title: Vibrational spectroscopic studies of the interaction of water with serine.
abstract: The vibrational dynamics of water around serine was investigated by using Raman spectroscopy and inelastic incoherent neutron scattering. Experiments with serine in deuterium oxide were performed to assist the assignment. The study shows that for the serine, the exchange of protons-deuterons on the active -NH3+ and -OH groups were relatively easy, whereas there were hardly any exchanged on the -CH or -CH2- groups. The main features of the spectra for hydrated samples (versus the dry samples) were altered considerably; new sharp peaks in the measured spectra appeared, indicating that the hydrogen bonding between water and serine had disturbed the structure of the serine molecule.
authors.affiliation: Department of Space Science & Applied Physics, Shandong University at Weihai, Weihai 264209, China.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shenghao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Qiwei
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: Jichen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D033363:Neutron Diffraction / Q000379:methods; D012694:Serine / Q000737:chemistry*; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman; D014732:Vibration; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D012694:Serine