Combined NMR and UV-Vis Spectroscopic Studies of Models for the Hydrogen Bond System in the Active Site of Photoactive Yellow Protein: H-Bond Cooperativity and Medium Effects
Intramolecular hydrogen bonds in aprotic media were studied by combined (simultaneous) NMR and UV-vis spectroscopy. The species under investigation were anionic and featured single or coupled H-bonds between, for example, carboxylic groups and phenolic oxygen atoms (COO···H···OC)^(-), among phenolic oxygen atoms (CO···H···OC)^(-), and hydrogen bond chains between a carboxylic group and two phenolic oxygen atoms (COO···H···(OC)···H···OC)^(-). The last anion may be regarded as a small molecule...
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