Aromatic Amide Polymers that Form Two Helical Conformations with Twist Sense Bias in Water

Peng Zhang, Zekun Wang, Liang Zhang, Hui Wang*, Danwei Zhang, Junli Hou, Zhanting Li

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Abstract

Two benzene/2,2′-bipyridine-alternately incorporated amide polymers have been prepared, which are driven by hydrophobicity to form two different helical conformations. Both helices exhibit twist sense bias in water induced by chiral valine side chains and the coordination of the 2,2′-bipyridine unit to the Ni2+ions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)678-682
Number of pages5
JournalChinese Journal of Chemistry
Volume34
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • aromatic amide
  • foldamer
  • helix
  • polymer
  • twist sense bias

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