Gentiobiose, crystal structure

With three linkage bonds as in the molecular mechanics study of the 1-6 disaccharide gentiobiose (12), the lowest 24 minima within 7 kcal mole which were reported did not include that observed in the crystal structure (20). Had the crystal structure conformation been one of the sets of starting parameters, it would have been included, but it is reasonable to assume that the conformational population in solution was also not fully represented. 

Figure 2. Schematic diagram of the hydrogen-bond structure in the crystal structure of gentiobiose (GENTOSOl REFCODE in Cambridge Crystallographic Data Base). The arrows indicate infinite chains. Distances are H—O in A, angles are 0-H—O in degrees. The covalent 0-H bond lengths have been normalized to 0.97 A.

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