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Octa-O-propanoyl-beta-maltose: crystal structure, acyl stacking, related structures, and conformational analysis.

Johnson GP, Stevens ED, French AD

Southern Regional Research Center, US Department of Agriculture, 1100 Robert E. Lee Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70124, United States.

The crystal structure of beta-maltose octapropanoate (1) was solved to improve understanding of di-, oligo-, and polysaccharide conformations. The O6 and O6' atoms are in gg and gt orientations, respectively. Extrapolation of the coordinates of the non-reducing residue and observed linkage bond and torsion angles of 1 [Formula: see text] yields a left-handed helix similar to amylose triacetate I. The phi and psi values of 1 are also similar to those of other crystalline, acylated maltose compounds as well as some hydroxyl-bearing molecules. Acylated maltose moieties are often stabilized by stacking of the carbonyl groups and alpha-carbons on O3 and O2' as well as by the exo-anomeric effect. The conformation of 1 is within the 1-kcal/mol contour on a hybrid energy map built with a dielectric constant of 7.5, but corresponds to higher energies on maps made with lower dielectric constants. In one region of phi,psi space, both hydroxyl-bearing and derivatized maltose moieties are found but no inter-residue, intramolecular hydrogen-bonding occurs. In another region, only hydroxyl-bearing molecules crystallize and O2'...O3 hydrogen bonds are always found. In agreement with the energy surfaces, amylose helices extrapolated from available linkage geometries were almost all left-handed.

Published 4 May 2007 in Carbohydr Res, 342(9): 1210-22.
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