Heatcapacity of α-glycylglycine in a temperature range of 6 to 440 K

Heat capacity of α-glycylglycine was measured using adiabatic calorimetry (6 to 304 K) and DSC (264 to 443 K), and then thermodynamic functions were calculated. Heat capacity has no anomalies. The molecular crystal melts at 493 K (enthalpy of melting is about 62 kJ mol^–1). The melting is accompanied by decomposition. C _P(T) function for glycylglycine is very similar to those of three glycine polymorphs. The ‘universal’ curve consists of two parts: low-temperature Debye-like function (from 0 to about 120 K) and a straight line (up to the melting point). At very low temperatures rigid molecules oscillate as a whole, and the Debye temperature is proportional to the molecular mass to the power of 3/2.