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X‐Ray Structure of a Self‐Assembled Gelating Fiber
Author(s) -
Menger Fredric M.,
Yamasaki Yasuhiro,
Catlin Kelly K.,
Nishimi Taisei
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199505851
Subject(s) - stacking , hydrogen bond , molecule , crystallography , materials science , fiber , x ray , orientation (vector space) , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , optics , physics , geometry , mathematics
The relationship between the properties and structure of gels has never been properly elucidated because of the lack of structural information. Now the X‐ray structure of the gel‐forming acylcystine ( 1 )–the first of such a molecule at atomic resolution–has been successfully performed. The fibers of 1 are stabilized by the backbone orientation, as well as by hydrogen bonding and π–π stacking interactions, while the individual strands are linked by hydrogen bonding.