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    Supramolecular Spheres Self-Assembled from Conical Dendrons Are Chiral
    (2019-04-17) Daniela A. Wilson; Katerina A. Andreopoulou; Mihai Peterca; Pawaret Leowanawat; Dipankar Sahoo; Benjamin E. Partridge; Qi Xiao; Ning Huang; Paul A. Heiney; Virgil Percec; Panepistimion Patron; Stony Brook University; Radboud University Nijmegen; Mahidol University; University of Pennsylvania
    © 2019 American Chemical Society. Frank-Kasper phases and liquid quasicrystals self-organize from supramolecular spheres of dendrimers, block copolymers, surfactants and other self-assembling molecules. These spheres are expected to be achiral due to their isotropic shape. Nevertheless, supramolecular spheres from short helical stacks of crown-like dendrimers self-organize a Pm3n cubic (Frank-Kasper A15) phase which exhibits chirality on the macroscopic scale. However, the chirality of classic isotropic supramolecular micellar-like spheres, generated from conical dendrons, is unknown. Here we report a library of second and third generation biphenylpropyl dendrons with chiral groups at their apex that produces single-handed chiral supramolecular spheres. Up to 480 conical dendrons self-assemble to form micellar-like spheres, with a molar mass of up to 1.1 × 106 g/mol, that self-organize into a Pm3n phase with chirality detectable on the macroscopic scale. This demonstration of chirality in micellar-like spheres of a Frank-Kasper phase raises the fundamental question whether micellar-like spheres forming 3D phases generated from other soft matter such as block copolymers, surfactants, and other molecules are chiral.