Hydrophobic side-chain interactions in a family of dimeric amide foldamers-potential alpha-helix mimetics

Oleg V. Kulikov; Christopher Incarvito; Andrew D. Hamilton

doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.05.004

Hydrophobic side-chain interactions in a family of dimeric amide foldamers-potential alpha-helix mimetics

Oleg V. Kulikov, Christopher Incarvito, Andrew D. Hamilton

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Abstract

A series of new alpha-helix mimetics based on a benzamide scaffold and potentially able to disrupt protein-protein interactions have been synthesized and characterized by X-ray analysis. Inspection of the solid state structures of aromatic amide dimers confirmed that the molecules adopt a curved conformation with intramolecular H-bonding between the amide NH and the alkoxy oxygen of the neighboring aromatic fragment (d_NH⋯O ∼ 2 Å). Adjacent dimer molecules are prone to form supramolecular assemblies due to both hydrophobic alkyl side-chain/side-chain interactions and intermolecular H-bonding.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3705-3709
Number of pages	5
Journal	Tetrahedron Letters
Volume	52
Issue number	29
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.05.004
State	Published - Jul 20 2011

Keywords

Aromatic oligoamides
Helical arrangement
Hydrophobic interactions
Self-assembly

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Biochemistry
Drug Discovery
Organic Chemistry

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