Research Article

Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Terahertz Spectra of the Structural Isomers: Mannose and Galactose

Table 1

Calculated bond lengths (Å) and RMSD values of mannose and galactose compared to experimental X-ray valuesa.

MannoseGalactose
CASTEPGaussianCASTEPGaussian
BondExp.PBEPW91B3LYPBondExp.PBEPW91B3LYP

C1–O11.36871.38911.39121.3816C2–O11.40021.42611.42591.4095
C1–O51.45461.44671.44471.4326C2–O51.43261.41201.41141.4084
C1–C21.49591.53681.53991.5380C3–O21.44201.42991.43041.4392
C2–O21.38991.42421.42461.4230C4–O31.42541.43131.43181.4141
C2–C31.53651.53801.54111.5266C1–O41.43071.43191.43291.4222
C3–O31.42631.42881.43221.4238C5–O51.42601.44661.44651.4455
C3–C41.47931.52661.52921.5238C6–O61.41931.43221.43221.4223
C4–O41.43241.42801.42911.4322C2–C31.53611.53621.53521.5466
C4–C51.48941.54341.54621.5326C3–C41.50161.53111.54041.5284
C5–O51.41971.43651.44101.4292C1–C41.54421.54311.54191.5344
C5–C61.51811.52091.52111.5230C1–C51.53781.54101.54071.5329
C6–O61.43381.42451.43051.4135C5–C61.51171.52311.53151.5261
RMSD0.02720.02890.02580.01550.01780.0142

aThe experimental values are taken from references [22, 23].