H. Petride, ROTATIONAL-ISOMERISM IN SOME BENZOYLATED GLYCINE DERIVATIVES - EXPERIMENTAL-DATA AND MOLECULAR MECHANICS STUDY, Revue Roumaine de Chimie, 39(5), 1994, pp. 547-561
Benzoylated glycine derivatives 1b - j are mixtures of isomers A and B
(minor) due to slow rotation about the amidic N - C(CO) bond. A steri
cally hindered rotation around the N - C(R) bond was also evidenced in
some cases. Molecular mechanics study using MMX force field showed im
portant differencies between the calculated and experimental relative
stabilities of isomers A and B.