Francisco Meijide, Juan V Trillo, Santiago de Frutos, Luciano Galantini, Nicolae Viorel Pavel, Victor H Soto, Aida Jover, José Vázquez Tato
Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Avda. Alfonso X El Sabio s/n, 27002 Lugo, Spain.
Steroids 2013 FebThe crystal structure of three head-to-head dimers (having two cholic acid or deoxycholic acid units) linked at carbon atoms C3 by aromatic or alkyl bridges is studied. An internal coordinates system is necessary for describing the relative orientation in the space of the two bile acid residues. Five angles (three torsion and two common ones) are necessary for defining the relative position of both steroid residues in space. Carbon atoms C3 (which always carries a α-hydroxy group in natural bile acids), and C10 and C13 (which always carry β-methyl groups) of each steroid residue are suitable for this purpose. Furthermore, the distance between each C3 carbon atoms of both steroid residues will allow one to locate the steroids in space. The three dimers selected provide a large range of values for these angles. The packing, hydrogen bond network, and location of guest in the three crystals are discussed. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Francisco Meijide, Juan V Trillo, Santiago de Frutos, Luciano Galantini, Nicolae Viorel Pavel, Victor H Soto, Aida Jover, José Vázquez Tato. Crystal structure of head-to-head dimers of cholic and deoxycholic acid derivatives with different symmetric bridges. Steroids. 2013 Feb;78(2):247-54
PMID: 23200733
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