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Split-and-pool Synthesis and Characterization of Peptide Tertiary Amide Library
Published on: June 20, 2014
L-Phenylalanyl-L-alanine dihydrate
1Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, PO Box 1033 Blindern, N-0315 Oslo, Norway. c.h.gorbitz@kjemi.uio.no
Abstract:
A new type of molecular arrangement for dipeptides is observed in the crystal structure of L-phenylalanyl-L-alanine dihydrate, C12H16N2O3-2H2O. Two L-Phe and two L-Ala side chains aggregate into large hydrophobic columns within a three-dimensional hydrogen-bond network.
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