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Heteronuclear NOE analysis of bilirubin solution conformation and intramolecular hydrogen bonding
Doerner, Thomas,Knipp, Bernd,Lightner, David A.
, p. 2697 - 2716 (1997)
1H{1H}-Homonuclear and 13C{1H}-heteronuclear NOE (Nuclear Overhauser Effect) experiments carried out on bilirubin analogs (1-5) in CDCl3 and in CDCl3-(CD3)2SO solutions indicate that the carboxylic acid groups and dipyrrinone lactams and/or pyrroles are linked by intramolecular hydrogen bonding. Nonbonded C-H to H-C and N-H to H-N, and N-H to CO2H distances were calculated from the NOE data and confirm that the bilirubins adopt a folded, ridge-tile shape in solution.