Vibrational spectra and crystal structure of the di-amino acid peptide cyclo(L -Met-L -Met): comparison of experimental data and DFT calculations

Autor: John C. Mitchell, Rex A. Palmer, Brian S. Potter, Babur Z. Chowdhry, Andrew P. Mendham, Trevor J. Dines, Robert Withnall
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. 41:148-159
ISSN: 0377-0486
DOI: 10.1002/jrs.2426
Popis: Experimental Raman and FT-IR spectra of solid-state non-deuterated and N-deuterated samples of cyclo(L-Met-L-Met) are reported and discussed. The Raman and FT-IR results show characteristic amide I vibrations (Raman: 1649 cm-1, infrared: 1675 cm-1) for molecules exhibiting a cis amide conformation. A Raman band, assigned to the cis amide II vibrational mode, is observed at sim1493 cm-1 but no IR band is observed in this region. Cyclo(L-Met-L-Met) crystallises in the triclinic space group P1 with one molecule per unit cell. The overall shape of the diketopiperazine (DKP) ring displays a (slightly distorted) boat conformation. The crystal packing employs two strong hydrogen bonds, which traverse the entire crystal via translational repeats. B3-LYP/cc-pVDZ calculations of the structure of the molecule predict a boat conformation for the DKP ring, in agreement with the experimentally determined X-ray structure. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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