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IR-spectroscopic and stereo-structural analysis of aromatic l-Tryptophan containing dipeptides l-Tryptophan-l-Tryptophan (Trp-Trp), l-Tyrosine-l-Tryptophan (Tyr-Trp) and cyclo(Trp-Trp) have been carried out by means of solid-state linear-dichroic infrared (IR-LD) spectroscopy of oriented as suspension in nematic liquid crystal solids. The experimental data have been compared with analogous ones of the simple amino acids l-Tyrosnine (l-Tyr) and l-Tryptophan (l-Trp). In cyclo(Trp-Trp), the IR-spectral changes towards the IR-ones of acyclic Trp-Trp have been determined. A theoretical analysis of Tyr-Trp at Hartree-Fock level of theory and 6-31G** basis set is also applied.

A solid state, linear dichroic IR analysis of a mononuclear Au(III) complex of the tripeptide glycylmethioninylglycine (GlyMetGly) oriented in a nematic liquid crystal has been carried out. Structural results are compared with 1 H and 13 C NMR data. The ligand coordinates to Au(III) as a tridentate in [Au(C 9 H 17 N 3 O 4 S)Cl]Cl 2 , binding through S, and the N- and O-atoms of neighbouring CONH– and COO - groups. The fourth position is occupied by a terminal Cl - ligand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Stereo structural characterization of methionine-containing tripeptides glycine-glycine-methionine (Gly-Gly-Met) and methionine-glycine-glycine (Met-Gly-Gly) is carried out by means of linear-dichroic infrared spectral analysis of oriented as nematic liquid crystal suspension solid samples. Thus obtained data are compared with theoretical ones received by ab initio calculations (Hartree-Fock level of theory and 6-31G** basis set). An IR-spectral characterization of both tripeptides is included as well. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: Validation of reducing-difference procedure based on subtracting of non-polarized infrared (IR) spectra of n-component solid mixtures is presented. The accuracy and precision are established. The limits of detection are 3.0, 2.5, 1.5 and 1.0wt.% for 5-, 4-, 3-and 2-component mixtures, respectively. Smoothing procedures for IR spectral analysis, based on Savitzky–Golay or Fourier methods are applied as well. The mean values and relative standard deviations for peak position (ν i ) and integral absorbance (A i ) obtained by this data processing approach have been examined using Student''s t-test. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Interaction between the S-Phe–S-Phe dipeptide (PP) and Au(III) leads to the formation of a yellow complex, [Au(PP)Cl3]Cl (1), with monodentate coordination of the dipeptide with Au(III) through one O atom of the COO - group. Three Cl - anions bond to the metal center as terminal ligands. The structure of 1 was obtained by comparative solid-state linear-dichroic infrared (LD-IR) spectroscopic analysis of a solid sample and the pure dipeptide S-Phe–S-Phe, both oriented in a nematic liquid crystal suspension. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mononuclear Au(III) complexes of the peptides H-His-Met-OH (D) and H-Gly-Gly-Met-OH (T) and their N -protected forms Ac-His-Met-OH (Ac-D) and Ac-Gly-Gly-Met-OH (Ac-T) were structurally characterized by means of IR, MS and NMR. In the complexes with dipeptides [AuLCl 2 ]Cl (L = D or Ac-D), Au(III) is coordinated through S and imidazole N atoms from methionine and histidine fragments of the ligands forming macrochelate rings at mol ratio Au : L = 1 : 1. Additionally, Au(III) is coordinated by two terminal chloride ions in a square-planar arrangement. In complexes with the tripeptides [AuL′Cl] (L′ = T or Ac-T), however, the metal ion is coordinated in a tridentate fashion, through S and two N atoms, also at mol ratio M : L = 1 : 1. The fourth position of Au(III) is occupied by a Cl - ligand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]