Artificial tripeptide scaffolds for self-assembly of heteromultimetallic structures with tunable electronic and magnetic properties

Brian P. Gilmartin, Rebekah L. McLaughlin, Mary Elizabeth Williams

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Abstract

An artificial tripeptide containing pendant pyridine and bipyridine ligands has been synthesized using a solution-phase method analogous to divergent dendrimer synthesis, yielding a palindromic multifunctional peptide chain. When compared to conventional solid-phase peptide synthesis, this method rapidly yields the tripeptide in significantly greater quantities. The pendant pyridine ligands are coordinated with stoichiometric quantities of either [Pt(tpy)] 2- or [Cu(pda)] metal complexes. By addition of a second transition-metal ion, supramolecular structures are formed by chelation of the bipyridine ligands to create cross-links between oligopeptide strands. The resulting heteromultimetallic materials have unique optical, electrochemical, and magnetic properties that can be tuned by the choice of transition-metal ions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)5446-5454
Number of pages9
JournalChemistry of Materials
Volume17
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1 2005

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry

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