Evaporation-induced self-assembly of trans-2-aminocyclopentanecarboxylic acid hexamers

Sunbum Kwon, Kyungtae Kang, Aram Jeon, Ji Hun Park, Insung S. Choi, Hee Seung Lee

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4368-4373
Number of pages6
JournalTetrahedron
Volume68
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Jun 2012

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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

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