Amplification of chirality in benzene tricarboxamide helical supramolecular polymers

AJ Wilson, J van Gestel, RP Sijbesma…

Index: Wilson, Andrew J.; Van Gestel, Jeroen; Sijbesma, Rint P.; Meijer Chemical Communications, 2006 , # 42 p. 4404 - 4406

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Abstract

The chirality of benzene tricarboxamides is expressed and amplified into the helicity of self- assembled columnar aggregates according to 'sergeants and soldiers' and 'majority rules' principles; the strength of the amplification is analysed quantitatively and the effect of the number of chiral groups in the sergeants is studied.