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Importance of Molecular Meshing for the Stabilization of Solvophobic Assemblies.

Yi-Yang ZhanNaru TanakaYuka OzawaTatsuo KojimaTakako MashikoUmpei NagashimaMasanori TachikawaShuichi Hiraoka
Published in: The Journal of organic chemistry (2018)
The effect of the methyl groups in neutral gear-shaped amphiphiles (GSAs) on the stability of nanocubes was investigated using a novel C2 v-symmetric GSA, which was synthesized using selective alternate trilithiation of a pentabrominated hexaphenylbenzene derivative. The lack of only one methyl group in the GSA decreased the association constant for the assembly of the nanocube by 3 orders of magnitude. A surface analysis recently developed by the authors (SAVPR: surface analysis with varying probe radii) was carried out for characteristic isomers of the nanocube consisting of C2 v-symmetric GSAs. It was found that the methyl groups near the equator of the nanocube play a significant role in the stabilization of the nanocubes.
Keyphrases
  • high resolution
  • living cells