title: Proton affinity of proline and modified prolines using the kinetic method: role of the conformation investigated by ab initio calculations.
abstract: The proton affinities of proline, cis-3-methylproline and cis-3-ethylproline have been measured by the kinetic method using an ion trap instrument; the values obtained are 936, 940.5, and 943 kJ mol(-1), respectively. The experimental values are consistent with those obtained by high-level ab initio calculations (B3LYP/6-31+G*//B3LYP/6-31G* and B3P86/6-31+G*//B3LYP/6-31G*). Several conformations of neutral and protonated proline were considered, in particular the endo and exo ring structure and the position of the carboxyl group. These results show the importance of the position of the hydrogen atom of the carboxyl group in determining the most stable protonated proline structure.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Structurale Organique et Biologique, UMR 7613, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mezzache
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Afonso
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pepe
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Karoyan
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.forename: J-C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Tabet
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D007700:Kinetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011392:Proline / Q000737:chemistry*; D011522:Protons; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D011522:Protons; D011392:Proline