title: Encapsulation of conventional and unconventional water dimers by water-binding foldamers.
abstract: Water-binding foldamers have been rarely studied. By orienting both H-bond donors and acceptors toward their interior, two pyridine-derived crescent-shaped folding oligoamides were found to be capable of trapping both conventional and unconventional water dimer clusters in their cavity (∼2.5 Å radius). In the unconventional water dimer cluster, the two water molecules stay in contact via an unusual H-H interaction (2.25 Å) rather than the typical H-bond.
authors: Department of Chemistry and NUS MedChem Program of the Office of Life Sciences, 3 Science Drive 3, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543.
authors: Wei Qiang
authors: WQ
authors: Ong
authors: Huaiqing
authors: H
authors: Zhao
authors: Xiao
authors: X
authors: Fang
authors: Susanto
authors: S
authors: Woen
authors: Feng
authors: F
authors: Zhou
authors: Weiliang
authors: W
authors: Yap
authors: Haibin
authors: H
authors: Su
authors: Sam F Y
authors: SF
authors: Li
authors: Huaqiang
authors: H
authors: Zeng