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Morris DTJ, Clayden J. Screw sense and screw sensibility: communicating information by conformational switching in helical oligomers. Chem Soc Rev 2023; 52:2480-2496. [PMID: 36928473 PMCID: PMC10068589 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00982j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
Abstract
Biological systems have evolved a number of different strategies to communicate information on the molecular scale. Among these, the propagation of conformational change is among the most important, being the means by which G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) use extracellular signals to modulate intracellular processes, and the way that opsin proteins translate light signals into nerve impulses. The developing field of foldamer chemistry has allowed chemists to employ conformationally well-defined synthetic structures likewise to mediate information transfer, making use of mechanisms that are not found in biological contexts. In this review, we discuss the use of switchable screw-sense preference as a communication mechanism. We discuss the requirements for functional communication devices, and show how dynamic helical foldamers derived from the achiral monomers such as α-aminoisobutyric acid (Aib) and meso-cyclohexane-1,2-diamine fulfil them by communicating information in the form of switchable screw-sense preference. We describe the various stimuli that can be used to switch screw sense, and explore the way that propagation of the resulting conformational preference in a well-defined helical molecule allows screw sense to control chemical events remote from a source of information. We describe the operation of these conformational switches in the membrane phase, and outline the progress that has been made towards using conformational switching to communicate between the exterior and interior of a phospholipid vesicle.
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- David T J Morris
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
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Gupta N, Wilczek M, Dobrzycki L, Pulka-Ziach K. Structural Consequences of N‐methylation of N‐terminus in Oligourea Foldamers. Chempluschem 2022; 87:e202200199. [DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202200199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Naveen Gupta
- University of Warsaw: Uniwersytet Warszawski Faculty of Chemistry Pastuera 1 02-093 Warsaw POLAND
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- University of Warsaw: Uniwersytet Warszawski Faculty of Chemistry Pasteura 1 02-093 Warsaw POLAND
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- University of Warsaw: Uniwersytet Warszawski Faculty of Chemistry Zwirki i Wigury 101 02-089 Warsaw POLAND
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Akhdar A, Gautier A, Hjelmgaard T, Faure S. N-Alkylated Aromatic Poly- and Oligoamides. Chempluschem 2021; 86:298-312. [PMID: 33620768 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Revised: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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N-alkylated aromatic poly- and oligoamides are a particular class of abiotic foldamers that is deprived of the capability of forming intramolecular hydrogen-bonding networks to stabilize their tri-dimensional structure. The alkylation of the backbone amide nitrogen atoms greatly increases the chemical diversity accessible for aromatic poly- and oligoamides. However, the nature and the conformational preferences of the N,N-disubstituted amides profoundly modify the folding properties of these aromatic poly- and oligoamides. In this Review, representative members of this class of aromatic poly- and oligoamides will be highlighted, among them N-alkylated phenylene terephthalamides, benzanilides, pyridylamides, and aminomethyl benzamide oligomers. The principal synthetic pathways to the main classes of N-alkylated aromatic polyamides with narrow to broad molecular-weight distribution, or oligoamides with specific sequences, will be detailed and their foldameric properties will be discussed. The Review will end by describing the few applications reported to date and future prospects for the field.
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- Ayman Akhdar
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, SIGMA Clermont, ICCF, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, SIGMA Clermont, ICCF, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Rockwool International A/S, Hovedgaden 584, 2640, Hedehusene, Denmark
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, SIGMA Clermont, ICCF, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Chen H, Liu Y, Cheng X, Fang S, Sun Y, Yang Z, Zheng W, Ji X, Wu Z. Self‐Assembly of Size‐Controlled
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‐Pyridine–Urea Oligomers and Their Biomimetic Chloride Ion Channels. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202102174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Hualong Chen
- Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders Laboratory of Brain Disorders Ministry of Science and Technology Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-based Precision Medicine Capital Medical University Beijing 100069 China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science Capital Medical University Beijing 100069 China
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- Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders Laboratory of Brain Disorders Ministry of Science and Technology Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-based Precision Medicine Capital Medical University Beijing 100069 China
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering Central South University Changsha 410012 China
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- Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders Laboratory of Brain Disorders Ministry of Science and Technology Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-based Precision Medicine Capital Medical University Beijing 100069 China
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- Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders Laboratory of Brain Disorders Ministry of Science and Technology Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-based Precision Medicine Capital Medical University Beijing 100069 China
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- Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders Laboratory of Brain Disorders Ministry of Science and Technology Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-based Precision Medicine Capital Medical University Beijing 100069 China
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- Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders Laboratory of Brain Disorders Ministry of Science and Technology Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-based Precision Medicine Capital Medical University Beijing 100069 China
- Institute of Hypoxia Medicine Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University Beijing 100053 China
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- Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders Laboratory of Brain Disorders Ministry of Science and Technology Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-based Precision Medicine Capital Medical University Beijing 100069 China
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Chen H, Liu Y, Cheng X, Fang S, Sun Y, Yang Z, Zheng W, Ji X, Wu Z. Self-Assembly of Size-Controlled m-Pyridine-Urea Oligomers and Their Biomimetic Chloride Ion Channels. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:10833-10841. [PMID: 33624345 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202102174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The m-pyridine urea (mPU) oligomer was constructed by using the intramolecular hydrogen bond formed by the pyridine nitrogen atom and the NH of urea and the intermolecular hydrogen bond of the terminal carbonyl group and the NH of urea. Due to the synergistic effect of hydrogen bonds, mPU oligomer folds and exhibits strong self-assembly behaviour. Affected by folding, mPU oligomer generates a twisted plane, and one of its important features is that the carbonyl group of the urea group orientates outwards from the twisted plane, while the NHs tend to direct inward. This feature is beneficial to NH attraction for electron-rich species. Among them, the trimer self-assembles into helical nanotubes, and can efficiently transport chloride ions. This study provides a novel and efficient strategy for constructing self-assembled biomimetic materials for electron-rich species transmission.
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- Hualong Chen
- Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-based Precision Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-based Precision Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410012, China
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- Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-based Precision Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-based Precision Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-based Precision Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-based Precision Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China.,Institute of Hypoxia Medicine, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053, China
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- Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-based Precision Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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Arimura M, Tanaka K, Kanda M, Urushibara K, Fujii S, Katagiri K, Azumaya I, Kagechika H, Tanatani A. Construction of Aromatic Multilayered Structures Based on the Conformational Properties of N,N'-Dimethylated Squaramide. Chempluschem 2021; 86:198-205. [PMID: 33508169 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Squaramide is a highly rigid four-membered ring system bearing two carbonyl and two amino groups, and its derivatives have found applications in many fields. We synthesized several N,N'-dimethylated oligosquaramides linked via phenyl groups, and investigated their structures in the crystalline state and in solution. Compounds 1, 2 (bissquaramides), and 13 (trissquaramide) exist as folded structures in the crystalline state, in which the aromatic rings are located in a face-to-face position. In their multilayered structures, the benzene rings are more nearly parallel and are closer to each other, compared with those in N,N'-dimethylated oligoureas. Individual molecules of meta-connected compounds 2 and 13 show a helical structure with all-R or all-S axis chirality, but afford only racemic crystals. The NMR spectra indicated that these compounds retain well-ordered folded structures in solution. The unique steric and electronic properties of N,N'-dimethylated squaramide can provide access to novel functional aromatic multilayered and helical foldamers.
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- Maiko Arimura
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8610, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8610, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8610, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8610, Japan
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), 2-3-10 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0062, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan University, 8-9-1 Okamoto, Higashinada, Kobe, Hyogo, 658-8501, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba, 274-8510, Japan
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), 2-3-10 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0062, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8610, Japan
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Abrams R, Clayden J. Photocatalytic Difunctionalization of Vinyl Ureas by Radical Addition Polar Truce–Smiles Rearrangement Cascades. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:11600-11606. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202003632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Roman Abrams
- School of Chemistry University of Bristol Cantock's Close Bristol BS8 1TS UK
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- School of Chemistry University of Bristol Cantock's Close Bristol BS8 1TS UK
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Abrams R, Clayden J. Photocatalytic Difunctionalization of Vinyl Ureas by Radical Addition Polar Truce–Smiles Rearrangement Cascades. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202003632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Roman Abrams
- School of Chemistry University of Bristol Cantock's Close Bristol BS8 1TS UK
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- School of Chemistry University of Bristol Cantock's Close Bristol BS8 1TS UK
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Talsi VP, Evdokimov SN, Shatsauskas AL. Investigation of the Diastomerism of Compounds with a Long-Chain Tether between the Stereogenic Centers. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s1070428019020064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Hu T, Connor AL, Miller DP, Wang X, Pei Q, Liu R, He L, Zheng C, Zurek E, Lu ZL, Gong B. Helical Folding of Meta-Connected Aromatic Oligoureas. Org Lett 2017; 19:2666-2669. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b01005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Ting Hu
- College
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, 100875 Beijing, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- College
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, 100875 Beijing, China
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- College
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, 100875 Beijing, China
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- College
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, 100875 Beijing, China
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- College
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, 100875 Beijing, China
- National Institute for Food and Drug Control, Institute of Chemical Drug Control, TianTanXiLi 2, Beijing, 100050, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- College
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, 100875 Beijing, China
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- College
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, 100875 Beijing, China
- Department
of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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Diemer V, Maury J, Le Bailly BAF, Webb SJ, Clayden J. Dibenzazepinyl ureas as dual NMR and CD probes of helical screw-sense preference in conformationally equilibrating dynamic foldamers. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:10768-10771. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cc06427f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Dibenzazepinyl ureas act as probes to allow conformational analysis of screw-sense preference in dynamic foldamers by both NMR and CD spectroscopy.
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- Vincent Diemer
- School of Chemistry
- University of Manchester
- Manchester M13 9PL
- UK
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- School of Chemistry
- University of Manchester
- Manchester M13 9PL
- UK
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- School of Chemistry
- University of Manchester
- Manchester M13 9PL
- UK
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
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Functional foldamers that target bacterial membranes: The effect of charge, amphiphilicity and conformation. Bioorg Med Chem 2016; 24:4241-4245. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2016] [Revised: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 07/09/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Gopalakrishnan R, Frolov AI, Knerr L, Drury WJ, Valeur E. Therapeutic Potential of Foldamers: From Chemical Biology Tools To Drug Candidates? J Med Chem 2016; 59:9599-9621. [PMID: 27362955 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b00376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Over the past decade, foldamers have progressively emerged as useful architectures to mimic secondary structures of proteins. Peptidic foldamers, consisting of various amino acid based backbones, have been the most studied from a therapeutic perspective, while polyaromatic foldamers have barely evolved from their nascency and remain perplexing for medicinal chemists due to their poor drug-like nature. Despite these limitations, this compound class may still offer opportunities to study challenging targets or provide chemical biology tools. The potential of foldamer drug candidates reaching the clinic is still a stretch. Nevertheless, advances in the field have demonstrated their potential for the discovery of next generation therapeutics. In this perspective, the current knowledge of foldamers is reviewed in a drug discovery context. Recent advances in the early phases of drug discovery including hit finding, target validation, and optimization and molecular modeling are discussed. In addition, challenges and focus areas are debated and gaps highlighted.
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- Ranganath Gopalakrishnan
- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca , Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 83, Sweden.,AstraZeneca MPI Satellite Unit, Department of Chemical Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology , Dortmund 44202, Germany
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca , Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 83, Sweden
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca , Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 83, Sweden
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca , Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 83, Sweden
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca , Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 83, Sweden
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Wechsel R, Raftery J, Cavagnat D, Guichard G, Clayden J. The meso
Helix: Symmetry and Symmetry-Breaking in Dynamic Oligourea Foldamers with Reversible Hydrogen-Bond Polarity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201604496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Romina Wechsel
- School of Chemistry; University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry; University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- ISM, UMR CNRS 5255; Université de Bordeaux; 351 cours de la Libération 33405 Talence France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CBMN, UMR 5248; Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie; 2 rue Robert Escarpit 33607 Pessac France
- CNRS, CBMN, UMR 5248; 33600 Pessac France
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- School of Chemistry; University of Bristol; Cantock's Close Bristol BS8 1TS UK
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Wechsel R, Raftery J, Cavagnat D, Guichard G, Clayden J. The meso
Helix: Symmetry and Symmetry-Breaking in Dynamic Oligourea Foldamers with Reversible Hydrogen-Bond Polarity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:9657-61. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201604496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Romina Wechsel
- School of Chemistry; University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry; University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- ISM, UMR CNRS 5255; Université de Bordeaux; 351 cours de la Libération 33405 Talence France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CBMN, UMR 5248; Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie; 2 rue Robert Escarpit 33607 Pessac France
- CNRS, CBMN, UMR 5248; 33600 Pessac France
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- School of Chemistry; University of Bristol; Cantock's Close Bristol BS8 1TS UK
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Foldamers can be made more than pieces of static, conformationally uniform molecular architecture by designing into their structure the conformational dynamism characteristic of functional molecular machines. We show that these dynamic foldamers display biomimetic properties reminiscent of allosteric proteins and receptor molecules. They can translate chemical signals into conformational changes, and hence into chemical outputs such as control of reactivity and selectivity. Future developments could see dynamic foldamers operating in the membrane phase providing artificial mechanisms for communication and control that integrate synthetic chemistry into synthetic biology.
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- Bryden A F Le Bailly
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK.
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Kulikov OV, Siriwardane DA, McCandless GT, Barnes C, Sevryugina YV, DeSousa JD, Wu J, Sommer R, Novak BM. Self-Assembly ofn-Alkyl- and Aryl-Side Chain Ureas and Their Derivatives as Evidenced by SEM and X-ray Analysis. European J Org Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201501242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Le Bailly BAF, Byrne L, Diemer V, Foroozandeh M, Morris GA, Clayden J. Flaws in foldamers: conformational uniformity and signal decay in achiral helical peptide oligomers. Chem Sci 2015; 6:2313-2322. [PMID: 29308146 PMCID: PMC5645781 DOI: 10.1039/c4sc03944k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Accepted: 01/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Although foldamers, by definition, are extended molecular structures with a well-defined conformation, minor conformers must be populated at least to some extent in solution. We present a quantitative analysis of these minor conformers for a series of helical oligomers built from achiral but helicogenic α-amino acids. By measuring the chain length dependence or chain position dependence of NMR or CD quantities that measure screw-sense preference in a helical oligomer, we quantify values for the decay constant of a conformational signal as it passes through the molecular structure. This conformational signal is a perturbation of the racemic mixture of M and P helices that such oligomers typically adopt by the inclusion of an N or C terminal chiral inducer. We show that decay constants may be very low (<1% signal loss per residue) in non-polar solvents, and we evaluate the increase in decay constant that results in polar solvents, at higher temperatures, and with more conformationally flexible residues such as Gly. Decay constants are independent of whether the signal originates from the N or the C terminus. By interpreting the decay constant in terms of the probability with which conformations containing a screw-sense reversal are populated, we quantify the populations of these alternative minor conformers within the overall ensemble of secondary structures adopted by the foldamer. We deduce helical persistence lengths for Aib polymers that allow us to show that in a non-polar solvent a peptide helix, even in the absence of chiral residues, may continue with the same screw sense for approximately 200 residues.
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- Bryden A F Le Bailly
- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester M13 9PL , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester M13 9PL , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester M13 9PL , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester M13 9PL , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester M13 9PL , UK .
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Solà J, Bolte M, Alfonso I. Conformational promiscuity in triazolamers derived from quaternary amino acids mimics peptide behaviour. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 13:10797-801. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ob01461a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Oligomers made by click chemistry display a duality of secondary structures similar to natural peptides as inferred by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction experiments.
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- Jordi Solà
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Modelling
- Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC)
- Jordi Girona 18-26
- Barcelona
- Spain
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie
- J.-W.-Goethe-Universität
- D-60438 Frankfurt/Main
- Germany
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Modelling
- Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC)
- Jordi Girona 18-26
- Barcelona
- Spain
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Kudo M, Tanatani A. Conformational properties of aromatic multi-layered and helical oligoureas and oligoguanidines. NEW J CHEM 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4nj01885k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cis conformational properties of N,N′-dimethylurea and guanidine can be applied to construct foldamers with aromatic multilayers and dynamic helical conformations.
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- Mayumi Kudo
- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- Ochanomizu University
- Bunkyo-ku
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- Ochanomizu University
- Bunkyo-ku
- Japan
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Lal S, Snape TJ. Aromatic amides and ureas as novel molecular probes for diagnosing disease. Med Hypotheses 2014; 83:751-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2014.08.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2013] [Accepted: 08/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Gong ZL, Zhong YW, Yao J. Conformation-determined through-bond versus through-space electronic communication in mixed-valence systems with a cross-conjugated urea bridge. Chemistry 2014; 21:1554-66. [PMID: 25421648 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201405332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2014] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Bis-triarylamine 2 and cyclometalated diruthenium 6(PF6)2 with a linear trans,trans-urea bridge have been prepared, together with the bis-triarylamine 3 and cyclometalated diruthenium 8(PF6)2 with a folded cis,cis-N,N-dimethylurea bridge. The linear or folded conformations of these molecules are supported by single-crystal X-ray structures of 2, 3, and other related compounds. These compounds display two consecutive anodic redox waves (N(·+/0) or Ru(III/II) processes) with a potential separation of 110-170 mV. This suggests that an efficient electronic coupling is present between two redox termini through the cross-conjugated urea bridge. The degree of electronic coupling has been investigated by using spectroelectrochemical measurements. Distinct intervalence charge-transfer (IVCT) transitions have been observed for mixed-valent (MV) compounds with a linear conformation. The IVCT transitions can also be identified for the folded MV compounds, albeit with a much weaker intensity. DFT results support that the electronic communication occurs by a through-bond and through-space pathway for the linear and folded compounds, respectively. The IVCT transitions of the MV compounds have been reproduced by TDDFT calculations. For the purpose of comparison, a bistriarylamine and a diruthenium complex with an imidazolidin-2-one bridge and a urea-containing mono-triarylamine and monoruthenium complex have been synthesized and studied.
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- Zhong-Liang Gong
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190 (China)
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Wechsel R, Maury J, Fremaux J, France SP, Guichard G, Clayden J. Inducing achiral aliphatic oligoureas to fold into helical conformations. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:15006-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc06754a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Hsiao CC, Liao HH, Rueping M. Enantio- and Diastereoselective Access to Distant Stereocenters Embedded within Tetrahydroxanthenes: Utilizingortho-Quinone Methides as Reactive Intermediates in Asymmetric Brønsted Acid Catalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201406587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Hsiao CC, Liao HH, Rueping M. Enantio- and Diastereoselective Access to Distant Stereocenters Embedded within Tetrahydroxanthenes: Utilizingortho-Quinone Methides as Reactive Intermediates in Asymmetric Brønsted Acid Catalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:13258-63. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201406587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Shah PN, Chae CG, Min J, Shimada R, Satoh T, Kakuchi T, Lee JS. A Model Chiral Graft Copolymer Demonstrates Evidence of the Transmission of Stereochemical Information from the Side Chain to the Main Chain on a Nanometer Scale. Macromolecules 2014. [DOI: 10.1021/ma500544b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Priyank N. Shah
- Department
of Nanobio Materials and Electronics, School of Materials Science
and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), 123 Cheomdangwagi-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Nanobio Materials and Electronics, School of Materials Science
and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), 123 Cheomdangwagi-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Nanobio Materials and Electronics, School of Materials Science
and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), 123 Cheomdangwagi-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea
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- Division
of Biotechnology and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
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- Division
of Biotechnology and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
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- Division
of Biotechnology and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
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- Department
of Nanobio Materials and Electronics, School of Materials Science
and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), 123 Cheomdangwagi-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea
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De Poli M, Byrne L, Brown RA, Solà J, Castellanos A, Boddaert T, Wechsel R, Beadle JD, Clayden J. Engineering the Structure of an N-Terminal β-Turn To Maximize Screw-Sense Preference in Achiral Helical Peptide Chains. J Org Chem 2014; 79:4659-75. [DOI: 10.1021/jo500714b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Matteo De Poli
- School
of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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Xu Z, Liu H, Mahmood MHR, Cai Y, Xu X, Tang Y. Spontaneous resolution of chiral bis-sulfoxides with asymmetric atropisomerism. CrystEngComm 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ce00296b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The atropisomeric ortho-disubstituted bis-sulfoxide (P/M,R,S)-3 with an asymmetric conformation adopts a homochiral right/left-handed supramolecular helix and exhibits an unprecedented spontaneous resolution.
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- Zhiguang Xu
- Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, Ministry of Education
- School of Chemistry and Environment
- South China Normal University
- Guangzhou, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry
- South China University of Technology
- Guangzhou, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry
- South China University of Technology
- Guangzhou, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, Ministry of Education
- School of Chemistry and Environment
- South China Normal University
- Guangzhou, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, Ministry of Education
- School of Chemistry and Environment
- South China Normal University
- Guangzhou, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, Ministry of Education
- School of Chemistry and Environment
- South China Normal University
- Guangzhou, PR China
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Synthetic oligoureas of metaphenylenediamine mimic host defence peptides in their antimicrobial behaviour. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2013; 23:2518-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2013] [Revised: 03/01/2013] [Accepted: 03/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Matsumura M, Tanatani A, Azumaya I, Masu H, Hashizume D, Kagechika H, Muranaka A, Uchiyama M. Unusual conformational preference of an aromatic secondary urea: solvent-dependent open-closed conformational switching of N,N′-bis(porphyrinyl)urea. Chem Commun (Camb) 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cc37583d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pike SJ, De Poli M, Zawodny W, Raftery J, Webb SJ, Clayden J. Diastereotopic fluorine substituents as 19F NMR probes of screw-sense preference in helical foldamers. Org Biomol Chem 2013; 11:3168-76. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ob40463c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Faggi E, Luis SV, Alfonso I. Minimalistic amino amides as models to study N–H⋯π interactions and their implication in the side chain folding of pseudopeptidic molecules. RSC Adv 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra41843j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Sharma GVM, Kodeti SR, Dutta SK, Velaparthi S, Narsimulu K, Anjaiah G, Basha SJ, Kunwar AC. Chirality and Template-Mediated Induction of Helical Preferences in Achiral β-Peptides. Chemistry 2012; 18:16046-60. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201201892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2012] [Revised: 08/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Ousaka N, Grunder S, Castilla AM, Whalley AC, Stoddart JF, Nitschke JR. Efficient long-range stereochemical communication and cooperative effects in self-assembled Fe4L6 cages. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:15528-37. [PMID: 22916838 DOI: 10.1021/ja306615d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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A series of large, optically active Fe(4)L(6) cages was prepared from linear 5,5'-bis(2-formylpyridines) incorporating varying numbers (n = 0-3) of oligo-p-xylene spacers, chiral amines, and Fe(II). When a cage was constructed from the ligand bridged by one p-xylene spacer (n = 1) and a bulky chiral amine, both a homochiral Fe(2)L(3) helicate and Fe(4)L(6) cage were observed to coexist in solution due to a delicate balance between steric factors. In contrast, when a less bulky chiral amine was used, only the Fe(4)L(6) cage was observed. In the case of larger cages (n = 2, 3), long-range (>2 nm) stereochemical coupling between metal centers was observed, which was minimally diminished as the ligands were lengthened. This communication was mediated by the ligands' geometries and rigidity, as opposed to gearing effects between xylene methyl groups: the metal-centered stereochemistry was not observed to affect the axial stereochemistry of the ligands.
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- Naoki Ousaka
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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Kudo M, Katagiri K, Azumaya I, Kagechika H, Tanatani A. Synthesis and helical properties of aromatic multilayered oligoureas. Tetrahedron 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2011.12.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Boddaert T, Solà J, Helliwell M, Clayden J. Chemical communication: conductors and insulators of screw-sense preference between helical oligo(aminoisobutyric acid) domains. Chem Commun (Camb) 2012; 48:3397-9. [PMID: 22363936 DOI: 10.1039/c2cc00060a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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(1)H NMR studies quantify the abilities of achiral amino acids to communicate a left-handed screw-sense preference from one helical Aib(4) domain to another: certain quaternary amino acids (e.g. Ac(6)c) act as effective conductors of conformational preference while others (e.g. diphenylglycine) acts as insulators.
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- Thomas Boddaert
- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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Brown RA, Marcelli T, De Poli M, Solà J, Clayden J. Induction of Unexpected Left-Handed Helicity by an N-Terminal L-Amino Acid in an Otherwise Achiral Peptide Chain. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201107583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Brown RA, Marcelli T, De Poli M, Solà J, Clayden J. Induction of unexpected left-handed helicity by an N-terminal L-amino acid in an otherwise achiral peptide chain. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:1395-9. [PMID: 22294355 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201107583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Robert A Brown
- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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Synthesis, crystal structure, and different local conformations of pyridine–imide oligomers. Tetrahedron 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2011.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Kudo M, Azumaya I, Kagechika H, Tanatani A. Synthesis of soluble aromatic multilayered tetra(m-phenylurea) and analysis of its helical conformation in various solvents. Chirality 2011; 23 Suppl 1:E84-90. [DOI: 10.1002/chir.21010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2010] [Revised: 07/04/2011] [Accepted: 07/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Fletcher SP, Solà J, Holt D, Brown RA, Clayden J. Synthesis of enantiomerically enriched (R)-C-labelled 2-aminoisobutyric acid (Aib) by conformational memory in the alkylation of a derivative of L-alanine. Beilstein J Org Chem 2011; 7:1304-9. [PMID: 22043239 PMCID: PMC3201042 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.7.152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2011] [Accepted: 08/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The method of Kouklovsky and coworkers for the enantioselective alkylation of cyclic N-naphthoyl derivatives of amino acids was used to introduce a 13C label into one of the two enantiotopic methyl groups of 2-aminoisobutyric acid (Aib) by retentive alkylation of L-alanine with 13CH3I. Conditions were identified for optimization of yield and enantiomeric purity, and the absolute configuration of the labelled product was established.
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- Stephen P Fletcher
- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Rd., Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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Paul B, Butterfoss GL, Boswell MG, Renfrew PD, Yeung FG, Shah NH, Wolf C, Bonneau R, Kirshenbaum K. Peptoid Atropisomers. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:10910-9. [DOI: 10.1021/ja2028684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 20057, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 20057, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 20057, United States
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Mikami K, Daikuhara H, Inagaki Y, Yokoyama A, Yokozawa T. Chiral Amplification Based on Sergeants and Soldiers Effect in Helically Folded Poly(naphthalenecarboxamide). Macromolecules 2011. [DOI: 10.1021/ma200055g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Koichiro Mikami
- Department of Material and Life Chemistry, Kanagawa University, Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama 221-8686, Japan
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- Department of Material and Life Chemistry, Kanagawa University, Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama 221-8686, Japan
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- Department of Material and Life Chemistry, Kanagawa University, Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama 221-8686, Japan
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- Department of Material and Life Chemistry, Kanagawa University, Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama 221-8686, Japan
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- Department of Material and Life Chemistry, Kanagawa University, Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama 221-8686, Japan
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Solà J, Morris GA, Clayden J. Measuring Screw-Sense Preference in a Helical Oligomer by Comparison of 13C NMR Signal Separation at Slow and Fast Exchange. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:3712-5. [DOI: 10.1021/ja1097034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jordi Solà
- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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Clayden J, Donnard M, Lefranc J, Tetlow DJ. Quaternary centres bearing nitrogen (α-tertiary amines) as products of molecular rearrangements. Chem Commun (Camb) 2011; 47:4624-39. [DOI: 10.1039/c1cc00049g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Dong Z, Plampin JN, Yap GPA, Fox JM. Minimalist end groups for control of absolute helicity in salen- and salophen-based metallofoldamers. Org Lett 2010; 12:4002-5. [PMID: 20795709 DOI: 10.1021/ol101583v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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(S)-1-Methylindan end groups are effective controllers of absolute helicity in Ni-salen- and Ni-salophen-based foldamers derived from (R,R)-trans-1,2-cyclohexanediamine and 1,2-phenylenediamine, respectively. Evidence for the helicity of the described complexes was provided through X-ray crystallography and study of chiroptical properties in solution. The chiral end groups control the absolute sense of helicity for the salen complexes, even in a case where the helical bias of the end group is mismatched relative to that of the internal diamine.
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- Zhenzhen Dong
- Brown Laboratories, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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