Optical Resolution, Characterization, and X-Ray Crystal Structures of Diastereomeric Salts of Chiral Amino Acids with (S)-(−)-1-Phenylethanesulfonic Acid

1994 ◽  
Vol 67 (11) ◽  
pp. 3012-3020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryuzo Yoshioka ◽  
Osamu Ohtsuki ◽  
Tadamasa Da-te ◽  
Kimio Okamura ◽  
Masaru Senuma
2000 ◽  
Vol 39 (24) ◽  
pp. 5437-5443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Hess ◽  
Jan Sehnert ◽  
Thomas Weyhermüller ◽  
Nils Metzler-Nolte

2002 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 1051-1056 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. T. Saraswathi ◽  
M. Vijayan

The crystal structures of the complexes of malonic acid with DL- and L-arginine, which contain positively charged argininium ions and negatively charged semimalonate ions, further demonstrate the conformational flexibility of amino acids. A larger proportion of folded conformations than would be expected on the basis of steric consideration appears to occur in arginine, presumably because of the requirements of hydrogen bonding. The aggregation pattern in the DL-arginine complex bears varying degrees of resemblance to patterns observed in other similar structures. An antiparallel hydrogen-bonded dimeric arrangement of arginine, and to a lesser extent lysine, is a recurring motif. Similarities also exist among the structures in the interactions with this motif and its assembly into larger features of aggregation. However, the aggregation pattern observed in the L-arginine complex differs from any observed so far, which demonstrates that all the general patterns of amino-acid aggregation have not yet been elucidated. The two complexes represent cases where the reversal of the chirality of half the amino-acid molecules leads to a fundamentally different aggregation pattern.


2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (7) ◽  
pp. 556-562
Author(s):  
Ewa Żesławska ◽  
Anna Jakubowska ◽  
Wojciech Nitek

Unnatural cyclic α-amino acids play an important role in the search for biologically active compounds and macromolecules. Enantiomers of natural amino acids with a D configuration are not naturally encoded, but can be chemically synthesized. The crystal structures of two enantiomers obtained by a method of stereoselective synthesis, namely (5R,8S)-8-tert-butyl-7-methoxy-8-methyl-9-oxa-6-azaspiro[4.5]decane-2,10-dione, (1), and (5S,8R)-8-tert-butyl-7-methoxy-8-methyl-9-oxa-6-azaspiro[4.5]decane-2,10-dione, (2), both C14H21NO4, were determined by X-ray diffraction. Both enantiomers crystallize isostructurally in the space group P21, with one molecule in the asymmetric unit and with the same packing motif. The crystal structures are stabilized by C—H...O hydrogen bonds, resulting in the formation of chains along the [100] and [010] directions. The conformation of the 3,6-dihydro-2H-1,4-oxazin-2-one fragment was compared with other crystal structures possessing this heterocyclic moiety. The comparison showed that the title compounds are not exceptional among structures containing the 3,6-dihydro-2H-1,4-oxazin-2-one fragment. The planar moiety was more frequently observed in derivatives in which this fragment was not condensed with other rings.


1990 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 205-208
Author(s):  
Takeshi NINOI ◽  
Satoshi YAMAMOTO ◽  
Yoshio MATSUBARA ◽  
Seisir^|^ocirc; IT^|^Ocirc; ◽  
Masakuni YOSHIHARA ◽  
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CrystEngComm ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (42) ◽  
pp. 8047-8057 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily R. Draper ◽  
Kyle L. Morris ◽  
Marc A. Little ◽  
Jaclyn Raeburn ◽  
Catherine Colquhoun ◽  
...  

A number of Fmoc amino acids can be effective low molecular weight hydrogelators; we compare single crystal structures to fibre X-ray diffraction data.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena W. Qi ◽  
Heather Kulik

<div><div><div><p>We investigate unexpectedly short non-covalent distances (< 85% of the sum of van der Waals radii) in atomically resolved X-ray crystal structures of proteins. We curate over 13,000 high quality protein crystal structures and an ultra-high resolution (1.2 Å or better) subset containing > 1,000 structures. Although our non-covalent distance criterion excludes standard hydrogen bonds known to be essential in protein stability, we observe over 82,000 close contacts in the curated protein structures. Analysis of the frequency of amino acids participating in these interactions demonstrates some expected trends (i.e., enrichment of charged Lys, Arg, Asp, and Glu) but also reveals unexpected enhancement of Tyr in such interactions. Nearly all amino acids are observed to form at least one close contact with all other amino acids, and most interactions are preserved in the much smaller ultra high-resolution subset. We quantum-mechanically characterize the interaction energetics of a subset of > 6,000 close contacts with symmetry adapted perturbation theory to enable decomposition of interactions. We observe the majority of close contacts to be favorable. The shortest favorable non-covalent distances are under 2.2 Å and are very repulsive when characterized with classical force fields. This analysis reveals stabilization by a combination of electrostatic and charge transfer effects between hydrophobic (i.e., Val, Ile, Leu) amino acids and charged Asp or Glu. We also observe a unique hydrogen bonding configuration between Tyr and Asn/Gln involving both residues acting simultaneously as hydrogen bond donors and acceptors. This work confirms the importance of first-principles simulation in explaining unexpected geometries in protein crystal structures.</p></div></div></div>


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