%0 Journal Article %T 2-Fluoro-l-histidine %A Kiran K. Andra %A John C. Bullinger %A James G. Bann %A David M. Eichhorn %J Acta Crystallographica Section E %D 2010 %I International Union of Crystallography %R 10.1107/s1600536810038663 %X The title compound, C6H8FN3O2, an analog of histidine, shows a reduced side-chain pKa (ca 1). The title structure exhibits a shortening of the bond between the proximal ring N atom and the F-substituted ring C atom, indicating an increase in ¦Ð-bond character due to an inductive effect of fluorine. %U http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536810038663