Salts of Amino Acids - Crystallization, Structure and Properties

Over the last decades, amino acids have been found to be of importance in many fields of science. Apart from their biological function, this family of organic compounds has been employed in the synthesis of a vast variety of salts, with impact on areas such as materials science, pharmaceutical or physical research. This covers a wide range, from the discovery of important ferroelectrics or non-linear optical materials to nutrients, flavor enhancers or drugs. This book describes amino acids and their salts with cations, anions and inorganic compounds from a chemical, physical and crystallographical point of view. Additional data on structural properties, crystal growth and the relation of structure and physical properties of amino acid salts is discussed.

List of contents

Introduction.- Amino acid structures.- Compounds of amino acids and cations.- Compounds of amino acids and neutral salts.- Reactions of amino acids with acids.

Summary

Over the last decades, amino acids have been found to be of importance in many fields of science. Apart from their biological function, this family of organic compounds has been employed in the synthesis of a vast variety of salts, with impact on areas such as materials science, pharmaceutical or physical research. This covers a wide range, from the discovery of important ferroelectrics or non-linear optical materials to nutrients, flavor enhancers or drugs. This book describes amino acids and their salts with cations, anions and inorganic compounds from a chemical, physical and crystallographical point of view. Additional data on structural properties, crystal growth and the relation of structure and physical properties of amino acid salts is discussed.

Product details

• Authors: Miche Fleck, Michel Fleck, Aram M Petrosyan, Aram M. Petrosyan
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2014
• EAN: 9783319062983
• ISBN: 978-3-31-906298-3
• No. of pages: 574
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 243 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 1082 g
• Illustrations: IX, 574 p. 232 illus., 145 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; B, Medicine, astronomy, chemistry, Physics, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Materials science, Physics and Astronomy, Physics, general, Materials Science, general, Chemistry/Food Science, general, Biomedicine, general, Biomedical Research, Mathematics and science