title: Consequences of conformational flexibility in hydrogen-bond-driven self-assembly processes.
abstract: We report the synthesis and self-assembly of chiral, conformationally flexible C3-symmetrical trisamides. A strong Cotton effect is observed for the supramolecular polymers in linear alkanes but not in cyclic alkanes. MD simulations suggest 2 : 1 conformations of the amides within the aggregates in both types of solvents, but a chiral bias in only linear alkanes.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P. O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands. a.palmans@tue.nl.
authors.forename: José Augusto
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Berrocal
authors.forename: Florent
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Meo
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: García-Iglesias
authors.forename: Ronald P J
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Gosens
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Meijer
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Linares
authors.forename: Anja R A
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Palmans