title: Intramolecular interactions in the polar headgroup of sphingosine: serinol.
abstract: The intramolecular interactions in the lipid sphingosine have been elucidated through the investigation of the amino alcohol serinol which mimics its polar headgroup. Intricate networks of intramolecular hydrogen bonds involving the hydroxyl groups and the amino group contribute to the stabilisation of five different conformations observed in the broadband rotational spectrum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, King's College London, London, SE1 1DB, UK. maria.sanz@kcl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Donatella
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Loru
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Espectroscopía Molecular (GEM), Edificio Quifima, Laboratorios de Espectroscopia y Bioespectroscopia. Unidad Asociada CSIC, Parque Científico Uva, Universidad de Valladolid, Paseo de Belén 5, 47011 Valladolid, Spain.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Peña
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Espectroscopía Molecular (GEM), Edificio Quifima, Laboratorios de Espectroscopia y Bioespectroscopia. Unidad Asociada CSIC, Parque Científico Uva, Universidad de Valladolid, Paseo de Belén 5, 47011 Valladolid, Spain.
authors.forename: José L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, King's College London, London, SE1 1DB, UK. maria.sanz@kcl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: M Eugenia
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Sanz
mesh_terms: D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000737:chemistry*; D011409:Propylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry*; D013110:Sphingosine / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D011412:Propanolamines; D011409:Propylene Glycols; C072422:serinol; D013110:Sphingosine