Reaction of the azomethine moiety buried in bilayer membranes.

Y Okahata, R Ando, T Kunitake

Index: Okahata, Yoshio; Ando, Reiko; Kunitake, Toyoki Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1983 , vol. 56, # 3 p. 802 - 808

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Abstract

The reaction with water and amines of the azomethine moiety that is part of single-chain ammonium amphiphiles was examined. These amphiphiles form stable bilayer aggregates when they have the alkyl tail of C 7 or C 12. The reaction with water of the bilayer-forming amphiphiles ceases at the hydration stage and are 10–2000 times slower than those of the amphiphiles which do not form bilayers and undergo hydrolytic cleavage. The reactivity of ...