Rational Design of Chiral Nanohelices from Self-Assembly of Meso-tetrakis (4-Carboxyphenyl) Porphyrin-Amino Acid Conjugates

Xuejiao Yang; Yuhe Shen; Jiayu Liu; Yuefei Wang; Wei Qi; Rongxin Su; Zhimin He

doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02213

Rational Design of Chiral Nanohelices from Self-Assembly of Meso-tetrakis (4-Carboxyphenyl) Porphyrin-Amino Acid Conjugates

Langmuir. 2021 Nov 9;37(44):13067-13074. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02213. Epub 2021 Oct 28.

Authors

Xuejiao Yang¹, Yuhe Shen¹, Jiayu Liu¹, Yuefei Wang^{1

2}, Wei Qi^{1

3

2}, Rongxin Su^{1

3

2}, Zhimin He¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China.
² Tianjin Key Laboratory of Membrane Science and Desalination Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China.
³ Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072, P. R. China.

PMID: 34711055
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02213

Abstract

In this article, meso-tetrakis (4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrins modified with different amino acids were designed, synthesized, and researched. The chiral self-assembly behavior of these porphyrin-amino acid molecules can be precisely controlled by adjusting the pH, constituent amino acids, and temperature, thereby giving rise to chiral nanostructures with precisely tailored helical pitch and handedness. This research provides a certain reference for the design and preparation of chiral nanomaterials and has potential application prospects in chiral resolution and chiral catalysis.