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Conformation specific spectroscopy of Ac-γ4-Phe-NHMe: Relative abundances in a supersonic expansion determined using IR population transfer

Fischer, Joshua L.

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Title
Conformation specific spectroscopy of Ac-γ4-Phe-NHMe: Relative abundances in a supersonic expansion determined using IR population transfer
Author(s)
Fischer, Joshua L.
Contributor(s)
  • Zwier, Timothy S.
  • Harrilal, Christopher P.
  • Blodgett, Karl N.
Issue Date
2019-06-18
Keyword(s)
Conformers and isomers
Date of Ingest
  • 2019-07-15T22:17:10Z
  • 2020-01-25T19:31:52Z
Abstract
"Foldamers are peptides synthesized to adopt specific motifs, for instance, helices. One class of foldamers that has received particular attention are $\beta$-peptides,with two carbons between amide groups, or $\gamma$-peptides, with three. This extension of the carbon backbone provides additional conformational flexibility and more choice for the position(s) of peptidomimetic substitution. Previous gas-phase jet-cooled conformation specific spectroscopy of the $\gamma$-peptide, Ac-$\gamma$$^{2}$-Phe-NHMe, found three different conformers and provided the first spectroscopic signature of amide stacking.[1] The study also utilized infrared population transfer (IRPT) studies that determined the relative population of each conformer in the expansion, and later, the binding of a single water molecule.[2] Here, we expand the study further to include Ac-$\gamma$$^{4}$-Phe-NHMe. Repositioning of the peptidomimetic side chains from the 2- to the 4-position of $\gamma$-peptides has been shown to induce helix formation in solution. This motivates a study of the intrinsic change in conformational preferences induced by $\gamma$$^{2}$- vs. $\gamma$$^{4}$-Phe substitution. Conformation specific IR-UV double resonance spectra were recorded for the jet-cooled $\gamma$$^{4}$ conformers in the NH stretch and amide I/II regions. DFT calculations at the B3LYP level of theory (6-31+G(D), D3BJ) were compared with experiment to assign structures. Two structures were assigned as phenyl rotamers of a nine-membered ring closed by an NH…O=C hydrogen bond (C9). Tentative assignment for the third conformer is to a strained seven-membered ring closed by a hydrogen bond. Currently, IRPT is being used to determine the relative populations of the conformers in the expansion. Additionally, Ac-$\gamma$$^{4}$-Phe-NHMe•H2O will be studied to compare bare and partially solvated structures. [1] James III, W. H.; M\""{u}ller, C. W.; Buchanan, E. G.; Nix, M. G.; Guo, L.; Roskop, L.; Gordon, M. S.; Slipchenko, L. V.; Gellman, S. H.; Zwier, T. S., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 14243-14245. [2] Buchanan, E. G.; James III, W. H.; Gutberlet, A.; Dean, J. C.; Guo, L.; Gellman, S. H.; Zwier, T. S., Faraday Discuss. 2011, 150, 209-226."
Publisher
International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
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Conference Paper / Presentation
Language
eng
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/104556
DOI
https://doi.org/10.15278/isms.2019.TJ08
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Copyright 2019 Joshua L. Fischer

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