PREPARATION, STRUCTURE AND DISCRIMINATION OF A CHIRAL BIMOLECULAR CRYSTAL BY THE SELF-ASSEMBLY OF 3-INDOLEPROPIONIC ACID AND PHENANTHRIDINE

Authors
KOSHIMA H HAYASHI E MATSUURA T TANAKA K TODA F KATO M KIGUCHI M
Citation
H. Koshima et al., PREPARATION, STRUCTURE AND DISCRIMINATION OF A CHIRAL BIMOLECULAR CRYSTAL BY THE SELF-ASSEMBLY OF 3-INDOLEPROPIONIC ACID AND PHENANTHRIDINE, Tetrahedron letters, 38(28), 1997, pp. 5009-5012
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
38
Issue
28
Year of publication
1997
Pages
5009 - 5012
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1997)38:28<5009:PSADOA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Although 3-indolepropionic acid and phenanthridine are achiral molecul es, a chiral bimolecular crystal is spontaneously formed; torsional co nformation of the propionic acid group plays an important role in the helix formation through hydrogen bonding chain within the crystal latt ice. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.