title: Crystallographic rationalization of the reactivity and spectroscopic properties of (2R)-S-(2,5-dihydroxyphenyl)cysteine.
abstract: At 150 K, the title compound, C(9)H(11)NO(4)S, crystallizes in the orthorhombic form as a zwitterion and has a low gauche conformation [chi = -46.23 (16) degrees] for an acyclic cysteine derivative. A difference in bond length is observed for the alkyl C-S bond [1.8299 (15) A] and the aryl C-S bond [1.7760 (15) A]. The -NH(3)(+) group is involved in four hydrogen bonds, two of which are intermolecular and two intramolecular. The compound forms an infinite three-dimensional network constructed from four intermolecular hydrogen bonds. Characterization data ((13)C NMR, IR and optical rotation) are reported to supplement the incomplete data disclosed previously in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, England.
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kociok-Köhn
authors.forename: Simon E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D003545:Cysteine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: C040165:2-(S-cysteinyl)hydroquinone; D003545:Cysteine