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Fluorine-induced helical assembly of dipeptides and its remote magnetic alignment
Chaoyi Zhu1,2, Jixiang Ni1,2, JianXun Shen3
1Institute of Drug Discovery Technology (IDDT), Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
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Abstract
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2,6-Difluorination alters the supramolecular packing of a lactam-phenylalanine dipeptide, changing the non-fluorinated lamellar arrangement into a compact helical packing architecture. The resulting assemblies exhibit enhanced magnetic-field-assisted orientation during deposition and drying.
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