Assembly of surface-confined homochiral helicates: chiral discrimination of DOPA and unidirectional charge transfer

J Am Chem Soc. 2013 Nov 13;135(45):17052-9. doi: 10.1021/ja4077205. Epub 2013 Oct 30.

Abstract

Surface-confined double-helical polymers are generated by dynamic covalent assembly with preservation of chirality, metal coordination environment, and oxidation state of the precursor complexes. This one-step procedure involves both in solution and solution-to-surface assembly and resulted in chiral interfaces where pairs of ligands are wrapped around arrays of metal ions. In-plane XRD experiments revealed the formation of a highly ordered structure along the substrate surface. The chirality of the surfaces is expressed by the selective recognition of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA). The CD measurements show a response of the Δ-polymer-modified quartz substrates toward D-DOPA, whereas no change was observed after treatment with L-DOPA. These coordination-based interfaces assembled on metal-oxide substrates in combination with a redox-probe, [Os(bpy)3](PF6)2, in solution can resemble the behavior of a rectifier.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Coordination Complexes / chemistry
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine / chemistry*
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine / isolation & purification
  • Levodopa / chemistry
  • Levodopa / isolation & purification
  • Metals / chemistry
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Oxides / chemistry
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Coordination Complexes
  • Metals
  • Oxides
  • Polymers
  • Levodopa
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine