title: Molecular aggregation in selected crystalline 1:1 complexes of hydrophobic D- and L-amino acids. IV. The L-phenylalanine series.
abstract: The amino acid L-phenylalanine has been cocrystallized with D-2-aminobutyric acid, C(9)H(11)NO(2).C(4)H(9)NO(2), D-norvaline, C(9)H(11)NO(2).C(5)H(11)NO(2), and D-methionine, C(9)H(11)NO(2).C(5)H(11)NO(2)S, with linear side chains, as well as with D-leucine, C(9)H(11)NO(2).C(6)H(13)NO(2), D-isoleucine, C(9)H(11)NO(2).C(6)H(13)NO(2), and D-allo-isoleucine, C(9)H(11)NO(2).C(6)H(13)NO(2), with branched side chains. The structures of these 1:1 complexes fall into two classes based on the observed hydrogen-bonding pattern. From a comparison with other L:D complexes involving hydrophobic amino acids and regular racemates, it is shown that the structure-directing properties of phenylalanine closely parallel those of valine and isoleucine but not those of leucine, which shares side-chain branching at C(gamma) with phenylalanine and is normally considered to be the most closely related non-aromatic amino acid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, PO Box 1033 Blindern, N-0315 Oslo, Norway. c.h.gorbitz@kjemi.uio.no
authors.forename: Carl Henrik
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Görbitz
authors.forename: Kari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rissanen
authors.forename: Arto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valkonen
authors.forename: Asmund
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Husabø
mesh_terms: D000613:Aminobutyrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010649:Phenylalanine / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000613:Aminobutyrates; D010649:Phenylalanine