Weakly ordered chiral alignment medium derived from 5′-GMP : guanosine

Abstract

A novel weakly ordered chiral lyotropic alignment medium, derived by the self-assembly of guanosine 5′-monophosphate (5′-GMP) : guanosine for scaling RDCs to desired strengths and for the discrimination of enantiomers, is reported. The preparation of this inexpensive mesophase is straightforward, requires less time (1 h), and is sustainable, reversible and tunable over a wide range of temperature (280–330 K) and concentration.