The self-assembly of a novel series of intramolecular hydrogen bonding-driven foldamers have been described. Five linear aromatic amide oligomers, which bear two to six repeating benzoyl amide subunits, respectively, have been prepared by continuous amide-coupling reactions. The existence of three-centered hydrogen bonds in the oligomers and consequently, the folding conformation of the oligomers in the solid state and solution ...
