Design, synthesis, and structural analysis of D,L-mixed polypyrrolinones. 1. From nonpeptide peptidomimetics to nanotubes.
To expand the potential conformational space available to the polypyrroline structural motif, an open chain, D,L-alternating hexapyrrolinone was designed and synthesized. Structural studies, including solution NMR and X-ray crystallographic analysis, revealed that the hexapyrrolinone adopts a turn conformation both in solution and in the solid state, with aggregation in solution and a nanotube-like quaternary structure in the crystal.
Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. smithab@sas.upenn.edu
Amos B
AB
Smith
Wenyong
W
Wang
Adam K
AK
Charnley
Patrick J
PJ
Carroll
Craig S
CS
Kenesky
Ralph
R
Hirschmann
D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D011760:Pyrrolidinones / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
D011108:Polymers; D011760:Pyrrolidinones