Design of Stimuli‐Responsive Peptides and Proteins

Y Li, G Yang, L Gerstweiler, SH Thang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Stimuli‐responsive peptides and proteins are an exciting class of smart biomaterials for
various applications and have received significant attention over the past decades. A wide …

Alternative motifs for halogen bonding

RW Troff, T Mäkelä, F Topić, A Valkonen… - European Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The halogen‐bonding interaction is one of the rising stars in supramolecular chemistry.
Although other weak interactions and their influence on the structure and chemistry of …

Enantioselective synthesis of atropisomeric anilides via Pd (II)-catalyzed asymmetric C–H olefination

QJ Yao, PP Xie, YJ Wu, YL Feng, MY Teng… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Atropisomeric anilides have received tremendous attention as a novel class of chiral
compounds possessing restricted rotation around an N-aryl chiral axis. However, in sharp …

Atroposelective catalytic asymmetric allylic alkylation reaction for axially chiral anilides with achiral Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates

SL Li, C Yang, Q Wu, HL Zheng, X Li… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A highly efficient method to access axially chiral anilides through asymmetric allylic
alkylation reaction with achiral Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates by using a biscinchona …

Atroposelective synthesis of N-aryl peptoid atropisomers via a palladium (II)-catalyzed asymmetric C–H alkynylation strategy

YJ Wu, PP Xie, G Zhou, QJ Yao, X Hong, BF Shi - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The introduction of chirality into peptoids is an important strategy to determine a discrete and
robust secondary structure. However, the lack of an efficient strategy for the synthesis of …

Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Axially Chiral o-Iodoanilides by Phase-Transfer Catalyzed Alkylations

S Shirakawa, K Liu, K Maruoka - Journal of the American …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of axially chiral o-iodoacrylanilides and N-allyl-o-
iodoanilides as useful chiral building blocks was achieved via chiral quaternary ammonium …

A comparison of linear and cyclic peptoid oligomers as potent antimicrobial agents

ML Huang, SBY Shin, MA Benson, VJ Torres… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the antimicrobial activities of N‐substituted glycine “peptoid” oligomers
incorporating cationic and hydrophobic side chains. Head‐to‐tail macrocyclization was …

Polypeptoids: A perfect match for molecular definition and macromolecular engineering?

R Luxenhofer, C Fetsch… - Journal of Polymer …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Precision synthesis of polymers has been a hot topic in recent years. While this is
notoriously difficult to address for polymers with a C C backbone, Merrifield has discovered …

Thermoresponsive poly (α-peptoid) s: tuning the cloud point temperatures by composition and architecture

SH Lahasky, X Hu, D Zhang - ACS Macro Letters, 2012 - ACS Publications
Random copolymers based on poly (N-ethyl glycine) and poly (N-butyl glycine) have been
synthesized by NHC-mediated or primary amine-initiated copolymerization of the …

Synthesis and Characterization of Amphiphilic Cyclic Diblock Copolypeptoids from N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Mediated Zwitterionic Polymerization of N-Substituted N …

CU Lee, TP Smart, L Guo, TH Epps III, D Zhang - Macromolecules, 2011 - ACS Publications
N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-mediated ring-opening polymerization of N-decyl-N-
carboxylanhydride monomer (De-NCA) has been shown to occur in a controlled manner …