From peptides to their alternating ester-urea analogues: Synthesis and influence of hydrogen bonding motif and stereochemistry on aggregation

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 772-782

  Hartwig, Sebastian ^a   Schwarz, Jutta ^a   Hecht, Stefan ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; GELATORS; HYDROGEN BONDING MOTIFS; HYDROGEN BONDING SITES; MULTIVALENCY; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NMR SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC SOLUTIONS; PEPTIDE ASSOCIATION; PEPTIDE MIMICS; PEPTIDE SCAFFOLDS;

AMIDES; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; HYDROGEN; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PEPTIDES; SCAFFOLDS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); UREA;

HYDROGEN BONDS;

AMIDE; ESTER; OLIGOMER; PEPTIDE; UREA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEN BOND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

AMIDES; ESTERS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES; UREA;

EID: 75749138516     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo902249w     Document Type: Article

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