ISSN:
0020-7608
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
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Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The nonplanarity of a peptide unit has been studied by the ab initio method (GAUSSIAN 76) considering both the pyramidal structure of nitrogen and the variation of the ω angle for the N-methyl-acetamide and N-ethyl-acetamide in their cis and trans conformations. Several semiempirical methods have also been used for the sake of completeness of this work. All methods except CNDO and PCILO support a nonpyramidal structure for the nitrogen. The distortions of the planarity of the peptide unit show for both cis and trans conformations of the model compounds a significant asymmetric shift of the minimum on the energy curve for the ω rotation.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qua.560220307
