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Synthesis of Information-bearing Peptoids and their Sequence-directed Dynamic Covalent Self-assembly
Published on: February 6, 2020
Diastereoselective self-assembly of double-stranded helicates from Tröger's base derivatives
U Kiehne1, T Weilandt, A Lützen
1Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Gerhard-Domagk-Str 1, D-53121 Bonn, Germany.
Abstract:
[structure: see text]. Several ligands based on the rigid, V-shaped structure of Tröger's base bearing 2,2'-bipyridine and 2-pyridylmethanimine moieties have been synthesized. These ligands undergo diastereoselective self-assembly to dinuclear double-stranded D2d-symmetric helicates upon coordination to copper(I) and silver(I) ions as elucidated by NMR techniques and ESI mass spectrometric methods.
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