Rapid Self-Polycondensation of Amphiphilic Amino Acid Esters in Ordered Molecular Assemblies. An Morphological Evidence for Lateral Growth of Polypeptide at the Air–Water Interface

Autor: Mitsunori Ono, Kiyokazu Hashimoto, Tsutomu Miyasaka, Naoyuki Nishikawa
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: Chemistry Letters. 20:619-622
ISSN: 1348-0715
0366-7022
DOI: 10.1246/cl.1991.619
Popis: Monolayer-forming amphiphiles of amino acid esters, phenyl and 1,1-dichloroethyl esters of 2-aminoeicosanoic acid, underwent self-condensation to polypeptides in ordered monolayers with their reaction rates much higher than in non-ordered media. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed rapid progress of lateral polymerization at the air–water interface.
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