Conformational heterogeneity of a turn mimetic pseudo-peptide: comparison of crystal state, solution and theoretically derived structures
摘要:
Crystal structure analysis of the pseudo-peptide (tert-Buty N-{2-[N-N,N'-dicyclohexyl-ureidocarbonylethyl)carbamoyl]-prop-2-yl}carbamate) exhibited presence of a 13-membered intramolecular hydrogen bonded structure involving Boc C=O and Urea NH group to form an alpha-turn mimic [Acta. Crystallogr. C 56 (2000) 1120]. However, NMR studies of this compound in CDCl3 using DMSO solvent titration of amide NH groups have revealed that the pseudo-peptide lacks of unique conformational. state in solution. We have therefore carried out ab initio quantum mechanical calculations at up to B3LYP/6-31G** using density function theory level to characterise relative stabilities of different possible conformations with distinctive hydrogen bonding patterns. Computational studies also reveal that a 13-atom hydrogen bonded turn, identical to the crystal state conformation and analogous to the alpha-turn (in proteins) is energetically most stable. The structures with 7-atom hydrogen bonded turn (gamma-turn) and with bifurcated hydrogen bonds are, however, seen to have energies quite comparable to that of the alpha-turn mimetic. This indicates possibility of existence of multiple conformational states, corresponding to various turn structures (viz. alpha-turn mimetic, gamma-turn, etc.) which may interconvert in NMR time scale. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Conformational heterogeneity of a turn mimetic pseudo-peptide: comparison of crystal state, solution and theoretically derived structures
摘要:
Crystal structure analysis of the pseudo-peptide (tert-Buty N-{2-[N-N,N'-dicyclohexyl-ureidocarbonylethyl)carbamoyl]-prop-2-yl}carbamate) exhibited presence of a 13-membered intramolecular hydrogen bonded structure involving Boc C=O and Urea NH group to form an alpha-turn mimic [Acta. Crystallogr. C 56 (2000) 1120]. However, NMR studies of this compound in CDCl3 using DMSO solvent titration of amide NH groups have revealed that the pseudo-peptide lacks of unique conformational. state in solution. We have therefore carried out ab initio quantum mechanical calculations at up to B3LYP/6-31G** using density function theory level to characterise relative stabilities of different possible conformations with distinctive hydrogen bonding patterns. Computational studies also reveal that a 13-atom hydrogen bonded turn, identical to the crystal state conformation and analogous to the alpha-turn (in proteins) is energetically most stable. The structures with 7-atom hydrogen bonded turn (gamma-turn) and with bifurcated hydrogen bonds are, however, seen to have energies quite comparable to that of the alpha-turn mimetic. This indicates possibility of existence of multiple conformational states, corresponding to various turn structures (viz. alpha-turn mimetic, gamma-turn, etc.) which may interconvert in NMR time scale. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
The title compound, C25H44N4O5, exhibits a turn with the main chain reversing direction, held together by an intramolecular N-H ... O hydrogen bond. In the urea fragment, a notable amide C-N bond between the carboxyl C and the tertiary N atom shows marked single-bond character [1.437 (2) Angstrom]. The dihedral angle of the beta-alanyl residue, centrally located in the turn, is gauche [69.2 (2)degrees]. The packing is mediated by two intermolecular hydrogen bonds and van der Waals contacts involving the methyl moieties and the cyclohexyl rings.
Conformational heterogeneity of a turn mimetic pseudo-peptide: comparison of crystal state, solution and theoretically derived structures
Crystal structure analysis of the pseudo-peptide (tert-Buty N-2-[N-N,N'-dicyclohexyl-ureidocarbonylethyl)carbamoyl]-prop-2-yl}carbamate) exhibited presence of a 13-membered intramolecular hydrogen bonded structure involving Boc C=O and Urea NH group to form an alpha-turn mimic [Acta. Crystallogr. C 56 (2000) 1120]. However, NMR studies of this compound in CDCl3 using DMSO solvent titration of amide NH groups have revealed that the pseudo-peptide lacks of unique conformational. state in solution. We have therefore carried out ab initio quantum mechanical calculations at up to B3LYP/6-31G** using density function theory level to characterise relative stabilities of different possible conformations with distinctive hydrogen bonding patterns. Computational studies also reveal that a 13-atom hydrogen bonded turn, identical to the crystal state conformation and analogous to the alpha-turn (in proteins) is energetically most stable. The structures with 7-atom hydrogen bonded turn (gamma-turn) and with bifurcated hydrogen bonds are, however, seen to have energies quite comparable to that of the alpha-turn mimetic. This indicates possibility of existence of multiple conformational states, corresponding to various turn structures (viz. alpha-turn mimetic, gamma-turn, etc.) which may interconvert in NMR time scale. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.