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Design and synthesis of asymmetric acyclic phospholipid bolaamphiphiles

  • Toshitsugu Kai
  • , Xue Sun
  • , Keith M. Faucher
  • , Robert P. Apkarian
  • , Elliot L. Chaikof
  • Emory University
  • Georgia Institute of Technology

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Abstract

(Chemical Equation Presented) A synthetic route was devised for the generation of asymmetric lipid bolaamphiphiles through the sequential esterification of an alkyldioic acid, bearing distinct terminal protecting groups, with propanylamine and lyso-phosphatidylcholine headgroups. Bolaamphiphile self-assembly was investigated in solvent mixes of varying polarity by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, as well as in water by cryo-high-resolution scanning electron microscopy (cryo-HRSEM). We anticipate that asymmetric lipid bolaamphiphiles will provide facile building blocks for engineering a variety of unique membrane-mimetic structures. © 2005 American Chemical Society.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2606-2615
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Organic Chemistry
Volume70
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2005

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