Issue 7, 2012

Homochiral oligopeptides by chiral amplification: interpretation of experimental data with a copolymerization model

Abstract

We present a differential rate equation model of chiral polymerization based on a simple copolymerization scheme in which the enantiomers are added to, or removed from, the homochiral or heterochiral chains (reversible stepwise isodesmic growth or dissociation). The model is set up for closed systems and takes into account the corresponding thermodynamic constraints implied by the reversible monomer attachments, while obeying a constant mass constraint. In its simplest form, the model depends on a single variable rate constant, the maximum chain length N, and the initial concentrations. We have fit the model to the experimental data from the Rehovot group on lattice-controlled chiral amplification of oligopeptides. We find in all the chemical systems employed, except for one, that the model fits the measured relative abundances of the oligopeptides with higher degrees of correlation than from a purely random polymerization process.

Graphical abstract: Homochiral oligopeptides by chiral amplification: interpretation of experimental data with a copolymerization model

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Sep 2011
Accepted
07 Dec 2011
First published
12 Jan 2012

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012,14, 2301-2311

Homochiral oligopeptides by chiral amplification: interpretation of experimental data with a copolymerization model

C. Blanco and D. Hochberg, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, 2301 DOI: 10.1039/C2CP22813K

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