Issue 25, 2021

Water binding stabilizes stacked conformations of ferrocene containing sheet-like aromatic oligoamides

Abstract

While water clusters play an essential role in the stability of biological structures, their ability to stabilize synthetic oligomers is less understood. We have synthesized a heptameric sheet-like aromatic oligoamide foldamer with ferrocene as turn unit. It shows strong interactions with water in the solid state and in solution. The water binding limits the fluxional processes resulting from the flexible ferrocene unit, highlighting the importance of such interactions for conformational studies on this class of molecule.

Graphical abstract: Water binding stabilizes stacked conformations of ferrocene containing sheet-like aromatic oligoamides

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Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Meur. 2021
Accepted
19 Ebr. 2021
First published
19 Ebr. 2021

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2021,19, 5521-5524

Water binding stabilizes stacked conformations of ferrocene containing sheet-like aromatic oligoamides

Y. Liu, X. Mu, C. Chan, K. Robeyns, C. Wang and M. L. Singleton, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2021, 19, 5521 DOI: 10.1039/D1OB00580D

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