Acta Cryst. (2004). E60, o841-o843  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536804009122 ]

N-Formylglycine

C. H. Görbitz and E. Sagstuen

Abstract: The title compound, C₃H₅NO₃, is used as a model system for studies of radiation damage in more complex polypeptides. The crystal structure is only the third of an isolated N-formyl amino acid. Essentially planar molecules form hydrogen-bonded sheets with three types of intermolecular interactions, including a very rare >N-HO hydrogen bond with the OH group of the carboxylic acid function as the acceptor.

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