Synthesis, structural investigations, hydrogen− deuterium exchange studies, and molecular modeling of conformationally stablilized aromatic oligoamides

…, C Ren, X Chen, YK Yip, R Ye, D Zhang…

Index: Yan, Yan; Qin, Bo; Ren, Changliang; Yip, Yeow Kwan; Ye, Ruijuan; Zeng, Huaqiang; Chen, Xiuying; Su, Haibin; Zhang, Dawei Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010 , vol. 132, # 16 p. 5869 - 5879

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Abstract

Biasing the conformational preferences of aromatic oligoamides by internally placing intramolecular hydrogen bonds has led to a series of stably folded molecular strands. This article presents the results from extensive solid-state, solution, and computational studies on these folding oligomers. Depending on its backbone length, an oligoamide adopts a crescent or helical conformation. Surprisingly, despite the highly repetitive nature of the ...