%0 Journal Article %@ 00404039 %A Thakur, A K %A Kishore, Raghuvansh %D 2001 %F open:863 %I Elsevier Science %J Tetrahedron Letters %N 28 %P 4691-4694 %T Crystallographic characterisation of novel β-turn like folds in a model peptide: stabilisation by main-chain to side-chain interactions %U http://crdd.osdd.net/open/863/ %V 42 %X X-Ray diffraction analysis of the model peptide Boc-Thr-Thr-OCH3 reveals the existence of distinctive conformational characteristics: semi-extended (φ=−62.1°; ψ=137.1°) and semi-folded (φ=−130.3°; ψT=5.7°) of the N- and C-terminus Thr residues, respectively. Surprisingly, an overall significantly ‘flat’ conformation is stabilised by a number of novel main-chain to side-chain intramolecular hydrogen bonds, i.e. two non-conventional: Cγi+1H⋯OCi−1 and CγiH⋯Oi+1 types and two conventional: NiH⋯Oγi and OγiH⋯Ni types of interactions %Z Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.