Abstract: | Modes of aggregation fo alanine-, norvaline- and valine-contaiing dpepetides with the general formula R1? C1O1? N2H2? CHR2? C2O2? N3H3? R3 have been studied in CCl4 solution by using infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopies. Solutions of the pure L isomer and of the racemic mixture do not give identical data. At a given concentration, the racemic mixtrue is more aggregated than the pure enantiomer, and the difference, negligible in the case of alanine derivative, increases wiht the bulkiness of the side cahin R2. The results show that a selective interaction takes place between enantiomeric molecules, resulting ina dimer associating tow inverse configurated C5 conformers. The stabilizaion of this dimer proceeds from two symmetrical and intermolecular H3 … O1 hydrogen bondings. |