V. Lewe, M. Preuss, E. A. Woźnica, D. Spitzer, R. Otter and P. Besenius
Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 9498-9501
DOI:
10.1039/C8CC05622F,
Communication
We report the synthesis of an alkyne functionalised NHC–Au(I)-complex which is conjugated with amphiphilic oligopeptides using a copper(I) catalysed cycloaddition. The resulting Au(I)-metalloamphiphiles are shown to self-assemble into charge-regulated stimulus-responsive supramolecular polymers in water via a weakly cooperative polymerisation mechanism.