Volume 64, Issue 2 e202414317
Research Article

Heterochiral π-Stacking Dimerization of Helical Secondary Structures with Emerging Supramolecular Chirality

Wencan Li

Wencan Li

State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, and Center for Supramolecular Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun, 130012 China

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Yiqi Shao

Yiqi Shao

State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, and Center for Supramolecular Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun, 130012 China

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Zhaocheng Xu

Zhaocheng Xu

State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, and Center for Supramolecular Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun, 130012 China

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Yunpeng Ge

Yunpeng Ge

State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, and Center for Supramolecular Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun, 130012 China

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Zhenzhu Wang

Zhenzhu Wang

State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, and Center for Supramolecular Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun, 130012 China

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Prof. Hua Jiang

Prof. Hua Jiang

College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875 China

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Prof. Zeyuan Dong

Corresponding Author

Prof. Zeyuan Dong

State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, and Center for Supramolecular Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun, 130012 China

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First published: 22 August 2024
Citations: 2

Graphical Abstract

A specific interface mode type was observed between helical secondary structures, in which a left-handed (M) helix binds specifically to a right-handed (P) helix along the helical axis, leading to the formation of discrete heterochiral helical dimers. Moreover, a concealed supramolecular chirality within the meso-supramolecular dimers was unexpectedly discovered by chiral induction, and was further underpinned by covalent meso-helix structures.

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available in the Supporting Information of this article.

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