title: A chiroptical switch based on supramolecular chirality transfer through alkyl chain entanglement and dynamic covalent bonding.
abstract: Chirality transfer is an interesting phenomenon in Nature, which represents an important step to understand the evolution of chiral bias and the amplification of the chirality. In this paper, we report the chirality transfer via the entanglement of the alkyl chains between chiral gelator molecules and achiral amphiphilic Schiff base. We have found that although an achiral Schiff base amphiphile could not form organogels in any kind of organic solvents, it formed co-organogels when mixed with a chiral gelator molecule. Interestingly, the chirality of the gelator molecules was transferred to the Schiff base chromophore in the mixed co-gels and there was a maximum mixing ratio for the chirality transfer. Furthermore, the supramolecular chirality was also produced based on a dynamic covalent chemistry of an imine formed by the reaction between an aldehyde and an amine. Such a covalent bond of imine was formed reversibly depending on the pH variation. When the covalent bond was formed the chirality transfer occurred, when it was destroyed, the transfer stopped. Thus, a supramolecular chiroptical switch is obtained based on supramolecular chirality transfer and dynamic covalent chemistry.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China. zhangli@iccas.ac.cn liumh@iccas.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Xiufeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Minghua
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D005782:Gels / Q000737:chemistry; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry; D012545:Schiff Bases / Q000737:chemistry*; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D005782:Gels; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D012545:Schiff Bases; D012997:Solvents