Metastable hydrogels from aromatic dipeptides

Peptide nanostructures: Aromatic dipeptides light up.

One-pot mechanosynthesis of aromatic amides and dipeptides from carboxylic acids and amines.

Environmentally friendly one-pot synthesis of amides, bis-amides and dipeptides by mechanochemical carbodiimide-mediated coupling of carboxylic acids and amines is described; high reaction yields and simple aqueous work-up allow for the clean, practical and fast preparation of a variety of compounds containing the amide bond from readily accessible reagents.

Aromatic–Aromatic Interactions Enable α-Helix to β-Sheet Transition of Peptides to Form Supramolecular Hydrogels

Isolated short peptides usually are unable to maintain their original secondary structures due to the lack of the restriction from proteins. Here we show that two complementary pentapeptides from a β-sheet motif of a protein, being connected to an aromatic motif (i.e., pyrene) at their C-terminal, self-assemble to form β-sheet like structures upon mixing. Besides enabling the self-assembly to r...

Aromatic Iodides from Aromatic Organomercurials 13.2. Aromatic Bromides from Aromatic Organomercurials 13.3. Aromatic Chlorides from Aromatic Organomercurials 13.4. Aromatic Fluorides from Aromatic Organomercurials 13.5. Aromatic Nitriles from Aromatic Organomercurials 14. Improved Syntheses of Some Diaryliodonium Salts from Symmetric Diarylmercurials

This review reports some novel (or improved) synthetic methods for preparing a number of aromatic (carbocyclic and predominantly heterocyclic) organomercurials, particularly those derived from theophylline, theobromine and uracil, as well as some novel haloand cyano-demercuration reactions. We have also synthesized the first stable organic derivative of mercury(I), viz. 1,8-bis(acetoxydimercuri...

Permeation of the three aromatic dipeptides through lipid bilayers: Experimental and computational study.

The time-resolved parallel artificial membrane permeability assay with fluorescence detection and comprehensive computer simulations are used to study the passive permeation of three aromatic dipeptides-N-acetyl-phenylalanineamide (NAFA), N-acetyltyrosineamide (NAYA), and N-acetyl-tryptophanamide (NATA) through a 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospocholine (DOPC) lipid bilayer. Measured permeation ...