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Cover Picture: Aromatic Oligoamide Foldamers (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 1/2004)
Author(s) -
Huc Ivan
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
european journal of organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1099-0690
pISSN - 1434-193X
DOI - 10.1002/ejoc.200490001
Subject(s) - chemistry , folding (dsp implementation) , cover (algebra) , modular design , stereochemistry , crystallography , ring (chemistry) , polymer science , organic chemistry , computer science , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , engineering , operating system
The cover picture shows a photograph of a helical origami, based on a modular ring designed by David Petty, surrounded by five examples of building blocks used in aromatic oligoamide foldamers. The background is an unfolded origami paper displaying the crease pattern that codes for a well‐defined folded shape. In the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, beautiful and complex yet predictable forms arise from a series a folding steps of a sheet of paper. Each step sets the relative orientation of the two sides of the fold. Similarly, the conformations of aromatic oligoamide foldamers are determined by interactions between consecutive units. In first approximation, the overall conformation is simply predicted as a linear combination of local conformational preferences. Details are discussed in the Microreview by I. Huc on p. 17 ff. We thank Professor Louis Cuccia for his inspiration and major contribution to this image.