Chemistry–A European Journal

Alkaline Earth Metal Ion Induced Coil–Helix–Coil Transition of Lysine–Coumarin–Azacrown Hybrid Foldamers with OFF–OFF–ON Fluorescence Switching

YC Lin, CT Chen

Index: Lin, Yu-Chen; Chen, Chao-Tsen Chemistry - A European Journal, 2013 , vol. 19, # 7 p. 2531 - 2538

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Abstract

Abstract A new metal-ion-responsive and fluorescent foldamer, OPLM 8, composed of eight lysine–coumarin–azacrown units, has been designed and synthesized. The flexible OPLM 8 can be forced into a well-defined helix structure only upon the addition of alkaline earth