Encoded helical self-organization and self-assembly into helical fibers of an oligoheterocyclic pyridine-pyridazine molecular strand

Abstract

The conformational information of an oligoheterocyclic strand containing a repeating pyridine-pyridazine codon self-organizes into a helical molecular unit, which subsequently self-assembles into helical fibers and macrofibers in dichloromethane and pyridine. The spontaneous formation of helical structures is based on a general self-organization process enforced by the conformational information encoded within the molecular strand itself.