title: Improving foldamer synthesis through protecting group induced unfolding of aromatic oligoamides.
abstract: The hydrogen bond rigidified backbones of aromatic oligoamides are temporarily interrupted by replacing the amide hydrogens with the acid-labile 2,4-dimethoxybenzyl (DMB) group, which allows the efficient preparation of long folding oligomers that, upon removal of the DMB groups, fold into multiturn helices. [structure: see text]
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA.
authors.forename: Aimin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Joseph S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamato
authors.forename: Chong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gong