Journal
ACS APPLIED POLYMER MATERIALS
Volume 4, Issue 12, Pages 9472-9481Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.2c01807
Keywords
metallosupramolecular; amino acid; peptide; helical structure; platinum
Funding
- Analytical Instrument Facility, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
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This study presents the synthesis and characterization of expanded polypeptides containing chiral platinum(II) complexes. The resulting polymers exhibit a fluctuating mixture of chiral helices, as confirmed by various analysis techniques. This research provides valuable insights into the construction of functional polymer materials with well-designed three-dimensional structures.
The construction of a well-designed three-dimensional structure is promising for the development of artificial enzymes with outstanding functions. A combination of chiral polypeptides and metallosupramolecular polymers is a promising candidate for this purpose. An expanded L-amino acid containing platinum(II) complex was designed and unsymmetrically polymerized via metallosupramolecular polycondensation in nonpolar solvents. The resulting expanded polypeptide was analyzed through 1H NMR spectroscopy, circular dichroism (CD), and theoretical calculations accompanied by X-ray analysis of a model compound and elementary reactions. The molar mass of the polymer was estimated through end-group analysis and 1H diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy (DOSY). The DOSY spectra demonstrate that at least 17-mer is present in chloroform. The CD spectra reflect the local structure of the monomer unit and suggest the presence of two conformers in a dynamic equilibrium. The entire structure of the polymer is considered to be a fluctuating mixture of chiral helices. The synthetic procedure in this study will be applied to construct chiral molecular architectures leading functional polymer materials.
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