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SUBMITTER: Driver RW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5113693 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Driver Russell W RW Claridge Timothy D W TD Scheiner Steve S Smith Martin D MD
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) 20161006 46
The precise role of non-conventional hydrogen bonds such as the C-H⋅⋅⋅O interaction in influencing the conformation of small molecules remains unresolved. Here we survey a series of β-turn mimetics using X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy in conjunction with quantum calculation, and conclude that favourable torsional and electronic effects are important for the population of states with conformationally influential C-H⋅⋅⋅O interactions. Our results also highlight the challenge in attempt ...[more]