Table 1.

Backbone torsional angles (all values are in degrees) of the simulated P3HB chains with various stretch factors.

Torsions (same notation as Orts et al. [4])	Stretch factors			Orts et al. [4]	Tanaka et al. [5] B
	1.54	1.7	2
C3–O1–C1–C2	117.6 (−62.4)	120.1 (−59.9)	119.1 (−60.9)	112.6 (−67.4)	155.5 (−24.5)
O1–C1–C2–C3	−153.2 (26.8)	−154.4 (25.6)	−161.0 (19.0)	−168.9 (11.1)	167.9 (−12.1)
C1–C2–C3–O1	−124.3 (55.7)	−131.7 (48.3)	−153.4 (26.6)	−113.2 (66.8)	135.7 (−44.3)
C2–C3–O1–C1	170.0 (−10.0)	169.2 (−10.8)	167.6 (−12.4)	172.1 (−7.9)	−178.5 (1.5)