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Design of new macromolecular architectures by using quasi‐equivalent monodendrons as building blocks
Author(s) -
Percec Virgil,
Ahn CheolHee,
Cho WookDong,
Johansson Gary,
Schlueter Douglas
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.19971180106
Subject(s) - macromolecule , icosahedral symmetry , equivalence (formal languages) , conical surface , nucleic acid , supramolecular chemistry , rational design , materials science , geometry , nanotechnology , mathematics , chemistry , pure mathematics , crystallography , biochemistry , crystal structure
Quasi‐equivalent building blocks are chemically identical subunits which self‐control their shape by switching between different conformational states. Classic biological examples are the flat‐tapered and conical protein coats which jacket nucleic acids during the self‐assembly of rod‐like and icosahedral viruses, respectively. This paper advances the hypothesis that monodendrons can act as synthetic quasi‐equivalent building blocks. The rational design of flat‐tapered and cone shaped quasi‐equivalent monodendrons and their use in the construction of three dimensional supramolecular and macromolecular rod‐like and spherical systems demonstrates the above hypothesis. Mechanisms which interconvert the spherical systems into rod‐like ones by using the same monodendron building blocks, thus demonstrating their quasi‐equivalence, will be exemplified.