Thermophysical Study of Several α- and β-Amino Acid Derivatives by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)

María Victoria Roux, Rafael Notario, Marta Segura, Ramón Guzmán-Mejía, Eusebio Juaristi, James S. Chickos

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Abstract

The present study reports a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) study of the amino acids sarcosine [CAS Registry No. 107-97-1], α-alanine (dl) [CAS Registry No. 302-72-7], β-alanine [CAS Registry No. 107-95-9],  N -benzyl-α-alanine (dl) [CAS Registry No. 40297-69-6], and  N -benzyl-β-alanine [CAS Registry No. 5426-62-0] in the temperature interval from  T  = 268 K to their respective melting/decomposition temperatures. Temperatures and heat capacities as a function of temperature of all solids and the enthalpies and entropies of fusion of two of the amino acids, sarcosine and  N -benzyl-β-alanine, are reported.
Original languageAmerican English
JournalJournal of Chemical & Engineering Data
Volume56
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 13 2011

Keywords

  • Entropy
  • Heat capacity
  • Monomers
  • Peptides and proteins
  • Phase transitions

Disciplines

  • Inorganic Chemistry

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