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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2606-2615 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Organic Chemistry |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1 2005 |
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