Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. ›› 2003, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (04): 302-306.doi: 10.3866/PKU.WHXB20030404

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The Research of a Novel Kind of Chiral Surfactant

Huang Jian-Bin;Gao Qiang;Wang Chuan-Zhong   

  1. State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871
  • Received:2002-07-10 Revised:2002-09-26 Published:2003-04-15
  • Contact: Huang Jian-Bin E-mail:JBHuang@chem.pku.edu.cn

Abstract: A pair of optical isomerism amphiphlic molecules L-C10HL(N-(4-decaoxygen- 2-hydroxybenzene methylene)-L-leucine) and D-C10HL(N-(4-decaoxygen-2-hydroxybenzene methylene)-D-leucine)were synthesized. It was found that these two compounds showed superior surface activity and aggregation capability at higher pH value, which is so different from the traditional carboxylate surfactants. Furthermore, the interaction of L-C10HL and D-C10HL with cyclodextrin was also investigated by fluorescence excitation spectrum and circular dichroism spectrum.

Key words: Chiral surfactant, Vesicle, Surface activity, Fluorescence spectrum,  Circular dichroism spectrum