Conformational Isomorphism. A General 21Helical Conformation for Poly(β-alkanoates)
Conformational Isomorphism. A General 21Helical Conformation for Poly(β-alkanoates)
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聚(β-链烷酸酯)的一般 21 螺旋构象。
DOI:
10.1021/ma60045a011
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发表时间:
1975
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
R. Marchessault
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作者:
J. Cornibert;R. Marchessault
Poly (/3-hydroxyalkanoates) are found as endogenous carbon reserves in bacteria (eg, poly (/3-hydroxy butyrate, PHB) and as synthetic materials. In the former the ß carbon is asymmetric due to a single substituent while in the latter (eg, poly (pivalolactone), PVL) there are a and a'substituents. X-Ray diffraction analysis of crystalline oriented fibers of PHB and PVL has revealed near identical fiber repeats, and 2i chain symmetries. Conformational analysis of these two polyesters shows that of the possible conformations for each macromolecule the two of minimum energy are quasi-identical in terms of backbone dihedral angles, hence conformationally iso-morphous. The general class of polyesters based on the substituted poly (d-propriolactone) backbone are predicted to have nearly identical crystalline conformations; in this respect they resemble the polypeptides which have the tendency to assume the Pauling helix in the crystalline state. In these poly (d-alkanoates) there are no intramolecu-lar hydrogen bonds; van der Waals and electrostaticinteractions are the main stabilizing forces. In the crystalline conformations the ester dipoles along a chain are perpendicular to the helix axis and contiguous dipoles are antiparallel with 3 Á between them.From fiber diagrams it was shown that polyesters of the general formula [COORi-OOCR2] n (Carrothers’ type) with alternating polarity of the ester groups present near planar conformations1-6 in the crystalline state. Careful examination6 of the homopolyesters based on ethylene glycol and the diacids (adipic and suberic, six and eight carbons, re-spectively) confirmed that the departure from planarity of the extended repeating unit was in the glycol moiety. On the other hand a recent study7 of the polyester based