Helical versus Flat Bis-Ferrocenyl End-Capped Peptides: The Influence of the Molecular Skeleton on Redox Properties
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Peptide Synthesis
2.2. Crystal State Conformational Analysis
2.3. Solution Conformational Analysis
2.4. Cyclic Voltammetry Analysis
2.5. Vis–MIR Chemical Oxidation
2.6. Circular Dichroism Analysis
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
3.2. X-ray Diffraction
3.3. Cyclic Voltammetry
3.4. UV–Vis Analysis
3.5. FT–IR Analysis
3.6. Circular Dichroism
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Sample Availability
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Santi, S.; Biondi, B.; Cardena, R.; Bisello, A.; Schiesari, R.; Tomelleri, S.; Crisma, M.; Formaggio, F. Helical versus Flat Bis-Ferrocenyl End-Capped Peptides: The Influence of the Molecular Skeleton on Redox Properties. Molecules 2022, 27, 6128. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27186128
Santi S, Biondi B, Cardena R, Bisello A, Schiesari R, Tomelleri S, Crisma M, Formaggio F. Helical versus Flat Bis-Ferrocenyl End-Capped Peptides: The Influence of the Molecular Skeleton on Redox Properties. Molecules. 2022; 27(18):6128. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27186128
Chicago/Turabian StyleSanti, Saverio, Barbara Biondi, Roberta Cardena, Annalisa Bisello, Renato Schiesari, Silvia Tomelleri, Marco Crisma, and Fernando Formaggio. 2022. "Helical versus Flat Bis-Ferrocenyl End-Capped Peptides: The Influence of the Molecular Skeleton on Redox Properties" Molecules 27, no. 18: 6128. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27186128