“…In the sequence of each peptide there is a Thi residue at position 5; in addition, the analogs of BK7, BK10, and BK11 contain Thi at position 8. The vibrations characteristic of the 2-substituted thiophene ring can be assigned to the bands at 1501 (fwhm = 23 cm -1 ), 1458 (fwhm = 18 cm -1 ), 1206 (fwhm = 10 cm -1 ), 670 [oopb(CH), fwhm = 8 cm -1 ], 630 [ipb(ring) + (C-S), fwhm = 9 cm -1 ], 530 [ring deformation + oopb(CH), fwhm = 11 cm -1 )], 498 [ipb(C-CH2)subst, fwhm = 12 cm -1 ], 461 (fwhm = 9 cm -1 ), and 453 cm -1 (fwhm = 10 cm -1 ) in the BK11 SERS spectrum 16,37,38 . The SERS signals at 1501 and 1458 cm -1 are due to the antisymmetric and symmetric (C=C) modes, respectively, conjugated to (CH) 39 .…”