Hexafluorosilicates of alanine

Author(s)
V. V. Ghazaryan, Michel Fleck, A.M. Petrosyan
Abstract

The existence of three types of salts of amino acid hexafluorosilicates 2 A+ · SiF62-, A2+ · SiF62- and 2(A ··· A+) · SiF62-, where A is an amino acid in zwitterionic state, A+ is a singly charged cation, A2+ is a doubly charged cation and (A ··· A+) is a dimeric cation with a short hydrogen bond, have been established, in the literature (Ghazaryan, V. V.; Fleck, M.; Petrosyan, A. M.: Salts of amino acids with hexafluorosilicate anion. J. Cryst. Growth (2011), doi: 10.1016/j.jcysgro.2011.11.017). Here we report the investigation of hexafluorosilicates of a-alanine. Both L- and DL-alanine form salts according to the main 2 A+ · SiF62- type: 2L-Ala+ · SiF62- · 3 H2O and 2DL-Ala+ · SiF62- · 2 H2O. In addition we found that L-alanine forms a new A+ · (A ··· A+) · SiF62- type of salt: L-Ala+ · (L-Ala ··· L-Ala+) · SiF62- · H2O. Results of structural and vibrational spectroscopic studies are described and discussed.

Organisation(s)
Department of Mineralogy and Crystallography
External organisation(s)
National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
Journal
Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials
Volume
227
Pages
646-655
No. of pages
10
ISSN
2194-4946
Publication date
2012
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
105113 Crystallography
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/b6d9e825-bd33-4ded-9550-b80bbf835015