Crystal structure comparisons

C NMR studies, especially in the solid state (83H(20)1713), are of value in studies of tautomerism (83H(20)1713, 86ZC378). Solid state studies on imidazole (and pyrazole) show there are three distinct signals for the annular carbon atoms (imidazole C-2, 136.3 C-4, 126.8 C-5, 115.3 ppm). Proton exchange does not occur in the solid, hence the compounds resemble their crystal structures. Comparison with the corresponding chemical shifts for 1-methylimidazole (137.6, 129.3, 119.7 ppm) implies that the tautomerism has been frozen in the solid state (81CC1207). Solid-state examination of 2,2 -bis-lH-imidazole also reveals frozen tautomerism. 

Rowland RS, Taylor R (1996) Intermolecular nonbonded contact distances in organic crystal structures comparison with distances expected from van der Waals radii. J Phys Chem 100 7384-7391... 

To enable an atomic interpretation of the AFM experiments, we have developed a molecular dynamics technique to simulate these experiments [49], Prom such force simulations rupture models at atomic resolution were derived and checked by comparisons of the computed rupture forces with the experimental ones. In order to facilitate such checks, the simulations have been set up to resemble the AFM experiment in as many details as possible (Fig. 4, bottom) the protein-ligand complex was simulated in atomic detail starting from the crystal structure, water solvent was included within the simulation system to account for solvation effects, the protein was held in place by keeping its center of mass fixed (so that internal motions were not hindered), the cantilever was simulated by use of a harmonic spring potential and, finally, the simulated cantilever was connected to the particular atom of the ligand, to which in the AFM experiment the linker molecule was connected. 

The pyrimidine ring is virtually flat. Its corrected bond lengths, as determined by a least-squares analysis of the crystal structure data for a unit cell of four molecules, are shown in formula (2) (60AX80), and the bond angles derived from these data show good agreement with those (3) derived by other means (63JCS5893) for comparison, each bond... 

Figure 9.3 Comparison of the consensus nucleotide sequence of the TATA box (a) and the sequences of the DNA fragments used in the crystal structure determinations of the TATA box-binding proteins from yeast (b) and the plant Arabidopsis thaliana (c).

Fehlhammer, H., Bode, W., Huber, R. Crystal structure of bovine trypsinogen at 1.8 A resolution. 11. Crystallographic refinement, refined crystal structure and comparison with bovine trypsin. J. Mol. Biol. 

Chothia, C., et al. The predicted structure of immunoglobulin D 1.3 and its comparison with the crystal structure. Science 233 755-758, 1986. 

In a previous work we showed that we could reproduce qualitativlely the LMTO-CPA results for the Fe-Co system within a simple spin polarized canonical band model. The structural properties of the Fe-Co alloy can thus be explained from the filling of the d-band. In that work we presented the results in canonical units and we could of course not do any quantitative comparisons. To proceed that work we have here done calculations based on the virtual crystal approximation (VGA). In this approximation each atom in the alloy has the same surrounding neighbours, it is thus not possible to distinguish between random and ordered alloys, but one may analyze the energy difference between different crystal structures. 

Fig. 3. Comparison of experimental values (solid curves) and predicted values (dashed lines) of a a for Fe-Co, Co-Ni, and Ni-Cu alloys. The short vertical lines indicate change in crystal structure.

Reactions of UCI4 with [Li RC(NCy)2 (THF)]2 (R = Me, Bu ) in THF gave the tris(amidinate) compounds [RC(NCy)2]3UCl that could be reduced with lithium powder in THF to the dark-green homoleptic uranium(lll) complexes [RC(NCy)2]3U. Comparison of the crystal structure of [MeC(NCy)2]3U with those of the lanthanide analog showed that the average U-N distance is shorter than expected from a purely ionic bonding model. ... 

X-ray measurements have shown that the positional and orientational ordering in highly ordered crystalline smectic phases is more comparable with the ordering in the solid state than the structures of the fluid smectic phases and the nematic phase. Therefore, a comparison of the structures of crystals and highly ordered smectic phases is possible because of their closer similarities. Up to now, only the crystal structures of few mesogenic compounds exhibiting highly ordered smectic phases have been reported in... 

X-ray absorption spectroscopy has been performed on the isolated Rieske protein from bovine heart mitochondrial bc complex 69) as well as on the Rieske-type cluster in Burkholderia cepacia phthalate dioxygenase (PDO) (72). The analysis performed by Powers et al. 69) was significantly hampered by the fact that the presence of two histidine ligands was not fully recognized therefore, only the results obtained with the dioxygenase where the mononuclear iron has been depleted will be considered here. Table VII gives a comparison of the distances obtained from the fit of the EXAFS spectra assuming an idealized Rieske model and of the distances in the crystal structures... 

Fig. 2.30 Comparison of antiparallel hairpin structures in / -peptides 120-122. (A) / -Pep-tides 120, 121 with a 12-membered R/S dini-pecotic (Nip or/ -HPro) turn segment (gray color). Summary of backbone-backbone and side-chain-side-chain NOEs collected in CD2CI2 and X-ray crystal structure of 121 (stereo-view) [154, 193], The intramolecular H-bond N" 0 distances are shown. The angles (N-H -O) are 170.8° (inner H-bond) and 1 72.3 ° (outer H-bond). (B) jS-Peptide 122 with...

The crystal structures of PbTX-1 dimethyl acetal, PbTX-1, and dihydro PbTX-1 provide a total of four independent pictures of the same brevetoxin skeleton. It is rare that this quantity of structural data is available for a natural product of this size. A comparison of torsional angles shows that all four molecules have approximately the same conformations in all rings, except, of course, for the aldehyde side chain and the E-ring in one of the independent molecules of PbTX-1. Least squares superposition fits among the four molecules gave the following average distances ... 

In a comparison of fluorescence spectra between the ester and thioester derivative crystals of PDA, the ester crystal shows a strong emission whereas the thioester crystal fluoresces much more weakly. For example, the intensity of a PDA methyl thioester crystal is about one-thousandth of that of a PDA methyl ester crystal. Furthermore, the fluorescence lifetime of mixed crystals which consist of a large amount of PDA methyl ester and a small amount of the corresponding thioester moiety is much shortened, compared to the lifetime of pure PDA methyl ester crystals. In quenching experiments in solutions of PDA ester, the fluorescence of the PDA ester is dramatically quenched by thioacetate. Similar behaviour has been obtained with several types of diolefin derivatives having a thioester moiety, where crystal structures are isomorphous with the corresponding ester derivatives. 

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