“…1. The bond distances and angles are in agreement with those found in 3-(9-adeninyl)propionamide (Takimoto, Takenaka & Sasada, 1981), 3-(9-adeninyl)propionamide: lmethylthymine (l:l) complex dihydrate (Takimoto, Takenaka & Sasada, 1982), 3-(7-adeninyl)-propionamide monohydrate (Takimoto, Takenaka & Sasada, 1983), L-tryptophan hydrochloride (Takigawa, Ashida, Sasada & Kakudo, 1966) and OL-tryptophan ethyl ester hydrochloride (Vijayalakshmi & Srinivasan, 1975). The molecule is extended so that there is no intramolecular stacking between the two rings; the torsion angles being given in Fig.…”