Moaven S, Yu J, Vega M, Unruh DK, Cozzolino AF. Self-assembled reversed bilayers directed by pnictogen bonding to form vesicles in solution.
Chem Commun (Camb) 2018;
54:8849-8852. [PMID:
30039149 DOI:
10.1039/c8cc05187a]
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Abstract
Artificial vesicles can aid in the study and understanding of biological cell membranes. This study employs pnictogen bonding to actively direct the self-assembly of a true reversed bilayer. Antimony(iii) alkoxide cages that self-assemble through multiple strong SbO interactions propagate in two dimensions to form a reverse bilayer structure in the solid state. Long alkyl tails allow these reverse bilayers to be processed into vesicles in solution that are a reverse of biological cell membranes.
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