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Published on: July 14, 2015
Right- and left-handed PPI helices in cyclic dodecapeptoids
Giovanni Pierri1, Rosaria Schettini1, Francesco F Summa1
1Department of Chemistry and Biology "A. Zambelli", University of Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, I-84084 Fisciano, Italy. iizzo@unisa.it.
Abstract:
Enantiomorphic right- and left-handed polyproline type I helices in four cyclic dodecapeptoids with methoxyethyl and propargyl side chains are observed for the first time by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The peculiar absence of NH⋯OC hydrogen bonds in peptoids unveils the role of intramolecular backbone-to-backbone CO⋯CO interactions and CH⋯OC hydrogen bonds in the stabilization of the macrocycle conformation. Moreover, intramolecular backbone-side chain C5 CH⋯OC hydrogen bonds emerge as a stabilizing factor.
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