Helical aggregates of chiral N-(2-hydroxydodecyl) amino acids

1 January 1984

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 9,p. 562-564
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39840000562

Abstract

L-N(2-Hydroxydodecyl)valine forms fibrous aggregates with a right-handed helicity whilst those of the D-derivative have a left-handed twist; chiral N-(2-hydroxydodecyl)tryptophan forms rodlike aggregates with no helicity.

Keywords

AMINO ACID