VIBRATIONAL CIRCULAR DICHROISM IN CARBON-HYDROGEN STRETCHING REGION FOR AMINO ACIDS IN NEUTRAL AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS

Abstract

The vibrational Circular Dichroism and absorption spectra of all the water soluble natural amino acids and some less common ones in the carbon-hydrogen stretching region have been recorded. $\Delta c$ and c as well as $\Delta c/\ell$ values have been measured and compared; these compounds have been catagorized in different groups according to their spectra similarities. A general correlation between the absolute configuration and the VCD spectra of these amino acids has been observed.