Abstract
In this paper, we report the self-assembly phenomenon of trans-2-aminocyclopentanecarboxylic acid hexamer (ACPC 6) by the evaporation-induced self-assembly. The SEM and TEM analyses of the self-assembled 3D molecular architecture revealed the characteristic shape of hollow parallelepiped and its supramolecular chiral expression on surface. A systematic study with the derivatives of ACPC 6 showed the effect of the terminal groups of ACPC 6 on the particular 3D shape formation. We also found that water molecules played a crucial role in the formation of hollow morphogenesis under the evaporation-induced self-assembly condition, and a plausible formation mechanism was suggested.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4368-4373 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Tetrahedron |
Volume | 68 |
Issue number | 23 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 10 Jun 2012 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by a Basic Science Research Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology ( 2009-0084449, 2011-0012141 , and 2011-0001318 ).
Keywords
- Foldamer
- Nanostructure
- Self-assembly
- β-Peptide