A family of diastereomeric dodecanuclear coordination cages based on inversion of chirality of individual triangular cyclic helicate faces
Stephen P. Argent, Fiona C. Jackson, Ho Man Chan, Sam Meyrick, Christopher G. P. Taylor, Tanya K. Ronson, Jonathan P. Rourke, Michael D. Ward
Abstract
H NMR measurements on a non-equilibrium sample (enriched by manual crystal-picking before preparing the solution) showed that the distribution does not change over several weeks in solution, indicating the kinetic inertness of the cage assemblies.
Topics & Concepts
DiastereomerChirality (physics)Inversion (geology)StereochemistryChemistryCrystallographyPaleontologyBiologyPhysicsNambu–Jona-Lasinio modelQuantum mechanicsQuarkStructural basinChiral symmetry breakingSupramolecular Chemistry and ComplexesMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsMolecular Sensors and Ion Detection