Cholesterol as a versatile platform for chiral recognition

Tony D James, H Kawabata, R Ludwig, K Murata, s Shinkai

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Abstract

The cholesterol moiety is the perfect host. The environment it creates changes to accomodate each new guest. Cholesteric liquid crystals change colour. Cholesteric gels have different phase transition temperatures. Cholesteric LB films change the area they cover.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)555-566
Number of pages12
JournalTetrahedron
Volume51
Issue number25
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1995

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