Design of a novel tryptophan-rich membrane-active antimicrobial peptide from the membrane-proximal region of the HIV glycoprotein, gp41

• Evan F. Haney,
• Leonard T. Nguyen,
• David J. Schibli and
• Hans J. Vogel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1172–1184, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.130

• micelles was previously reported by our group [12], and it was shown that this peptide adopts a well-defined helix in the presence of detergent micelles, with four of the five Trp residues distributed in a plane along the length of the peptide. Therefore, this peptide satisfies two of the features that we

• wavelength of the emission maximum. A shift towards lower wavelengths is usually interpreted as the Trp residue residing in a more hydrophobic environment, which may be due to the gp41w peptides oligomerizing in solution. The addition of detergent micelles and large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs) to the peptide

• oligomeric state in aqueous solution. When detergent micelles or LUVs were added to the gp41w peptide, all of the calculated Ksv were lower than the values determined in buffer, indicating that gp41w binds to both micelles and LUVs with the Trp residues inserting into the membrane. All of the gp41w

Olefin metathesis in nano-sized systems

• Didier Astruc,
• Abdou K. Diallo,
• Sylvain Gatard,
• Liyuan Liang,
• Cátia Ornelas,
• Victor Martinez,
• Denise Méry and
• Jaime Ruiz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 94–103, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.13

• groups and other termini. In turn, water-soluble dendrimers can be used as molecular micelles as exemplified here. The implication of dendrimers in olefin metathesis reactions has mainly been focused on recovering the catalyst by loading the dendrimer with a functionalized catalyst. This strategy has

Surfactant catalyzed convenient and greener synthesis of tetrahydrobenzo[a]xanthene-11-ones at ambient temperature

• Pravin V. Shinde,
• Amol H. Kategaonkar,
• Bapurao B. Shingate and
• Murlidhar S. Shingare

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 53–58, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.9

• the scope of water-based organic syntheses have been investigated [3]. Incorporation of surface-active agents (surfactants) in aqueous media has been proved to enhance the reactivity of water mediated reactions via the formation of micelles or vesicular cavities. The use of micellar and vesicle

• C14. It is of note to point out that the addition of TTAB converted the initially floating reaction mass into a homogeneous mixture, which on stirring became a white turbid emulsion. This observation implies, that there was formation of micelles or micelle-like colloidal aggregates. Indeed, formation

• of the micelles swiftly excludes the water molecules generated during the reaction, thus shifting the equilibrium towards the desired product that ultimately leads to an increase in the reaction yield [34][35][36]. This explanation is schematically represented in Figure 2. We next investigated the

Miniemulsion polymerization as a versatile tool for the synthesis of functionalized polymers

• Daniel Crespy and
• Katharina Landfester

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 1132–1148, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.130

• additional reactive groups that do not participate in the step-growth polymerization. Polyaddition and polycondensation are probably the polyreactions for which miniemulsion systems are the most beneficial. An emulsion polymerization scenario where a mixture of micelles and monomer droplets coexist will

Insights into the mechanical properties of a silicone oil gel with a ‘latent’ gelator, 1-octadecylamine, and CO₂ as an ‘activator’

• Emiliano Carretti,
• Mathew George and
• Richard G. Weiss

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 984–991, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.111

• some of their junction zones. Unlike non-crystalline SAFINs, such as those from giant worm-like micelles, only in exceptional cases are crystalline SAFINs able to ‘heal’ without being melted (i.e., transformed into the sol phase) and then reformed by cooling. Amplitude sweep. The stability of the

Oxalyl retro-peptide gelators. Synthesis, gelation properties and stereochemical effects

• Janja Makarević,
• Milan Jokić,
• Leo Frkanec,
• Vesna Čaplar,
• Nataša Šijaković Vujičić and
• Mladen Žinić

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 945–959, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.106

• revealed that gelator assemblies of various morphologies, including fibers and fiber bundles of diverse diameters, helical fibers or ribbons, tapes and nano-tubules, sometimes simultaneously present with micelles or vesicles, could be found [17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. For many gel systems evidence for

Novel multi-responsive P2VP-block-PNIPAAm block copolymers via nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization

• Cathrin Corten,
• Katja Kretschmer and
• Dirk Kuckling

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 756–765, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.89

• block copolymers are able to form so called schizophrenic micelles in aqueous solution. Here, such polymers are prepared via nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization (NMRP). In a first step nitroxide-terminated poly(2-vinylpyridine) (P2VP) was prepared with different molecular weights and narrow

• aqueous solution, the block copolymers form so called schizophrenic micelles. The hydrodynamic radius Rh of these micelles associated with pH values and temperature was analyzed by dynamic light scattering (DLS). Such kind of block copolymers has potential for many applications, such as controlled drug

• 2VP has been selected and the resulting polymer was used as a macroinitiator 2 (Scheme 1). Amphiphilic diblock copolymers undergo a self-assembly micellar process in solvents that are selective for one of the blocks [31]. By choosing selective conditions for each block, conventional micelles and so

Poly(glycolide) multi-arm star polymers: Improved solubility via limited arm length

• Florian K. Wolf,
• Anna M. Fischer and
• Holger Frey

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 67, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.67

• building unit have hardly been described in literature [8]. However, star copolymers, in a general sense, have attracted increasing interest for the fabrication of unimolecular micelles [9]; in particular when they consist of a hydrophilic, hyperbranched (or dendritic) core and a hydrophobic corona [10

New amphiphilic glycopolymers by click functionalization of random copolymers – application to the colloidal stabilisation of polymer nanoparticles and their interaction with concanavalin A lectin

• Otman Otman,
• Paul Boullanger,
• Eric Drockenmuller and
• Thierry Hamaide

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 58, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.58

• surfactants, are required to assure the colloidal stabilization of the polymer nanoparticles in aqueous medium. The properties of micelles (cmc, size and dynamics) depend on the chemical structures of amphiphilic copolymers. Macromolecular non-ionic surfactants appear to be the best suited from both the

Molecular recognition of organic ammonium ions in solution using synthetic receptors

• Andreas Späth and
• Burkhard König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 32, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.32

Ring opening metathesis polymerization-derived block copolymers bearing chelating ligands: synthesis, metal immobilization and use in hydroformylation under micellar conditions

• Gajanan M. Pawar,
• Jochen Weckesser,
• Siegfried Blechert and
• Michael R. Buchmeiser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 28, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.28

• Schrock catalyst Mo(N-2,6-Me2-C6H3)(CHCMe2Ph)(OCMe(CF3)2)2 [Mo] to yield poly(M1-b-M2). In water, poly(M1-b-M2) forms micelles with a critical micelle-forming concentration (cmc) of 2.8 × 10−6 mol L−1; Reaction of poly(M1-b-M2) with [Rh(COD)Cl]2 (COD = cycloocta-1,5-diene) yields the Rh(I)-loaded block

• micellar catalytic set up are discussed. Keywords: block copolymers; catalysis; hydrophilic polymers; metathesis; micelles; Introduction Catalysts bound to amphiphilic block copolymers find increasing use in micellar catalysis since they combine the advantages of both homogeneous and heterogeneous

A convenient method for preparing rigid-core ionic liquid crystals

• Julien Fouchet,
• Laurent Douce,
• Benoît Heinrich,
• Richard Welter and
• Alain Louati

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 51, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.51

• along an orientational axis), smectic phases (orientational/positional order in the layers) and columnar phases (orientational/positional order in the columns). The lyotropic compounds display not only lamellar and columnar organization but also hierarchical self-assembly in spheres (micelles), ribbons