Single-handed supramolecular double helix of homochiral bis(N-amidothiourea) supported by double crossed C−I···S halogen bonds

Xiaosheng Yan; Kunshan Zou; Jinlian Cao; Xiaorui Li; Zhixing Zhao; Zhao Li; Anan Wu; Wanzhen Liang; Yirong Mo; Yunbao Jiang

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11539-5

Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

Single-handed supramolecular double helix of homochiral bis(N-amidothiourea) supported by double crossed C−I···S halogen bonds

Xiaosheng Yan,
Kunshan Zou,
Jinlian Cao,
Xiaorui Li,
Zhixing Zhao,
Zhao Li,
Anan Wu,
Wanzhen Liang,
Yirong Mo,
Yunbao Jiang

Affiliations

Xiaosheng Yan: Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, and iChEM, Xiamen University
Kunshan Zou: Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, and iChEM, Xiamen University
Jinlian Cao: Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, and iChEM, Xiamen University
Xiaorui Li: Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, and iChEM, Xiamen University
Zhixing Zhao: Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, and iChEM, Xiamen University
Zhao Li: Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, and iChEM, Xiamen University
Anan Wu: Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Wanzhen Liang: Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Yirong Mo: Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Yunbao Jiang: Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, and iChEM, Xiamen University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11539-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Building an artificial double helix is a compelling challenge, and most strategies rely on the intertwining of two helical strands. Here, in a very different approach, the authors construct a supramolecular double helix from multiple synthetic small molecules chained together by double crossed halogen bonds.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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