MILLIMETER-WAVE SPECTROSCOPY OF BIOMOLECULES - ALANINE

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GODFREY, PD [1 ]
FIRTH, S [1 ]
HATHERLEY, LD [1 ]
BROWN, RD [1 ]
PIERLOT, AP [1 ]
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[1] MONASH UNIV,CTR HIGH RESOLUT SPECT & OPTOELECTR TECHNOL,DEPT CHEM,CLAYTON,VIC 3168,AUSTRALIA
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10.1021/ja00074a039
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We have observed the rotational spectrum of alanine using our Stark-modulated free-expansion jet spectrometer. Spectra arising from two different conformers have been identified and analyzed, yielding the following two sets of spectroscopic constants (MHz): (x) A = 5066.1332(91), B = 3100.9368(66), C = 2264.0428(92); (y) A = 4973.0600(64), B = 3228.3220(99), C = 2307.821(15). Dipole moment components have also been determined from the Stark effect. Species x has been identified with conformer I and y with conformer III (see Figure 2). These are the two conformers corresponding to those previously identified for glycine. We estimate their relative abundances in the expanding plume to be about 8:1 in favor of I.
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