Issue 17, 2012

Mirror symmetry breaking and chiral amplification in foldamer-based supramolecular helical aggregates

Abstract

Spontaneous asymmetric generation of supramolecular chiral fibers was observed in the folding induced self-assembly of a lock-washer shaped foldamer. A secondary nucleation growth mechanism is proposed to explain the observed chiral amplification or deracemization of these supramolecular fibers.

Graphical abstract: Mirror symmetry breaking and chiral amplification in foldamer-based supramolecular helical aggregates

  • This article is part of the themed collection: Chirality

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Oct 2011
Accepted
05 Jan 2012
First published
10 Jan 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 2292-2294

Mirror symmetry breaking and chiral amplification in foldamer-based supramolecular helical aggregates

S. Azeroual, J. Surprenant, T. D. Lazzara, M. Kocun, Y. Tao, L. A. Cuccia and J. Lehn, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 2292 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC16266K

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