Amplification of chirality in benzene tricarboxamide helical supramolecular polymers.
The chirality of benzene tricarboxamides is expressed and amplified into the helicity of self-assembled columnar aggregates according to 'sergeants and soldiers' and 'majority rules' principles; the strength of the amplification is analysed quantitatively and the effect of the number of chiral groups in the sergeants is studied.
Wilson
Andrew J
AJ
Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
van Gestel
Jeroen
J
Sijbesma
Rint P
RP
Meijer
E W
EW