In the dipeptides Boc-Bip-
L-Val-OMe and Boc-Bip-
D-Val-OMe, an induced axial chirality in thebiphenyl core of the Bip residue, a conformationally labile, proatropoisomeric C
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-disubstituted glycine,was observed by electronic CD and
1H NMR. Chiral induction is significantly higher when the Val residueis located at the C-terminal position of Bip. An outstanding phenomenon of propagation of chirality wasdemonstrated to occur in the related 3
10-helical -(Bip)
n-
L-Val (
n = 2-6) oligopeptides by CD and vibrationalCD techniques.