DTPP, a bright fluorophore with 2-pyridone and γ-lactam, is generated in a de novo manner from non-fluorogenic 2-oxoglutarate and specific amines. The DTPP-based fluorometry is applied to the analysis of 2-oxoglutarate in a biological sample.

We report the synthesis of new helical polymeric structures having alternating cis and trans double bonds and chiral amino acid side chains by metathesis cyclopolymerization. The polymer helicity, which is generated by the interaction between fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl (Fmoc) groups in the side chains, is dramatically affected by solvents. A thorough experimental and theoretical analysis including nuclear magnetic resonance, atomic force microscopy, and density functional theory and molecular mechanics calculations suggests that the helicity of both backbone and side chains are determined by anti-syn rotation of the carbamate groups and by the different interactions of the Fmoc groups with solvents.

We report the synthesis of new helical polymeric structures having alternating cis and trans double bonds and chiral amino acid side chains by metathesis cyclopolymerization. The polymer helicity, which is generated by the interaction between fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl (Fmoc) groups in the side chains, is dramatically affected by solvents. A thorough experimental and theoretical analysis including nuclear magnetic resonance, atomic force microscopy, and density functional theory and molecular mechanics calculations suggests that the helicity of both backbone and side chains are determined by anti-syn rotation of the carbamate groups and by the different interactions of the Fmoc groups with solvents.