title: Hydrogen-bonding features in the 1:2 adduct of 4-aminobenzoic acid and L-proline.
abstract: The title adduct, 4-aminobenzoic acid-L-proline-water (1/2/1), C(7)H(7)NO(2).2C(5)H(9)NO(2).H2O, contains two independent proline chains with a C(5) motif, each of the head-to-tail type and each held together by N-H...O hydrogen bonds, propagated parallel to the b and c axes of the unit cell. Thus, the proline residues aggregate parallel to the ac plane. 4-Aminobenzoic acid (PABA) residues are arranged on both sides of the proline aggregate and are connected through water O atoms, which act as acceptors for PABA and as hydrogen-bond donors to the amino acids. The characteristic features of PABA, viz. twisting of the carboxyl plane from the aromatic ring and the formation of a head-to-tail chain motif [C(8)] along the b axis, are observed. A distinct feature of the structure is that no proton transfer occurs between proline and PABA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai 625 021, India. xrdsopmku@yahoo.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Athimoolam
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Natarajan
mesh_terms: D010129:4-Aminobenzoic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011392:Proline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D062366:para-Aminobenzoates
chemical_list: D062366:para-Aminobenzoates; D011392:Proline; D010129:4-Aminobenzoic Acid