Double-Stranded Helical Polymers Consisting of Complementary Homopolymers
摘要:
Two complementary homopolymers of chiral amidines and achiral carboxylic acids with m-terphenyl-based backbones were synthesized by the copolymerization of a p-diiodobenzene derivative with the diethynyl monomers bearing a chiral amidine group and a carboxyl group using the Sonogashira reaction, respectively. Upon mixing in THF, the homopolymer strands assembled into a preferred-handed double helix through interstrand amidinium-carboxylate salt bridges, as evidenced by its absorption, circular dichroism, and IR spectra. In contrast, when mixed in less polar solvents, such as chloroform, the complementary strands kinetically formed an interpolymer complex with an imperfect double helical structure containing a randomly hybridized cross-linked structure, probably because of strong salt bridge formations. This primary complex was rearranged into the fully double helical structure by treatment with a strong acid followed by neutralization with an amine. High-resolution atomic force microscopy revealed the double-stranded helical structure and enabled the determination of the helical sense.
chloroform in the presence of the corresponding optically inactive carboxylic acid dimer or optically active amidine dimer linked by a trans-azobenzene unit as the template, respectively. The cis-azobenzene-linked carboxylic acid template markedly slowed the monomer conversions, and hence a reversiblephotocontrolled dimerization was achieved by light-induced cis–trans isomerization upon alternative
Two complementary homopolymers of chiral amidines and achiral carboxylic acids with m-terphenyl-based backbones were synthesized by the copolymerization of a p-diiodobenzene derivative with the diethynyl monomers bearing a chiral amidine group and a carboxyl group using the Sonogashira reaction, respectively. Upon mixing in THF, the homopolymer strands assembled into a preferred-handed double helix through interstrand amidinium-carboxylate salt bridges, as evidenced by its absorption, circular dichroism, and IR spectra. In contrast, when mixed in less polar solvents, such as chloroform, the complementary strands kinetically formed an interpolymer complex with an imperfect double helical structure containing a randomly hybridized cross-linked structure, probably because of strong salt bridge formations. This primary complex was rearranged into the fully double helical structure by treatment with a strong acid followed by neutralization with an amine. High-resolution atomic force microscopy revealed the double-stranded helical structure and enabled the determination of the helical sense.
Formation of a Homo Double Helix of a Conjugated Polymer with Carboxy Groups and Amplification of the Macromolecular Helicity by Chiral Amines Sandwiched between the Strands
Sandwichedamines: A π‐conjugatedpolymer with carboxygroups self‐associates to form a racemic doublehelix. In contrast, with chiralamines it forms a unique one‐handed doublehelix, in which the strandssandwich pairs of chiralamines through cyclic hydrogen‐bonding networks (see picture). The chiral information of the amines is transferred to the polymer backbones with remarkable amplification