Water-Soluble Chiral Cyclic Peptoids and Their Sodium and Gadolinium Complexes: Study of Conformational and Relaxometric Properties

Assunta D'Amato, Linhai Jiang, Giorgio Della Sala, Kent Kirshenbaum, Chiara Costabile, Chiara Furlan, Eliana Gianolio, Irene Izzo, Francesco De Riccardis

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Abstract

Cyclic peptoids are macrocyclic oligomers of N-substituted glycines with specific folding abilities and excellent metal binding properties. In this work, we show how strategic positioning of chiral (S)- and (R)-(1-carboxyethyl)glycine units influences the conformational stability of water-soluble macrocyclic peptoids as sodium complexes. The reported results are based on nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, extensive computational studies, and X-ray diffraction analysis using single crystals grown from aqueous solutions. The studies include1H relaxometric investigations of hexameric cyclic peptoids in the presence of the Gd3+ion to assess their thermodynamic stabilities and relaxivities.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)6588-6598
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Organic Chemistry
Volume88
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Organic Chemistry

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