Properties of mixed monolayers and bilayers of long-chain 5-n-alkylresorcinols and dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine

S Gerdon, S Hoffmann, A Blume

Index: Gerdon, Sabine; Hoffmann, Stefan; Blume, Alfred Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 1994 , vol. 71, # 2 p. 229 - 243

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Abstract

Abstract 5-n-Alkylresorcinols with different chain length are known to occur in different plants and procaryonts, for example in the cysts of the Azotobacter genus. To study the monolayer and bilayer behaviour of these amphiphilic compounds, we synthesized three analogues with different chain length, namely 5-n-octadecylresorcinol (18AR), 5-n-nonadecylresorcinol (19AR) and 5-n-heneicosylresorcinol (21AR). The pure alkylresorcinols form stable ...