An investigation of the impact of molecular geometry upon microcapsule self-assembly

…, GW Erdos, S Milstein, F Gao, WR Weimar…

Index: Bergeron, Raymond J.; Yao, Guo Wei; Erdos, Gregory W.; Milstein, Sam; Gao, Fenglan; Weimar, William R.; Phanstiel IV, Otto Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1995 , vol. 117, # 25 p. 6658 - 6665

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Abstract

Abstract: Bis-amide dicarboxylic acids derived from the condensation of malonic acid, 1, l- dimethylmalonic acid, 1, l-cyclopropane dicarboxylic acid, or maleic acid with L- phenylalanine,(L-Phe), are shown to supramolecularly self-assemble in aqueous solution. When basic solutions of these diacids are taken to pH 2.4, microcapsules are formed. Scanning and transmission electron micrographs confvm that microcapsules and not solid ...