Research Article

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

Table 2

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

MannoseGalactose
CASTEPGaussianCASTEPGaussian
Bond angleExp.PBEPW91B3LYPBond angleExp.PBEPW91B3LYP

O1–C1–O5105.60106.28106.82108.25O1–C2–O5111.83110.61110.61109.84
O1–C1–C2115.70113.76113.94111.16O1–C2–C3108.11112.12112.47110.17
O5–C1–C2111.00109.66110.06110.72C3–C2–O5107.55110.74110.82111.24
O2–C2–C1106.30108.50108.59106.63C2–C3–C4110.07108.72108.80111.67
O2–C2–C3112.20112.50112.54110.62C2–C3–O2109.34108.89108.75109.97
C1–C2–C3107.60108.53109.06111.88O2–C3–C4112.90113.79113.84106.72
O3–C3–C4111.80111.28111.87111.45C3–C4–C1109.77108.88108.78109.77
O3–C3–C2107.60109.58108.78107.04C3–C4–O3110.79111.71111.69111.15
C4–C3–C2112.90112.12112.36111.13O3–C4–C1110.14112.74112.78110.35
O4–C4–C3106.20107.02106.82105.92C4–C1–C5107.75107.48107.49107.18
O4–C4–C5111.80111.00111.27113.37C4–C1–O4110.79112.90112.79112.58
C3–C4–C5110.90110.08109.34109.02O4–C1–C5113.36113.26113.24110.73
O5–C5–C4111.70111.46110.86108.63C1–C5–O5110.64111.04111.14107.79
O5–C5–C6107.00105.89106.71105.56C1–C5–C6113.15115.73115.59114.15
C4–C5–C6111.50112.61113.04114.44O5–C5–C6105.42103.31103.29107.00
O6–C6–C5110.80111.54112.35111.30C5–C6–O6109.18113.13113.19111.02
C5–O5–C1112.20113.43112.76114.44C2–O5–C5114.22115.24115.41113.87
RMSD1.1681.1792.219RMSD2.0502.1022.285

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