| HF | DFT | DFT-Solvation | ||||||
| Structure | Optimized Dihedral Angle | Relative Energy (KJ/mol) | Structure | Optimized Dihedral Angle | Relative Energy (KJ/mol) | Structure | Optimized Dihedral Angle | Relative Energy (KJ/mol) |
| β2-ala | 57.39 | 0.00 | β2-ala | −64.45 | 0.00 | β2-ala | −63.15 | 0.00 |
| −66.89 | 1.33 | 64.96 | 0.27 | −127.20 | 0.47 | |||
| 66.92 | 1.34 | 56.62 | 1.90 | 63.76 | 0.80 | |||
| −50.56 | 11.80 | −56.57 | 2.24 | −58.47 | 2.28 | |||
| 170.86 | 17.90 | 180.00 | 16.75 | −180.00 | 6.60 | |||
| 177.26 | 7.74 | |||||||
| 115.67 | 17.61 | |||||||
| β3-ala | −62.89 | 0.00 | β3-ala | −62.75 | 0.00 | β3-ala | −65.69 | 0.00 |
| 5689 | 6.04 | 54.09 | 5.24 | −60.07 | 1.39 | |||
| 167.96 | 11.31 | 134.56 | 5.57 | 62.33 | 5.61 | |||
| 64.04 | 17.88 | 166.18 | 13.71 | 66.91 | 6.18 | |||
| 63.17 | 20.48 | 48.24 | 6.59 | |||||
| 168.25 | 7.62 | |||||||
| 130.88 | 8.40 | |||||||