Influence of side-chain interactions on the self-assembly of discotic tricarboxyamides: a crystallographic insight

Different assembly and behaviour of homologous discotic tricarboxyamides containing β-alanine and γ-aminobutyric acid have been investigated. From UV/Vis and FT-IR spectroscopy the tricarboxyamides have similar self-assembly patterns. But, the tricarboxyamide 2 containing γ-aminobutyric acid residue...

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Published in:RSC advances 2015-01, Vol.5 (40), p.31845-31851
Main Authors: Paikar, Arpita, Pramanik, Apurba, Haldar, Debasish
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bundling
Columnar structure
Crystallography
Heating
Helical
Hydrophobicity
Networks
Self assembly
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Summary:Different assembly and behaviour of homologous discotic tricarboxyamides containing β-alanine and γ-aminobutyric acid have been investigated. From UV/Vis and FT-IR spectroscopy the tricarboxyamides have similar self-assembly patterns. But, the tricarboxyamide 2 containing γ-aminobutyric acid residues forms a gel in aromatic solvents after heating, cooling and ageing. However, the β-alanine analogue 1 failed to form a gel under the same conditions. From FE-SEM studies the tricarboxyamide 1 shows unbranched rod like morphology but the tricarboxyamide 2 exhibits an entangled fiber network. Finally, the X-ray crystallography reveals that both the tricarboxyamides 1 and 2 adopt 3-fold intermolecular H-bonded helical columnar structures. Detailed structural analysis shows that the individual helical columnar structures of tricarboxyamide 2 are themselves self-assembled through multiple hydrophobic interactions between side chains and thereby form a supramolecular network structure. However, the tricarboxyamide 1 columns are self-assembled into a supramolecular bundle-like structure. The result indicates that side chain interactions have a drastic effect on quaternary structure and function.
ISSN:2046-2069
2046-2069
DOI:10.1039/C5RA03864B