Microsolvation Structures of Protonated Glycine and L-Alanine
Abstract
The IR predissociation spectra of microsolvated glycine and l-alanine, GlyH+(H2O)n and AlaH+(H2O)n, n = 1–6, are presented. The assignments of the solvation structures are aided by H2O/D2O substitution, IR-IR double resonance spectroscopy, and computational efforts. The analysis reveals the water–amino acid as well as the water–water interactions, and the subtle effects of the methyl side chain in L-alanine on the solvation motif are also highlighted. The bare amino acids exhibit an intramolecular hydrogen bond between the protonated amine and carboxyl terminals. In the n = 1–2 clusters, the water molecules preferentially solvate the protonated amine group, and we observed differences in the relative isomer stabilities in the two amino acids due to electron donation from the methyl weakening the intramolecular hydrogen bond. The structures in the n = 3 clusters show a further preference for solvation of the carboxyl group in l-alanine. For n = 4–6 clusters, the solvation structure of the two amino acids is remarkably similar, with one dominant isomer present in each cluster size. The first solvation shell is completed at n = 4, evidenced by a lack of free NH and OH stretches on the amino acid, as well as the first observation of H2O–H2O interactionsmore »
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1513763
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0010326
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Physical Chemistry. A, Molecules, Spectroscopy, Kinetics, Environment, and General Theory
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 123; Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 1089-5639
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Citation Formats
Fischer, Kaitlyn C., Sherman, Summer L., Voss, Jonathan M., Zhou, Jia, and Garand, Etienne. Microsolvation Structures of Protonated Glycine and L-Alanine. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.9b01578.
Fischer, Kaitlyn C., Sherman, Summer L., Voss, Jonathan M., Zhou, Jia, & Garand, Etienne. Microsolvation Structures of Protonated Glycine and L-Alanine. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.9b01578
Fischer, Kaitlyn C., Sherman, Summer L., Voss, Jonathan M., Zhou, Jia, and Garand, Etienne. Mon .
"Microsolvation Structures of Protonated Glycine and L-Alanine". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.9b01578. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1513763.
@article{osti_1513763,
title = {Microsolvation Structures of Protonated Glycine and L-Alanine},
author = {Fischer, Kaitlyn C. and Sherman, Summer L. and Voss, Jonathan M. and Zhou, Jia and Garand, Etienne},
abstractNote = {The IR predissociation spectra of microsolvated glycine and l-alanine, GlyH+(H2O)n and AlaH+(H2O)n, n = 1–6, are presented. The assignments of the solvation structures are aided by H2O/D2O substitution, IR-IR double resonance spectroscopy, and computational efforts. The analysis reveals the water–amino acid as well as the water–water interactions, and the subtle effects of the methyl side chain in L-alanine on the solvation motif are also highlighted. The bare amino acids exhibit an intramolecular hydrogen bond between the protonated amine and carboxyl terminals. In the n = 1–2 clusters, the water molecules preferentially solvate the protonated amine group, and we observed differences in the relative isomer stabilities in the two amino acids due to electron donation from the methyl weakening the intramolecular hydrogen bond. The structures in the n = 3 clusters show a further preference for solvation of the carboxyl group in l-alanine. For n = 4–6 clusters, the solvation structure of the two amino acids is remarkably similar, with one dominant isomer present in each cluster size. The first solvation shell is completed at n = 4, evidenced by a lack of free NH and OH stretches on the amino acid, as well as the first observation of H2O–H2O interactions in the spectra of n = 5. Finally, we note that calculations at the density functional theory (DFT) level show excellent agreement with the experiment for the smaller clusters. Furthermore, when water–water interactions compete with water–amino acid interactions in the larger clusters, DFT results show greater disagreement with experiment when compared to MP2 results.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jpca.9b01578},
journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry. A, Molecules, Spectroscopy, Kinetics, Environment, and General Theory},
number = 15,
volume = 123,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {3}
}
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