Abstract
Two different molecules are observed in the asymmetric unit of the crystal structure of tert-butyloxycarbonyl-anthranilic-acid-glycin-methyl-ester (1). The whole conformational area (φ and ψ) of the amino acid part of 1 was investigated with the semi-empirical quantenmechanical method AM 1. The structures of 1 in the crystal are well described by the calculations. Rules are derived for the conformational space of peptides containing esters and anthranilic acids.