?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F6413%2F&rft.title=Exploration+of+Bis-amino+Acid+Scaffolds+Designed+to+Self+Assemble&rft.creator=Macala%2C+Megan+K&rft.description=Based+on+theoretical+models+scaffold+13+was+predicted+to+self+assemble+through+intermolecular+hydrogen+bonds.%C2%A0+The+synthesis+of+scaffold+13+was+successfully+synthesized+using+standard+Fmoc+Solid+Phase+Peptide+Synthesis.%C2%A0+Connectivity+was+confirmed+through+full+structural+characterization.%C2%A0+Scaffold+13+was+probed+for+its+ability+to+self-assemble+in+DMSOd6+in+the+presence+of+0.2+percent+TFA.%C2%A0+Our+hypothesis+for+self-assembly+of+scaffold+13+was+not+supported+under+any+of+the+conditions+explored.%C2%A0+ROESY+correlations+failed+to+indicate+self-assembly+between+interacting+scaffolds+and+a+variable+temperature+NMR+study+at+three+separate+concentrations+also+failed+to+provide+evidence+of+self-assembly.&rft.date=2007-06-14&rft.type=University+of+Pittsburgh+ETD&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F6413%2F1%2Fmacalamk_etd2007.pdf&rft.identifier=++Macala%2C+Megan+K++(2007)+Exploration+of+Bis-amino+Acid+Scaffolds+Designed+to+Self+Assemble.++Master's+Thesis%2C+University+of+Pittsburgh.++++(Unpublished)++