Author:
Mossou Estelle,Teixeira Susana C. M.,Mitchell Edward P.,Mason Sax A.,Adler-Abramovich Lihi,Gazit Ehud,Forsyth V. Trevor
Abstract
The title zwitterion (2S)-2-azaniumyl-1-hydroxy-3-phenylpropan-1-olate, C9H11NO2, also known as L-phenylalanine, was characterized using synchrotron X-rays. It crystallized in the monoclinic space groupP21with four molecules in the asymmetric unit. The 0.62 Å resolution structure is assumed to be closely related to the fibrillar form of phenylalanine, as observed by electron microscopy and electron diffraction. The structure exists in a zwitterionic form in which π–π stacking and hydrogen-bonding interactions are believed to form the basis of the self-assembling properties.
Publisher
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
Subject
Materials Chemistry,Inorganic Chemistry,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Condensed Matter Physics
Cited by
54 articles.
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