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An Intrinsic Hydrophobicity Scale for Amino Acids and Its Application to Fluorinated Compounds

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Hoffmann, W.; Langenhan, J.; Huhmann, S.; Moschner, J.; Chang, R.; Accorsi, M.; Seo, J.; Rademann, J.; Koksch, B.; Bowers, M. T.; von Helden, G.; Pagel, K.* – 2019

More than 100 hydrophobicity scales have been introduced, with each being based on a distinct condensed‐phase approach. However, a comparison of the hydrophobicity values gained from different techniques, and their relative ranking, is not straightforward, as the interactions between the environment and the amino acid are unique to each method. Here, we overcome this limitation by studying the properties of amino acids in the clean‐room environment of the gas phase. In the gas phase, entropic contributions from the hydrophobic effect are by default absent and only the polarity of the side chain dictates the self‐assembly. This allows for the derivation of a novel hydrophobicity scale, which is based solely on the interaction between individual amino acid units within the cluster and thus more accurately reflects the intrinsic nature of a side chain. This principle can be further applied to classify non‐natural derivatives, as shown here for fluorinated amino acid variants.

Title
An Intrinsic Hydrophobicity Scale for Amino Acids and Its Application to Fluorinated Compounds
Author
Hoffmann, W.; Langenhan, J.; Huhmann, S.; Moschner, J.; Chang, R.; Accorsi, M.; Seo, J.; Rademann, J.; Koksch, B.; Bowers, M. T.; von Helden, G.; Pagel, K.*
Date
2019
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Citation
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 8216–8220.
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