Neatly folded: A decameric β-peptide shows enzyme-like catalytic properties. The foldamer, which bears a terminal heptanoyl unit and displays a thermostable helical structure with an array of ammonium-group side chains, accelerates a retroaldol reaction (see scheme) by more than three orders of magnitude through an imine mechanism.
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