Imprinting Chirality in Silica Nanotubes by N-Stearoyl-serine Template.

In this article, we describe the synthesis of imprinted chiral silica nanotubes based on the use of a chiral N-stearoyl l-serine (C18Ser) anionic surfactant as the chiral template. The resulting chiral silica nanotube structures were characterized by electronic microscopy (transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM)) and nitrogen isotherms that proved the formation of well-ordered silica nanotubes. A C18Ser surfactant template was used for the preparation of the silica nanotubes, due to its effective molecular organization within the silica network.

Intermolecular chiral assemblies in R(-) and S(+) 2-butanol detected by microcalorimetry measurements.

Supramolecular chiral assemblies of R(-) and S(+) 2-butanol, in their neat form or when dissolved in their nonchiral isomer isobutanol, were evaluated by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) ensuing mixing. Dilution of 0.5 M solution of R(-) 2-butanol in isobutanol into the latter liberated heat of several calories per mole, which was approximately double than that obtained in parallel dilutions of S(+) 2-butanol in isobutanol.

Intramolecular azo-bridge as a cystine disulfide bond surrogate: Somatostatin-14 and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) analogs.

Cystine disulfide bond is a common feature in numerous biologically active peptides and proteins and accordingly its replacement by various surrogates presents a potential route to obtain analogs with improved pharmacokinetic characteristics. The purpose of the present study was to assess whether an azo-bridge can serve as such a surrogate. In view of the marked clinical significance of somatostatin and the brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) we choose these peptides as a model.

Subtle differences in structural transitions between poly-L- and poly-D-amino acids of equal length in water.

Mirror-image asymmetric molecules, i.e., chiral isomers or enantiomers, are classically considered as chemically identical.