Protonation-Induced Transition between Two Distinct Helical Conformations of a Synthetic Oligomer via a Linear Intermediate

✍ Scribed by Christel Dolain; Victor Maurizot; Ivan Huc

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 288 KB
• Volume: 42
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0044-8249
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.200351080

✦ Synopsis

Molecular machines can convert energy into controlled molecular motions of large amplitude. Selective protonation of an oligoamide strand leads to an extension of the initial helical conformation to a linear structure, which then refolds into another helix. For more information see the following communication by Huc and co-workers.

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