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Symmetry Breaking in the Self‐Assembly of Partially Fluorinated Benzene‐1,3,5‐tricarboxamides
Author(s) -
Stals Patrick J. M.,
Korevaar Peter A.,
Gillissen Martijn A. J.,
de Greef Tom F. A.,
Fitié Carel F. C.,
Sijbesma Rint P.,
Palmans Anja R. A.,
Meijer E. W.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201204727
Subject(s) - benzene , symmetry breaking , order (exchange) , molecule , symmetry (geometry) , optically active , chiral symmetry breaking , physics , computer science , chemistry , chemical physics , mathematics , organic chemistry , particle physics , geometry , finance , economics
The interplay of two subsequent aggregation processes results in a symmetry‐breaking phenomenon in an achiral self‐assembling system. Partially fluorinated benzene‐1,3,5‐tricarboxamide molecules self‐assemble into a racemic mixture of one‐dimensional P ‐ and M ‐helical aggregates, followed by bundling into optically active higher‐order aggregates or fibers (see picture).