Issue 20, 2016
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Chemical Communications

Citric acid encapsulation by a double helical foldamer in competitive solvents†

Nagula Chandramouli,ab   Yann Ferrand,*ab   Brice Kauffmanncde  and  Ivan Huc*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Univ. Bordeaux, CBMN (UMR 5248), IECB, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, F-33600 Pessac, France
E-mail: y.ferrand@iecb.u-bordeaux.fr, i.huc@iecb.u-bordeaux.fr

b CNRS, CBMN (UMR 5248), F-33600 Pessac, France

c Univ. Bordeaux, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie (UMS 3033), F-33600 Pessac, France

d CNRS, IECB, UMS 3033, F-33600 Pessac, France

e INSERM, IECB, US 001, F-33600 Pessac, France

Abstract

A new double helical aromatic oligoamide capsule able to bind to citric acid in polar and protic solvents was prepared. Aromatic amino acids in the sequence encode both structural (strand curvature and double helix formation) and functional features (recognition pattern) of the assembled capsule.

Graphical abstract: Citric acid encapsulation by a double helical foldamer in competitive solvents

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC00190D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 jan 2016
Accepted
05 feb 2016
First published
08 feb 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 3939-3942

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Citric acid encapsulation by a double helical foldamer in competitive solvents

N. Chandramouli, Y. Ferrand, B. Kauffmann and I. Huc, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 3939 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC00190D

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