文摘
Short 伪,尾,伪-tripeptides comprising a central chiral trisubstituted 尾2,2,3*-amino acid residue form unusual 纬-turns and 未-turns in CDCl3 and DMSO-d6 solutions but do not form 尾-turns. Thermal coefficients of backbone amide protons, 2D-NMR spectra, and molecular modeling revealed that these motifs were strongly dependent on the configuration (chiral effect) of the central 尾-amino acid residue within the triad. Accordingly, SSS tripeptides adopted an intraresidual 纬-turn like (C6) arrangement in the central 尾-amino acid, whereas SRS diastereomers preferred an extended 未-turn (C9) conformation. A different SRS-stabilizing bias was observed in the crystal structures of the same compounds, which shared the extended 未-turn (C9) found in solution, but incorporated an additional extended 尾-turn (C11) to form an overlapped double turn motif.