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Ariel Pérez-Mellor1, Ivan Alata1, Valeria Lepère1
1Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay (ISMO), CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay , F-91405 Orsay , France.
Abstract:
The conformational landscape of the diketopiperazine (DKP) dipeptide built on tyrosine and proline, namely, cyclo Tyr-Pro, is studied by combining resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization, double resonance infrared ultraviolet (IR-UV) spectroscopy, and quantum chemical calculations. Despite the geometrical constraints due the two aliphatic rings, DKP and proline, cyclo Tyr-Pro is a flexible molecule. For both diastereoisomers, cyclo LTyr-LPro and cyclo LTyr-DPro, two structural families coexist under supersonic jet conditions. In the most stable conformation, the aromatic tyrosine substituent is folded over the DKP ring (g+ geometry of the aromatic ring) as it is in the solid state. The other structure is completely extended (g- geometry of the aromatic ring) and resembles that proposed for the vapor phase. IR-UV results are not sufficient for unambiguous assignment of the observed spectra to either folded or extended conformations and the simulation of the vibronic pattern of the S0-S1 transition is necessary. Still, the comparison between IR-UV results and anharmonic calculations allows explanation of the minor structural differences between cyclo LTyr-LPro and cyclo LTyr-DPro in terms of different NH···π and CH···π interactions.
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