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Helicity Coding: Programmed Molecular Self‐Organization of Achiral Nonbiological Strands into Multiturn Helical Superstructures: Synthesis and Characterization of Alternating Pyridine–Pyrimidine Oligomers
Author(s) -
Ohkita Masakazu,
Lehn JeanMarie,
Baum Gerhard,
Fenske Dieter
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3765(19991203)5:12<3471::aid-chem3471>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - helicity , pyrimidine , characterization (materials science) , pyridine , crystallography , nanotechnology , chemistry , materials science , stereochemistry , chemical physics , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
Abstract Preprogrammed achiral nonbiological oligomers self‐organize spontaneously into multiturn helical superstructures both in solution and in the solid state (see picture).