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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 2.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2017 Aug 2;19(30):20057–20074. doi: 10.1039/c7cp04073c

Table 1.

Relative energies of the Ala8 peptide structures and products (kJ/mol) upon UVPD.

Geometry Reactant a+1/x+1 radicals a/x+2 (amide hydrogen transfer: imine a product) a/x+2 (beta hydrogen transfer: alkene a product)
Linear (unstructured) 0 (reference) 412 152 90
Hairpin −2 488 192 57
Helix −17 394 157 64