C3-Symmetric, amino acid based organogelators and thickeners: a systematic study of structure–property relations
摘要:
A class of C-3-symmetric amino acid based organogelators and thickeners featuring a rigid core have been developed. Structural variation yielded a number of compounds, the aggregation behaviour and resulting aggregates and gels of which were studied by FTIR spectroscopy, dropping ball measurements, differential scanning calorimetry and transmission electron microscopy. These studies showed that the nature of the core unit, the type of hydrogen-bonding units and the applied amino acids have a strong influence on the interactions, resulting in large differences in aggregation properties, thermal stability and morphology between the various compounds. The results provide a basis for a better understanding of the relation between aggregate/gel properties and molecular structure. The structural variation available for these compounds allows fine-tuning of the gelators with respect to aggregation behaviour and gel properties. (c) 2007 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Combinatorial Evolution of Fast-Conducting Highly Selective K<sup>+</sup>-Channels via Modularly Tunable Directional Assembly of Crown Ethers
作者:Changliang Ren、Jie Shen、Huaqiang Zeng
DOI:10.1021/jacs.7b04335
日期:2017.9.13
of highly efficient K+-selective channels. In our strategy, a highly robust supramolecular H-bonded 1D ensemble was used to order the appended crownethers in such a way that they roughly stack on top of each other to form a channel for facilitated ion transport across the membrane. Among 15 channels that all prefer K+ over Na+ ions, channel molecule 5F8 shows the most pronounced optimum for K+ while
The invention relates to a novel class of gelling agents, to a process of preparing said agents, to the use of said agents to prepare gels, and to the gels thus obtained. A gelling agent or thickener according to the invention comprises a core which is functionalized with three amino acid derived groups by means of an amide or urea linkage. It may be used to gelate or thicken numerous solvents.
We describe here a unique family of pore-forming anion transporting peptides possessing a single-amino-acid-derived peptidic backbone that is the shortest among natural and synthetic pore-forming peptides. These monopeptides with built-in H-bonding capacity self-assemble into an H-bonded 1D columnar structure, presenting three types of exteriorly arranged hydrophobic side chains that closely mimic the overall topology of an alpha-helix. Dynamic interactions among these side chains and membrane lipids proceed in a way likely similar to how a-helix bundle is formed. This subsequently enables oligomerization of these rod-like structures to form ring-shaped ensembles of varying sizes with a pore size of smaller than 1.0 nm in diameter but sufficiently large for transporting anions across the membrane. The intrinsic high modularity in the backbone further allows rapid tuning in side chains for combinatorial optimization of channel's ion-transport activity, culminating in the discovery of an exceptionally active anion-transporting monopeptide 6L10 with an EC50 of 0.10 mu M for nitrate anions.
A Calix[4]arene Ureidopeptide Dimer Self-Assembled through Two Superposed Hydrogen Bond Arrays
作者:Ana M. Rincón、Pilar Prados、Javier de Mendoza
DOI:10.1021/ja0036054
日期:2001.4.1
Dimerization of calix[4]arene ureidopeptides is demonstrated for the first time. Two calix[4]arenes tetrasubstituted in the upper rim with -NHCONH(L)LeuNHC(8)H(17) (I) and -NHCONH(L)Leu(D)Leu-OMe (2) were prepared and studied by NMR, circular dicroism, and gel permeation chromatography. Compound 2 self-assembles through urea-urea hydrogen bonds, as well as by an additional set of hydrogen bonds provided by the peptide side chains, with participation of the ester carbonyls. The absence of such group in 1 causes the monomer structure to be favored in this case.
A Calix[6]arene Dimer Linked Through Amino Acid Hydrogen Bond Interactions
A calix[6]arene containing three leucine residues at the lower rim dimerizes in apolar solvents with the formation of up to eighteen hydrogen bonds, giving rise to a self-assembled molecular capsule. The dimerization in chloroform was conformed by NMR spectroscopy and gel permeation chromatography, as well as by molecular mechanics and dynamics calculations. The highly flexible structure is unable to encapsulate guests of complementary size, probably because six methoxy groups and one of the leucyl residues permanently occupy the cavity.