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Elucidating the backbone conformation of photoswitchable foldamers using vibrational circular dichroism

S. R. Domingos, S. J. Roeters, S. Amirjalayer, Z. Yu, S. Hecht, S. Woutersen – 2013

The backbone conformation of amphiphilic oligo(azobenzene) foldamers is investigated using vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopy on a mode involving the stretching of the N[double bond, length as m-dash]N bonds in the backbone. From denaturation experiments, we find that the VCD response in the helical conformation arises mainly from through-space interaction between the N[double bond, length as m-dash]N-stretch transition-dipole moments, so that the coupled-oscillator model can be used to predict the VCD spectrum associated with a particular conformation. Using this approach, we elucidate the origin of the VCD signals in the folded conformation, and can assign the observed partial loss of VCD signals upon photo-induced unfolding to specific conformational changes. Our results show that the N[double bond, length as m-dash]N-stretch VCD response provides an excellent probe of the helical conformation of the N[double bond, length as m-dash]N bonds in this type of switchable molecular system.

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Elucidating the backbone conformation of photoswitchable foldamers using vibrational circular dichroism
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S. R. Domingos, S. J. Roeters, S. Amirjalayer, Z. Yu, S. Hecht, S. Woutersen
Datum
2013
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DOI: 10.1039/C3CP53243G
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Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2013, 15, 17263-17267
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