期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
电子版ISSN:1091-6490
出版年度:1975
卷号:72
期号:3
页码:941-942
DOI:10.1073/pnas.72.3.941
语种:English
出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要:Poly(L-valine) in various degrees of polymerization was prepared from the N-carboxyanhydride of L-valine. The high-molecular-weight polymer was fibrous and capable of forming an oriented film when cast from trifluoroacetic acid solution. The comformations were examined by Raman spectroscopy. The Raman and infrared spectra of high-molecular-weight polymer were quite different from those of low-molecular-weight and tri-fluoroacetic-acid-treated high-molecular-weight polymers. The spectral data in the amide A, I, II, III, and V regions indicated that high-molecular-weight poly(L-valine) is possibly in the alpha-helical conformation, while low-molecular-weight poly(L-valine) and high--molecular-weight poly(L-valine) treated with trifluoroacetic acid are in the beta-conformation.