Skip to main content
. 2015 Feb 27;1(1):e1400067. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1400067

Table 4. Flexibility Ka of nitrile and amine azotosomes, and activation energy ΔE to remove a molecule from each azotosome.

Species Ka (J/m2) ΔE (kcal/mol)
Acrylonitrile 0.26 17.1
Acetonitrile 0.37 5.8
Propanenitrile 0.10 7.6
Butanenitrile 0.13 6.4
Pentanenitrile 0.55 8.4
Hexanenitrile 0.26 6.0
Aminopropane 0.22 5.2
Aminobutane 0.19 6.7
Aminopentane 0.28 7.7
Aminohexane 0.30 7.7
Hexane bilayer 2.20