Folding of oligopyridine-dicarboxamides into helices inhibits the N-oxidation of pyridine rings central in the sequence and also much enhances the N-oxidation of pyridine rings peripheral in the sequence. Oligomers N-oxidized at their terminal position show an increased ability to hybridize into double helices.
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Dolain et al. (2005) studied this question.