title: To assemble or fold?
abstract: This communication reports an elegant structure formation by an amide functionalized donor (D)-acceptor (A) dyad by stepwise folding and assembly. It adopts a folded conformation by intra-chain CT-interaction that subsequently dimerizes by inter-molecular H-bonding to produce a folded dimer (FD) with a DAAD stacking sequence. Incompatibility of the aromatic stacked face with MCH triggers macroscopic assembly by solvophobically driven edge-to-edge stacking of the FD with concomitant growth in the orthogonal direction by D-D π-stacking leading to the formation of a reverse-vesicle.
authors.affiliation: Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Polymer Science Unit, Kolkata-700032, India. psusg2@iacs.res.in.
authors.forename: Anindita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Suhrit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh