Issue 17, 2012
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Chemical Communications

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

Simon Azeroual,a   Jamie Surprenant,a   Thomas D. Lazzara,a   Marta Kocun,a   Ye Tao,a   Louis A. Cuccia*ab  and  Jean-Marie Lehn*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, Montréal, Québec, Canada
E-mail: louis.cuccia@concordia.ca

b Laboratoire de Chimie Supramoléculaire, ISIS, 8 allée Gaspard Monge BP 70028, Strasbourg Cedex, France
E-mail: lehn@unistra.fr

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

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC16266K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Oct 2011
Accepted
05 Jan 2012
First published
10 Jan 2012

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

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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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