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Designed Self‐Generation of an Extended Helical Structure From an Achiral Polyheterocylic Strand
Author(s) -
Bassani Dario M.,
Lehn JeanMarie,
Baum Gerhard,
Fenske Dieter
Publication year - 1997
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.199718451
Subject(s) - generality , helicity , molecule , solid state , process (computing) , crystallography , stereochemistry , chemistry , physics , computer science , psychology , quantum mechanics , engineering physics , psychotherapist , operating system
Both in solution and in the solid state the polyheterocyclic molecule 1 spontaneously adopts a helical structure with two turns. This convincingly demonstrates that the structural features encoded in the molecular strand can induce helicity, and points to the generality of this self‐organization process.