A Dendron Based on Natural Amino Acids: Synthesis and Behavior as an Organogelator and Lyotropic Liquid Crystal†
Yan Ji
Department of Polymer Science & Engineering and The Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China, Fax: (+86) 10-62751708
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Department of Polymer Science & Engineering and The Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China, Fax: (+86) 10-62751708
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Department of Polymer Science & Engineering and The Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China, Fax: (+86) 10-62751708
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Department of Polymer Science & Engineering and The Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China, Fax: (+86) 10-62751708
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Department of Polymer Science & Engineering and The Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China, Fax: (+86) 10-62751708
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Department of Polymer Science & Engineering and The Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China, Fax: (+86) 10-62751708
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Department of Polymer Science & Engineering and The Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China, Fax: (+86) 10-62751708
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Department of Polymer Science & Engineering and The Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China, Fax: (+86) 10-62751708
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Department of Chemistry, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA, Fax: (+1) 215-895-1265
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Department of Polymer Science & Engineering and The Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China, Fax: (+86) 10-62751708
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Department of Polymer Science & Engineering and The Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China, Fax: (+86) 10-62751708
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Department of Polymer Science & Engineering and The Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China, Fax: (+86) 10-62751708
Search for more papers by this authorEr-Qiang Chen Prof.
Department of Polymer Science & Engineering and The Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China, Fax: (+86) 10-62751708
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Department of Polymer Science & Engineering and The Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China, Fax: (+86) 10-62751708
Search for more papers by this authorChun Ye
Department of Polymer Science & Engineering and The Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China, Fax: (+86) 10-62751708
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Department of Polymer Science & Engineering and The Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China, Fax: (+86) 10-62751708
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Department of Polymer Science & Engineering and The Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China, Fax: (+86) 10-62751708
Search for more papers by this authorYen Wei Prof.
Department of Chemistry, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA, Fax: (+1) 215-895-1265
Search for more papers by this authorThis work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC Grant Nos. 20374002 and 20340420002) and by the National Institutes of Health (NIH Grant No. DE09848). We are most grateful to Prof. Dr. Kenji Hanabusa of Shinshu University in Japan for discussions on gelators and to all four reviewers of this article for their comments and suggestions.
Graphical Abstract
From linear to dendritic: Glycine is part of the predominant sequence in collagen proteins, and aspartate is similar to the repeating unit of poly(benzyl glutamate)s (PBG)s. Collagen and PBGs are linear peptides that self-organize into fibers and form liquid-crystalline phases and gel solvents. How would a molecule self-assemble if it was built by arranging Gly-Asp units in a dendritic way (see picture)? A dendron as both gelator and liquid crystal?
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