Abstract
Raman spectra of DL-Alanine crystals were investigated in the 50-3200
cm(-1) spectral region for temperatures ranging from 15 to 295K. The
crystalline structure of DL-Alanine represents a rare example of an
amino acid racemate crystallizing in a non-centrosymmetric space group.
From this study, we have observed changes in the wavenumber of modes
associated with both rocking of CO2- and skeletal vibrations. On the
other hand, neither changes in the modes associated to CH or CH3
vibrations nor substantial modifications of the lattice modes of the
crystal were observed. Such result indicates slight changes of the CO2
group orientation without observation of a solid-solid phase transition
in the DL-Alanine crystal. Copyright 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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