title: Self-association of facially amphiphilic methylene bridged glycoluril dimers.
abstract: [structure: see text] Facially amphiphilic derivatives of methylene bridged glycoluril dimers are a versatile model system for systematic studies of self-assembly in water. Thorough physical organic characterization, including analytical ultracentrifugation, a technique rarely used in synthetic self-assembly studies, allows us to conclude that this class of molecules undergoes hydrophobically driven self-association to yield tightly associated discrete dimeric assemblies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA. li8@umail.umd.edu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Isaacs
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Witt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lagona
mesh_terms: D000480:Alkynes; D019281:Dimerization; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008697:Methane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D013696:Temperature; D013816:Thermodynamics; D006574:Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring; D048289:Imidazolidines
chemical_list: D000480:Alkynes; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D007093:Imidazoles; D008697:Methane; C030011:carbene; C092018:glycoluril; D006574:Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring; D048289:Imidazolidines