A trefoil knot self-templated through imination in water

Ye Lei; Zhaoyong Li; Guangcheng Wu; Lijie Zhang; Lu Tong; Tianyi Tong; Qiong Chen; Lingxiang Wang; Chenqi Ge; Yuxi Wei; Yuanjiang Pan; Andrew C.-H. Sue; Linjun Wang; Feihe Huang; Hao Li

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31289-1

Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

A trefoil knot self-templated through imination in water

Ye Lei,
Zhaoyong Li,
Guangcheng Wu,
Lijie Zhang,
Lu Tong,
Tianyi Tong,
Qiong Chen,
Lingxiang Wang,
Chenqi Ge,
Yuxi Wei,
Yuanjiang Pan,
Andrew C.-H. Sue,
Linjun Wang,
Feihe Huang,
Hao Li

Affiliations

Ye Lei: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Zhaoyong Li: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Guangcheng Wu: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Lijie Zhang: Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Studies, Zhejiang Normal University
Lu Tong: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Tianyi Tong: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Qiong Chen: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Lingxiang Wang: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Chenqi Ge: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Yuxi Wei: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Yuanjiang Pan: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Andrew C.-H. Sue: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Linjun Wang: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Feihe Huang: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Hao Li: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31289-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The self-assembly of molecular knots in water is challenging. Here, authors report the self-assembly of a trefoil knot in water via imine condensation, without relying on external templates; the handedness of the trefoil knot is determined by the chirality of the bisamino precursor.

Published in Nature Communications

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