Amino acid N-carboxyanhydride

Amino acid N-carboxyanhydride
N-Carboxyanhydrides
	Formation and polymerization of an NCA.

Amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides, also called Leuchs' anhydrides, are a family of heterocyclic organic compounds derived from amino acids. They are white, moisture-reactive solids. They have been evaluated for applications the field of biomaterials.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ Kramer J, Deming TJ (2020). Polypeptide Nanomaterials. Vol. 1–4. Soft Matter and Biomaterials on the Nanoscale: World Scientific. pp. 115–180. Bibcode:2020smb3.book..115K.
^ Whitesides GM, Grzybowski B (March 2002). "Self-assembly at all scales". Science. 295 (5564): 2418–21. Bibcode:2002Sci...295.2418W. doi:10.1126/science.1070821. PMID 11923529. S2CID 40684317.
^ Kricheldorf HR (September 2006). "Polypeptides and 100 years of chemistry of alpha-amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides". Angewandte Chemie. 45 (35): 5752–84. doi:10.1002/anie.200600693. PMID 16948174.

[:0-1] Kramer J, Deming TJ (2020). Polypeptide Nanomaterials. Vol. 1–4. Soft Matter and Biomaterials on the Nanoscale: World Scientific. pp. 115–180. Bibcode:2020smb3.book..115K.

[:1-2] Whitesides GM, Grzybowski B (March 2002). "Self-assembly at all scales". Science. 295 (5564): 2418–21. Bibcode:2002Sci...295.2418W. doi:10.1126/science.1070821. PMID 11923529. S2CID 40684317.

[:2-3] Kricheldorf HR (September 2006). "Polypeptides and 100 years of chemistry of alpha-amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides". Angewandte Chemie. 45 (35): 5752–84. doi:10.1002/anie.200600693. PMID 16948174.

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