title: N-chloroacetyl-beta-alanine.
abstract: The beta-alanine residue of the title compound, C(5)H(8)ClNO(3), has a ggt folded conformation, which is mainly stabilized through intermolecular N-H...O=C (amide-acid) and O-H...O=C (acid-amide) hydrogen bonds. In addition, a cis conformation is found for the Cl-CH(2)-C(=O)-NH torsion angle, which is associated with the presence of an intramolecular hydrogen bond.
authors.affiliation: Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Av Diagonal 647, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Lourdes
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Urpí
authors.forename: Katia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jiménez
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Solans
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Galán
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Puiggalí
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011091:Polyesters / Q000737:chemistry; D015091:beta-Alanine / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011091:Polyesters; D015091:beta-Alanine