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Raman spectroscopy under high pressures and DFT calculations of the amino acid L-glutamine

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VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY, (2018)
DOI: 10.1016/j.vibspec.2018.07.004

Abstract

L-glutamine crystal was obtained by the slow evaporation method and its crystallographic structure was verified by X-ray diffraction experiments and the Rietveld method. The vibrational modes of L-glutamine were investigated through Raman spectroscopy and the normal modes were obtained using the Density Functional Theory with the B3LYP functional and set of bases 6-31G + +(d, p). With such approach, it was possible to make a theoretical-experimental comparison of the results obtained and to furnish a more precise assignment of the normal modes. The crystal was submitted to high pressure conditions and the Raman spectra between 3055 and 40 cm(-1) were recorded for pressures up to 6.1 GPa in a diamond anvil cell. This study allowed us to understand that the crystal undergoes a reversible structural phase transition around 4.0 GPa, characterized mainly by spectral changes in the region of the external modes.

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