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This redetermination of l-leucine, C6H13NO2, forms part III of a series a crystal structure determinations of hydrophobic amino acids. The l-leucine crystals were grown from a dilute acetic acid solution. E.s.d.'s for bond lengths between heavy atoms are in the range 0.001–0.002 Å.
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Görbitz et al. (1996) studied this question.
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