A protocol is presented for the synthesis of information-encoded peptoid oligomers and for the sequence-directed self-assembly of these peptoids into molecular ladders using amines and aldehydes as dynamic covalent reactant pairs and Lewis acidic rare-earth metal triflates as multi-role reagents.
Leguizamon, S. C., Alqubati, A. F., Scott, T. F. Synthesis of Information-bearing Peptoids and their Sequence-directed Dynamic Covalent Self-assembly. J. Vis. Exp. (156), e60442, doi:10.3791/60442 (2020).