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Synthesis of Information-bearing Peptoids and their Sequence-directed Dynamic Covalent Self-assembly
Published on: February 6, 2020
Hydrogen bond-induced rigid oligoanthranilamide ribbons that are planar and straight
Zong-Quan Wu1, Xi-Kui Jiang, Shi-Zheng Zhu
1Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 354 Fenglin Lu, Shanghai 200032, China.
Abstract:
[structure: see text] A new series of oligoanthranilamides has been synthesized starting from suitably modified p-phenylenediamine and p-phthalic acid derivatives. Due to strong intramolecular three-center hydrogen bonds, the new oligomers self-assemble into highly stable straight and planar molecular ribbons, which have been characterized by X-ray crystallography and 1H NMR, IR, and UV-vis spectroscopy.
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