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. 1980 Oct 15;36(10):1203-4.
doi: 10.1007/BF01976129.

Unusually strong lipophilicity of 'fat' or 'super' amino-acids, including a new reference value for glycine

J L Fauchère, K Q Do, P Y Jow, C Hansch

Unusually strong lipophilicity of 'fat' or 'super' amino-acids, including a new reference value for glycine

J L Fauchère et al. Experientia. .

Abstract

Lipophilic, steric, electronic, and enzyme resistance characteristics of carboranylalanine, adamantylalanine, neopentylglycine and tert-butylglycine are described. The first 2 amino-acids display lipophilicities 2 orders of magnitude higher than tryptophan.

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