Helical polymers based on intramolecularly hydrogen-bonded aromatic polyamides?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2010-11-05 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03689G

Abstract

Inspired by arylamide-based oligomeric foldermers that are stabilized by intramolecular hydrogen bonding, a series of polyamides with intramolecular hydrogen-bonding motifs were synthesized via polycondensation reactions. These polymers can fold into helical conformation different from their linear control. The chirality of helical conformation can further be tuned via acid–base complexation using chiral residues.

Graphical abstract: Helical polymers based on intramolecularly hydrogen-bonded aromatic polyamides
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