Colorimetric reversibility of polydiacetylene supramolecules having enhanced hydrogen-bonding under thermal and pH stimuli

J Am Chem Soc. 2003 Jul 30;125(30):8976-7. doi: 10.1021/ja0299001.

Abstract

To investigate the role of hydrogen-bonding on colorimetric transition of polydiacetylene supramolecules, novel diacetylene derivatives allowing various hydrogen-bonding states were synthesized by coupling carboxy-substituted (ortho-, meta-, and para-) anilide groups with a typical single-chain diacetylene lipid. One with a terminal carboxyl group at the meta position provided the resulting supramolecular Langmuir-Schaefer films with enhanced hydrogen-bonding, and hence resulted in unprecedented colorimetric reversibility under both thermal and pH stimuli.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylene / analogs & derivatives*
  • Acetylene / chemistry*
  • Colorimetry / methods*
  • Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / chemistry*
  • Hot Temperature
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Liposomes / chemistry
  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Polyacetylene Polymer
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Polyynes
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared

Substances

  • 10, 12-pentacosadiynoic acid
  • Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
  • Liposomes
  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Polyacetylene Polymer
  • Polymers
  • Polyynes
  • polydiacetylene
  • Acetylene