作者:Bishwajit Paul、Glenn L. Butterfoss、Mikki G. Boswell、P. Douglas Renfrew、Fanny G. Yeung、Neel H. Shah、Christian Wolf、Richard Bonneau、Kent Kirshenbaum
DOI:10.1021/ja2028684
日期:2011.7.20
We report the isolation of N-aryl peptoid oligomers that adopt chiral folds, despite the absence of chiral centers. Peptoid monomers incorporating ortho-substituted N-aryl side chains are identified that exhibit axial chirality. We observe significant energy barriers to rotation about the stereogenic carbon-nitrogen bond, allowing chromatographic purification of stable atropisomeric forms. We study the atropisomerism of N-aryl peptoid oligomers by computational modeling, NMR, X-ray crystallography, dynamic HPLC, and circular dichroism. The results demonstrate a new approach to promote the conformational ordering of this important class of foldamer compounds.