Molecular Engineering of the Kinetic Barrier in Seeded Supramolecular Polymerization.

ABSTRACT: Seeded supramolecular polymerization (SSP) is a method that enables the controlled synthesis of supramolecular structures. SSP often relies on structures that are capable of self-assembly by interconverting between intramolecular and intermolecular modes of hydrogen bonding, characterized by a given kinetic barrier that is typically low. The control of the polymerization process is thus limited by the propensity of the hydrogen bonds to interconvert between the intramolecular and intermolecular modes of binding. Here, we report on an engineering of the polymerization kinetic barriers by sophisticated molecular design of the building blocks involved in such SSP processes. Our designs include two types of intramolecular hydrogen-bonded rings: on one hand, a central triazine tricarboxamide mo

SUBMITTER: Huang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9999411 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature