title: Covalent reinforcement of hydrogen-bonded discs into stably folded helical structures.
abstract: The presence of covalent tethers significantly enhanced the stability of structures consisting of helically arranged benzenetricarboxamide units that otherwise undergo very weak hydrogen-bonding interaction. The resultant molecular structures were probed by computational study, which predicted folded conformations consisting of helically arranged discs. Experimental studies confirmed the H-bonding interaction between the disk units, the monomeric nature of the corresponding molecules in solution, and the helical conformations of such molecules.
authors: Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China.
authors: Zhongzhu
authors: Z
authors: Chen
authors: Nathaniel D
authors: ND
authors: Urban
authors: Yi
authors: Y
authors: Gao
authors: Wenrui
authors: W
authors: Zhang
authors: Jingen
authors: J
authors: Deng
authors: Jin
authors: J
authors: Zhu
authors: Xiao Cheng
authors: XC
authors: Zeng
authors: Bing
authors: B
authors: Gong