Interpenetrating single helical capsules.
An aromatic oligoamide sequence designed to adopt a helically folded conformation surrounding a hollow space is shown to undergo hybridization into a double helical duplex in which the two strands fill each other's hollow.
Université Bordeaux 1 - CNRS UMR5248, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, 33607, Pessac, France.
Emanuela
E
Berni
Joachim
J
Garric
Corinne
C
Lamit
Brice
B
Kauffmann
Jean-Michel
JM
Léger
Ivan
I
Huc
D000873:Anthracenes / Q000737:chemistry; D001372:Aza Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D007700:Kinetics; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011725:Pyridines / Q000737:chemistry; D011804:Quinolines / Q000737:chemistry
D000873:Anthracenes; D001372:Aza Compounds; D011725:Pyridines; D011804:Quinolines; C037219:quinoline; C034020:anthracene; C023666:pyridine