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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2025

Probing the Nonlinear Chiroptical Activity of Multiturn Aromatic Helices Using Linearly Polarized Light.

Rita Borges-Anastácio, Eric Merlet, Frédéric Adamietz, Brice Kauffmann, Yann Ferrand, Céline Olivier, Vincent Rodriguez

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Rita Borges-AnastácioInstitut des Sciences Moléculaires, Université de Bordeaux, 351 cours de la Libération, Talence, 33400, France.
Eric MerletCBMN, UMR, Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, Pessac, F-33600, France.
Frédéric AdamietzInstitut des Sciences Moléculaires, Université de Bordeaux, 351 cours de la Libération, Talence, 33400, France.
Brice KauffmannUAR 3033, US1, Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Inserm, Pessac, F-33600, France.
Yann FerrandCBMN, UMR, Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, Pessac, F-33600, France.
Céline OlivierInstitut des Sciences Moléculaires, Université de Bordeaux, 351 cours de la Libération, Talence, 33400, France.
Vincent RodriguezInstitut des Sciences Moléculaires, Université de Bordeaux, 351 cours de la Libération, Talence, 33400, France.

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Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR-21-CE06-0018Conseil Régional Aquitaine CRA: 2015-1R10205-00004858GPR Light Université de BordeauxRégion Nouvelle Aquitaine 2015-1R10205-00004858
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Abstract

Four quinoline-based oligoamide foldamers of varying lengths, from 6 to 28 Å, were synthesized in both of their enantiomeric forms, exhibiting between 1.6 and 6 helical turns. The helically chiral structures were analyzed using hyper-Rayleigh scattering (HRS) in solution to evaluate their chiroptical nonlinear activity in second-harmonic generation, exclusively employing linear polarization of the incident light. To achieve this, we completely overhauled our homemade equipment setup. By applying a nonlinear chiroptical model developed by us, we were able to distinguish between the achiral and chiral contributions to the nonlinear response of the samples. Surprisingly, the effect of helix elongation on the chiral response, as monitored by HRS, exhibited a nonmonotonic trend, which contrasts with the behavior observed with classical linear optical techniques. A detailed investigation revealed that the number of helical turns in the foldamers governs the magnitude of the nonlinear optical (NLO) response, exhibiting a periodic evolution rather than a linear increase with length.

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ChiralityFoldamersHyper‐Rayleigh scatteringNonlinear opticsOptical activity

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