Issue 72, 2016

Consequences of conformational flexibility in hydrogen-bond-driven self-assembly processes

Abstract

We report the synthesis and self-assembly of chiral, conformationally flexible C3-symmetrical trisamides. A strong Cotton effect is observed for the supramolecular polymers in linear alkanes but not in cyclic alkanes. MD simulations suggest 2 : 1 conformations of the amides within the aggregates in both types of solvents, but a chiral bias in only linear alkanes.

Graphical abstract: Consequences of conformational flexibility in hydrogen-bond-driven self-assembly processes

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Jul 2016
Accepted
01 Aug 2016
First published
02 Aug 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 10870-10873

Consequences of conformational flexibility in hydrogen-bond-driven self-assembly processes

J. A. Berrocal, F. Di Meo, M. García-Iglesias, R. P. J. Gosens, E. W. Meijer, M. Linares and A. R. A. Palmans, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 10870 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC05593A

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