Molecular recognition in micelles: the roles of hydrogen bonding and hydrophobicity in adenine-thymine base-pairing in SDS micelles

JS Nowick, JS Chen, G Noronha

Index: Nowick, James S.; Chen, Jenny S.; Noronha, Glenn Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1993 , vol. 115, # 17 p. 7636 - 7644

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Abstract

Abstract: This paper describes a new class of molecular receptors 2 that bind adenine derivatives 3 in aqueous solution by means of hydrogen bonding (base-pairing). The receptors are supramolecular assemblies of thymine groups embedded in micelles, which self-assemble when (thyminylalky1) ammonium salts 1 [Thy-(CHz)"-N+ Me3] are mixed with aqueous sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) solutions. NMR titration studies and Job's method ...