Intrachain reaction of a pair of reactive groups attached to polymer ends. II. Monte carlo study on the intrachain reaction proceeding on trans/cis-polysarcosine chain.
Monte Carlo calculation was performed to evaluate the ring-closure probability of short polysarcosine chains. Calculations were made for unperturbed trans- non-self-intersecting trans-, and non-self-intersecting trans- and non-self-intersecting trans/cis-polysarcosine chains. In the latter case, the main chain amide bond was allowed to take cis as well as trans conformations. The ring-closure probability for unperturbed trans-polysarcosine chains was found to be substantially greater than for non-self-intersecting trans chains. Virtually no difference was observed between the ring-closure probability was used to estimate the cyclization constant, i.e., the ratio of rate constant for the intramolecular reaction of the two groups attached to the polymer ends to that of the intermolecular one. The results were compared with the experimental data for the intrachain reaction proceeding on polysarcosine chain reported in the first paper of this series. The Monte Carlo results roughly reproduced the experimental data and the calculated chain length dependence was consistent with the observed one for longer chains.
D001665:Binding Sites; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008433:Mathematics; D010455:Peptides; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; D011485:Protein Binding; D012521:Sarcosine
D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010455:Peptides; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; D012521:Sarcosine