A coopetition-driven strategy of parallel/perpendicular aromatic stacking enabling metastable supramolecular polymerization.

ABSTRACT: Metastable supramolecular polymerization under kinetic control has recently been recognized as a closer way to biosystem than thermodynamic process. While impressive works on metastable supramolecular systems have been reported, the library of available non-covalent driving modes is still small and a simple yet versatile solution is highly desirable to design for easily regulating the energy landscapes of metastable aggregation. Herein, we propose a coopetition-driven metastability strategy for parallel/perpendicular aromatic stacking to construct metastable supramolecular polymers derived from a class of simple monomers consisting of lateral indoles and aromatic core. By subtly increasing the stacking strength of aromatic cores from phenyl to anthryl, the parallel face-to-face stacked agg

SUBMITTER: Gao Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11686131 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature