Journal
CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 424, Issue -, Pages 75-79Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2013.04.020
Keywords
L-cysteine; Inelastic neutron scattering spectroscopy; Infrared spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; Periodic density functional theory
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Ab initio calculations of the complete unit cell of L-cysteine for both the orthorhombic and monoclinic polymorphs have been carried out. The results suggest the presence of a previously unrecognised, weak dihydrogen bond of a novel type: S-H center dot center dot center dot N-H in the gauche conformer of the monoclinic polymorph. Comparison of the calculated transition energies to those observed in the infrared, Raman and inelastic neutron scattering spectra of the orthorhombic form shows excellent agreement, as does the simulated INS spectra to that experimentally measured. The assignments are in general agreement with those in the literature but differ in detail. The strong intermolecular interactions present make the use of periodic-DFT essential in order to correctly assign the spectra. The need for, and the complementarity of, all three types of vibrational spectra: infrared, Raman and INS is clearly demonstrated. (C) 2013 The Author. Published by Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
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