Issue 64, 2018
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Chemical Communications

Self-assembled reversed bilayers directed by pnictogen bonding to form vesicles in solution†

Shiva Moaven, ORCID logo a   Jingze Yu,a   Maythe Vega,a   Daniel K. Unruh ORCID logo a  and  Anthony F. Cozzolino ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Box 41061, Lubbock, USA
E-mail: anthony.f.cozzolino@ttu.edu

Abstract

Artificial vesicles can aid in the study and understanding of biological cell membranes. This study employs pnictogen bonding to actively direct the self-assembly of a true reversed bilayer. Antimony(III) alkoxide cages that self-assemble through multiple strong Sb⋯O interactions propagate in two dimensions to form a reverse bilayer structure in the solid state. Long alkyl tails allow these reverse bilayers to be processed into vesicles in solution that are a reverse of biological cell membranes.

Graphical abstract: Self-assembled reversed bilayers directed by pnictogen bonding to form vesicles in solution

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC05187A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
28 Jun 2018
Accepted
17 Jul 2018
First published
18 Jul 2018

Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 8849-8852

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Self-assembled reversed bilayers directed by pnictogen bonding to form vesicles in solution

S. Moaven, J. Yu, M. Vega, D. K. Unruh and A. F. Cozzolino, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 8849 DOI: 10.1039/C8CC05187A

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