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The conformation of a carboxylic ionophore, lasalocid A, has been determined in a lyotropic liquid crystal by means of magic-angle spinning (MAS) and two-dimensional NMR experiments. The information extracted from ROESY spectra measured under MAS was analyzed according to the distance-geometry algorithm. The liquid crystal used for the solvent is cesium perfluorooctanoate dissolved in D2O, and the resulting structure of lasalocid A is a cyclic one, indicating cation complexation within a hydrophobic region of the liquid crystal. In this way, the two-dimensional MAS NMR experiment is proved to be a useful technique in conformational studies of complex molecules dissolved in lyotropic liquid crystal which may be regarded as offering a membrane-like environment. |
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