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Self-assembling Morphologies Obtained from Helical Polycarbodiimide Copolymers and Their Triazole Derivatives
Published on: February 7, 2017
Synthesis of naphthalenediimide having two beta-cyclodextrins at both of its substituent termini
Keiichi Ohtsuka1, Shinobu Sato, Sadayoshi Watanabe
1Department of Applied Chemistry, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu 804-8550, Japan.
Abstract:
Naphthalenediimide (1) carrying two beta-cyclodextrins (beta CDs) was successfully synthesized by click chemistry between pentynylnaphthalenediimide and azido beta CD. Absorption spectra of 1 showed hypochromic and red shifts upon addition of sonicated calf thymus DNA as a double stranded DNA. Kinetic studies showed its slow association with and dissociation from calf thymus DNA. These results suggested that 1 can bind to double stranded DNA by the threading mode, where one of the beta CD is required to go through adjacent base pairs of double stranded DNA. If this is proven, beta CD is one of the largest groups ever reported which can go through a DNA duplex for threading.
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