The synthesis and resonance Raman spectra of several new N-acyl glycine ethyl dithioesters RC(=O)NH—CH2—C(=S)SR are reported. The resonance Raman spectra of these compounds contain at least two peaks in the "C=S stretching region" between 1050 and 1200 cm−1. The solvent, concentration, temperature, and excitation wavelength dependencies of these features have been investigated. The results obtained are consistent with two conformations of the dithioesters co-existing in solution with the conformational differences being controlled by rotational isomerism about one or both of the NH—CH2 and CH2—CS bonds. Strong support for the existence of more than one conformer in solution comes from the Raman spectrum of a single crystal of N-acetyl glycine ethyl dithioester. In the spectrum of the single crystal several Raman bands are absent compared to the spectrum of the dithioester in solution indicating that only one of the conformers found in the solution phase is retained in the crystal. In one of the conformers found in solution there is evidence for an intramolecular interaction between the amide group and the dithioester group. The exact nature of the intramolecular interaction is uncertain, although simple H-bonding and enethiol tautomerism have been eliminated as possibilities. Possible contributors to the interaction are dipole–dipole forces and amide π-electrons interacting through space with sulfur dx orbitals. Both of these putative interactions would be modulated by rotational isomerism. Based on deuterium substitution experiments a resonance Raman band is identified in the 1050–1200 cm−1 region which contains a contribution from the motion of the amide proton. The unexpected intensity enhancement of an amide mode is attributed to the amide–dithioester intramolecular interaction. The conformer exhibiting the intramolecular interaction is thought to closely resemble the conformation of the substrate in the active site of certain dithioester enzyme–substrate complexes.
报道了几种新的N-酰基甘
氨酸乙基二
硫酯RC(=O)NH—CH
2—C(=S)SR的合成和共振拉曼光谱。这些化合物的共振拉曼光谱在“C=S伸展区”(1050至1200 cm
−1)至少包含两个峰。已经研究了这些特征的溶剂、浓度、温度和激发波长的依赖性。所得结果表明,溶液中存在两种二
硫酯的构象,其构象差异由NH—CH
2和CH
2—CS键的旋转异构体控制。从N-乙酰基甘
氨酸乙基二
硫酯的单晶拉曼光谱中得到了溶液中存在多个构象的强有力支持。在单晶的光谱中,与溶液中的二
硫酯光谱相比,有几个拉曼带消失,表明晶体中仅保留了溶液相中的一个构象。在溶液中发现的一个构象中,有证据表明酰胺基团与二
硫酯基团之间存在分子内相互作用。分子内相互作用的确切性质尚不确定,尽管简单的氢键和烯
硫醇互变异构已被排除为可能性。对于相互作用的可能贡献者包括偶极–偶极力和酰胺π-电子通过空间与
硫d
x轨道相互作用。这两种假定的相互作用都将受到旋转异构体的调节。基于
氘取代实验,确定了在1050–1200 cm
−1区域内的一个共振拉曼带,其中包含酰胺质子运动的贡献。对酰胺模式意外强度增强归因于酰胺–二
硫酯分子内相互作用。认为展现分子内相互作用的构象与某些二
硫酯酶–底物复合物活性位点中的底物构象非常相似。