“…The position of benzene was symmetric relative to the long axis of KYNA aromatic moiety and moved half aside the heteroaromatic ring; this is a classical PD conformation [37]. The interplanar (dZ) and parallel (dX) displacements (3.17 and 1.24 Ǻ, respectively) were smaller than those calculated for benzene-benzene using the same approach: 3.4 and 1.4 Ǻ, respectively [14] or using CCSD(T) method at aug (d,p) 6-311 G** basis set: 3.5 and 1.8 Ǻ, respectively [6]. Presumably, the difference between the calculated KYNAbenzene geometry and experimentally established location of DCKA in NR1 [12] resulted from the additional interactions with the receptor binding site residues.…”