Issue 30, 2006
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Chemical Communications

Formation of triple helical nanofibers using self-assembling chiral benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamides and reversal of the nanostructure's handedness using mirror image building blocks†

Partha Pratim Bose,a   Michael G. B. Drew,b   Apurba K. Dasa  and  Arindam Banerjee*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Biological Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
E-mail: bcab@mahendra.iacs.res.in
Fax: +91-33-2473-2805

b School of Chemistry, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, UK

Abstract

Intertwining triple helical nanofibers with an overall handedness have been formed from self-assembling chiral benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamides 1, 2 and 3, whereas the achiral benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide 4 upon self-association gives rise to straight nanofibers without any twist and transmission electron microscopy images of chiral compounds clearly demonstrate that the handedness of the triple helical nanofibers can be reversed by using the enantiomeric benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide building blocks.

Graphical abstract: Formation of triple helical nanofibers using self-assembling chiral benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamides and reversal of the nanostructure's handedness using mirror image building blocks

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B606371C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 May 2006
Accepted
05 Jun 2006
First published
21 Jun 2006

Chem. Commun., 2006, 3196-3198

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P. P. Bose, M. G. B. Drew, A. K. Das and A. Banerjee, Chem. Commun., 2006, 3196 DOI: 10.1039/B606371C

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