The dynamic planar chirality in a peptide-bound Ni(II)-salphen-based macrocycle can be remotely controlled. First, a right-handed (P)-3(10)-helix is induced in the dynamic helical oligopeptides by a chiral amino acid residue far from the macrocyclic framework. The induced planar chirality remains dynamic in chloroform and acetonitrile, but is almost completely locked in fluoroalcohols as a result of the solvent-induced transition of the peptide chains from a 3(10)-helix to a wider α-helix, which freezes the rotation of the pendant peptide units around the macrocycle.
Keywords: chirality; macrocycles; peptides; self-assembly; supramolecular chemistry.
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