Bioinspired chemistry based on minimalistic pseudopeptides

SV Luis, I Alfonso - Accounts of chemical research, 2014 - ACS Publications
For years researchers have tried to understand the molecular behavior of complex
biomolecules through the development of small molecules that can partially mimic their …

Tools for identifying gelator scaffolds and solvents

DM Zurcher, AJ McNeil - The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
Small molecule gelators are serendipitously discovered more often than they are designed.
As a consequence, it has been challenging to develop applications based on the limited set …

Urea-Based Low-Molecular-Weight Pseudopeptidic Organogelators for the Encapsulation and Slow Release of (R)-Limonene

A Valls, A Castillo, R Porcar, S Hietala… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Low-molecular-weight compounds containing alkylurea fragments attached to the amino
end of different miminalistic pseudopeptidic structures have been shown to be excellent …

Synthesis of bis [N-(p-aryl)-carbamoyloxy] alkanes as new low-molecular weight organogelators

Ö Demir-Ordu, H Şimşir, K Alper - Tetrahedron, 2015 - Elsevier
A series of bis-carbamate-based low-molecular-weight organogelators were synthesized,
and their structure–property relationships with respect to their gelation abilities in organic …

Cu2+, Zn2+, and Ni2+ Complexes of C2-Symmetric Pseudopeptides with an Aromatic Central Spacer

L Gorla, V Marti-Centelles, L Freimuth… - Inorganic …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Two new tetradentate C 2-symmetric pseudopeptidic ligands derived from Val and Phe
containing two amino and two amido groups and a central o-substituted aromatic spacer …

The poor solubility of ureidopyrimidone can be used to form gels of low molecular weight N-alkyl urea oligomers in organic solvents

X Chen, P Fei, KA Cavicchi, W Yang… - Colloid and Polymer …, 2014 - Springer
A synthesis strategy for low molecular weight organogelators using the ureidopyrimidinone
(UPy) group is reported. The prepared gelators showed robust thermal reversible gelation …

A study of the interaction between a family of gemini amphiphilic pseudopeptides and model monomolecular film membranes formed with a cardiolipin

M Gorczyca, B Korchowiec, J Korchowiec… - The Journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The interaction between five gemini amphiphilic pseudopeptides (GAPs) differing by the
length of the central spacer and a model membrane lipid, 1, 3-bis [1, 2-dimyristoyl-sn …

Coordination behaviour of new open chain and macrocyclic peptidomimetic compounds with copper (II)

PD Wadhavane, L Gorla, A Ferrer, B Altava… - RSC …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Two valine-derived bis (amino amides) ligands have been prepared and fully characterized.
Both compounds contain additional functionalities that implement their basicity and their …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis and optimisation of P3 substituted vinyl sulfone-based inhibitors as anti-trypanosomal agents

W Doherty, N Adler, TJ Butler, AJS Knox… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2020 - Elsevier
A series of lysine-based vinyl sulfone peptidomimetics were synthesised and evaluated for
anti-trypanosomal activity against bloodstream forms of T. brucei. This focused set of …

Acyclic pseudopeptidic hosts as molecular receptors and transporters for anions

I Martí, MI Burguete, PA Gale… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The synthesis and characterization of different pseudopeptidic hosts derived from open
chain systems with C2 and C3 symmetry has been achieved. These receptors are based on …