Abstract
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR), Electron-Nuclear DOuble Resonance (ENDOR) and ENDOR Induced EPR (EIE) results indicated at least three radicals produced in l-arginine·HCl·H2O single crystals irradiated at 298K. Radical RI dominated the central portion of the EPR spectra and was identified as the main-chain deamination radical, and Density Function Theory (DFT) calculations indicated that RI has protonated carboxyl group, (H2…OOC)ĊH(CH2)3 NHC(NH2)2+, and the COOH protons are transferred from the hydrogen bonded amino group and guanidyl group in two different neighboring molecules. Radicals RII and RIII were identified respectively as the radicals dehydrogenated at C5, −(OOC)CH(NH3)+(CH2)2ĊHNHC(NH2)2+, and at C2, −(OOC)Ċ(NH3)+(CH2)3NHC(NH2)2+. Two conformations of RII were detected, denoted as RIIa and RIIb, and the conformational differences are mainly due to the different dihedral angles of the two β-protons bonded to C4, which were supported by the modeling calculations for RIIa and RIIb.
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