Dynamical disorder and reorientation of the CH3 groups in N-methylacetamide

S. Rols; H. N. Bordallo; K. W. Herwig; M. Barthès

doi:10.1016/j.physb.2004.03.157

Dynamical disorder and reorientation of the CH₃ groups in N-methylacetamide

S. Rols, H. N. Bordallo, K. W. Herwig, M. Barthès

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Abstract

By selective deuteration the influence of the environment on the geometry of the motion of each hydrogen group in N-methylacetamide (NMA, CH ₃NHCOCH₃) was probed using quasi-elastic neutron scattering. From 100 K to ambient very good agreement was obtained over the entire Q-range (0.35-2.35Å), by fitting the data to a uniaxial rotational model of the methyl groups around the C₃-axis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e587-e589
Journal	Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter
Volume	350
Issue number	1-3 SUPPL. 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2004.03.157
State	Published - Jul 15 2004
Externally published	Yes

Funding

This work has benefited from the use of IPNS at ANL, funded by the US DOE Contract No. W-31-109-Eng-38. KWH wishes to thank the support of the US DOE under Contract No. DE-AC05-960R22464.

Keywords

Alpha-helical proteins
Polypeptides
Simplest model system

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