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Publications of Dr. Bing Gong

  1. Gong, B. “Hollow Crescents, Helices and Macrocycles from Enforced Folding and Folding-Assisted Macrocyclization” Acc. Chem. Res. 2008, in press.
  2. Li, M. F.; Yamato, K.; Ferguson , J. S.; Singarapu, K. K.; Szyperski, T.; Gong, B. “Sequence-Specific, Dynamic Covalent Crosslinking in Aqueous Media” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 491-500.
  3. Gong, B. “Engineering Hydrogen Bonded Duplexes.” Polym. Int. 2007, 56, 436-443.
  4. Gong, B.; Sanford, A. R.; Ferguson, J. S. “Enforced Folding of Unnatural Oligomers: Creating Hollow Helices with Nanosized Pores” Adv. Polym. Sci. 2007, 206, 1-29.
  5. Zhang, A. M.; Ferguson , J. S.; Yamato, K .; Zheng , C.; Gong B. “ Improving Foldamer Synthesis Through Protecting Group Induced Unfolding of Aromatic Oligoamides” Org . Lett. 2006, 8, 5117-5120.
  6. Li, M. F.; Yamato, K.; Ferguson, J. S.; Gong, B. “Sequence-Specific Intermolecular Association: Integrating Non-Covalent and Covalent Interactions” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 16528-16529.
  7. He, L.; An, Y.; Yuan, L. H.; Feng, W.; Li, M. F.; Zhang, D. C.; Yamato, K.; Zheng, C.; Zeng, X. C.; Gong, B. “Cavity-Containing Macrocyclic Aromatic Tetrasulfonamides Based on a Well-Defined Structural Motif” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2006, 103, 10850-10855.
  8. Zhang, A. M.; Han, Y. H.; Yamato, K.; Zeng, X. C.; Gong, B. “Aromatic Oligoureas: Enforced Folding and Assisted Cyclization” Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 803-806.
  9. Yuan, L. H.; Sanford, A. R.; Feng, W.; Zhang, A. M.; Ferguson, J. S.; Yamato, K.; Zhu, J.; Zeng, H. Q.; Gong, B. “Synthesis of Crescent Aromatic Oligoamides” J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 10660-0669.
  10. He, H.; An, Y.; Yuan, L. H.; Yamato, K.; Feng, W.; Gerlitz, O.; Zheng, C.; Gong, B. “Macrocyclic Aromatic Tetrasulfonamides with a Stable Cone Conformation” Chem. Commun. 2005, 3788-3790.
  11. Sanford, A. R.; Yuan, L. H.; Feng, W.; Yamato, K.; Flowers, R. A.; Gong, B. “Cyclic Aromatic Oligoamides as Highly Selective Receptors for the Guanidinium Ion” Chem. Commun. 2005, 4720-4722.
  12. Yang, X. W.; Gong, B. "Template-Assisted Cross Olefin Metathesis", Angew. Chem., Intl. Ed. 2005, 44, 1352-1356.
  13. Hua, F. J.; Yang, X. W.; Gong, B.; Ruckenstein, E. “Preparation of Oligoamide-Ended Poly(ethylene glycol) and Hydrogen-Bonding-Assisted Formation of Aggregates and Nanoscale Fibers” J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2005, 43, 1119-1128.
  14. Yuan, L. H.; Zeng, H. Q.; Yamato, K.; Sanford, A. R.; Feng, W.; Atreya, H.; Sukumaran, D. K.; Szyperski, T.; Gong, B. "Helical Aromatic Oligoamides: Reliable, Readily Predictable Folding from the Combination of Rigidified Structural Motifs", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 16528-16537.
  15. Yang, X. W.; Hua, F. J.; Yamato, K.; Ruckenstein, E.; Gong, B.; Kim, W.; Ryu, C. Y. "Supramolecular AB Diblock Copolymers", Angew. Chem., Intl. Ed. 2004, 43, 6471-6474.
  16. Yuan, L. H.; Feng, W.; Yamato, K.; Sanford, A. R.; Xu, D. G.; Guo, H.; Gong, B. "Highly Efficient, One-Step Macrocyclizations Assisted by Backbone-Preorganization", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 11120-11121.
  17. Sanford, A.; Yamato, K.; Yang, X. W.; Yuan, L. H.; Han, Y. H.; Gong, B. "Well-Defined Secondary Structures: Information-Storing Molecular Duplexes and Helical Foldamers Based on Unnatural Peptide Backbones", Eur. J. Biochem. 2004, 271, 1416-1425.
  18. Yang, X. W.; Yuan, L. H.; Yamato, K.; Brown, A. L.; Feng, W.; Furukawa, M.; Zeng, X. C.; Gong, B. "Backbone-Rigidified Oligo(m-phenylene ethynylenes)", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 3148-3162.
  19. Sanford, A.; Gong, B. "The Evolution of Helical Foldamers" Curr. Org. Chem. 2003, 7, 1649-1659.
  20. Yang, X. W.; Martinovic, S.; Smith, R. D.; Gong, B. “Duplex Foldamers from Assembly-Induced Folding”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 9932-9933.
  21. Zeng, H. Q.; Yang, X. W.; Brown, A. L.; Martinovic, S.; Smith, R. D.; Gong, B. “An Extremely Stable, Self-Complementary Hydrogen-Bonded Duplex”, Chem. Commun. 2003, 1556-1557.
  22. Yang, X. W.; Brown, A. L.; Furukawa, M.; Li, S.; Gardinier, W. E.; Bukowski, E. J.; Bright, F. V.; Zheng, C.; Zeng, X. C.; Gong. B. “A New Strategy for Folding Oligo(m-phenylene ethynylenes)” Chem. Commun. 2003, 56-57.
  23. Gong, B.; Zeng, H. Q.; Zhu, J. et al., “Creating Nanocavities of Tunable Sizes: Hollow Helices”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2002, 99, 11583-11588.
  24. Zeng, H. Q.; Flowers, II, R. A.; Gong, B. "A Non-Covalent Approach to Anti-Parallel beta-Sheet Formation" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 2903-2910.
  25. Gong, B. "Crescent Oligoamides: From Acyclic "Macrocycles" to Folding Nanotubes" Chem. Eur. J. 2001, 7, 4336-4342.
  26. Parra, R. D.; Zeng, H. Q.; Zhu, J.; Zheng, C.; Zeng, X. C.; Gong, B."Stable Three-Center Hydrogen Bonding in a Partially Rigidified Structure" Chem. Eur. J. 2001, 7, 4352-4357.
  27. Parra, R. D.; Furukawa, M.; Gong, B.; Zeng, X. C., "Energetics and Cooperativity in Three-Center Hydrogen-Bonding: 1. Diacetamide-X Dimers, (X=HCN, CH 3 OH)" J. Chem. Phys. 2001, 115, 6030-6035.
  28. Parra, R. D.; Gong, B.; Zeng, X. C., "Energetics and Cooperativity in Three-Center Hydrogen-Bonding: 2. Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding Systems" J. Chem. Phys. 2001, 115, 6036-6041.
  29. Zeng, H.; Ickes, H.; Flowers, II, R. A.; Gong, B., "Sequence-Specificity of Hydrogen-Bonded Molecular Duplexes" J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 3574-3583.
  30. Gong, B., "Specifying Non-Covalent Interactions: Sequence-Specific Assembly of Hydrogen-Bonded Molecular Duplexes" Synlett 2001, 582-589.
  31. Hawkins, C. A; Watson, C.; Yan, Y.; Gong, B.; Wemmer, D. E., "Structural Analysis of the Binding Modes of Minor Groove Ligands Comprised of Disubstituted Benzenes" Nucleic Acids Res. 2001, 29, 1-7.
  32. Gong, B.; Zheng, C.; Skrzypczak-Jankun, E.; Zhu, J., "Two-Dimensional Molecular Layers: Interplay of H-Bonding and van der Waals Interactions in the Self-Assembly of N,N'-Dialkylsulfamides", Org. Lett. 2000, 2, 3273-3275.
  33. Zhu, J.; Parra, R. D.; Zeng, H.; Skrzypczak-Jankun, E.; Zeng, X. C.; Gong, B., "A New Class of Folding Oligomers: Crescent Oligoamides" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 4219-4220.
  34. Zeng, H.; Miller, R.; Flowers, II, B.; Gong, B., "A Highly Stable, Six-Hydrogen Bonded Molecular Duplex", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 2635-2644.
  35. Gong, B.; Zheng, C.; Zhu, J.; Zeng, H., "Polar Assembly of N,N'-Bis(4-substituted benzyl)sulfamides", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 9766-9767.
  36. Gong, B.; Yan, Y.; Zeng, H.; Skrzypczak-Jankunn, E.; Kim, Y. W.; Zhu, J.; Ickes, H., "A New Approach for the Design of Supramolecular Recognition Units: Hydrogen-Bonded Molecular Duplexes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 5607-5608.
  37. Fox, K. R.; Yan, Y.; Gong, B., "DNA Sequence Recognition by a Novel Series of Minor Groove-Binding Ligands" Anti-Cancer Drug Design 1999, 14, 219-230.
  38. Gong, B.; Zheng, C.; Skrzypczak-Jankun, E.; Yan, Y.; Zhang, J., "A Robust Two-Dimensional Supramolecular Module: The Sulfamide Moiety as A New Building Block for the Design and Self-Assembly of Molecular Solids", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 11194-11195.
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