Journal article
Principles of self-assembly of helical pores from dendritic dipeptides
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, v 103(8), pp 2518-2523
21 Feb 2006
PMCID: PMC1413792
PMID: 16469843
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Abstract
The self-assembly of the dendritic dipeptides (4-3,4-3,5)nG2-CH2-Boc-L-Tyr-L-Ala-OMe and their achiral dendritic alcohol (4-3,4-3,5)nG2-CH2OH precursors, both with n = 1-16, where n represents the number of methylenic units in the alkyl groups of the dendron, are reported. All chiral dendritic dipeptides and achiral dendritic alcohols self-assemble into helical porous columns that are stable in both solution and solid state. The pore diameter (D(pore)) of the columns self-assembled from dendritic dipeptides is approximately 10 A larger than that of structures assembled from dendritic alcohols. The increase of the D(pore) at the transition from dendritic alcohol to dendritic dipeptide is accompanied by a decreased solid angle of the building block. This trend is in agreement with previous pore size-solid angle dependences observed with different protective groups of the dipeptide and primary structures of the dendron. However, within the series of dendritic alcohols and dendritic dipeptides with various n, the D(pore) increases when the solid angle increases. The results of these investigations together with those of previous studies on the role of dipeptide stereochemistry and protective groups on this self-assembly process provide the molecular principles required to program the construction of supramolecular helical pores with diameter controlled at the A level from a single dendritic dipeptide architecture. These principles are expected to be valid for libraries of dendritic dipeptides based on dendrons and dipeptides with various primary structures.
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- Title
- Principles of self-assembly of helical pores from dendritic dipeptides
- Creators
- Virgil Percec - University of PennsylvaniaAndrés E Dulcey - University of PennsylvaniaMihai Peterca - University of PennsylvaniaMonica Ilies - University of PennsylvaniaSami Nummelin - University of PennsylvaniaMonika J Sienkowska - University of PennsylvaniaPaul A Heiney - University of Pennsylvania
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, v 103(8), pp 2518-2523
- Publisher
- PNAS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Chemistry
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000235554900010
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-33644537914
- Other Identifier
- 991020545415704721
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