R. Badorrey et al., 2-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-2-isopropyl-4-pentenamide, a new conformationally restricted alpha,alpha-dialkylglycine derivative, ACT CRYST C, 55, 1999, pp. 241-243
The alpha-allyl-alpha-isopropylglycine derivative, C13H24N2O3, adopts a ful
ly extended C-5 conformation. The phi and psi torsion angles are close to t
he expected values of 180 degrees. The amide C=O group plays the role of a
double acceptor, namely, of an intramolecular hydrogen bond with the uretha
ne N-H group, and of an intermolecular hydrogen bond with the amide N-H gro
up of a symmetry-related molecule (2 - x, -y, -z).