A synthetic tripeptide as a novel organo-gelator: a structural investigationMaji, S.K., Malik, S., Drew, M.G.B., Nandi, A.K. and Banerjee, A. (2003) A synthetic tripeptide as a novel organo-gelator: a structural investigation. Tetrahedron Letters, 44 (21). pp. 4103-4107. ISSN 0040-4039 Full text not archived in this repository. It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from this work. See Guidance on citing. To link to this item DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(03)00839-6 Abstract/SummaryA self-associating synthetic tripeptide [Boc-Ala(1)-Aib(2)-beta-Ala(3)-OMe (Aib: alpha-amino-isobutyric acid, beta-Ala: beta-alanine)] forms thermoreversible transparent gels in various organic solvents and this offers the first example of a peptide gelator whose molecular self-assembly afforded for gelation has been characterised by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and FT-IR and NMR spectroscopic studies. The crystal structure of an analogous synthetic non-gelator tripeptide [Boc-Ala(1)-Gly(2)-beta-Ala(3)-OMe] is also discussed in light of the self-assembly of the gelator tripeptide. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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