thus, the information expressed at low levels is examined in connection with the reaction pathway selectivity of organic compounds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Loyola University Chicago, 6525 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60626, USA. dgraha1@luc.edu
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D019295:Computational Biology; D015416:Maillard Reaction; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals; D002244:Carbon