树突分子开关:奇拉折叠和螺旋体逆转.
Xuan Jiang1, Young-Kwan Lim, Bong June Zhang
1Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|June 26, 2009
概括
化学设计的分子自组成状螺旋结构. 溶剂相互作用和化学修饰可以可控地逆转分子螺旋,从而实现新的手术开关.
科学领域:
- 超分子化学 超分子化学
- 有机化学 有机化学
- 石头视觉材料 石头视觉材料
背景情况:
- 精确定义的分子架构可以在没有生物模板的情况下实现复杂的二次结构.
- 超分支分子为自我组装提供了独特的结构可能性.
研究的目的:
- 设计和合成基于tris ((N-salicylideneaniline) 的超分支分子,具有可预测的螺旋折叠.
- 为了研究性中心和溶剂相互作用对分子螺旋性的影响.
- 探索在手术分子开关中控制螺旋性逆转的潜力.
主要方法:
- 合成具有不同性酒精组的三 (N-甲酸) 衍生物.
- 核磁共振 (1H NMR) 谱学用于研究分子结构和折叠.
- 循环二极化 (CD) 光谱分析手术特征和螺旋性.
- 与溶剂参数 (捐赠者数,溶剂基本性) 的相关性分析.
主要成果:
- 自发形成C3对称的,三叶片螺旋结构,具有 (P) 或 (M) 手性.
- 奇拉酒精组的配置与螺旋折叠的螺杆感之间有直接的相关性.
- 溶剂依赖的结构展开和重新折叠,导致螺旋性逆转.
- 使用保护组证明共价触发的螺旋性反转.
结论:
- 螺旋性酒精组在这些设计的分子中决定了最初的螺旋意义.
- 溶剂相互作用,特别是结,可以反向控制分子折叠,并诱导螺旋性逆转.
- 协定触发的螺旋性逆转为开发响应性手术分子开关提供了一个新的机制.
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