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

Chem Commun (Camb)

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, Montréal, Québec, Canada H4B 1R6.

Published: February 2012

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.

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